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Player

Richie Palacios

TB2BBats LThrows 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

1,434

Chase%

32.0%

Zone swing%

64.4%

Whiff%

18.9%

xwOBA

0.309

Barrel%

4.3%

Hard-hit%

29.3%

Avg EV

85.0 mph

Swing Decision Value

66

Decision

68

Contact

85

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 Fastball44631.1%12.2%31.5%0.360
Sinker22515.7%5.4%21.7%0.264
Changeup18012.6%34.6%28.4%0.385
Slider15110.5%28.2%40.7%0.299
Curveball1228.5%21.3%25.7%0.217
Cutter1017.0%12.1%37.7%0.355
Sweeper785.4%20.6%27.5%0.155
Splitter584.0%29.4%43.6%0.167
Knuckle Curve513.6%28.0%56.7%0.181
Unknown80.6%80.0%
Slurve60.4%0.0%
Eephus40.3%0.0%0.0%
Knuckleball20.1%
Fastball10.1%
Forkball10.1%
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.