Justin Upton
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 215LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 1, #1, Arizona Diamondbacks | Great Bridge HS, VA
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 166 147 20 30 9 0 .204 .289 .422 .711
2021 362 318 47 67 17 4 .211 .296 .409 .705
2022 57 48 2 6 1 0 .125 .263 .208 .471
16 Seasons 7,649 6,721 1,058 1,754 325 151 .261 .342 .469 .811
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .204 9 0 .711
2021 .211 17 4 .705
2022 .125 1 0 .471
16 Seasons .261 325 151 .811
MLB Percentile Rankings
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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%
2015 27 2514 388 40 10.3 6.5 89.9 113.9 16.2 28.9 .232 .431 .340 .330 .404 39.2 25.7 11.0
2016 28 2606 393 49 12.5 7.8 91.3 114.4 15.5 33.3 .253 .488 .329 .342 .453 45.5 28.6 8.0
2017 29 2695 378 50 13.2 7.9 88.8 114.2 15.7 36.0 .255 .508 .378 .361 .468 41.3 28.3 11.7
2018 30 2527 363 51 14.0 8.3 90.7 114.9 11.9 34.7 .250 .466 .348 .354 .458 47.4 28.7 10.4
2019 31 1129 146 17 11.6 6.6 87.2 111.6 18.5 35.6 .220 .426 .307 .317 .405 37.0 30.5 12.5
2020 32 682 105 9 8.6 5.4 91.7 111.5 18.6 25.7 .228 .430 .307 .329 .398 43.8 25.9 6.6
2021 33 1520 214 25 11.7 6.9 90.1 116.5 15.2 30.4 .226 .429 .305 .322 .415 41.6 29.6 10.8
2022 34 229 25 1 4.0 1.8 88.5 105.3 26.5 36.0 .157 .218 .231 .249 .318 32.0 40.4 10.5
Player 13902 2012 242 12.0 7.3 90.0 116.5 15.5 32.7 .241 .459 .337 .339 .435 42.5 28.3 10.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .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
2015 39.9 26.3 24.2 9.5 36.3 39.7 24.0 3.1 27.6 29.1 22.2 5.7 10.3 6.5
2016 39.2 25.4 27.0 8.4 38.2 35.9 26.0 2.8 27.0 27.5 22.4 7.4 12.5 7.8
2017 38.4 29.4 24.3 7.9 36.5 37.8 25.7 4.8 27.0 24.1 24.9 6.1 13.2 7.9
2018 42.4 25.1 25.9 6.6 41.6 36.9 20.9 3.9 30.9 19.6 24.8 6.6 14.0 8.3
2019 37.7 25.3 23.3 13.7 45.2 34.9 19.9 4.8 26.7 30.8 19.9 6.2 11.6 6.6
2020 41.9 32.4 16.2 9.5 44.8 35.2 20.0 1.0 28.6 32.4 22.9 6.7 8.6 5.4
2021 42.5 31.3 17.3 8.9 44.9 34.1 21.0 3.3 29.9 28.0 20.1 6.1 11.7 6.9
2022 32.0 32.0 20.0 16.0 48.0 36.0 16.0 4.0 16.0 40.0 32.0 0.0 4.0 1.8
Player 40.1 27.3 23.8 8.8 39.8 36.9 23.2 3.5 28.0 26.4 23.0 6.3 12.0 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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 73 31.9 16 .154 .385 .393 27.0 25.0 18.2 .241 .371 .350 33.3
2022 Sinker -5.1 -2 46 20.1 12 .111 .111 .250 26.3 16.7 28.6 .209 .304 .341 57.1
2022 Slider -5.9 -2 41 17.9 14 .071 .143 .089 52.2 57.1 44.4 .080 .094 .076 0.0
