CJ Abrams
SS | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 191LBS | Age: 23
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #6, San Diego Padres | Blessed Trinity HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 302 284 33 70 2 7 .246 .280 .324 .604
2023 614 563 83 138 18 47 .245 .300 .412 .712
2024 133 119 23 33 7 7 .277 .348 .571 .919
3 Seasons 1,049 966 139 241 27 61 .249 .300 .406 .706
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .246 2 7 .604
2023 .245 18 47 .712
2024 .277 7 7 .919
3 Seasons .249 27 61 .706
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 21 1008 238 5 2.1 1.7 86.5 109.6 6.8 28.6 .241 .316 .267 .266 .297 30.7 16.6 1.7
2023 22 2212 451 31 6.9 5.0 87.4 112.5 13.5 32.6 .247 .399 .306 .304 .345 35.9 19.2 5.2
2024 23 512 97 9 9.3 6.8 89.1 109.9 14.6 43.3 .329 .551 .395 .403 .462 40.2 16.7 8.3
Player 3732 786 45 5.7 4.3 87.3 112.5 11.6 32.7 .255 .393 .306 .305 .345 34.9 18.1 4.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 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 52.5 21.0 18.5 8.0 32.8 39.9 27.3 6.3 39.9 23.1 23.1 4.2 2.1 1.7
2023 44.8 25.1 20.6 9.5 35.9 39.9 24.2 6.7 31.0 26.2 21.7 7.5 6.9 5.0
2024 37.1 19.6 30.9 12.4 49.5 28.9 21.6 4.1 23.7 20.6 30.9 10.3 9.3 6.8
Player 46.2 23.2 21.2 9.4 36.6 38.5 24.8 6.2 32.8 24.6 23.3 6.9 5.7 4.3
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 4.7 7 155 30.3 36 .355 .968 .564 16.5 16.7 11.3 .349 .742 .490 44.0
2024 Slider -0.1 0 94 18.4 25 .217 .348 .278 19.2 12.0 9.1 .327 .450 .364 50.0
2024 Sinker 2.0 1 69 13.5 20 .278 .500 .410 21.2 25.0 26.3 .236 .288 .277 23.1
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 57 11.1 14 .231 .385 .293 10.0 21.4 12.0 .203 .283 .245 40.0
2024 Curveball 2.7 1 48 9.4 14 .286 .500 .336 12.0 14.3 9.1 .394 .656 .445 41.7
2024 Cutter 4.8 2 47 9.2 8 .429 .857 .543 26.1 12.5 9.1 .570 1.100 .710 57.1
2024 Split-Finger -7.7 -2 25 4.9 8 .125 .250 .179 33.3 12.5 11.1 .353 .523 .378 28.6
2024 Sweeper -3.6 0 13 2.5 4 .000 .000 .175 42.9 25.0 25.0 .145 .218 .292 0.0
2024 Slurve 20.1 1 4 0.8 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .889 1.023 .845 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -14 733 33.1 213 .227 .351 .293 16.2 14.1 15.2 .259 .430 .325 36.7
2023 Slider -0.8 -3 329 14.9 79 .240 .373 .277 29.8 29.1 18.9 .211 .313 .239 30.2
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 291 13.2 92 .280 .415 .352 13.0 12.0 17.5 .272 .417 .326 35.6
2023 Changeup 1.7 4 239 10.8 65 .286 .667 .408 28.9 15.4 15.9 .236 .414 .282 35.2
2023 Curveball 0.8 2 236 10.7 58 .245 .415 .318 33.9 36.2 23.6 .212 .334 .274 34.4
2023 Cutter 2.9 6 212 9.6 55 .286 .571 .414 19.3 12.7 16.3 .308 .530 .392 31.0
2023 Sweeper -4.2 -5 123 5.6 36 .121 .152 .168 33.8 33.3 24.0 .160 .255 .218 42.9
2023 Split-Finger 1.9 1 38 1.7 12 .333 .417 .329 22.7 33.3 20.0 .287 .364 .281 75.0
2023 Slurve -7.3 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .440 .500 .409 100.0
2023 Knuckleball -4.2 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .111 .221 .143 0.0
2023 Screwball 2.3 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 338 33.5 86 .304 .430 .348 16.8 14.0 14.0 .263 .360 .290 32.9
