3B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 250 lbs | Age: 38
Draft: 2008 | Rd. 1, No. 2, Pittsburgh Pirates | Vanderbilt
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 376 337 43 84 22 1 .249 .322 .504 .826
2017 34 32 4 10 1 0 .313 .353 .438 .791
2018 127 111 18 20 8 0 .180 .283 .414 .697
9 Seasons 3,321 2,980 365 704 162 15 .236 .310 .447 .757
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .249 22 1 .826
2017 .313 1 0 .791
2018 .180 8 0 .697
9 Seasons .236 162 15 .757
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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 28 1916 310 38 12.3 7.7 91.9 115.4 7.1 28.4 .257 .471 .333 .343 .442 47.1 26.7 9.8
2016 29 1552 242 31 12.8 8.2 92.7 115.0 13.3 31.4 .262 .501 .349 .355 .450 49.2 25.8 9.8
2017 30 128 22 2 9.1 5.9 94.2 113.6 5.8 27.3 .262 .424 .342 .316 .425 59.1 29.4 5.9
2018 31 537 75 11 14.7 8.7 90.6 115.9 12.2 26.7 .209 .453 .304 .331 .414 44.0 28.3 12.6
Player 4133 649 82 12.6 8.0 92.1 115.9 9.9 29.3 .253 .478 .335 .345 .441 47.9 26.7 10.0
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 53.9 46.1 19.0 23.2 3.9 40.0 40.6 18.7 27.1 20.0 6.1 12.9 20.6 12.6
2016 47.9 52.1 16.9 24.0 11.2 45.5 31.0 23.6 29.8 13.6 4.5 15.7 17.4 19.0
2017 50.0 50.0 22.7 27.3 0.0 31.8 50.0 18.2 18.2 31.8 0.0 13.6 18.2 18.2
2018 42.7 57.3 26.7 20.0 10.7 45.3 37.3 16.0 29.3 12.0 1.3 16.0 25.3 14.7
Player 50.2 49.8 19.3 23.3 7.2 42.4 37.0 20.2 28.0 17.1 4.8 14.3 19.9 15.4
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 2.9 40.0 16.5 23.2 4.8 12.3 7.7
2016 1.2 33.1 21.9 20.7 8.3 12.8 8.2
2017 0.0 36.4 18.2 27.3 9.1 9.1 5.9
2018 2.7 34.7 25.3 13.3 9.3 14.7 8.7
Player 2.2 36.7 19.6 21.3 6.8 12.6 8.0
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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 4 157 29.3 43 .250 .722 .467 22.6 16.3 16.3 .287 .747 .477 62.1
2018 Changeup -2.1 -2 113 21.1 24 .095 .095 .163 52.0 41.7 33.3 .156 .183 .218 27.3
2018 Curveball -4.2 -4 88 16.4 16 .000 .000 .000 62.5 50.0 29.6 .102 .168 .113 50.0
2018 Sinker 4.0 3 69 12.9 13 .333 .833 .500 40.7 23.1 27.3 .265 .785 .449 33.3
2018 Slider -0.9 -1 65 12.1 15 .167 .167 .260 36.0 26.7 16.0 .198 .220 .293 12.5
2018 Cutter 0.3 0 23 4.3 10 .333 .667 .450 6.3 10.0 16.7 .256 .530 .368 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -2.0 0 14 2.6 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 33.3 33.3 .029 .029 .251 0.0
2018 Sweeper -2.8 0 5 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve -4.0 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker 4.8 1 27 21.1 6 .800 .800 .717 14.3 16.7 25.0 .523 .829 .599 100.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 0 26 20.3 6 .400 .600 .475 38.5 33.3 28.6 .225 .336 .315 66.7
2017 Changeup -7.0 -1 20 15.6 6 .000 .000 .000 60.0 33.3 50.0 .079 .097 .076 50.0
2017 Slider 3.7 1 20 15.6 7 .286 .286 .386 57.1 42.9 42.9 .268 .313 .251 75.0
2017 Curveball 9.4 2 19 14.8 4 .250 1.000 .500 25.0 0.0 0.0 .312 .936 .511 50.0
2017 Split-Finger -5.4 0 9 7.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .043 .062 .045 0.0