2022 Changeup -3.5 -1 26 11.4 8 .143 .143 .200 60.0 62.5 50.0 .134 .159 .204 0.0
2022 Cutter 2.2 0 21 9.2 4 .250 .250 .225 40.0 75.0 50.0 .139 .156 .126 100.0
2022 Sweeper 2.9 0 11 4.8 1 -- -- .700 33.3 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2022 Curveball 5.3 1 11 4.8 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -13 500 32.9 124 .142 .302 .256 28.0 29.0 23.8 .186 .414 .309 41.7
2021 Slider -0.3 -1 320 21.1 72 .250 .412 .319 39.3 33.3 22.0 .213 .356 .267 40.9
2021 Sinker 0.6 2 285 18.8 78 .254 .478 .376 19.8 20.5 21.3 .303 .540 .406 47.1
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 171 11.3 45 .256 .410 .334 36.1 31.1 23.3 .215 .375 .298 30.8
2021 Curveball 5.2 5 96 6.3 16 .313 .938 .509 39.4 43.8 21.9 .318 .750 .442 55.6
2021 Cutter -2.6 -2 79 5.2 13 .167 .500 .304 38.2 30.8 18.2 .133 .243 .200 37.5
2021 Sweeper 2.4 1 37 2.4 7 .200 .200 .329 28.6 28.6 10.0 .410 .446 .471 33.3
2021 Slurve -0.8 0 15 1.0 3 .000 .000 .233 57.1 66.7 28.6 -- -- .233 --
2021 Split-Finger -6.2 -1 9 0.6 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 66.7 33.3 -- -- .000 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -3 213 31.2 65 .203 .458 .315 23.9 21.5 23.0 .245 .485 .343 53.3
2020 Slider -0.2 0 141 20.7 26 .174 .304 .262 43.1 38.5 20.0 .169 .320 .263 46.2
2020 Sinker 1.9 2 117 17.2 26 .350 .550 .433 8.9 7.7 8.3 .278 .427 .404 42.1
2020 Curveball -2.3 -2 70 10.3 15 .077 .077 .153 34.6 33.3 18.5 .106 .132 .186 25.0
2020 Changeup -1.1 -1 68 10.0 15 .143 .357 .300 43.8 33.3 22.7 .279 .450 .336 22.2
2020 Cutter 1.9 1 59 8.7 14 .286 .786 .439 42.3 28.6 30.8 .304 .755 .436 40.0
2020 Split-Finger 1.3 0 7 1.0 3 .000 .000 .233 25.0 33.3 16.7 .065 .066 .276 0.0
2020 Sweeper -3.0 0 6 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 349 30.9 93 .244 .474 .367 23.3 22.6 16.4 .252 .505 .374 42.1
2019 Slider -3.3 -9 268 23.7 52 .146 .167 .168 46.9 40.4 23.9 .175 .220 .197 21.4
2019 Sinker -0.2 0 205 18.2 45 .262 .548 .332 18.4 26.7 23.5 .252 .522 .318 43.8
2019 Changeup -1.9 -3 136 12.0 25 .053 .053 .176 46.9 40.0 19.6 .072 .094 .194 20.0
2019 Curveball 2.3 2 86 7.6 19 .188 .375 .358 46.2 42.1 26.7 .231 .418 .339 25.0
2019 Cutter 8.9 6 68 6.0 18 .385 1.154 .658 25.0 22.2 19.0 .300 .944 .537 60.0
2019 Split-Finger -3.3 0 12 1.1 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 66.7 18.2 -- -- .233 --
2019 Sweeper 12.2 0 4 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .607 .607 .546 0.0
2019 Slurve 4.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -3 850 33.6 195 .273 .412 .355 33.1 34.4 26.8 .270 .491 .390 60.0
