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Ezequiel Tovar

Shortstop • Colorado Rockies

Bats: Right Throws: Right Age: 25 Height: 6' 0" Weight: 192 lbs

Player IQ

A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.

Complete role-specific baseball intelligence evaluation

OVERALL GRADE

C+ Solid

OVERALL PLAYER IQ

77 Out of 100

BASEBALL ROLE

Shortstop

SS · Colorado Rockies

Bats: Right Throws: Right

COMPLETE PLAYER READ

The evaluation on Ezequiel Tovar

Ezequiel Tovar currently grades as a solid baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Defense, Range and Arm Context (95/100), while Situational and Winning Impact (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is stable, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.

WHAT THE MODEL USES

  • Official current production and league context
  • Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
  • Durability and workload history
  • Verified defensive and multi-position usage
  • Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
  • Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
  • Situational and recent-form evidence

STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS

  • Defense, Range and Arm Context
  • Durability
  • Position and Role Value

DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES

  • Development Trend
  • Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
  • Situational and Winning Impact
IQDugout position- and role-aware Baseball IQ model · Baseball IQ 4.3 Data confidence: High

CATEGORY BREAKDOWN

Why the overall evaluation landed here

Last-X-games OPS (.617) is compared with the full-season OPS (.617).

Current Baseball Value 75
25th percentile context

Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.

Career Knowledge and Proven Impact 75

Career history includes 560 games, 523 hits, 64 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 3 major awards or championship records across 8 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.

Consistency 75

Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.

Development Trend 75

Last-X-games OPS (.617) is compared with the full-season OPS (.617).

Position and Role Value 87

Based on the official primary role/position (SS) plus verified multi-position usage.

Durability 88

Built from official workload: 146 games and 506 plate appearances.

Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition 75
20th percentile context

Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.

Defense, Range and Arm Context 95

Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.

Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions 85

Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.

Situational and Winning Impact 75

Compares the official RISP OPS (.391) with the full-season OPS (.617).

Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.

Hitting Statistics

AVG .219
#123 MLB Top 91%

Hits divided by at-bats.

OBP .264
#135 MLB Top 100%

Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.

SLG .353
#126 MLB Top 93%

Total bases per at-bat.

OPS .617
#135 MLB Top 100%

On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.

HR 13
#158 MLB Top 24%
RBI 44
#199 MLB Top 30%
H 102
#158 MLB Top 24%
SB 8
#133 MLB Top 20%

Player Career Hub

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Scout Report

Available 2026 MLB data

ARCHETYPE

Shortstop

Rate-stat observations use the official qualified MLB hitting pool. Supported counting-stat observations use all official season participants in that stat group. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from those pools.

DATA CONFIDENCE

High confidence

Officially qualified for the MLB hitter comparison pool.

STRENGTHS

Verified indicators

No verified strength crossed the current percentile thresholds.

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

Areas to monitor

  • On-Base Production

    Why: .264 OBP ranks #135 among 135 qualified MLB hitters (0th percentile).

  • Slugging Production

    Why: .353 SLG ranks #126 among 135 qualified MLB hitters (7th percentile).

  • Batting Average Production

    Why: .219 AVG ranks #123 among 135 qualified MLB hitters (9th percentile).

VERSATILITY

Single-position usage

Primary role or position
Shortstop
Position / role entries
1
Verified secondary positions
None in available season position data

This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.