2022 Sinker -2.0 -3 163 16.2 50 .255 .298 .278 19.6 6.0 9.7 .280 .343 .299 29.5
2022 Slider -3.0 -5 156 15.5 50 .146 .208 .175 30.9 26.0 28.9 .155 .205 .178 28.6
2022 Changeup -0.7 -1 136 13.5 54 .259 .278 .261 22.4 13.0 20.6 .232 .289 .229 27.7
2022 Curveball 3.1 3 87 8.6 27 .318 .545 .404 31.0 18.5 16.7 .336 .486 .426 44.4
2022 Cutter -2.4 -2 67 6.6 17 .250 .313 .274 17.1 17.6 21.4 .291 .357 .311 30.8
2022 Split-Finger 1.7 1 32 3.2 11 .182 .182 .164 50.0 54.5 35.3 .120 .166 .125 20.0
2022 Sweeper -5.7 -1 24 2.4 6 .000 .000 .000 18.2 16.7 16.7 .198 .228 .182 20.0
2022 Slurve 1.0 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 302 1,008 -10 -9 3 5 -10
2023 612 2,211 -4 -28 13 9 -9
2024 130 512 6 1 1 2 11
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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 1,008 50.1 72.9 83.7 41.2 64.3 43.5 42.7 57.0 22.3 6.9 80.0
2023 2,212 49.9 71.9 83.8 35.1 62.2 44.3 40.6 53.5 22.3 8.0 79.7
2024 512 47.7 67.6 87.3 38.4 70.9 45.3 38.2 52.3 19.0 6.4 69.7
Player 3,732 49.7 71.6 84.2 37.2 64.1 44.2 40.9 54.3 21.9 7.5 78.6
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 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 57 90 4 51
2023 21 36 33 36 17 58 35 16 81 20 67 9 67 14 82 4 48
2024 94 98 95 83 94 79 69 54 69 51 78 48 79 7 81 1 61
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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 22.5 2 2.2 0 4 1 1 50.0
2023 23.8 18 18.0 0 7 16 5 27.8
2024 22.9 7 6.6 0 1 5 3 42.9
Player 23.4 27 26.8 0 12 22 9 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 2 2 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
2023 18 18 11 21 18 17 20 18 15 16 16 18 19 16 21 20 22 17 20 20 17 15 23 20 18 16 18 19 21 17 13
2024 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 4 5 6 8 8 7 6 8 6 6 7 8 7 5 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 6 5
Player 27 26 18 32 27 26 29 27 21 23 24 30 29 25 29 30 30 25 30 30 26 22 35 30 26 24 27 27 32 25 20
! 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 86.5 87.4 0.9 89.1 1.7
Launch Angle 6.8 13.5 6.7 14.6 1.1
Barrel % 2.1 6.9 4.8 9.3 2.4
Hard Hit % 30.7 35.9 5.2 40.2 4.3
Sweet Spot % 28.6 32.6 4.0 43.3 10.7
xBA .241 .247 0.006 .329 0.082
BA .246 .245 -0.001 .280 0.035
xwOBA .266 .304 0.038 .403 0.099
wOBA .267 .306 0.039 .395 0.089
xSLG .316 .399 0.083 .551 0.152
SLG .324 .412 0.088 .576 0.164
K% 16.6 19.2 2.6 16.7 -2.5
BB% 1.7 5.2 3.5 8.3 3.1
Swing % 57.0 53.5 -3.5 52.3 -1.2
Whiff% 22.3 22.3 0.0 19.0 -3.3
In Zone % 50.1 49.9 -0.2 47.7 -2.2
Out of Zone % 49.9 50.1 0.2 52.3 2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 41.2 35.1 -6.1 38.4 3.3
First Pitch Swing % 42.7 40.6 -2.1 38.2 -2.4
First Pitch Strike % 65.9 64.4 -1.5 66.4 2.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 302 28 9.3 .270 .241
2023 Shades L 608 130 21.4 .302 .325
2024 Shades L 130 52 40.0 .491 .250
! 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 243 16.6 32.9% 1.6% 128 20.8 3.9% 0.8%
2023 558 15.4 43.9% 0.2% 312 18.5 6.7% 0.6%
2024 109 15.1 46.8% 0.0% 43 17.6 4.7% 0.0%
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