1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 195 lbs | Age: 42
Draft: 2004 | Rd. 3, No. 83, Toronto Blue Jays | South Alabama
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 572 502 72 139 20 0 .277 .360 .460 .820
2016 430 401 48 96 20 0 .239 .286 .431 .717
2017 301 267 39 81 14 1 .303 .362 .513 .875
12 Seasons 5,029 4,577 588 1,247 200 7 .272 .330 .465 .795
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .277 20 0 .820
2016 .239 20 0 .717
2017 .303 14 1 .875
12 Seasons .272 200 7 .795
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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%
2015 31 2254 405 29 7.2 5.1 89.5 109.8 10.8 31.4 .244 .420 .351 .327 .358 36.0 17.5 11.5
2016 32 1612 314 27 8.6 6.3 91.2 112.8 10.8 33.8 .257 .466 .304 .326 .391 42.7 20.7 6.0
2017 33 1173 226 19 8.4 6.3 90.7 118.3 10.7 32.7 .283 .524 .363 .370 .415 45.0 15.6 9.3
Player 5039 945 75 7.9 5.8 90.3 118.3 10.8 32.5 .257 .460 .338 .337 .383 40.4 18.1 9.2
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, Sinker, Cutter Offspeed: Change, Split, Fork, Screw Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 46.9 53.1 20.5 26.4 6.2 32.8 40.0 26.9 21.5 20.2 4.9 11.4 19.8 22.0
2016 43.9 56.1 20.1 28.0 8.0 37.6 35.7 26.4 22.6 17.5 3.5 15.0 18.2 22.9
2017 46.0 54.0 24.8 24.8 4.4 30.1 43.4 26.5 18.1 25.2 2.7 11.9 18.1 23.9
Player 45.7 54.3 21.4 26.6 6.3 33.8 39.4 26.7 21.1 20.5 3.9 12.7 18.8 22.8
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 0.7 39.8 23.2 21.0 7.2 7.2 5.1
2016 1.0 36.0 21.7 22.3 9.9 8.6 6.3
2017 2.7 31.4 22.6 25.2 8.0 8.4 6.3
Player 1.3 36.5 22.5 22.4 8.3 7.9 5.8
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 406 34.8 73 .274 .403 .345 19.4 24.7 16.4 .256 .464 .366 46.7
2017 Sinker 1.8 4 239 20.5 62 .396 .547 .452 12.0 12.9 16.7 .320 .504 .400 44.4
2017 Slider 2.4 4 169 14.5 47 .348 .609 .417 16.7 10.6 8.6 .313 .590 .375 45.2
2017 Curveball 0.3 0 143 12.3 43 .214 .500 .291 25.6 20.9 18.4 .259 .517 .320 38.2
2017 Changeup 1.1 1 126 10.8 39 .243 .405 .328 15.9 10.3 10.8 .233 .433 .318 41.2
2017 Cutter -1.2 -1 54 4.6 17 .286 .357 .315 23.1 11.8 20.0 .264 .390 .315 53.8
2017 Split-Finger 7.3 2 26 2.2 10 .375 1.125 .560 13.3 10.0 16.7 .397 1.056 .568 62.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 333 1,238 2 -8 1 4 -2
2009 642 2,597 5 -3 17 12 31
2010 605 2,313 -14 1 5 10 1
2011 536 1,896 -1 -7 0 7 0
2012 351 1,389 -1 -12 9 7 2
2013 516 2,109 12 -12 11 9 20
2014 315 1,257 4 -2 8 5 15
2015 561 2,215 12 -11 11 7 19
2016 427 1,602 -6 -8 7 5 -3
2017 292 1,165 3 -2 7 4 12
Player 4,578 17,781 16 -66 75 16 96
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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 %
2015 2,254 42.8 60.8 87.4 32.2 66.7 42.0 17.8 44.4 21.2 5.8 65.6
2016 1,612 47.3 63.1 86.5 33.8 61.7 44.3 20.5 47.6 22.8 6.2 66.0
2017 1,173 50.5 58.8 88.4 30.8 69.1 41.7 14.4 45.1 18.0 8.0 55.9
Player 5,039 46.0 61.1 87.3 32.4 65.6 42.7 17.9 45.6 21.0 6.4 63.0
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 61 34 63 67 69 73 67 63 74 56 57 89 51 32 10
2016 50 50 71 75 21 57 71 88 90 82 42 20 50 20 14
2017 100 15
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.82 20 20.2 0 12 13 10 50.0
2017 22.46 14 11.3 3 6 12 3 21.4
Player 22.66 34 31.5 3 18 25 13 38.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 20 20 18 21 22 19 24 20 18 14 20 29 18 17 20 20 12 17 20 22 19 17 26 27 18 18 22 30 20 22 16
2017 14 10 10 10 14 12 15 11 8 8 12 15 9 13 11 11 10 8 13 11 13 10 16 13 10 10 9 16 12 13 7
Player 34 30 28 31 36 31 39 31 26 22 32 44 27 30 31 31 22 25 33 33 32 27 42 40 28 28 31 46 32 35 23
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's batted balls would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .303 +.064 .239 -.038 .277
