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Yohander Méndez

Age: 24
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 230 lb

Born: January 17, 1995 in Valencia, Venezuela
MLB debut: September 5, 2016

dbWAR: -.4
IP: 4.2
ERA: 5.79
FIP: 8.57
K/9: 15.4
FIP−: 190

Yohander Méndez was a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2019 he struck out 8 batters over 4.2 innings across 3 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.79 was 28.4% higher than the league average of 4.51. Stripping out defence, his 8.57 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 41.9% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 23.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 38.1%. 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, 2019 regular season.

FIP8.57

K/915.4

WHIP1.93

WAR-.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2019	TEX	3	0	4.2	1	0	4	3	8	5	5.79	8.57	1.93	15.4	9.6	128	190	-0.2
2018	TEX	8	5	27.2	2	2	28	17	18	15	5.53	5.37	1.55	5.9	4.9	133	129	-0.1
2017	TEX	7	0	12.1	0	1	13	7	7	3	5.11	6.16	1.30	5.1	2.2	117	141	-0.2
2016	TEX	2	0	3.0	0	0	5	6	0	2	18.00	5.15	2.33	0.0	6.0	430	123	-0.0

Batting Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																					Trend
2018	TEX	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0%	50.0%	.000	-0.5	-109	-0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2019. 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	10	9	3	2	1	5	.333	.400	1.000	.549	50.0%
vs RHB	11	7	1	0	4	3	.143	.455	.143	.338	27.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Yohander Méndez 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	45.0%	45	93.3	2,223	40.0%	46.2%	9	—	—
Changeup	37.0%	37	85.0	1,765	40.5%	46.2%	5	—	—
Slider	18.0%	18	86.2	2,165	44.4%	20.0%	3	—	—

Yohander Méndez'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.