Colton Cowser
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 1, #5, Baltimore Orioles | Sam Houston
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 77 61 15 7 0 1 .115 .286 .148 .434
2024 132 114 14 30 6 3 .263 .348 .509 .857
2 Seasons 209 175 29 37 6 4 .211 .325 .383 .708
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .115 0 1 .434
2024 .263 6 3 .857
2 Seasons .211 6 4 .708
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 23 364 40 1 2.5 1.3 87.4 107.7 4.6 37.5 .206 .277 .226 .301 .317 42.5 28.6 16.9
2024 24 559 76 12 15.8 9.1 90.9 113.6 11.9 35.5 .257 .513 .369 .368 .496 48.7 30.3 11.4
Player 923 116 13 11.2 6.2 89.7 113.6 9.4 36.2 .239 .431 .316 .343 .435 46.6 29.7 13.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 47.5 17.5 35.0 0.0 37.5 30.0 32.5 2.5 40.0 20.0 30.0 5.0 2.5 1.3
2024 43.4 27.6 27.6 1.3 42.1 27.6 30.3 0.0 35.5 11.8 26.3 10.5 15.8 9.1
Player 44.8 24.1 30.2 0.9 40.5 28.4 31.0 0.9 37.1 14.7 27.6 8.6 11.2 6.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.7 5 175 31.3 43 .351 .730 .487 17.0 23.3 18.2 .366 .774 .509 70.4
2024 Changeup -3.2 -3 80 14.3 15 .143 .143 .167 40.5 20.0 15.8 .154 .205 .189 18.2
2024 Slider 5.0 4 75 13.4 20 .474 .842 .533 45.7 30.0 24.0 .355 .639 .420 42.9
2024 Sinker -1.6 -1 73 13.1 19 .154 .231 .334 26.9 26.3 26.3 .206 .391 .393 37.5
2024 Curveball -1.3 -1 53 9.5 13 .154 .308 .192 55.6 53.8 33.3 .100 .238 .139 33.3
2024 Sweeper -3.4 -1 42 7.5 7 .000 .000 .100 35.7 28.6 15.4 .165 .351 .287 50.0
2024 Cutter 1.5 1 41 7.3 8 .333 1.000 .494 44.4 25.0 66.7 .259 .708 .449 60.0
2024 Split-Finger -8.1 -2 19 3.4 6 .000 .000 .000 66.7 83.3 50.0 .048 .052 .043 0.0
2024 Slurve 3.6 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 121 33.2 22 .118 .176 .298 31.9 27.3 17.1 .188 .269 .309 54.5
2023 Changeup -2.9 -2 52 14.3 11 .111 .111 .209 25.0 9.1 5.9 .176 .202 .263 0.0
2023 Sinker -1.7 -1 49 13.5 9 .000 .000 .233 25.0 55.6 35.7 .064 .100 .279 100.0
2023 Slider -1.0 0 48 13.2 15 .154 .154 .213 26.1 26.7 17.4 .215 .369 .308 66.7
2023 Curveball 1.4 1 39 10.7 8 .125 .250 .156 15.4 25.0 11.1 .285 .328 .263 50.0
2023 Cutter -4.3 -1 33 9.1 6 .000 .000 .000 26.7 50.0 33.3 .225 .237 .176 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 5.3 1 15 4.1 4 .000 .000 .525 28.6 25.0 16.7 .105 .106 .573 0.0
2023 Sweeper 16.4 1 7 1.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .974 1.083 .907 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 76 364 -4 -5 4 2 -4
2024 131 559 5 -7 2 2 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 364 47.5 61.8 76.6 20.9 65.0 42.6 22.1 40.4 26.5 6.3 65.2
2024 559 49.9 64.2 73.2 23.6 45.5 44.2 29.0 43.8 33.5 6.6 73.0
Player 923 49.0 63.3 74.5 22.5 52.8 43.6 26.4 42.5 30.9 6.5 70.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Swing
Length
2023 33 64 92
2024 83 59 89 92 73 77 94 77 93 84 13 77 9 75 73 96 99 84 79
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 22.1 6 5.6 0 2 4 3 50.0
Player 22.1 6 5.6 0 2 4 3 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2024 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 5 5 6 5 6 6 4 6 6 5 7 7 5 5 6 5 8 6 4
Player 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 5 5 6 5 6 6 4 6 6 5 7 7 5 5 6 5 8 6 4
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.4 90.9 3.5
Launch Angle 4.6 11.9 7.3
Barrel % 2.5 15.8 13.3
Hard Hit % 42.5 48.7 6.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 35.5 -2.0
xBA .206 .257 0.051
BA .115 .263 0.148
xwOBA .301 .368 0.067
wOBA .226 .369 0.143
xSLG .277 .513 0.236
SLG .148 .509 0.361
K% 28.6 30.3 1.7
BB% 16.9 11.4 -5.5
Swing % 40.4 43.8 3.4
Whiff% 26.5 33.5 7.0
In Zone % 47.5 49.9 2.4
Out of Zone % 52.5 50.1 -2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 23.6 2.7
First Pitch Swing % 22.1 29.0 6.9
First Pitch Strike % 48.1 59.5 11.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 76 44 57.9 .243 .203
2024 Shades L 131 58 44.3 .365 .373
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 134 16.1 36.6% 0.0% 44 19.8 0.0% 0.0%
2024 135 15.9 37.0% 0.0% 81 18.8 7.4% 1.2%
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