2017 Cutter 3.6 0 5 3.9 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .486 .550 .457 0.0
2017 Slurve -12.0 0 2 1.6 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 385 1,499 11 -23 7 8 2
2011 259 1,052 -5 -17 3 5 -14
2012 576 2,241 12 -19 5 11 9
2013 606 2,387 14 -16 6 11 15
2014 438 1,693 5 -21 8 9 1
2015 482 1,883 11 -17 10 8 12
2016 375 1,548 5 -8 8 7 13
2017 34 128 0 1 0 0 2
2018 127 537 7 -14 3 3 -1
Player 3,282 12,968 61 -134 50 61 39
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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 1,916 43.4 70.0 79.9 28.0 48.2 41.5 29.5 46.2 31.0 5.8 82.0
2016 1,552 43.4 66.0 80.0 30.5 48.1 40.5 26.6 45.9 32.0 5.9 81.5
2017 128 46.1 71.2 69.0 37.7 46.2 44.5 47.1 53.1 39.7 0.8 100.0
2018 537 46.2 60.5 73.3 24.9 37.5 44.1 22.0 41.3 38.3 6.0 71.9
Player 4,133 43.8 67.2 78.7 28.8 46.9 41.5 28.1 45.7 32.5 5.7 80.5
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 77 54 82 86 66 85 96 94 98 97 9 79 10 58 22
2016 82 57 87 89 59 67 93 97 97 98 15 74 6 38 22
2017 93 39
2018 98 35
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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 24.11 22 21.1 1 6 14 12 54.5
2017 27.25 1 1.2 0 2 0 1 100.0
2018 24.83 8 6.1 2 2 5 2 25.0
Player 24.43 31 28.3 3 10 19 15 48.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 22 26 14 22 21 18 24 21 19 14 22 24 20 18 20 23 14 18 20 26 20 20 28 26 20 20 23 29 23 22 17
2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
2018 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 5 3 5 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 7 5 7 5 7 6 7 5 6 7 7 6 4
Player 31 35 22 29 29 25 31 27 23 20 29 32 28 26 27 31 21 24 29 32 28 27 36 34 28 26 30 38 32 29 22
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

2018 +/-   2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .180 -.133 ↓ .313 +.064 ↑ .249 +.006 ↑ .243
xBA .209 -.053 ↓ .262 .000 .262 +.005 ↑ .257
OBP .283 -.070 ↓ .353 +.031 ↑ .322 +.004 ↑ .318
xOBP .309 +.003 ↑ .306 -.028 ↓ .334 +.003 ↑ .331
SLG .414 -.024 ↓ .438 -.066 ↓ .504 +.035 ↑ .469
xSLG .453 +.029 ↑ .424 -.077 ↓ .501 +.030 ↑ .471
ISO .234 +.109 ↑ .125 -.130 ↓ .255 +.028 ↑ .227
xISO .245 +.083 ↑ .162 -.078 ↓ .240 +.025 ↑ .215
BABIP .179 -.250 ↓ .429 +.147 ↑ .282 +.003 ↑ .279
wOBA .304 -.038 ↓ .342 -.007 ↓ .349 +.016 ↑ .333
xwOBA .331 +.015 ↑ .316 -.039 ↓ .355 +.012 ↑ .343
wOBACON .367 -.098 ↓ .465 +.027 ↑ .438 +.012 ↑ .426
xwOBACON .414 -.011 ↓ .425 -.025 ↓ .450 +.008 ↑ .442
BACON .267 -.188 ↓ .455 +.108 ↑ .347 +.005 ↑ .342
xBACON .309 -.073 ↓ .382 +.015 ↑ .367 +.003 ↑ .364
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 44.0 -15.1 ↓ 59.1 +9.9 ↑ 49.2 +2.1 ↑ 47.1
Avg Exit Velocity 90.6 -3.6 ↓ 94.2 +1.5 ↑ 92.7 +0.8 ↑ 91.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 26.7 -0.6 ↓ 27.3 -4.1 ↓ 31.4 +3.0 ↑ 28.4
Barrel % 14.7 +5.6 ↑ 9.1 -3.7 ↓ 12.8 +0.5 ↑ 12.3
Avg Launch Angle 12.2 +6.4 ↑ 5.8 -7.5 ↓ 13.3 +6.2 ↑ 7.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Angle 0° -- -- -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Attack Direction 0° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 0° -- -- -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.5 -1.8 ↓ 94.3 +2.0 ↑ 92.3 -0.5 ↓ 92.8
