Richard Rodríguez

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	3/4/1990 (34)
Height, Weight	6'4", 220 lb
Hometown	Santiago, DOM

2021 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	-	-	-	-	-	-

	3 Sv	44 IP	4.16 ERA	1.32 WHIP	24.5% K%	10.0% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	93.9 FB MPH	12.8% SwStr%	29.1% CSW%	- Str-ICR	- MTK%	5.00 PLV	- PLA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

Hide 2021 MLB Percentile | Hide 2021 MLB Average

Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	Sv	Hld	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2017	BAL	5	0	5.2	0-0	0	-	14.29	2.65	-	14.31	-	-	9.7%	9.7%	19.1	6.35	.400	-	67.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	PIT	63	0	69.1	4-3	0	15	2.47	1.07	-	2.60	-	-	31.5%	6.8%	7.1	0.65	.311	-	83.3%	-	-	15.4%	32.7%	0.71	-
2019	PIT	72	0	65.1	4-5	1	16	3.72	1.35	-	5.23	-	-	22.1%	8.1%	9.0	1.93	.280	-	85.2%	-	-	11.6%	27.9%	0.52	-
2020	PIT	24	0	23.1	3-2	4	2	2.70	0.86	4.01	2.85	2.76	3.72	36.6%	5.4%	5.8	1.16	.250	16.7%	78.7%	45.1%	46.0%	15.8%	36.2%	0.77	5.13
2021	PIT/ATL	64	0	64.1	5-4	14	8	2.94	0.93	3.67	4.04	5.35	3.14	16.7%	4.0%	7.0	1.12	.222	8.2%	80.7%	39.1%	33.0%	10.7%	25.5%	0.45	5.11
RP MLB Percentile		-	-	-	---	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG		42	0	44.0	3-2	3	7	4.16	1.32	4.26	4.15	4.18	3.91	24.5%	10.0%	8.0	1.13	.288	13.6%	72.4%	36.5%	44.9%	12.8%	29.1%	0.52	5.00
Career		228	0	228.0	16-14	19	41	3.28	1.13	-	-	-	1.22	24.5%	6.4%	7.8	1.34	.272	26.1%	82.2%	16.4%	35.6%	13.0%	29.7%	0.59	5.12

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 86%
Slider | 14%
Changeup | 0%
Sinker | 0%
All

2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Hide 2021 MLB Percentile | Hide 2021 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	27.1%	92.8	-	-	75.9%	17.6%	23.5%	41.0%	-	-	-	-	-	.156	.227	-	-	-	-
2019	44.4%	93.2	-	-	69.0%	11.2%	17.2%	28.5%	-	-	-	-	-	.248	.267	-	-	-	-
2020	52.3%	92.9	54.6%	26.9%	69.8%	12.2%	23.4%	35.6%	55.1%	36.4%	39.4%	44.1%	23.1%	.213	.226	-1	-1.5	7.3%	5.13
2021	86.1%	93.1	55.8%	29.5%	71.2%	9.8%	16.2%	26.1%	53.8%	30.0%	52.8%	39.4%	8.4%	.221	.227	+6	-3.9	6.8%	5.21
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	47.4%	93.9	50.6%	25.3%	64.7%	10.9%	16.8%	27.7%	52.1%	37.1%	40.5%	39.4%	13.6%	.253	.298	+1	0.3	6.9%	4.89

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.267	.362	.304	.485	-	9.1%	44.1%	93.8	93.7	20.8	7.9	9.4	-2.8	5.7	6.8	2,558
2021	.245	.310	.247	.348	-	8.9%	39.4%	91.8	90.7	25.2	8.6	8.9	-2.7	5.7	6.8	2,464
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	.248	.344	.288	.382	-	8.9%	39.4%	90.0	88.2	17.7	4.6	9.2	-0.7	5.7	6.4	2,285

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	307	78	233	74	7	3	0	2	12	16	0	31	1	0
2019	516	132	356	160	22	2	0	5	29	39	0	23	14	0
2020	205	51	143	62	6	1	0	3	10	16	15	14	3	0
2021	813	222	579	234	27	10	2	8	47	65	71	33	9	0
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	292	72	190	101	9	3	0	2	15	18	18	17	9	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	36.4%	24.2%	39.4%	12.1%	38.2%	35.3%	26.5%	27.3%	9.1%	9.1%	30.3%	-	54.5%	44.1%
2021	30.0%	17.2%	52.8%	14.4%	31.1%	38.9%	30.0%	22.2%	8.3%	8.9%	33.3%	-	60.5%	39.4%
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	37.1%	22.4%	40.5%	12.5%	30.4%	38.4%	31.2%	23.6%	7.0%	8.9%	36.8%	-	60.5%	39.4%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2018	.156	.188	.227	.261	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	.248	.310	.267	.305	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.213	.286	.226	.294	-1	.267	.362	.304	.485	93.8	93.7	20.8	23.1
2021	.221	.277	.227	.261	+6	.245	.310	.247	.348	91.8	90.7	25.2	8.4
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	.253	.343	.298	.336	+1	.248	.344	.288	.382	90.0	88.2	17.7	13.6

