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Player

Esmerlyn Valdez

PITRFBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

1,267

Chase%

21.0%

Zone swing%

64.8%

Whiff%

36.1%

xwOBA

0.332

Barrel%

19.9%

Hard-hit%

49.3%

Avg EV

91.9 mph

Swing Decision Value

72

Decision

74

Contact

73

Damage

28

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball36128.5%41.9%16.6%0.326
Sinker25320.0%20.4%13.4%0.420
Changeup13911.0%49.2%31.5%0.185
Slider13710.8%34.0%27.9%0.451
Sweeper1259.9%41.9%21.9%0.249
Cutter977.7%26.8%13.3%0.390
Curveball725.7%36.4%14.7%
Splitter463.6%45.5%40.0%
Knuckle Curve201.6%42.9%26.7%
Fastball90.7%0.0%16.7%
Slurve60.5%100.0%0.0%
Eephus20.2%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.