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Player Houston Astros Refreshed Oct 20 06:00 AM ET
Player profile / Houston Astros

Ronel Blanco

P · Bats/Throws R/R · 6' 3", 265 lb · Age 33

Cards
6
Modules
1
Live Δ
yes
Club Houston Astros Position P Roster Current MLB team Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line

Season by season

3D Pitch Lab Projections
WLERAGGSSVIPSOWHIP
20241362.8030290167.11661.09
2025344.1099048.1481.18
2026016.6885033.2291.37
5 Seasons18123.8071500307.23021.22
At a glance

Season percentile report

The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.

2026-10-20
26
Pitching
percentile
Pitching9 metrics
33
Arsenal5 metrics
57
Rolling projection

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.

Pending

Rolling player projection appears after current-season Statcast and projection joins refresh.

Live percentile strip

Current traits vs projection tick

100th = best in MLB.

2026-10-20
Pitching · percentile strip
WHIP1.39
38
ERA6.68
4
BB%11.2%
23
K%20.3%
37
xwOBA allowed0.337
25
Barrel allowed9.3%
22
Fastball velo93.4
31
Hard-hit allowed36.1%
68
Whiff%22.3%
48
Mithrandir+

Stuff+ and arsenal context

How nasty this pitcher's stuff grades in our pitch-level model. Missing coverage is shown explicitly.

2026-10-20
Changeup Stuff+108
92
Curveball Stuff+103
66
Fastball Stuff+100
36
Mithrandir Stuff+102
48
Slider Stuff+101
43
Rolling form chart

xwOBA allowed snapshot line

Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs

12 snapshots
Mithrandir Metrics ROLLING XWOBA LINE Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Rolling xwOBA allowed Blanco, Ronel · Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs LG AVG 0.314 0.337 2026-10-09: 0.3372026-10-10: 0.3372026-10-11: 0.3372026-10-12: 0.3372026-10-13: 0.3372026-10-14: 0.3372026-10-15: 0.3372026-10-16: 0.3372026-10-17: 0.3372026-10-18: 0.3372026-10-19: 0.3372026-10-20: 0.337 2026-10-09 2026-10-20 xwOBA allowed MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Optimization map

Arsenal optimization map

Pitch-shape context from this pitcher’s current arsenal snapshot. Hover a pitch to inspect usage, movement, and bat-missing context.

4Pitches 2026Season 37%Top usage
ride armside gloveside +Arsenal gap +Shape contrast
Zone profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.

Mithrandir Metrics ZONE HEATMAP Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Pitch Zone Profile Blanco, Ronel · Aggregate zone metrics; not pitch-by-pitch locations Edge: 34%34%Zone: 48%48%Whiff: 22%22%Called strike: 14%14%First pitch strike: 53%53%Hard hit allowed: 36%36% Dashed border = aggregate mixed-batter zone proxy MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Pitch arsenal

Usage mix, movement map, and Stuff+ composition

2026 pitch-level arsenal aggregates; current season takes over after 100 tracked pitches across at least 2 pitch types. Descriptive pitch-type Stuff+ composition. Not a promoted predictive metric.

Watch the pitches in 3D →

2026
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH ARSENAL DONUT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Blanco, Ronel · 2026 arsenal snapshot 4-Seam Fastball: 37.0%Changeup: 26.7%Slider: 21.1%Curveball: 15.3% FF37% · 93 mphprimary pitch FF 37%CH 27%SL 21%CU 15% MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH MOVEMENT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Blanco, Ronel · 2026 arsenal snapshot 12″24″36″48″ 4-Seam Fastball: 37% usage, 2″ horizontal break, 12″ drop, 93.4 mphFF93 mphChangeup: 27% usage, 9″ horizontal break, 31″ drop, 85.0 mphCH85 mphSlider: 21% usage, 1″ horizontal break, 30″ drop, 86.5 mphSL87 mphCurveball: 15% usage, 4″ horizontal break, 45″ drop, 79.9 mphCU80 mph less drop ↑ more drop ↓ · horizontal break ↔ · dot size = usage · break incl. gravity MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
PitchUsagePitchesStuff+Status
FB 38.2% 121 100 limited sample
CH 25.2% 80 108 limited sample
SL 25.2% 80 101 limited sample
CB 11.4% 36 103 limited sample
Method note

Renamed from the attempted Kirby Index after audit; true Kirby requires release-angle trajectory data.

Reference layer

Current snapshot

Age33
Height6' 3"
Weight265 lb
Debut2022-04-08
Live layer

Delta / regression

ERA Δ--
K% Δ--

positive regression

Regression watch

Unlucky so far. Better days ahead.

0.8σ gap
wOBA-against (actual)0.364
xwOBA-against (deserved)0.337

Blanco’s wOBA-against sits at 0.364, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.337 — a gap of 0.027, 0.8 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 33 IP. The results have been worse than the process deserves; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to climb back toward the underlying level.

Mithrandir coverage

Module shelf

ModuleCardsLatestSignal
Pitching62026-09-01Four-Seam Fastball played up through FF/CH tunnel quality
Projection links / recent games

Available detail

Pitcher Projections 202623.1% K | 3.95 ERAProjection
2026-08-15 vs SEA5 ER / 3 K4.0 IP