Michael Busch
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 210LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #31, Los Angeles Dodgers | North Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 81 72 9 12 2 1 .167 .247 .292 .539
2024 170 147 24 36 7 1 .245 .329 .456 .785
2 Seasons 251 219 33 48 9 2 .219 .303 .402 .705
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 2 1 .539
2024 .245 7 1 .785
2 Seasons .219 9 2 .705
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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 25 353 46 3 6.5 3.7 89.1 108.3 4.7 15.2 .182 .341 .241 .264 .343 50.0 33.3 9.9
2024 26 718 89 12 13.5 7.2 88.1 109.0 18.7 41.6 .220 .464 .347 .332 .471 36.0 34.9 10.8
Player 1071 135 15 11.1 6.1 88.4 109.0 13.9 32.6 .207 .423 .312 .310 .427 40.7 34.4 10.5
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 58.7 30.4 8.7 2.2 34.8 39.1 26.1 4.3 47.8 21.7 13.0 6.5 6.5 3.7
2024 32.6 34.8 25.8 6.7 32.6 38.2 29.2 9.0 19.1 28.1 23.6 6.7 13.5 7.2
Player 41.5 33.3 20.0 5.2 33.3 38.5 28.1 7.4 28.9 25.9 20.0 6.7 11.1 6.1
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 -0.1 0 281 39.1 65 .228 .456 .328 25.0 32.3 21.9 .238 .555 .369 43.2
2024 Slider -1.2 -1 105 14.6 30 .115 .231 .220 51.0 50.0 35.7 .109 .251 .224 27.3
2024 Changeup -1.1 -1 86 12.0 20 .188 .438 .348 43.5 30.0 20.7 .232 .612 .418 40.0
2024 Curveball -1.8 -1 74 10.3 14 .231 .231 .193 17.9 35.7 17.2 .173 .223 .168 11.1
2024 Cutter 2.2 1 55 7.7 11 .400 .800 .523 26.1 27.3 33.3 .291 .577 .396 14.3
2024 Sinker 1.7 1 51 7.1 15 .429 .500 .430 25.9 26.7 28.6 .306 .455 .352 40.0
2024 Sweeper 3.8 2 41 5.7 7 .400 1.400 .714 53.3 42.9 30.0 .259 .525 .434 100.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.9 0 22 3.1 3 .500 1.000 .417 28.6 33.3 10.0 .069 .209 .168 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -2 123 34.8 26 .091 .136 .163 27.6 46.2 28.6 .112 .203 .193 54.5
2023 Slider -1.1 -1 58 16.4 11 .182 .455 .264 42.4 36.4 17.4 .289 .579 .364 57.1
2023 Changeup 0.3 0 46 13.0 12 .200 .300 .296 20.0 16.7 13.3 .199 .349 .310 25.0
2023 Sinker -2.6 -1 37 10.5 11 .111 .111 .209 12.5 9.1 10.0 .227 .293 .312 37.5
2023 Curveball 2.5 1 34 9.6 8 .286 .714 .450 42.9 50.0 30.8 .141 .279 .241 66.7
2023 Cutter -4.2 -1 22 6.2 3 .333 .333 .300 44.4 33.3 33.3 .092 .116 .086 100.0
2023 Sweeper -3.5 -1 16 4.5 4 .250 .500 .313 16.7 0.0 0.0 .328 1.083 .567 50.0
2023 Split-Finger 1.4 0 10 2.8 3 .333 .333 .300 60.0 66.7 28.6 .117 .124 .107 100.0
2023 Screwball 6.4 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 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 81 352 -1 -8 2 1 -5
2024 166 718 0 -7 5 3 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 353 45.0 70.4 77.7 29.4 52.6 46.5 33.3 47.9 30.2 6.8 62.5
2024 718 46.9 69.4 76.9 25.7 44.9 45.0 28.9 46.2 32.2 7.9 86.0
Player 1,071 46.3 69.8 77.2 27.0 47.7 45.5 30.4 46.8 31.5 7.6 79.0
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 37 38
2024 61 17 75 89 38 76 87 36 56 31 4 74 12 62 52 87 1 18 50
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 20.3 2 1.2 1 1 2 0 0.0
2024 21.8 7 7.0 0 2 2 5 71.4
Player 21.5 9 8.3 1 3 4 5 55.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 2
2024 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 8 6
Player 9 9 6 8 8 8 8 9 7 8 8 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 8 9 9 7 9 9 8 7 7 7 11 9 8
! 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 89.1 88.1 -1.0
Launch Angle 4.7 18.7 14.0
Barrel % 6.5 13.5 7.0
Hard Hit % 50.0 36.0 -14.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 15.2 41.6 26.4
xBA .182 .220 0.038
BA .167 .250 0.083
xwOBA .264 .332 0.068
wOBA .241 .347 0.106
xSLG .341 .464 0.123
SLG .292 .465 0.173
K% 33.3 34.9 1.6
BB% 9.9 10.8 0.9
Swing % 47.9 46.2 -1.7
Whiff% 30.2 32.2 2.0
In Zone % 45.0 46.9 1.9
Out of Zone % 55.0 53.1 -1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 25.7 -3.7
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 28.9 -4.4
First Pitch Strike % 56.8 57.8 1.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 81 44 54.3 .292 .197
2024 Shades L 166 89 53.6 .368 .328
! 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 106 14.8 50.9% 0.0% 47 19.2 4.3% 0.0%
2024 191 15.8 38.7% 0.5% 123 18.6 5.7% 0.8%
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