Kerry Carpenter
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 19, #562, Detroit Tigers | Virginia Tech
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 113 103 16 26 6 0 .252 .310 .485 .795
2023 459 418 57 116 20 6 .278 .340 .471 .811
2024 126 113 13 31 5 0 .274 .331 .513 .844
3 Seasons 698 634 86 173 31 6 .273 .333 .481 .814
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .252 6 0 .795
2023 .278 20 6 .811
2024 .274 5 0 .844
3 Seasons .273 31 6 .814
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2022 24 432 72 8 11.1 7.1 87.2 107.3 14.5 37.5 .211 .397 .342 .294 .374 36.1 28.3 5.3
2023 25 1761 304 31 10.2 6.8 90.1 109.3 13.1 37.2 .258 .460 .347 .336 .419 44.0 25.1 7.0
2024 26 472 84 12 14.3 9.5 88.7 108.3 17.9 40.5 .269 .559 .365 .375 .469 47.6 23.8 5.6
Player 2665 460 51 11.1 7.3 89.4 109.3 14.2 37.8 .252 .468 .349 .336 .421 43.4 25.4 6.4
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
2022 40.3 30.6 22.2 6.9 44.4 31.9 23.6 2.8 30.6 25.0 22.2 8.3 11.1 7.1
2023 45.1 27.6 22.7 4.6 44.4 32.6 23.0 2.3 29.3 21.4 27.3 8.6 10.2 6.8
2024 39.3 34.5 19.0 7.1 38.1 33.3 28.6 4.8 28.6 26.2 20.2 6.0 14.3 9.5
Player 43.3 29.3 22.0 5.4 43.3 32.6 24.1 2.8 29.3 22.8 25.2 8.0 11.1 7.3
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 3 118 25.0 40 .286 .657 .411 18.2 17.5 17.5 .278 .731 .436 55.2
2024 Slider 1.5 1 84 17.8 19 .353 .529 .413 25.6 21.1 21.1 .266 .492 .362 46.2
2024 Changeup -2.7 -2 77 16.3 19 .158 .211 .161 31.6 26.3 26.3 .259 .423 .294 35.7
2024 Sinker 0.9 0 53 11.2 13 .333 .583 .415 29.2 23.1 20.0 .264 .533 .364 66.7
2024 Curveball -1.7 -1 41 8.7 14 .154 .154 .179 54.5 50.0 38.9 .174 .192 .199 33.3
2024 Sweeper 0.8 0 41 8.7 8 .500 1.000 .650 17.6 0.0 0.0 .349 .805 .532 16.7
2024 Cutter -3.6 -1 34 7.2 9 .143 .143 .256 5.9 22.2 33.3 .324 .385 .399 40.0
2024 Split-Finger 10.3 2 18 3.8 4 .500 1.500 .813 30.0 50.0 22.2 .368 1.201 .641 100.0
2024 Slurve 3.4 0 6 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 5 551 31.3 122 .282 .491 .366 25.8 23.0 17.4 .268 .481 .353 51.2
2023 Slider -1.7 -5 275 15.6 79 .167 .292 .241 25.5 29.1 23.5 .203 .345 .273 44.9
2023 Changeup 2.1 5 254 14.4 83 .296 .506 .363 29.9 21.7 25.0 .271 .471 .323 34.9
2023 Curveball 0.5 1 240 13.6 45 .302 .395 .323 25.7 24.4 14.3 .289 .503 .351 53.1
2023 Sinker -0.4 -1 157 8.9 40 .250 .469 .394 16.7 22.5 26.5 .246 .519 .397 39.1
2023 Cutter 7.3 9 127 7.2 42 .561 .951 .645 22.8 19.0 25.8 .395 .714 .473 45.5
2023 Split-Finger -2.7 -2 76 4.3 21 .150 .250 .195 59.0 52.4 36.7 .149 .264 .226 30.0
2023 Sweeper 0.4 0 66 3.7 19 .125 .313 .263 28.1 31.6 26.1 .119 .178 .216 30.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 3 143 33.1 42 .289 .711 .442 23.5 28.6 32.4 .249 .605 .394 53.8
2022 Slider -1.0 -1 80 18.5 20 .158 .211 .188 36.6 45.0 36.0 .192 .258 .218 30.0
