Joshua Palacios
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 4, #132, Toronto Blue Jays | Auburn
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 264 247 26 59 10 5 .239 .279 .413 .692
2024 78 67 10 15 2 1 .224 .333 .343 .676
2025 143 126 11 26 3 0 .206 .296 .310 .606
5 Seasons 576 522 62 117 15 7 .224 .288 .351 .639
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .239 10 5 .692
2024 .224 2 1 .676
2025 .206 3 0 .606
5 Seasons .224 15 7 .639
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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%
2021 25 163 26 1 3.8 2.4 93.5 104.4 8.4 26.9 .230 .333 .236 .302 .354 42.3 26.2 7.1
2022 26 209 32 0 0.0 0.0 81.3 104.0 4.9 28.1 .208 .247 .225 .221 .294 31.3 30.6 2.0
2023 27 958 194 19 9.8 7.2 91.3 109.6 7.7 30.9 .259 .438 .297 .318 .383 45.4 21.2 4.5
2024 28 307 55 2 3.6 2.6 89.8 108.4 3.4 21.8 .264 .388 .307 .342 .347 47.3 15.4 12.8
2025 29 541 92 8 8.7 5.7 88.5 110.3 10.2 29.3 .239 .388 .282 .317 .365 40.2 23.4 8.5
Player 2178 399 30 7.5 5.2 89.8 110.3 7.5 28.8 .248 .395 .284 .311 .365 43.1 22.1 6.6
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .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 %
2021 57.7 42.3 30.8 11.5 0.0 30.8 50.0 19.2 19.2 30.8 7.7 11.5 19.2 11.5
2022 50.0 50.0 12.5 25.0 12.5 31.3 28.1 40.6 18.8 12.5 18.8 12.5 15.6 21.9
2023 47.9 52.1 25.3 23.2 3.6 41.2 39.2 19.6 25.3 19.1 3.6 16.0 20.1 16.0
2024 61.8 38.2 16.4 14.5 7.3 41.8 27.3 30.9 27.3 20.0 14.5 14.5 7.3 16.4
2025 47.8 52.2 19.6 22.8 9.8 37.0 28.3 34.8 23.9 17.4 6.5 13.0 10.9 28.3
Player 50.6 49.4 22.1 21.3 6.0 38.8 34.8 26.3 24.3 19.0 7.3 14.5 15.8 19.0
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
2021 7.7 38.5 23.1 26.9 0.0 3.8 2.4
2022 9.4 40.6 21.9 25.0 3.1 0.0 0.0
2023 3.6 38.1 19.6 22.7 5.2 9.8 7.2
2024 5.5 41.8 18.2 23.6 3.6 3.6 2.6
2025 9.8 28.3 21.7 23.9 6.5 8.7 5.7
Player 6.0 36.6 20.3 23.6 4.8 7.5 5.2
MLB 3.9 32.6 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 -0.4 -1 193 35.7 41 .263 .421 .324 20.2 19.5 12.9 .255 .436 .322 43.3
2025 Changeup -2.0 -2 93 17.2 25 .167 .250 .187 21.2 16.0 13.8 .236 .339 .248 28.6
2025 Curveball 1.1 1 70 12.9 16 .286 .286 .369 20.7 25.0 16.7 .278 .330 .318 40.0
2025 Sinker -1.1 -1 63 11.6 15 .250 .333 .343 32.3 33.3 31.3 .236 .408 .360 57.1
2025 Slider 1.0 0 43 7.9 14 .182 .455 .357 52.2 28.6 21.1 .193 .374 .338 42.9
2025 Cutter -3.5 -1 35 6.5 12 .100 .100 .192 22.2 25.0 60.0 .243 .506 .380 42.9
2025 Split-Finger -7.0 -1 21 3.9 8 .125 .125 .113 35.7 25.0 28.6 .248 .326 .249 33.3
2025 Sweeper 1.5 0 21 3.9 9 .167 .333 .372 66.7 33.3 50.0 .098 .204 .317 33.3
2025 Slurve -5.1 0 2 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .491 .841 .562 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 86 28.0 21 .118 .294 .271 18.9 19.0 23.5 .202 .392 .337 46.2
2024 Sinker 2.5 2 61 19.9 16 .250 .500 .471 17.4 0.0 0.0 .342 .633 .497 41.7
2024 Slider -1.4 -1 43 14.0 8 .143 .143 .200 36.4 25.0 15.4 .275 .310 .317 80.0
2024 Cutter 0.5 0 40 13.0 12 .333 .417 .329 33.3 25.0 27.3 .304 .382 .299 55.6
2024 Changeup -1.2 0 30 9.8 9 .250 .250 .278 20.0 0.0 0.0 .167 .184 .222 12.5
2024 Curveball -0.8 0 25 8.1 6 .167 .333 .208 27.3 16.7 10.0 .323 .383 .306 80.0
2024 Sweeper 4.3 1 16 5.2 4 .667 .667 .625 12.5 0.0 0.0 .493 .568 .522 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -8.8 -1 6 2.0 2 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 42 163 -2 -4 1 1 -3