xBA .283 +.026 .257 +.013 .244
OBP .362 +.076 .286 -.074 .360
xOBP .352 +.048 .304 -.029 .333
SLG .513 +.082 .431 -.029 .460
xSLG .524 +.058 .466 +.046 .420
ISO .210 +.018 .192 +.009 .183
xISO .241 +.032 .209 +.033 .176
BABIP .316 +.057 .259 -.050 .309
wOBA .363 +.059 .304 -.047 .351
xwOBA .370 +.044 .326 -.001 .327
wOBACON .405 +.044 .361 -.029 .390
xwOBACON .415 +.024 .391 +.033 .358
BACON .358 +.052 .306 -.037 .343
xBACON .344 +.014 .330 +.025 .305
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 45.0 +2.3 42.7 +6.7 36.0
Avg Exit Velocity 90.7 -0.5 91.2 +1.7 89.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 32.7 -1.1 33.8 +2.4 31.4
Barrel % 8.4 -0.2 8.6 +1.4 7.2
Avg Launch Angle 10.7 -0.1 10.8 0.0 10.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.0 +0.3 92.7 +0.3 92.4
Breaking Velocity 82.1 +1.4 80.7 -1.7 82.4
Offspeed Velocity 85.1 +0.7 84.4 -0.6 85.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 19 -8 27 -2 29
Popup % 4.4 -3.6 8.0 +1.8 6.2
Flyball % 24.8 +4.7 20.1 -0.4 20.5
Line Drive % 24.8 -3.2 28.0 +1.6 26.4
Groundball % 46.0 +2.1 43.9 -3.0 46.9
Pull % 30.1 -7.5 37.6 +4.8 32.8
Straight Away % 43.4 +7.7 35.7 -4.3 40.0
Opposite Field % 26.5 +0.1 26.4 -0.5 26.9
Weak Contact % 2.7 +1.7 1.0 +0.3 0.7
Pull Airball % 11.9 -3.1 15.0 +3.6 11.4
Topped Contact % 31.4 -4.6 36.0 -3.8 39.8
Under Contact % 22.6 +0.9 21.7 -1.5 23.2
Flare/Burner Contact % 25.2 +2.9 22.3 +1.3 21.0
Solid Contact % 8.0 -1.9 9.9 +2.7 7.2
HR/FB % 25.0 -6.7 31.7 +7.6 24.1
Popups 10 -15 25 0 25
Flyballs 56 -7 63 -20 83
Line Drives 56 -32 88 -19 107
Groundballs 104 -34 138 -52 190
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 50.5 +3.2 47.3 +4.5 42.8
Out of Zone % 49.5 -3.2 52.7 -4.5 57.2
Edge % 41.7 -2.6 44.3 +2.3 42.0
Zone Swing % 58.8 -4.3 63.1 +2.3 60.8
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 -3.0 33.8 +1.6 32.2
In Zone Contact % 88.4 +1.9 86.5 -0.9 87.4
Out of Zone Contact % 69.1 +7.4 61.7 -5.0 66.7
Whiff % 18.0 -4.8 22.8 +1.6 21.2
First Strike % 56.9 -4.7 61.6 +7.1 54.5
First Pitch Swing % 14.4 -6.1 20.5 +2.7 17.8
Swing % 45.1 -2.5 47.6 +3.2 44.4
Meatball Swing % 55.9 -10.1 66.0 +0.4 65.6
Meatball % 8.0 +1.8 6.2 +0.4 5.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 11.6 -1.9 13.5 +0.9 12.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 30.9 -7.4 38.3 +5.0 33.3
In Zone 588 -174 762 -202 964
Out of Zone 577 -273 850 -440 1,290
Edge 486 -228 714 -233 947
In Zone Swings 346 -135 481 -105 586
Out of Zone Swings 178 -109 287 -128 415
In Zone Swing & Misses 40 -25 65 -9 74
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 55 -55 110 -28 138
Basic
Pitches 1,173 -439 1,612 -642 2,254
PA 301 -129 430 -142 572
AB 267 -134 401 -101 502
Hits 81 -15 96 -43 139
Singles 53 -6 59 -28 87
Doubles 14 -3 17 -15 32
Triples 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 14 -6 20 0 20
Walks 28 +2 26 -40 66
Strikeouts 47 -42 89 -11 100
K% 15.6 -5.1 20.7 +3.2 17.5
BB% 9.3 +3.3 6.0 -5.5 11.5
HBP 0 -1 1 0 1
Batted Balls 226 -88 314 -91 405
Number of Fastballs 699 -254 953 -503 1,456
Number of Offspeed 152 -100 252 -17 269
Number of Breaking 312 -69 381 -105 486
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 417 224 53.7 .319 .291
2017 Shifts L 293 154 52.6 .400 .318
! 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 %
2010 641 15.0 42.0% 6.6% 392 21.1 3.3% 13.0%
2011 425 16.3 35.8% 1.4% 351 21.9 2.8% 8.0%
2012 408 16.6 29.4% 2.5% 260 21.9 0.8% 6.5%
2013 666 16.7 28.4% 0.9% 404 23.0 1.0% 11.9%
2014 424 16.9 27.1% 2.8% 210 24.5 0.5% 11.9%
2015 696 16.3 37.8% 3.6% 361 23.5 5.0% 22.2%
2016 474 18.0 24.1% 4.0% 284 22.5 4.9% 15.5%
2017 366 17.0 29.2% 1.9% 213 22.3 0.9% 9.4%
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