2018 Sinker -0.3 -1 502 19.9 142 .256 .405 .339 17.2 18.3 21.8 .251 .421 .334 37.4
2018 Slider 0.9 4 471 18.6 124 .234 .459 .350 42.2 34.7 23.4 .226 .400 .312 48.5
2018 Changeup 0.1 0 275 10.9 58 .250 .404 .340 38.2 27.6 20.5 .219 .388 .305 33.3
2018 Cutter -0.8 -2 197 7.8 46 .220 .537 .355 28.7 28.3 26.5 .216 .476 .335 42.9
2018 Curveball 2.9 5 190 7.5 37 .286 .743 .476 26.9 18.9 11.3 .308 .689 .434 53.6
2018 Split-Finger 2.9 0 17 0.7 4 .250 .500 .313 28.6 50.0 16.7 .118 .238 .146 50.0
2018 Sweeper 13.2 2 15 0.6 4 .333 1.333 .675 42.9 50.0 28.6 .333 1.333 .675 100.0
2018 Slurve 18.5 1 7 0.3 2 1.000 4.000 1.350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .880 3.472 1.230 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 10 914 33.9 195 .288 .582 .409 27.0 29.7 22.2 .234 .479 .348 36.6
2017 Sinker 1.6 9 547 20.3 142 .311 .513 .421 14.0 15.5 14.9 .296 .503 .396 44.3
2017 Slider 0.6 3 490 18.2 114 .218 .465 .341 44.0 39.5 24.5 .218 .446 .325 51.8
2017 Curveball 1.8 6 313 11.6 75 .261 .507 .363 42.1 34.7 21.3 .244 .496 .348 37.2
2017 Changeup 4.1 8 206 7.6 54 .260 .580 .409 36.7 27.8 20.0 .254 .568 .368 31.4
2017 Cutter 3.7 6 149 5.5 32 .400 .967 .553 28.1 12.5 11.4 .446 1.034 .592 51.9
2017 Split-Finger -2.9 -1 31 1.2 8 .000 .000 .000 36.8 62.5 31.3 .038 .088 .053 0.0
2017 Sweeper -4.4 -1 21 0.8 5 .000 .000 .000 55.6 60.0 37.5 .228 .344 .242 50.0
2017 Knuckleball -4.8 0 10 0.4 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 0.0 0.0 .197 .218 .442 100.0
2017 Slurve 9.9 1 7 0.3 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .137 .184 .144 0.0
2017 Screwball 4.3 0 1 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
2008 387 1,636 -4 -10 14 8 8
2009 582 2,359 2 0 10 11 23
2010 564 2,365 8 -22 16 8 11
2011 687 2,611 15 -9 11 14 32
2012 623 2,360 -5 -12 16 7 7
2013 657 2,689 0 -10 18 11 19
2014 640 2,570 -3 1 13 7 18
2015 613 2,500 -8 -4 19 9 16
2016 623 2,594 -2 -12 18 8 12
2017 631 2,692 8 -6 26 12 40
2018 612 2,524 2 -24 19 11 8
2019 256 1,129 -5 -12 9 6 -2
2020 166 682 -7 -7 5 7 -2
2021 361 1,512 -8 -15 8 6 -9
2022 57 229 -3 -4 2 1 -5
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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 2,514 48.7 67.0 74.4 22.7 50.2 41.7 29.9 44.4 31.8 7.7 77.3
2016 2,606 50.1 64.6 75.2 23.3 51.8 44.4 22.4 44.0 30.8 7.5 77.0
2017 2,695 49.8 64.9 75.1 24.0 54.5 41.8 25.0 44.4 30.5 8.5 78.9
2018 2,527 49.3 64.9 74.8 20.9 49.6 42.7 21.4 42.6 31.5 7.5 73.7
2019 1,129 48.9 63.6 76.6 23.7 43.8 41.8 26.6 43.2 32.6 7.3 81.7
