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 120 105 14 27 6 3 .257 .333 .514 .847
2 Seasons 197 166 29 34 6 4 .205 .315 .380 .695
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .115 0 1 .434
2024 .257 6 3 .847
2 Seasons .205 6 4 .695
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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 24 515 69 12 17.4 10.0 91.0 113.6 11.5 34.8 .250 .523 .365 .366 .506 50.7 31.7 10.0
Player 879 109 13 11.9 6.6 89.7 113.6 9.0 35.8 .234 .433 .311 .341 .436 47.7 30.5 12.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 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 44.9 27.5 26.1 1.4 42.0 29.0 29.0 0.0 36.2 10.1 24.6 11.6 17.4 10.0
Player 45.9 23.9 29.4 0.9 40.4 29.4 30.3 0.9 37.6 13.8 26.6 9.2 11.9 6.6
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 2.4 4 163 31.7 40 .353 .735 .493 16.0 22.5 17.0 .371 .809 .524 72.0
2024 Changeup -2.9 -2 75 14.6 13 .167 .167 .192 41.2 23.1 15.8 .166 .222 .206 22.2
2024 Sinker -2.4 -2 68 13.2 16 .083 .167 .253 28.0 31.3 27.8 .161 .345 .333 28.6
2024 Slider 5.3 3 65 12.6 18 .471 .882 .542 43.3 27.8 22.7 .346 .660 .423 46.2
2024 Curveball -1.3 -1 52 10.1 13 .154 .308 .192 55.6 53.8 33.3 .100 .238 .139 33.3
2024 Sweeper -3.4 -1 42 8.2 7 .000 .000 .100 35.7 28.6 15.4 .166 .351 .287 50.0
2024 Cutter 1.7 1 37 7.2 8 .333 1.000 .494 44.4 25.0 66.7 .259 .708 .449 60.0
2024 Split-Finger -12.8 -2 13 2.5 5 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 62.5 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -2 122 33.5 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 Slider -1.0 -1 49 13.5 15 .154 .154 .213 26.1 26.7 17.4 .215 .369 .308 66.7
2023 Sinker -1.7 -1 49 13.5 9 .000 .000 .233 25.0 55.6 35.7 .064 .100 .279 100.0
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 31 8.5 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 120 515 4 -7 2 1 0
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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 515 49.7 64.1 73.2 23.9 45.2 44.3 26.7 43.9 33.6 6.6 73.5
Player 879 48.8 63.2 74.5 22.7 52.9 43.6 24.9 42.4 30.8 6.5 70.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2023 33 64 92
2024 82 53 91 93 63 82 95 78 93 90 11 65 8 71 75 95 98
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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 4 5 7 5 5 6 6 5 6 4 6 6 5 7 7 5 5 6 5 8 6 4
Player 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 7 5 5 6 6 5 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 91.0 3.6
Launch Angle 4.6 11.5 6.9
Barrel % 2.5 17.4 14.9
Hard Hit % 42.5 50.7 8.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 34.8 -2.7
xBA .206 .250 0.044
BA .115 .257 0.142
xwOBA .301 .366 0.065
wOBA .226 .365 0.139
xSLG .277 .523 0.246
SLG .148 .514 0.366
K% 28.6 31.7 3.1
BB% 16.9 10.0 -6.9
Swing % 40.4 43.9 3.5
Whiff% 26.5 33.6 7.1
In Zone % 47.5 49.7 2.2
Out of Zone % 52.5 50.3 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 23.9 3.0
First Pitch Swing % 22.1 26.7 4.6
First Pitch Strike % 48.1 58.3 10.2
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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 120 49 40.8 .375 .351
! 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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