Yoenis Cespedes
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 225LBS | Age: 39
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 321 291 46 85 17 0 .292 .352 .540 .892
2018 157 141 20 37 9 3 .262 .325 .496 .821
2020 34 31 3 5 2 0 .161 .235 .387 .622
8 Seasons 3,490 3,191 475 870 165 43 .273 .327 .497 .824
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .292 17 0 .892
2018 .262 9 3 .821
2020 .161 2 0 .622
8 Seasons .273 165 43 .824
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 29 2722 497 55 11.1 8.1 92.2 112.9 12.2 32.4 .294 .546 .367 .380 .468 44.8 20.9 4.9
2016 30 2193 377 37 9.8 6.8 91.7 114.6 16.3 32.9 .282 .529 .369 .374 .439 47.5 19.9 9.4
2017 31 1317 232 26 11.2 8.1 90.1 115.2 18.9 29.7 .272 .521 .369 .356 .416 44.6 19.0 8.1
2018 32 592 93 10 10.8 6.4 90.8 115.1 19.7 36.6 .200 .400 .345 .290 .394 46.2 31.8 8.3
2020 34 135 16 2 12.5 5.9 86.0 106.9 17.3 50.0 .215 .412 .267 .304 .512 50.0 44.1 5.9
Player 6959 1215 130 10.7 7.5 91.4 115.2 15.4 32.6 .277 .520 .364 .364 .444 45.8 21.7 7.2
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 42.9 57.1 23.5 28.0 5.6 39.0 39.6 20.7 22.9 16.5 3.0 16.1 23.1 17.7
2016 37.7 62.3 26.0 27.3 9.0 36.6 39.3 24.1 18.8 15.1 3.7 17.8 24.1 20.4
2017 34.9 65.1 31.9 19.8 13.4 38.4 36.6 25.0 14.2 15.1 5.6 24.1 21.6 19.4
2018 30.1 69.9 32.3 23.7 14.0 38.7 39.8 21.5 11.8 12.9 5.4 26.9 26.9 16.1
2020 37.5 62.5 18.8 31.3 12.5 81.3 12.5 6.3 31.3 6.3 0.0 50.0 6.3 6.3
Player 38.7 61.3 26.5 25.9 8.9 38.7 38.6 22.5 19.3 15.4 3.9 19.4 23.2 18.6
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 2.4 30.6 21.3 24.9 7.6 11.1 8.1
2016 1.9 27.1 27.1 27.3 6.4 9.8 6.8
2017 4.3 21.6 33.6 22.4 6.5 11.2 8.1
2018 2.2 23.7 36.6 20.4 6.5 10.8 6.4
2020 6.3 31.3 18.8 18.8 12.5 12.5 5.9
Player 2.6 27.2 26.6 24.8 7.0 10.7 7.5
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2020 4-Seam Fastball 3.7 2 47 34.8 11 .333 1.000 .573 36.8 45.5 33.3 .299 .849 .510 75.0
2020 Curveball -3.5 -1 28 20.7 4 .000 .000 .000 30.0 50.0 22.2 .082 .093 .076 50.0
2020 Slider -6.6 -1 18 13.3 6 .167 .167 .150 30.8 50.0 42.9 .213 .273 .208 33.3
2020 Cutter -7.1 -1 16 11.9 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 50.0 .114 .121 .113 100.0
2020 Changeup 1.3 0 13 9.6 5 .000 .000 .320 42.9 20.0 20.0 .245 .397 .364 33.3
2020 Sinker 10.7 1 5 3.7 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .467 .515 .433 0.0
2020 Sweeper -6.4 0 5 3.7 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Split-Finger -8.0 0 3 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 229 38.7 56 .240 .460 .327 29.4 35.7 31.7 .149 .291 .236 48.4
2018 Sinker 1.1 2 143 24.2 32 .367 .533 .409 8.5 12.5 21.1 .296 .495 .364 46.2
2018 Slider 0.0 0 85 14.4 25 .238 .429 .322 31.3 24.0 28.6 .210 .377 .308 43.8
2018 Changeup -1.8 -1 67 11.3 22 .190 .333 .245 40.0 45.5 33.3 .187 .423 .277 27.3
2018 Curveball 6.5 2 37 6.3 12 .250 1.000 .500 56.3 66.7 42.1 .196 .692 .365 75.0
2018 Cutter 0.8 0 21 3.5 5 .000 .000 .320 33.3 40.0 40.0 .061 .175 .217 50.0
2018 Split-Finger 17.0 1 7 1.2 2 1.000 1.500 1.075 20.0 0.0 0.0 .444 .563 .421 100.0
