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 230 197 30 50 8 1 .254 .348 .437 .785
2 Seasons 311 269 39 62 10 2 .230 .322 .398 .720
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 2 1 .539
2024 .254 8 1 .785
2 Seasons .230 10 2 .720
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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 26 980 123 15 12.2 6.5 88.9 109.0 19.8 41.5 .221 .447 .343 .332 .454 36.6 33.5 12.2
Player 1333 169 18 10.7 5.8 89.0 109.0 15.6 34.3 .210 .419 .317 .314 .424 40.2 33.4 11.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.4 22.1 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 31.7 35.0 26.0 7.3 35.0 35.8 29.3 6.5 20.3 28.5 23.6 8.9 12.2 6.5
Player 39.1 33.7 21.3 5.9 34.9 36.7 28.4 5.9 27.8 26.6 20.7 8.3 10.7 5.8
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 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 0 372 38.0 89 .213 .387 .337 25.6 29.2 20.5 .224 .493 .357 42.0
2024 Slider -0.7 -1 145 14.8 37 .125 .219 .222 55.9 56.8 36.8 .098 .218 .209 27.3
2024 Changeup -1.2 -1 107 10.9 23 .158 .368 .302 44.6 30.4 21.2 .199 .519 .366 33.3
2024 Curveball -0.2 0 100 10.2 20 .316 .474 .325 22.5 35.0 18.4 .233 .429 .271 23.1
2024 Cutter 2.6 2 91 9.3 22 .421 .684 .505 22.5 22.7 33.3 .289 .458 .371 14.3
2024 Sinker 1.3 1 78 8.0 22 .450 .550 .464 21.1 22.7 27.8 .327 .496 .383 46.7
2024 Sweeper 2.0 1 54 5.5 10 .250 .875 .500 47.4 40.0 25.0 .279 .751 .480 75.0
2024 Split-Finger 1.0 0 30 3.1 5 .250 .500 .250 25.0 40.0 13.3 .101 .178 .149 66.7
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 229 980 -2 -9 9 4 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 353 45.0 70.4 77.7 29.4 52.6 46.5 33.3 47.9 30.2 6.8 62.5
2024 980 47.0 67.9 76.4 24.7 46.1 45.0 29.7 45.0 32.0 7.0 82.6
Player 1,333 46.5 68.5 76.7 25.9 48.1 45.4 30.6 45.8 31.5 7.0 77.4
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 64 14 70 87 53 63 85 45 51 30 5 89 12 70 48 89 1 19 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 21.6 8 8.0 0 2 4 5 62.5
Player 21.4 10 9.2 1 3 6 5 50.0

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 8 8 7 7 9 9 9 8 6 7 7 9 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 8 9 8 9 9 8 8 7 8 9 9 8
Player 10 10 7 8 10 10 10 10 7 8 8 11 9 8 10 8 10 10 8 10 11 8 11 11 9 8 7 8 11 10 10
! 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 88.9 -0.2
Launch Angle 4.7 19.8 15.1
Barrel % 6.5 12.2 5.7
Hard Hit % 50.0 36.6 -13.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 15.2 41.5 26.3
xBA .182 .221 0.039
BA .167 .254 0.087
xwOBA .264 .332 0.068
wOBA .241 .343 0.102
xSLG .341 .447 0.106
SLG .292 .437 0.145
K% 33.3 33.5 0.2
BB% 9.9 12.2 2.3
Swing % 47.9 45.0 -2.9
Whiff% 30.2 32.0 1.8
In Zone % 45.0 47.0 2.0
Out of Zone % 55.0 53.0 -2.0
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 24.7 -4.7
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 29.7 -3.6
First Pitch Strike % 56.8 58.1 1.3
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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 229 125 54.6 .363 .327
! 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 260 15.6 42.3% 0.4% 164 18.6 5.5% 0.6%
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