1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 210 lbs | Age: 42
Draft: 2002 | Rd. 8, No. 238, Boston Red Sox | Loganville HS (Monroe, Ga)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 526 469 47 106 19 0 .226 .304 .407 .711
2016 464 413 66 93 28 1 .225 .300 .484 .784
2017 401 362 41 75 22 2 .207 .279 .428 .707
11 Seasons 3,521 3,133 419 742 160 11 .237 .314 .452 .766
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .226 19 0 .711
2016 .225 28 1 .784
2017 .207 22 2 .707
11 Seasons .237 160 11 .766
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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 2056 324 38 11.7 7.2 89.1 113.7 19.8 34.9 .232 .464 .308 .336 .440 39.5 28.1 9.3
2016 32 1826 277 37 13.4 8.0 88.5 113.5 22.5 37.2 .232 .484 .329 .337 .454 39.0 30.4 8.4
2017 33 1648 236 35 14.8 8.7 89.6 112.8 17.8 36.4 .237 .505 .301 .342 .473 41.9 31.9 9.2
Player 5530 837 110 13.1 7.9 89.0 113.7 20.2 36.1 .233 .483 .313 .338 .454 40.0 30.0 9.0
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, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, 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 34.0 66.0 30.2 25.9 9.9 45.7 34.0 20.4 19.4 10.2 4.3 26.2 23.8 16.0
2016 30.3 69.7 32.5 26.4 10.8 45.1 31.4 22.7 18.1 6.9 5.1 27.1 24.5 17.7
2017 32.6 67.4 33.1 28.0 6.4 49.2 29.7 21.2 19.5 12.7 0.4 29.7 16.9 20.8
Player 32.4 67.6 31.8 26.6 9.2 46.5 31.9 21.4 19.0 9.8 3.5 27.5 22.1 17.9
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 5.2 19.8 29.0 21.3 8.3 11.7 7.2
2016 3.2 19.5 33.6 19.5 10.1 13.4 8.0
2017 4.7 22.0 31.4 20.3 6.8 14.8 8.7
Player 4.4 20.3 31.2 20.4 8.5 13.1 7.9
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 0.5 3 504 30.6 100 .259 .518 .383 30.0 30.0 18.2 .247 .516 .374 45.5
2017 Sinker 1.7 5 309 18.8 80 .273 .667 .435 19.3 17.5 15.1 .331 .833 .511 50.9
2017 Changeup 0.0 0 245 14.9 62 .241 .431 .302 47.8 32.3 29.9 .233 .452 .304 28.2
2017 Curveball -3.2 -8 238 14.5 64 .143 .270 .183 45.7 39.1 30.1 .241 .507 .315 52.6
2017 Slider -2.4 -5 195 11.8 56 .113 .264 .186 48.9 48.2 35.1 .131 .258 .191 30.8
2017 Cutter -3.3 -3 94 5.7 27 .160 .240 .211 19.6 18.5 15.6 .223 .352 .278 35.0
2017 Split-Finger 0.4 0 48 2.9 10 .200 .500 .290 54.2 60.0 46.2 .150 .323 .195 25.0
2017 Slurve -7.8 -1 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 20.0 .044 .053 .040 0.0
2017 Sweeper -5.3 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 246 994 7 -15 4 5 1
2009 417 1,562 -8 -17 5 8 -12
2010 27 98 -1 -1 0 0 -3
2011 6 18 -1 -1 0 0 -2
2012 294 1,177 14 1 5 4 24
2013 502 2,005 21 -1 7 10 36
2014 573 2,332 15 -22 10 11 14
2015 522 2,039 -5 -15 9 6 -6
2016 461 1,816 16 -18 4 8 10
2017 401 1,647 -6 -18 9 7 -8
Player 3,449 13,688 50 -108 54 50 54
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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 2,056 45.8 71.0 80.7 30.9 50.3 44.5 33.7 49.3 29.6 7.2 86.5
2016 1,826 45.3 73.2 76.4 32.2 42.7 42.1 39.0 50.8 35.3 6.4 84.6
2017 1,648 47.1 71.6 72.5 27.6 45.8 42.0 32.9 48.3 35.6 6.7 80.2
Player 5,530 46.0 71.9 76.8 30.3 46.4 42.9 35.2 49.5 33.3 6.8 84.0
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
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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 71 16 80 90 47 85 94 58 94 71 6 74 12 39 52
2016 63 13 82 92 28 76 94 40 92 61 4 55 3 28 38 68
2017 67 18 84 95 25 76 96 84 90 84 3 59 3 47 38
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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 21.80 28 25.8 2 11 20 11 39.3
2017 21.52 22 22.1 0 5 17 8 36.4
Player 21.67 50 48.0 2 16 37 19 38.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 28 29 20 25 27 21 29 28 22 17 25 29 24 25 25 23 18 22 30 29 28 25 33 34 22 26 28 31 30 28 22
2017 22 22 22 22 23 21 24 25 17 20 21 27 24 21 23 25 19 22 22 23 23 21 25 25 22 19 23 26 24 22 11
