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Luis Valbuena

Cubs Career team 2012–2014
Number #18
Position Third Baseman
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 40
Height 5' 10"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Cumaná, Venezuela
Born Nov 30, 1985

Key Insights

2018
One opponent brings the best out of him

Valbuena has hit .417/.500/.833 against Chris Tillman in 14 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 12 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .654 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Justin Verlander has struck Valbuena out 16 times in 27 plate appearances, 59.3% of everything between them.

16 strikeouts in 27 plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Valbuena carries a .700 career OPS; against Masahiro Tanaka it is .133, over 15 plate appearances.

1 for 15 with 0 home runs.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Valbuena hits Yordano Ventura harder than anyone: 99.6 mph off the bat, against a median of 89.9 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Valbuena is 6 for 13 against Sonny Gray, a .462 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

16 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Valbuena swings through more against Scott Baker than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 10 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 30, 1985
Birth Place Cumaná, Venezuela
Height 5' 10"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right