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Merandy Gonzalez

Age: 23
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 216 lb

Born: October 9, 1995 in Cotui, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: April 19, 2018

dbWAR: -.0
IP: 22.0
ERA: 5.73
FIP: 4.89
K/9: 7.8
FIP−: 118

Merandy Gonzalez was a relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins. In 2018 he struck out 19 batters over 22.0 innings across 8 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 5.73 was 38.0% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 19th of 22 on his team, and 454th of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.89 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.9% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.4%. His -0.1 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.

FIP4.89

K/97.8

WHIP1.77

WAR-.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

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2018	MIA	8	1	22.0	2	1	0	31	14	19	8	5.73	4.89	1.77	7.8	3.3	138	118	-0.1	—

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2018	MIA	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.000	.500	0.0%	50.0%	.220	-0.3	34	0.0	—

Platoon splits

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

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	43	39	15	1	4	6	.385	.442	.513	.411	14.0%
vs RHB	60	56	16	3	4	13	.286	.333	.500	.360	21.7%

Spray chart

Where every ball he put in play landed, 2018.

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Hot and cold zones

Batting average by pitch location, 2018.

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Batting average by location of the pitch that ended each plate appearance, catcher's view. The bordered square is the strike zone; the outer band is chase territory. Cells with fewer than 8 at-bats are left grey rather than shown as signal. League average on the same attribution is .247.

Pitch sequencing

What Merandy Gonzalez 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.


Four-Seam Fastball	44.4%	194	93.7	2,230	44.3%	19.3%	41	.439	1.218
Curveball	33.6%	147	76.2	2,645	40.8%	15.8%	37	.216	.534
Cutter	11.9%	52	93.6	2,251	59.6%	35.5%	10	—	—
Changeup	10.1%	44	84.1	1,680	38.6%	28.6%	7	—	—

Merandy Gonzalez'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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Similar players

Nearest 2018 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Jackson StephensCIN

ERA: 4.93
FIP: 5.22
SO: 33
WAR: -0.2

Very close

Joe BiaginiTOR

ERA: 6.00
FIP: 5.47
SO: 53
WAR: -0.7

Very close

Mike Wright Jr.BAL

ERA: 5.55
FIP: 4.78
SO: 74
WAR: -0.1

Matt MooreTEX

ERA: 6.79
FIP: 5.25
SO: 86
WAR: -0.3

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.