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Yermín Mercedes
C | B/T: R/R | 5' 11" 245LBS | Age: 28
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 50 46 6 21 3 11 0 .457 .500 .739 1.239
2 Seasons 47 43 6 20 3 10 0 .465 .511 .767 1.278
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .457 3 11 0 1.239
2 Seasons .465 3 10 0 1.278

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2020 6 1 0 0 90.9 90.9 -0.4 0 .255 .289 .000 .232 .232 0 0 0
2021 178 38 5 13.2 86.5 113.3 11 39.5 .371 .725 .557 .477 .504 31.6 8.7 8.7
184 39 5 12.8 86.6 113.3 10.7 38.5 .368 .715 .546 .472 .497 30.8 8.5 8.5
6.4 88.3 122.2 11.9 32.8 .243 .402 .318 .313 .362 35.1 21.8 8.4




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # % PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Fastballs 97 54.5 20 17 12 9 2 0 1 0 17 .706 .409 1.000 .707 .736 .503 85.1 11 6.4 0.0
2021 Breaking 63 35.4 19 18 4 2 1 0 1 3 15 .222 .289 .444 .635 .306 .399 83.5 8 11.1 16.7
2021 Offspeed 18 10.1 7 7 4 2 1 0 1 1 6 .571 .489 1.143 .997 .730 .617 97.8 19 33.3 20.0
2020 Fastballs 4 66.7 0.0
2020 Breaking 2 33.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .255 .000 .289 .000 .232 90.9 0 0.0 0.0


Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2020 100 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
2021 42.1 28.9 26.3 2.6 50 42.1 7.9 7.9 26.3 26.3 23.7 2.6 13.2
43.6 28.2 25.6 2.6 48.7 43.6 7.7 7.7 28.2 25.6 23.1 2.6 12.8
45.3 22 25.6 7.1 36.6 37.9 25.5 3.5 33.5 24.3 24.5 5.6 6.4

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 Splitter 43.1 1 2 1.1 2 .5 2 1 50 50 50 .45 1.78 .89 100
2021 Cutter 4 1 17 9.6 4 .75 .75 .675 14.3 0 0 .614 .728 .577 25
2021 Changeup 9.6 2 16 9 5 .6 .8 .61 30 0 0 .505 .684 .507 40
2021 Sinker 15.3 4 24 13.5 6 1 1.2 .925 0 0 0 .431 .729 .525 60
2021 Curveball -4.9 -1 30 16.9 8 .125 .125 .113 14.3 12.5 10 .242 .33 .244 28.6
2021 4-Seamer 4.2 2 56 31.5 10 .5 1 .735 7.4 0 0 .293 .684 .461 12.5
2021 Slider -0.6 0 33 18.5 11 .3 .7 .441 7.7 18.2 25 .327 .879 .511 25
2020 Slider -14.2 0 2 33.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 .289 .232 0
2020 4-Seamer -1.2 0 4 66.7 0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 46 178 2 4 1 1 7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 6 50 66.7 100 0 33.3 0 33.3 0 0
2021 178 46.6 65.1 88.9 33.7 87.5 43.8 15.2 48.3 11.6 5.6 70
184 46.7 65.1 89.3 32.7 87.5 43.5 14.9 47.8 11.4 5.4 70
48.4 66.6 82.2 28.4 58.9 42.6 29 46.9 24.4 7.2 75.7

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% Speed OAA
2020
2021 95 98 95 93 91 80 76 19 21 96 50 96 31
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 27.6 3 3.1 0 2 0 3 100

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.9 86.5 -4.4 ↓
Launch Angle -.4 11 11.4 ↑
Barrel % 0 13.2 13.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 0 31.6 31.6 ↑
Sweet Spot % 0 39.5 39.5 ↑
xBA .255 .371 0.116 ↑
BA 0 .476 0.476 ↑
xwOBA .232 .477 0.245 ↑
wOBA 0 .557 0.557 ↑
xSLG .289 .725 0.436 ↑
SLG 0 .786 0.786 ↑
K% 0 8.7 8.7 ↑
BB% 0 8.7 8.7 ↑
Swing % 33.3 48.3 15 ↑
Whiff% 0 11.6 11.6 ↑
In Zone Swing % 50 46.6 -3.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 50 53.4 3.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 0 15.2 15.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 0 54.3 54.3 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2020 R 1 0 0.0 .000
2021 R 46 5 10.9 .565 .496