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2018	-	75.9%	52.4%	-	33.5%	19.9%	66.5%	-	-	23.5%	17.6%	41.0%	19.7%	15.0%	72.0%	1.04	-
2019	-	69.0%	51.7%	-	21.7%	22.1%	78.3%	-	-	17.2%	11.2%	28.5%	26.7%	18.4%	63.4%	0.58	-
2020	54.6%	69.8%	46.3%	26.9%	26.3%	17.6%	73.7%	72.9%	76.0%	23.4%	12.2%	35.6%	23.8%	16.6%	64.9%	0.78	55.1%
2021	55.8%	71.2%	55.0%	29.5%	17.9%	23.0%	82.1%	86.2%	68.9%	16.2%	9.8%	26.1%	31.1%	22.1%	65.4%	0.50	53.8%
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	50.6%	64.7%	47.9%	25.3%	22.6%	21.0%	77.4%	81.1%	67.1%	16.8%	10.9%	27.7%	-	-	59.4%	0.53	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	54.6%	39.5%	27.3%	33.2%	54.1%	29.3%	16.6%	19.0%	53.7%	10.2%
2021	55.8%	32.7%	28.5%	38.7%	54.4%	27.8%	17.8%	21.9%	49.6%	8.2%
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	50.6%	33.8%	27.2%	39.0%	46.3%	27.3%	26.4%	29.5%	43.3%	7.7%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2018	54.4%	9.4%	36.2%	10.2%	72.9%	67.1%	34.1%	-	27.9%
2019	57.8%	14.3%	27.9%	15.8%	67.4%	57.8%	22.1%	-	16.0%
2020	55.1%	13.2%	31.7%	9.7%	68.5%	63.0%	34.5%	29.2%	21.5%
2021	58.1%	10.5%	31.5%	18.2%	70.9%	55.3%	22.7%	20.7%	12.9%
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	55.2%	16.3%	28.5%	13.1%	60.3%	50.1%	21.0%	20.8%	18.7%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2018	92.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	93.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	92.9	6.8	12.0	14.9	19.1	-4.8	0.8	2,558	5.13
2021	93.1	6.8	13.9	14.3	20.0	-4.9	0.8	2,464	5.21
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	93.9	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	2,285	4.89

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2018	307	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	516	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	205	5.13	3.73	48.3%	20.5%	31.2%	17.1%	-1.5	-1
2021	813	5.21	2.87	49.0%	17.2%	33.8%	15.1%	-3.9	+6
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	292	4.89	1.61	43.9%	18.0%	38.2%	5.7%	0.3	+1

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2018	9.5%	81.0	-	-	55.6%	21.3%	13.9%	35.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.091	.250	-	-	-	-
2019	7.5%	81.4	-	-	39.1%	12.6%	3.4%	16.1%	-	-	-	-	-	.278	.300	-	-	-	-
2020	27.6%	81.3	20.4%	36.0%	50.0%	25.0%	10.2%	35.2%	44.4%	71.4%	14.3%	42.9%	0.0%	.050	.143	-1	-2.8	6.5%	4.86
2021	13.9%	81.3	25.2%	28.6%	45.8%	16.0%	6.1%	22.1%	36.6%	64.7%	11.8%	35.3%	0.0%	.115	.176	-2	-2.9	8.4%	4.48
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	31.7%	84.3	40.8%	31.4%	60.9%	16.1%	15.1%	31.2%	49.7%	42.4%	36.8%	36.6%	14.2%	.219	.284	+1	0.5	7.3%	5.12

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.136	.187	.370	.378	-	14.3%	42.9%	83.2	100.8	-3.1	-2.7	-2.2	-3.1	5.8	6.8	2,353
2021	.098	.143	.145	.151	-	0.0%	35.3%	87.8	97.6	-1.1	-3.2	-2.9	-3.0	5.8	6.8	2,276
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	.207	.273	.266	.350	-	6.1%	36.6%	86.3	86.2	14.4	-3.0	0.9	-0.8	5.7	6.2	2,413

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2018	108	23	60	48	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	14	0	1
2019	87	19	34	53	3	0	0	2	5	9	0	6	1	0
2020	108	22	54	54	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	13	0	2
2021	131	28	60	71	2	1	0	0	3	3	6	9	0	2
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
RP MLB AVG	184	46	114	69	5	2	0	1	8	10	10	15	3	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	71.4%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	42.9%	42.9%	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	28.6%	-	57.2%	42.9%
2021	64.7%	23.5%	11.8%	0.0%	58.8%	35.3%	5.9%	23.5%	11.8%	0.0%	29.4%	-	64.7%	35.3%
RP MLB Percentile	-	-	-