2022 49 209 -4 0 0 1 -4
2023 264 958 -7 -8 5 3 -7
2024 78 307 -1 -3 4 1 1
2025 141 541 -6 -7 5 3 -5
Player 574 2,178 -19 -22 13 -19 -19
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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 %
2021 163 52.1 60.0 74.5 37.2 55.2 46.6 28.6 49.1 31.3 11.0 88.9
2022 209 51.2 72.9 76.9 36.3 56.8 46.4 28.6 55.0 26.1 9.1 68.4
2023 958 51.6 72.5 79.3 30.2 57.1 43.6 31.1 52.0 26.7 9.2 79.5
2024 307 49.2 68.9 76.0 22.4 62.9 39.4 34.6 45.3 25.9 7.5 78.3
2025 541 53.4 72.0 79.3 27.0 52.9 49.0 43.3 51.0 26.8 7.8 83.3
Player 2,178 51.7 71.0 78.3 29.4 56.6 44.9 34.1 50.9 26.9 8.7 80.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.2 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
2021 34 82
2022 13 81
2023 52 72 87
2024 39 67
2025 64 38 9 91
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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 %
2021 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2023 25.66 10 8.9 1 4 6 4 40.0
2024 24.23 2 2.0 0 0 1 1 50.0
2025 24.43 3 3.7 -1 1 2 2 66.7
Player 25.28 15 14.7 0 6 9 7 46.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2023 10 8 8 7 11 9 10 7 7 8 8 9 8 9 9 10 9 9 8 11 6 11 11 10 10 8 9 11 9 9 7
2024 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2
2025 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 5
Player 15 15 13 12 16 15 15 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 14 15 15 15 14 17 13 18 17 17 16 14 13 17 17 15 14
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 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 93.5 -12.2 81.3 10.0 91.3 -1.5 89.8 -1.3 88.5
Launch Angle 8.4 -3.5 4.9 2.8 7.7 -4.3 3.4 6.8 10.2
Barrel % 3.8 -3.8 0.0 9.8 9.8 -6.2 3.6 5.1 8.7
Hard Hit % 42.3 -11.0 31.3 14.1 45.4 1.9 47.3 -7.1 40.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.9 1.2 28.1 2.8 30.9 -9.1 21.8 7.5 29.3
xBA .230 -0.022 .208 0.051 .259 0.005 .264 -0.025 .239
BA .200 0.013 .213 0.026 .239 -0.015 .224 -0.014 .210
xwOBA .302 -0.081 .221 0.097 .318 0.024 .342 -0.025 .317
wOBA .236 -0.011 .225 0.072 .297 0.010 .307 -0.025 .282
xSLG .333 -0.086 .247 0.191 .438 -0.050 .388 0.000 .388
SLG .200 0.055 .255 0.158 .413 -0.070 .343 -0.028 .315
K% 26.2 4.4 30.6 -9.4 21.2 -5.8 15.4 8.0 23.4
BB% 7.1 -5.1 2.0 2.5 4.5 8.3 12.8 -4.3 8.5
Swing % 49.1 5.9 55.0 -3.0 52.0 -6.7 45.3 5.7 51.0
Whiff% 31.3 -5.2 26.1 0.6 26.7 -0.8 25.9 0.9 26.8
In Zone % 52.1 -0.9 51.2 0.4 51.6 -2.4 49.2 4.2 53.4
Out of Zone % 47.9 0.9 48.8 -0.4 48.4 2.4 50.8 -4.2 46.6
Out of Zone Swing % 37.2 -0.9 36.3 -6.1 30.2 -7.8 22.4 4.6 27.0
First Pitch Swing % 28.6 0.0 28.6 2.5 31.1 3.5 34.6 8.7 43.3
First Pitch Strike % 45.2 9.9 55.1 2.9 58.0 -1.6 56.4 10.3 66.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 30 10 33.3 .175 .088
2022 Shifts L 49 4 8.2 .209 .401
2023 Shades L 264 57 21.6 .305 .266
2024 Shades L 78 18 23.1 .297 .337
2025 Shades L 140 68 48.6 .262 .303
! 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 %
2021 41 16.9 24.4% 4.9% 30 20.6 0.0% 10.0%
2022 43 16.7 27.9% 7.0% 32 21.6 3.1% 12.5%
2023 233 15.8 40.8% 0.0% 152 18.3 5.9% 0.0%
2024 83 15.7 38.6% 0.0% 56 17.6 3.6% 1.8%
2025 142 14.8 54.2% 0.0% 56 18.6 5.4% 0.0%
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