2022 Curveball -1.6 -1 61 14.1 10 .111 .111 .160 52.6 50.0 35.7 .116 .124 .167 50.0
2022 Changeup -0.7 0 57 13.2 14 .154 .308 .229 22.6 7.1 4.8 .139 .182 .175 16.7
2022 Cutter 3.6 1 35 8.1 8 .500 .625 .494 17.4 0.0 0.0 .202 .278 .208 12.5
2022 Sinker -4.1 -1 31 7.2 13 .273 .636 .373 25.0 30.8 66.7 .280 .524 .362 37.5
2022 Sweeper -1.0 0 11 2.5 4 .333 .333 .400 0.0 0.0 0.0 .205 .231 .322 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -5.1 0 8 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 113 431 -1 -4 2 3 0
2023 452 1,751 10 -13 7 9 13
2024 126 472 3 -5 2 3 3
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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 %
2022 432 50.9 71.4 81.5 33.0 51.4 39.8 28.3 52.5 27.8 8.8 73.7
2023 1,761 48.8 72.2 81.5 33.4 55.7 42.6 29.3 52.4 27.0 7.1 77.4
2024 472 49.4 66.1 85.1 31.0 51.4 41.9 20.6 48.3 25.9 8.5 75.0
Player 2,665 49.2 71.0 82.1 32.9 54.3 42.0 27.6 51.7 26.9 7.6 76.2
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
2022 31 49 62
2023 63 56 74 73 49 58 65 65 49 67 29 33 39 21 70 22 85
2024 87 74 94 96 55 82 91 42 50 81 35 16 43 29 62 76
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 20.3 6 6.1 0 2 7 1 16.7
2023 22.8 20 19.5 1 7 20 5 25.0
2024 24.2 5 7.5 -3 4 7 2 40.0
Player 22.5 31 33.1 -2 13 34 8 25.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 6 7 5 5 5 5 8 5 3 5 3 5 9 8 6 9 8 5 6 5 8 6 8 7 5 6 7 8 8 6 3
2023 20 14 17 22 19 20 22 17 18 15 16 22 20 18 21 23 23 16 19 23 19 18 30 25 16 15 23 23 19 20 12
2024 5 6 9 6 9 8 9 6 6 6 7 11 6 8 8 8 7 7 5 9 7 6 9 9 7 8 5 8 10 8 7
Player 31 27 31 33 33 33 39 28 27 26 26 38 35 34 35 40 38 28 30 37 34 30 47 41 28 29 35 39 37 34 22
! 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.2 90.1 2.9 88.7 -1.4
Launch Angle 14.5 13.1 -1.4 17.9 4.8
Barrel % 11.1 10.2 -0.9 14.3 4.1
Hard Hit % 36.1 44.0 7.9 47.6 3.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 37.2 -0.3 40.5 3.3
xBA .211 .258 0.047 .269 0.011
BA .252 .278 0.026 .274 -0.004
xwOBA .294 .336 0.042 .375 0.039
wOBA .342 .347 0.005 .365 0.018
xSLG .397 .460 0.063 .559 0.099
SLG .485 .471 -0.014 .513 0.042
K% 28.3 25.1 -3.2 23.8 -1.3
BB% 5.3 7.0 1.7 5.6 -1.4
Swing % 52.5 52.4 -0.1 48.3 -4.1
Whiff% 27.8 27.0 -0.8 25.9 -1.1
In Zone % 50.9 48.8 -2.1 49.4 0.6
Out of Zone % 49.1 51.2 2.1 50.6 -0.6
Out of Zone Swing % 33.0 33.4 0.4 31.0 -2.4
First Pitch Swing % 28.3 29.3 1.0 20.6 -8.7
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 62.8 4.4 61.1 -1.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 113 79 69.9 .505 .272
2023 Shades L 451 230 51.0 .335 .363
2024 Shades L 126 86 68.3 .375 .360
! 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 %
2022 109 17.4 24.8% 3.7% 66 23.6 0.0% 9.1%
2023 453 15.6 40.2% 0.2% 256 20.7 1.6% 1.2%
2024 107 15.2 47.7% 0.9% 81 19.5 0.0% 1.2%
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