2018 Sweeper -18.5 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .055 .057 .073 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 527 1,932 1 7 7 9 24
2013 569 2,149 5 -13 8 7 8
2014 642 2,400 10 -6 2 7 12
2015 669 2,698 10 4 9 9 31
2016 535 2,166 10 -7 13 9 25
2017 315 1,312 -2 2 9 7 16
2018 155 591 1 -4 2 3 2
2020 34 135 -2 -1 0 0 -1
Player 3,446 13,383 34 -18 50 34 117
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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 %
2015 2,722 47.8 62.5 82.9 36.5 66.0 42.5 16.3 48.9 23.6 6.8 76.3
2016 2,193 44.2 64.6 83.1 33.0 63.4 40.4 19.5 47.0 24.7 6.1 73.1
2017 1,317 48.7 66.0 87.7 32.7 62.3 40.9 20.4 48.9 21.0 6.9 69.2
2018 592 47.7 66.7 80.3 33.7 55.8 39.6 24.5 49.3 28.4 9.5 71.4
2020 135 43.0 60.3 77.1 40.3 54.8 43.0 29.4 48.9 33.3 7.4 70.0
Player 6,959 46.7 64.2 83.6 34.5 63.4 41.3 19.1 48.3 24.0 6.9 73.4
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 94 96 97 94 73 97 92 97 92 90 35 15 35 11 85
2016 91 88 92 90 85 76 81 93 96 95 48 68 35 23 56 4
2017 98 64 3
2018 96 61
2020 39 4
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 26.28 31 28.6 2 9 17 17 54.8
2017 28.20 17 16.0 1 8 7 11 64.7
2018 27.50 9 8.0 1 1 2 6 66.7
2020 27.32 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 100.0
Player 27.27 59 54.5 5 18 26 36 61.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 31 31 26 27 28 23 32 27 24 21 28 33 31 30 28 28 21 25 31 29 29 20 36 35 30 31 28 38 32 30 26
2017 17 17 14 15 15 15 17 19 13 13 15 18 15 17 17 16 13 14 18 15 19 17 19 19 15 14 14 18 19 15 14
2018 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
2020 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 59 58 50 53 53 48 59 56 46 44 53 62 56 56 55 54 43 49 59 54 58 47 65 64 55 55 52 66 61 55 50
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018
Results
BA .291 -.011 .280 +.012 .292 -.030 .262
xBA .294 -.012 .282 -.010 .272 -.072 .200
OBP .328 +.026 .354 -.002 .352 -.027 .325
xOBP .336 +.022 .358 -.024 .334 -.062 .272
SLG .542 -.012 .530 +.010 .540 -.044 .496
xSLG .546 -.017 .529 -.008 .521 -.121 .400
ISO .251 .000 .251 -.004 .247 -.013 .234
xISO .252 -.006 .246 +.003 .249 -.049 .200
BABIP .323 -.025 .298 +.018 .316 +.017 .333
wOBA .367 +.002 .369 .000 .369 -.024 .345
xwOBA .380 -.006 .374 -.018 .356 -.066 .290
wOBACON .450 -.018 .432 +.002 .434 +.051 .485
xwOBACON .468 -.029 .439 -.023 .416 -.022 .394
BACON .370 -.015 .355 +.011 .366 +.032 .398
xBACON .381 -.019 .362 -.020 .342 -.034 .308
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 44.8 +2.7 47.5 -2.9 44.6 +1.6 46.2
Avg Exit Velocity 92.2 -0.5 91.7 -1.6 90.1 +0.7 90.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.4 +0.5 32.9 -3.2 29.7 +6.9 36.6
Barrel % 11.1 -1.3 9.8 +1.4 11.2 -0.4 10.8
Avg Launch Angle 12.2 +4.1 16.3 +2.6 18.9 +0.8 19.7
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.1 +0.1 93.2 -1.0 92.2 +0.2 92.4
Breaking Velocity 83.7 +0.1 83.8 -1.9 81.9 +0.4 82.3
Offspeed Velocity 84.4 +0.1 84.5 -1.1 83.4 +1.4 84.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 55 -18 37 -11 26 -16 10
Popup % 5.6 +3.4 9.0 +4.4 13.4 +0.6 14.0
Flyball % 23.5 +2.5 26.0 +5.9 31.9 +0.4 32.3
Line Drive % 28.0 -0.7 27.3 -7.5 19.8 +3.9 23.7