2020 682 51.8 63.7 79.1 22.2 42.5 44.7 21.7 43.7 29.9 7.5 74.5
2021 1,520 49.1 66.6 75.1 24.5 50.3 42.5 26.0 45.1 31.4 7.4 79.5
2022 229 50.7 65.5 71.1 24.8 39.3 46.3 28.1 45.4 37.5 4.8 90.9
Player 13,902 49.5 65.3 75.2 23.1 50.2 42.7 24.8 43.9 31.3 7.7 77.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 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
2015 64 16 67 81 56 90 89 72 95 69 12 87 6 90 78
2016 68 43 84 87 38 93 92 88 95 91 10 49 8 83 62 12
2017 82 42 85 89 67 96 92 69 95 80 10 82 12 72 80 26
2018 80 47 77 80 72 93 95 81 96 92 7 72 7 88 71 10
2019 81 49
2020 52 23 53 65 37 41 55 87 83 74 32 23 28 80 52 16 47
2021 42 14 52 68 31 40 79 67 98 53 7 73 13 69 61 37
2022 20 47
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.9 31 34.1 -3 10 19 20 64.5
2017 23.8 35 36.1 -1 13 21 19 54.3
2018 23.5 30 28.5 2 8 16 16 53.3
2019 23.2 12 11.2 1 5 10 4 33.3
2020 23.6 9 7.9 1 2 7 3 33.3
2021 23.6 17 17.0 0 7 8 11 64.7
2022 21.9 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 23.6 135 135.4 0 46 82 73 54.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 31 38 31 35 33 31 37 31 28 31 35 32 35 32 33 38 28 29 36 35 34 32 41 42 33 33 34 40 37 36 32
2017 35 34 36 34 41 35 41 35 27 31 38 41 41 35 34 38 30 32 37 34 39 33 42 37 39 31 34 45 42 38 30
2018 30 33 23 27 29 24 31 27 24 24 26 30 33 27 26 33 28 25 27 31 30 27 36 31 29 26 27 33 34 29 26
2019 12 14 9 10 12 11 13 10 9 9 9 14 13 10 11 11 11 10 11 13 12 12 15 13 10 11 8 13 12 12 9
2020 9 8 9 7 8 9 10 6 7 6 5 10 7 8 8 9 9 6 8 8 8 7 10 7 7 6 9 10 9 8 7
2021 17 20 12 19 16 15 21 17 14 14 13 17 22 14 18 20 16 16 19 15 17 16 22 20 16 15 19 19 18 15 14
2022 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Player 135 147 120 132 140 126 154 126 110 115 127 146 151 127 131 149 123 118 138 137 141 127 167 150 134 122 132 161 152 139 119
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.9 91.3 1.4 ↑ 88.8 -2.5 ↓ 90.7 1.9 ↑ 87.2 -3.5 ↓ 91.7 4.5 ↑ 90.1 -1.6 ↓ 88.5 -1.6 ↓
Launch Angle 16.2 15.5 -0.7 ↓ 15.7 0.2 ↑ 11.9 -3.8 ↓ 18.5 6.6 ↑ 18.6 0.1 ↑ 15.2 -3.4 ↓ 26.5 11.3 ↑
Barrel % 10.3 12.5 2.2 ↑ 13.2 0.7 ↑ 14.0 0.8 ↑ 11.6 -2.4 ↓ 8.6 -3.0 ↓ 11.7 3.1 ↑ 4.0 -7.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.2 45.5 6.3 ↑ 41.3 -4.2 ↓ 47.4 6.1 ↑ 37.0 -10.4 ↓ 43.8 6.8 ↑ 41.6 -2.2 ↓ 32.0 -9.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 28.9 33.3 4.4 ↑ 36.0 2.7 ↑ 34.7 -1.3 ↓ 35.6 0.9 ↑ 25.7 -9.9 ↓ 30.4 4.7 ↑ 36.0 5.6 ↑
xBA .232 .253 0.021 ↑ .255 0.002 ↑ .250 -0.005 ↓ .220 -0.030 ↓ .228 0.008 ↑ .226 -0.002 ↓ .157 -0.069 ↓
