OVERALL GRADE
D Limited Sample
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PLAYER PROFILE
Daniel Palencia
Relief Pitcher • Chicago Cubs
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right
Age:
26
Height:
5' 11"
Weight:
160 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
65 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Relief Pitcher
P · Chicago Cubs
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia currently grades as a limited sample baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Position and Role Value (81/100), 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
- Position and Role Value
- Current Pitching Execution
- Pitching Experience and Proven Impact
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Pitch IQ, Command and Pitchability
- Defense, Range and Arm Context
- Situational and Winning Impact
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games ERA/WHIP (4.32 / 1.40) is compared with the season line (4.32 / 1.40).
Current Pitching Execution
75
31th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for run prevention, strikeout quality, and workload.
Pitching Experience and Proven Impact
75
Career history includes 120.7 innings, 136 strikeouts and verified postseason context. No supported official award history was available. No verified MLB postseason pitching 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 ERA/WHIP (4.32 / 1.40) is compared with the season line (4.32 / 1.40).
Position and Role Value
81
Based on the official primary role/position (P) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
75
Built from official pitcher workload: 25.0 innings across 28 appearances.
Pitch IQ, Command and Pitchability
75
40th percentile context
Uses official walk suppression, WHIP, strike percentage, and strikeout-to-walk balance.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
75
Pitcher defensive separation is limited in the current official stat feed, so this category stays near neutral.
Situational and Winning Impact
75
Compares the opponent OPS allowed with runners in scoring position (1.085) against the season baseline (.771).
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.
2026 PITCHING
Pitching Statistics
ERA
4.32
Would rank #41
Top 85% vs qualifiers
Earned runs allowed per nine innings.
WHIP
1.40
Would rank #44
Top 91% vs qualifiers
Walks plus hits allowed per inning pitched.
W–L
2–2
W
#314 MLB
Top 37%
IP
25.0
#478 MLB
Top 56%
Innings pitched.
SO
26
#444 MLB
Top 52%
BB
10
SV
3
#68 MLB
Top 8%
G
28
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.000
Would rank #138
Top 100% vs qualifiers
OPS
.000
Would rank #138
Top 100% vs qualifiers
HR
0
Would rank #532
Top 81% vs the MLB pool
RBI
0
Would rank #605
Top 92% vs the MLB pool
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Relief Pitcher
Official current-season rank context is available, but no verified role-specific bullpen comparison pool supports a league-relative Scout Report conclusion.
DATA CONFIDENCE
Limited confidence
Available data does not support a qualified MLB comparison.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
League-relative strengths are withheld without a verified role-specific bullpen comparison.
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Role-Specific Comparison Unavailable Comparison unavailable
Why: The current qualified pitching pool is not a verified relief pitcher comparison pool. Available official season data covers 25.0 IP across 28 appearances. A performance-specific weakness is withheld rather than using a cross-role comparison.
VERSATILITY
No verified season position usage
- Primary role or position
- Relief Pitcher
- Position / role entries
- 0
- 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.