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Ricardo Rodríguez

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 220 lb

Born: August 31, 1992 in Maracay, Venezuela
MLB debut: August 14, 2017

dbWAR: .1
IP: 6.2
ERA: 4.05
FIP: 2.71
K/9: 4.0
FIP−: 65

Ricardo Rodríguez was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2018 he struck out 3 batters over 6.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.05 was 2.4% lower than the league average of 4.15. Stripping out defence, his 2.71 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 13.3% of swings (6.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 9.7%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2018.

FIP2.71

K/94.0

WHIP1.80

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2018	TEX	4	0	6.2	0	0	0	11	3	3	1	4.05	2.71	1.80	4.0	1.3	98	65	0.2
2017	TEX	16	0	13.0	0	1	1	17	9	11	4	6.23	5.62	1.62	7.6	2.8	143	129	-0.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	13	12	6	0	1	0	.500	.538	.667	.506	0.0%
vs RHB	18	18	5	0	0	3	.278	.278	.333	.266	16.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Ricardo Rodríguez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	49.5%	46	95.1	2,176	34.8%	4.2%	15	.533	1.200
Slider	44.1%	41	85.5	2,311	39.0%	25.0%	14	—	—

Ricardo Rodríguez's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.