BA .251 .246 -0.005 ↓ .273 0.027 ↑ .257 -0.016 ↓ .215 -0.042 ↓ .204 -0.011 ↓ .211 0.007 ↑ .125 -0.086 ↓
xwOBA .330 .342 0.012 ↑ .361 0.019 ↑ .354 -0.007 ↓ .317 -0.037 ↓ .329 0.012 ↑ .322 -0.007 ↓ .249 -0.073 ↓
wOBA .340 .329 -0.011 ↓ .378 0.049 ↑ .348 -0.030 ↓ .307 -0.041 ↓ .307 0.000 .305 -0.002 ↓ .231 -0.074 ↓
xSLG .431 .488 0.057 ↑ .508 0.020 ↑ .466 -0.042 ↓ .426 -0.040 ↓ .430 0.004 ↑ .429 -0.001 ↓ .218 -0.211 ↓
SLG .454 .465 0.011 ↑ .540 0.075 ↑ .463 -0.077 ↓ .416 -0.047 ↓ .422 0.006 ↑ .409 -0.013 ↓ .208 -0.201 ↓
K% 25.7 28.6 2.9 ↑ 28.3 -0.3 ↓ 28.7 0.4 ↑ 30.5 1.8 ↑ 25.9 -4.6 ↓ 29.6 3.7 ↑ 40.4 10.8 ↑
BB% 11.0 8.0 -3.0 ↓ 11.7 3.7 ↑ 10.4 -1.3 ↓ 12.5 2.1 ↑ 6.6 -5.9 ↓ 10.8 4.2 ↑ 10.5 -0.3 ↓
Swing % 44.4 44.0 -0.4 ↓ 44.4 0.4 ↑ 42.6 -1.8 ↓ 43.2 0.6 ↑ 43.7 0.5 ↑ 45.1 1.4 ↑ 45.4 0.3 ↑
Whiff% 31.8 30.8 -1.0 ↓ 30.5 -0.3 ↓ 31.5 1.0 ↑ 32.6 1.1 ↑ 29.9 -2.7 ↓ 31.4 1.5 ↑ 37.5 6.1 ↑
In Zone % 48.7 50.1 1.4 ↑ 49.8 -0.3 ↓ 49.3 -0.5 ↓ 48.9 -0.4 ↓ 51.8 2.9 ↑ 49.1 -2.7 ↓ 50.7 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.3 49.9 -1.4 ↓ 50.2 0.3 ↑ 50.7 0.5 ↑ 51.1 0.4 ↑ 48.2 -2.9 ↓ 50.9 2.7 ↑ 49.3 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 22.7 23.3 0.6 ↑ 24.0 0.7 ↑ 20.9 -3.1 ↓ 23.7 2.8 ↑ 22.2 -1.5 ↓ 24.5 2.3 ↑ 24.8 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.9 22.4 -7.5 ↓ 25.0 2.6 ↑ 21.4 -3.6 ↓ 26.6 5.2 ↑ 21.7 -4.9 ↓ 26.0 4.3 ↑ 28.1 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.0 55.6 -2.4 ↓ 58.9 3.3 ↑ 57.6 -1.3 ↓ 61.3 3.7 ↑ 58.4 -2.9 ↓ 58.0 -0.4 ↓ 57.9 -0.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 611 41 6.7 .328 .386
2017 Shifts R 631 31 4.9 .380 .354
2018 Shifts R 612 123 20.1 .337 .390
2019 Shifts R 256 82 32.0 .298 .325
2020 Shifts R 166 63 38.0 .301 .316
2021 Shifts R 353 157 44.5 .290 .338
2022 Shifts R 57 42 73.7 .153 .259
! 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 699 17.6 16.2% 2.9% 482 23.0 0.8% 11.8%
2011 716 17.1 17.9% 1.7% 368 24.0 0.8% 13.0%
2012 662 17.9 9.4% 1.7% 432 24.5 0.7% 13.7%
2013 802 17.8 11.1% 3.4% 400 23.0 0.5% 11.0%
2014 573 19.5 5.6% 3.5% 508 24.7 0.2% 15.9%
2015 723 19.1 17.4% 5.7% 444 25.5 3.6% 25.0%
2016 691 19.1 13.9% 5.5% 570 24.1 3.5% 17.5%
2017 743 19.1 4.7% 4.7% 519 23.7 0.0% 14.6%
2018 637 18.7 8.9% 2.0% 551 24.3 0.0% 13.4%
2019 291 18.3 10.7% 2.7% 220 24.5 0.5% 15.9%
2020 179 18.6 10.6% 1.1% 147 24.1 0.0% 10.2%
2021 426 19.2 6.1% 4.2% 273 23.6 0.0% 11.7%
2022 57 17.5 7.0% 1.8% 46 22.6 0.0% 8.7%
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Statcast Rankings

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