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Pat Valaika

Rockies Career team 2016–2019
Number #46
Position Second Baseman
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 34
Height 5' 11"
Weight 208 lbs
Birth Place Valencia, CA
Born Sep 9, 1992

Key Insights

2021
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Clayton Kershaw has struck Valaika out 6 times in 12 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 12 plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the WSH, Valaika has hit .286 and slugged .679 over 30 plate appearances, his best of any club.

8 hits, 3 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .344 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Valaika cannot get the barrel to Jordan Montgomery: 79.2 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 89.1 across the pitchers he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Valaika hits Nick Pivetta harder than anyone: 96.8 mph off the bat, against a median of 89.1 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Valaika more often than Hyun Jin Ryu: 20 plate appearances, in which Valaika has hit .368/.400/.579.

7 hits, 1 home run and 3 strikeouts across 20 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the DET, Valaika has hit .111 and slugged .148 over 28 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

3 hits, 0 home runs and 11 strikeouts, against a .344 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Sep 9, 1992
Birth Place Valencia, CA
Height 5' 11"
Weight 208 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft UCLA