Nick Gonzales
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 200LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #7, Pittsburgh Pirates | New Mexico State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 128 115 12 24 2 0 .209 .268 .348 .616
2024 387 359 42 97 7 5 .270 .311 .398 .709
2025 53 49 5 11 1 0 .224 .264 .367 .631
3 Seasons 568 523 59 132 10 5 .252 .297 .384 .681
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .209 2 0 .616
2024 .270 7 5 .709
2025 .224 1 0 .631
3 Seasons .252 10 5 .681
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 24 498 82 3 3.7 2.3 85.5 106.0 8.7 26.8 .201 .313 .268 .257 .316 26.8 28.1 4.7
2024 25 1371 290 23 7.9 5.9 87.9 110.4 13.0 34.1 .270 .407 .307 .317 .370 36.9 19.1 4.7
2025 26 166 40 3 7.5 5.8 88.6 107.7 7.8 50.0 .284 .436 .278 .328 .375 32.5 17.3 5.8
Player 2035 412 29 7.0 5.1 87.5 110.4 11.7 34.2 .256 .389 .296 .305 .360 34.5 21.0 4.8
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .316 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 58.5 41.5 23.2 14.6 3.7 45.1 36.6 18.3 35.4 20.7 2.4 9.8 15.9 15.9
2024 41.7 58.3 25.9 27.2 5.2 42.1 33.8 24.1 22.1 13.8 5.9 20.0 20.0 18.3
2025 37.5 62.5 30.0 32.5 0.0 40.0 35.0 25.0 22.5 12.5 2.5 17.5 22.5 22.5
Player 44.7 55.3 25.7 25.2 4.4 42.5 34.5 23.1 24.8 15.0 4.9 17.7 19.4 18.2
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 7.3 41.5 23.2 22.0 2.4 3.7 2.3
2024 4.5 31.7 23.8 26.9 4.5 7.9 5.9
2025 7.5 20.0 22.5 35.0 7.5 7.5 5.8
Player 5.3 32.5 23.5 26.7 4.4 7.0 5.1
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 1 40 24.1 16 .286 .643 .425 5.0 6.3 10.0 .371 .703 .484 53.8
2025 Sinker 1.5 0 33 19.9 9 .375 .625 .456 12.5 11.1 25.0 .366 .487 .404 42.9
2025 Slider -5.1 -2 31 18.7 7 .167 .167 .129 47.6 28.6 25.0 .192 .294 .214 20.0
2025 Sweeper -1.9 0 20 12.0 5 .200 .200 .180 16.7 0.0 0.0 .210 .272 .203 0.0
2025 Curveball -6.4 -1 18 10.8 8 .125 .125 .113 42.9 50.0 44.4 .095 .113 .089 0.0
2025 Changeup -4.5 -1 17 10.2 4 .000 .000 .000 27.3 25.0 14.3 .301 .363 .291 66.7
2025 Cutter 0.9 0 3 1.8 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .512 .598 .488 0.0
2025 Slurve -6.3 0 3 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .306 .528 .335 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 2.3 0 1 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 361 26.3 83 .200 .371 .309 27.7 24.1 18.2 .247 .443 .354 49.0
2024 Slider 0.0 0 268 19.5 78 .253 .427 .307 25.3 16.7 14.1 .277 .420 .304 26.6
2024 Sinker 0.7 2 237 17.3 77 .352 .437 .388 17.7 13.0 19.2 .311 .414 .349 46.8
2024 Sweeper -3.6 -5 131 9.6 41 .146 .146 .154 23.6 19.5 19.0 .244 .371 .264 30.3
2024 Curveball 0.2 0 119 8.7 31 .241 .414 .306 37.7 41.9 29.5 .172 .271 .223 18.8
2024 Changeup 2.7 3 111 8.1 34 .424 .576 .449 26.8 17.6 18.8 .326 .430 .335 35.7
2024 Cutter -0.6 -1 111 8.1 33 .323 .452 .359 19.7 6.1 9.1 .276 .418 .325 34.5
2024 Split-Finger -6.1 -1 22 1.6 8 .125 .250 .156 28.6 25.0 20.0 .203 .356 .236 33.3
2024 Slurve 2.6 0 6 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 128 498 -5 -6 1 2 -8
2024 386 1,371 -9 -5 8 5 -1
2025 52 166 -5 1 1 1 -2
Player 566 2,035 -19 -10 10 -19 -12
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 498 51.0 76.0 76.7 28.3 42.0 45.2 43.8 52.6 32.4 8.8 86.4
2024 1,371 50.0 78.2 82.6 34.1 57.7 43.4 44.0 56.2 24.9 7.8 89.7
2025 166 53.6 82.0 80.8 32.5 56.0 40.4 44.2 59.0 25.5 11.4 94.7
Player 2,035 50.5 78.0 81.0 32.6 54.3 43.6 44.0 55.5 26.7 8.4 89.4
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 20 86 28
2024 50 84 54 33 45 39 51 25 65 31 67 7 46 15 93 79 20 37 54 48
2025 35 89
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 20.70 2 2.1 0 1 2 1 50.0
2024 22.35 7 9.3 -2 9 10 1 14.3
2025 28.89 1 1.2 0 1 2 0 0.0
Player 22.67 10 12.6 -3 11 14 2 20.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2024 7 4 9 10 9 11 10 10 7 5 9 13 12 7 9 7 8 5 9 12 10 8 14 12 6 9 9 10 13 10 11
2025 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2
Player 10 6 11 14 12 15 13 12 10 8 12 17 15 12 14 9 13 8 10 17 13 11 20 16 8 12 12 14 16 14 15
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 85.5 2.4 87.9 0.7 88.6
Launch Angle 8.7 4.3 13.0 -5.2 7.8
Barrel % 3.7 4.2 7.9 -0.4 7.5
Hard Hit % 26.8 10.1 36.9 -4.4 32.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 7.3 34.1 15.9 50.0
xBA .201 0.069 .270 0.014 .284
BA .209 0.061 .270 -0.041 .229
xwOBA .257 0.060 .317 0.011 .328
wOBA .268 0.039 .307 -0.029 .278
xSLG .313 0.094 .407 0.029 .436
SLG .348 0.050 .398 -0.023 .375
K% 28.1 -9.0 19.1 -1.8 17.3
BB% 4.7 0.0 4.7 1.1 5.8
Swing % 52.6 3.6 56.2 2.8 59.0
Whiff% 32.4 -7.5 24.9 0.6 25.5
In Zone % 51.0 -1.0 50.0 3.6 53.6
Out of Zone % 49.0 1.0 50.0 -3.6 46.4
Out of Zone Swing % 28.3 5.8 34.1 -1.6 32.5
First Pitch Swing % 43.8 0.2 44.0 0.2 44.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 0.5 66.1 -0.7 65.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 128 4 3.1 .270 .221
2024 Shades R 386 24 6.2 .308 .290
2025 Shades R 52 1 1.9 .284 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 133 15.7 37.6% 0.0% 70 18.8 1.4% 0.0%
2024 323 15.2 44.0% 0.3% 200 18.8 5.0% 2.0%
2025 33 15.1 48.5% 0.0% 15 18.1 0.0% 0.0%
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