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Daniel Palencia

Cubs
Number #48
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 26
Height 5' 11"
Weight 160 lbs
Birth Place San Carlos, Venezuela
Born May 2, 2000

Key Insights

2026
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Palencia's 4-seam fastball averages 99.4 mph, and has touched 101.9.

92 thrown, 74.2% of his pitches.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see

Palencia's 4-seam fastball carries 16.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.

92 thrown, averaging 99.4 mph.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

14.5% of Palencia's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

18 of 124 located pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate

Palencia throws the slider 26.5% of the time against right-handers and 5.3% against left-handers.

49 pitches to right-handers, 75 to left-handers.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice

Palencia releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 60 degrees above horizontal and 0.8 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.

124 tracked release points, averaging 5.5 feet off the ground.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count

Palencia puts 48.5% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.5% when he is ahead.

33 located pitches behind, 38 ahead.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB May 2, 2000
Birth Place San Carlos, Venezuela
Height 5' 11"
Weight 160 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R