Groundball % 42.9 -5.2 37.7 -2.8 34.9 -4.8 30.1
Pull % 39.0 -2.4 36.6 +1.8 38.4 +0.3 38.7
Straight Away % 39.6 -0.3 39.3 -2.7 36.6 +3.2 39.8
Opposite Field % 20.7 +3.4 24.1 +0.9 25.0 -3.5 21.5
Weak Contact % 2.4 -0.5 1.9 +2.4 4.3 -2.1 2.2
Pull Airball % 16.1 +1.7 17.8 +6.3 24.1 +2.8 26.9
Topped Contact % 30.6 -3.5 27.1 -5.5 21.6 +2.1 23.7
Under Contact % 21.3 +5.8 27.1 +6.5 33.6 +3.0 36.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.9 +2.4 27.3 -4.9 22.4 -2.0 20.4
Solid Contact % 7.6 -1.2 6.4 +0.1 6.5 0.0 6.5
HR/FB % 29.9 +1.7 31.6 -8.6 23.0 +7.0 30.0
Popups 28 +6 34 -3 31 -18 13
Flyballs 117 -19 98 -24 74 -44 30
Line Drives 139 -36 103 -57 46 -24 22
Groundballs 213 -71 142 -61 81 -53 28
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.8 -3.6 44.2 +4.5 48.7 -1.0 47.7
Out of Zone % 52.2 +3.6 55.8 -4.5 51.3 +1.0 52.3
Edge % 42.5 -2.1 40.4 +0.5 40.9 -1.3 39.6
Zone Swing % 62.5 +2.1 64.6 +1.4 66.0 +0.7 66.7
Out of Zone Swing % 36.5 -3.5 33.0 -0.3 32.7 +1.0 33.7
In Zone Contact % 82.9 +0.2 83.1 +4.6 87.7 -7.4 80.3
Out of Zone Contact % 66.0 -2.6 63.4 -1.1 62.3 -6.5 55.8
Whiff % 23.6 +1.1 24.7 -3.7 21.0 +7.4 28.4
First Strike % 58.4 +0.9 59.3 +2.0 61.3 -1.3 60.0
First Pitch Swing % 16.3 +3.2 19.5 +0.9 20.4 +4.1 24.5
Swing % 48.9 -1.9 47.0 +1.9 48.9 +0.4 49.3
Meatball Swing % 76.3 -3.2 73.1 -3.9 69.2 +2.2 71.4
Meatball % 6.8 -0.7 6.1 +0.8 6.9 +2.6 9.5
Zone Swing & Miss % 17.1 -0.2 16.9 -4.6 12.3 +7.4 19.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 33.8 +2.8 36.6 +1.1 37.7 +6.5 44.2
In Zone 1,300 -331 969 -330 639 -357 282
Out of Zone 1,418 -194 1,224 -551 673 -364 309
Edge 1,155 -270 885 -348 537 -303 234
In Zone Swings 813 -187 626 -204 422 -234 188
Out of Zone Swings 517 -113 404 -184 220 -116 104
In Zone Swing & Misses 139 -33 106 -54 52 -15 37
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 175 -27 148 -65 83 -37 46
Basic
Pitches 2,722 -529 2,193 -876 1,317 -725 592
PA 676 -133 543 -222 321 -164 157
AB 633 -154 479 -188 291 -150 141
Hits 184 -50 134 -49 85 -48 37
Singles 101 -24 77 -28 49 -27 22
Doubles 42 -17 25 -8 17 -11 6
Triples 6 -5 1 +1 2 -2 0
Home Runs 35 -4 31 -14 17 -8 9
Walks 33 +18 51 -25 26 -13 13
Strikeouts 141 -33 108 -47 61 -11 50
K% 20.9 -1.0 19.9 -0.9 19.0 +12.8 31.8
BB% 4.9 +4.5 9.4 -1.3 8.1 +0.2 8.3
HBP 5 +2 7 -5 2 -1 1
Batted Balls 497 -120 377 -145 232 -139 93
Number of Fastballs 1,658 -278 1,380 -551 829 -436 393
Number of Offspeed 296 -96 200 -75 125 -51 74
Number of Breaking 729 -148 581 -232 349 -227 122
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 525 131 25.0 .371 .355
2017 Shifts R 315 61 19.4 .353 .443
2018 Shifts R 155 63 40.6 .384 .287
2020 Shifts R 34 1 2.9 .275 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2012 502 16.8 27.1% 2.4% 345 23.7 1.2% 14.8%
2013 527 17.0 28.7% 1.5% 385 23.3 1.6% 12.2%
2014 589 17.8 25.0% 2.7% 453 23.2 0.9% 10.4%
2015 750 18.6 22.0% 6.4% 502 24.7 5.6% 20.7%
2016 628 18.8 16.2% 6.5% 368 25.6 2.2% 24.5%
2017 377 17.8 23.3% 1.9% 225 22.8 0.0% 5.3%
2018 168 16.8 29.8% 0.6% 96 23.5 1.0% 10.4%
2020 35 17.4 17.1% 0.0% 23 25.2 0.0% 21.7%
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