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Player

Javier Báez

DETSSBats 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

623

Chase%

47.5%

Zone swing%

64.4%

Whiff%

26.7%

xwOBA

0.255

Barrel%

2.2%

Hard-hit%

33.3%

Avg EV

84.9 mph

Swing Decision Value

58

Decision

59

Contact

75

Damage

16

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 Fastball14022.5%22.9%39.2%0.383
Sweeper9815.7%34.8%62.5%0.189
Sinker9615.4%11.4%40.9%0.261
Slider9415.1%30.5%50.0%0.242
Changeup7411.9%28.3%53.5%0.202
Curveball447.1%41.7%42.9%0.186
Cutter426.7%13.6%37.5%0.259
Splitter142.2%28.6%33.3%
Slurve111.8%33.3%55.6%
Knuckle Curve91.4%0.0%33.3%
Eephus10.2%
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.