Player 50 51 42 47 50 42 53 53 39 37 46 56 48 46 48 48 37 44 52 52 51 46 58 59 44 45 51 57 54 50 33
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 .207 -.018 .225 -.001 .226
xBA .237 +.005 .232 .000 .232
OBP .279 -.021 .300 -.004 .304
xOBP .307 -.001 .308 -.006 .314
SLG .428 -.056 .484 +.077 .407
xSLG .505 +.021 .484 +.020 .464
ISO .221 -.038 .259 +.078 .181
xISO .268 +.015 .253 +.022 .231
BABIP .248 -.013 .261 -.024 .285
wOBA .301 -.028 .329 +.021 .308
xwOBA .342 +.005 .337 +.001 .336
wOBACON .403 -.037 .440 +.050 .390
xwOBACON .473 +.019 .454 +.014 .440
BACON .318 -.018 .336 +.009 .327
xBACON .365 +.016 .349 +.004 .345
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 41.9 +2.9 39.0 -0.5 39.5
Avg Exit Velocity 89.6 +1.1 88.5 -0.6 89.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.4 -0.8 37.2 +2.3 34.9
Barrel % 14.8 +1.4 13.4 +1.7 11.7
Avg Launch Angle 17.8 -4.7 22.5 +2.7 19.8
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 92.3 -0.4 92.7 +0.7 92.0
Breaking Velocity 81.5 -1.0 82.5 +1.3 81.2
Offspeed Velocity 84.1 -0.9 85.0 +0.5 84.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 35 -2 37 -1 38
Popup % 6.4 -4.4 10.8 +0.9 9.9
Flyball % 33.1 +0.6 32.5 +2.3 30.2
Line Drive % 28.0 +1.6 26.4 +0.5 25.9
Groundball % 32.6 +2.3 30.3 -3.7 34.0
Pull % 49.2 +4.1 45.1 -0.6 45.7
Straight Away % 29.7 -1.7 31.4 -2.6 34.0
Opposite Field % 21.2 -1.5 22.7 +2.3 20.4
Weak Contact % 4.7 +1.5 3.2 -2.0 5.2
Pull Airball % 29.7 +2.6 27.1 +0.9 26.2
Topped Contact % 22.0 +2.5 19.5 -0.3 19.8
Under Contact % 31.4 -2.2 33.6 +4.6 29.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 20.3 +0.8 19.5 -1.8 21.3
Solid Contact % 6.8 -3.3 10.1 +1.8 8.3
HR/FB % 28.2 -2.9 31.1 +11.7 19.4
Popups 15 -15 30 -2 32
Flyballs 78 -12 90 -8 98
Line Drives 66 -7 73 -11 84
Groundballs 77 -7 84 -26 110
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.1 +1.8 45.3 -0.5 45.8
Out of Zone % 52.9 -1.8 54.7 +0.5 54.2
Edge % 42.0 -0.1 42.1 -2.4 44.5
Zone Swing % 71.6 -1.6 73.2 +2.2 71.0
Out of Zone Swing % 27.6 -4.6 32.2 +1.3 30.9
In Zone Contact % 72.5 -3.9 76.4 -4.3 80.7
Out of Zone Contact % 45.8 +3.1 42.7 -7.6 50.3
Whiff % 35.6 +0.3 35.3 +5.7 29.6
First Strike % 59.9 -2.2 62.1 +4.1 58.0
First Pitch Swing % 32.9 -6.1 39.0 +5.3 33.7
Swing % 48.3 -2.5 50.8 +1.5 49.3
Meatball Swing % 80.2 -4.4 84.6 -1.9 86.5
Meatball % 6.7 +0.3 6.4 -0.8 7.2
Zone Swing & Miss % 27.5 +3.9 23.6 +4.3 19.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 54.2 -3.1 57.3 +7.6 49.7
In Zone 776 -52 828 -113 941
Out of Zone 871 -127 998 -116 1,114
Edge 691 -77 768 -147 915
In Zone Swings 556 -50 606 -62 668
Out of Zone Swings 240 -81 321 -23 344
In Zone Swing & Misses 153 +10 143 +14 129
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 130 -54 184 +13 171
Basic
Pitches 1,648 -178 1,826 -230 2,056
PA 401 -63 464 -62 526
AB 362 -51 413 -56 469
Hits 75 -18 93 -13 106
Singles 39 -5 44 -17 61
Doubles 14 -5 19 -5 24
Triples 0 -2 2 0 2
Home Runs 22 -6 28 +9 19
Walks 37 -2 39 -10 49
Strikeouts 128 -13 141 -7 148
K% 31.9 +1.5 30.4 +2.3 28.1
BB% 9.2 +0.8 8.4 -0.9 9.3
HBP 0 -7 7 +2 5
Batted Balls 236 -41 277 -47 324
Number of Fastballs 907 -192 1,099 -129 1,228
Number of Offspeed 293 +25 268 -46 314
Number of Breaking 433 -13 446 -51 497
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 457 363 79.4 .258 .346
2017 Shifts L 401 304 75.8 .291 .304
! 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 22 14.0 68.2% 0.0% 20 18.1 5.0% 0.0%
2011 4 17.9 25.0% 0.0% 2 20.8 0.0% 0.0%
2012 288 15.9 41.0% 1.7% 203 21.8 2.0% 8.9%
2013 536 16.5 36.6% 1.5% 304 23.1 1.0% 9.2%
2014 611 17.5 26.4% 1.3% 418 23.6 1.2% 14.1%
2015 530 17.2 34.2% 3.6% 355 22.7 9.3% 14.1%
2016 482 17.1 33.6% 3.9% 276 24.2 5.1% 19.6%
2017 439 16.2 37.6% 2.7% 293 22.8 0.3% 8.9%
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