Breaking Velocity 81.3 -2.6 ↓ 83.9 +3.1 ↑ 80.8 -0.8 ↓ 81.6
Offspeed Velocity 84.6 -0.4 ↓ 85.0 +0.6 ↑ 84.4 -0.1 ↓ 84.5
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 11 +9 ↑ 2 -29 ↓ 31 -7 ↓ 38
Popup % 10.7 +10.7 ↑ 0.0 -11.2 ↓ 11.2 +7.3 ↑ 3.9
Flyball % 26.7 +4.0 ↑ 22.7 +5.8 ↑ 16.9 -2.1 ↓ 19.0
Line Drive % 20.0 -7.3 ↓ 27.3 +3.3 ↑ 24.0 +0.8 ↑ 23.2
Groundball % 42.7 -7.3 ↓ 50.0 +2.1 ↑ 47.9 -6.0 ↓ 53.9
Pull % 45.3 +13.5 ↑ 31.8 -13.7 ↓ 45.5 +5.5 ↑ 40.0
Straight Away % 37.3 -12.7 ↓ 50.0 +19.0 ↑ 31.0 -9.6 ↓ 40.6
Opposite Field % 16.0 -2.2 ↓ 18.2 -5.4 ↓ 23.6 +4.9 ↑ 18.7
Weak Contact % 2.7 +2.7 ↑ 0.0 -1.2 ↓ 1.2 -1.7 ↓ 2.9
Pull Airball % 16.0 +2.4 ↑ 13.6 -2.1 ↓ 15.7 +2.8 ↑ 12.9
Topped Contact % 34.7 -1.7 ↓ 36.4 +3.3 ↑ 33.1 -6.9 ↓ 40.0
Under Contact % 25.3 +7.1 ↑ 18.2 -3.7 ↓ 21.9 +5.4 ↑ 16.5
Flare/Burner Contact % 13.3 -14.0 ↓ 27.3 +6.6 ↑ 20.7 -2.5 ↓ 23.2
Solid Contact % 9.3 +0.2 ↑ 9.1 +0.8 ↑ 8.3 +3.5 ↑ 4.8
HR/FB % 40.0 +20.0 ↑ 20.0 -33.7 ↓ 53.7 +7.9 ↑ 45.8
Popups 8 +8 ↑ 0 -27 ↓ 27 +15 ↑ 12
Flyballs 20 +15 ↑ 5 -36 ↓ 41 -18 ↓ 59
Line Drives 15 +9 ↑ 6 -52 ↓ 58 -14 ↓ 72
Groundballs 32 +21 ↑ 11 -105 ↓ 116 -51 ↓ 167
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 46.2 +0.1 ↑ 46.1 +2.7 ↑ 43.4 0.0 43.4
Out of Zone % 53.8 -0.1 ↓ 53.9 -2.7 ↓ 56.6 0.0 56.6
Edge % 44.1 -0.4 ↓ 44.5 +4.0 ↑ 40.5 -1.0 ↓ 41.5
Zone Swing % 60.5 -10.7 ↓ 71.2 +5.2 ↑ 66.0 -4.0 ↓ 70.0
Out of Zone Swing % 24.9 -12.8 ↓ 37.7 +7.2 ↑ 30.5 +2.5 ↑ 28.0
In Zone Contact % 73.3 +4.3 ↑ 69.0 -11.0 ↓ 80.0 +0.1 ↑ 79.9
Out of Zone Contact % 37.5 -8.7 ↓ 46.2 -1.9 ↓ 48.1 -0.1 ↓ 48.2
Whiff % 38.3 -1.4 ↓ 39.7 +7.7 ↑ 32.0 +1.0 ↑ 31.0
First Strike % 53.5 -11.2 ↓ 64.7 +4.9 ↑ 59.8 +1.6 ↑ 58.2
First Pitch Swing % 22.0 -25.1 ↓ 47.1 +20.5 ↑ 26.6 -2.9 ↓ 29.5
Swing % 41.3 -11.8 ↓ 53.1 +7.2 ↑ 45.9 -0.3 ↓ 46.2
Meatball Swing % 71.9 -28.1 ↓ 100.0 +18.5 ↑ 81.5 -0.5 ↓ 82.0
Meatball % 6.0 +5.2 ↑ 0.8 -5.1 ↓ 5.9 +0.1 ↑ 5.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 26.7 -4.3 ↓ 31.0 +11.0 ↑ 20.0 -0.1 ↓ 20.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 62.5 +8.7 ↑ 53.8 +1.9 ↑ 51.9 +0.1 ↑ 51.8
In Zone 248 +189 ↑ 59 -614 ↓ 673 -159 ↓ 832
Out of Zone 289 +220 ↑ 69 -810 ↓ 879 -205 ↓ 1,084
Edge 237 +180 ↑ 57 -571 ↓ 628 -167 ↓ 795
In Zone Swings 150 +108 ↑ 42 -402 ↓ 444 -138 ↓ 582
Out of Zone Swings 72 +46 ↑ 26 -242 ↓ 268 -35 ↓ 303
In Zone Swing & Misses 40 +27 ↑ 13 -76 ↓ 89 -28 ↓ 117
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 45 +31 ↑ 14 -125 ↓ 139 -18 ↓ 157
Basic
Pitches 537 +409 ↑ 128 -1,424 ↓ 1,552 -364 ↓ 1,916
PA 127 +93 ↑ 34 -342 ↓ 376 -115 ↓ 491
AB 111 +79 ↑ 32 -305 ↓ 337 -100 ↓ 437
Hits 20 +10 ↑ 10 -74 ↓ 84 -22 ↓ 106
Singles 10 +2 ↑ 8 -34 ↓ 42 -19 ↓ 61
Doubles 2 +1 ↑ 1 -19 ↓ 20 +2 ↑ 18
Triples 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 8 +7 ↑ 1 -21 ↓ 22 -5 ↓ 27
Walks 16 +14 ↑ 2 -35 ↓ 37 -11 ↓ 48
Strikeouts 36 +26 ↑ 10 -87 ↓ 97 -34 ↓ 131
K% 28.3 -1.1 ↓ 29.4 +3.6 ↑ 25.8 -0.9 ↓ 26.7
BB% 12.6 +6.7 ↑ 5.9 -3.9 ↓ 9.8 0.0 9.8
HBP 0 0 0 0 0 -2 ↓ 2
Batted Balls 75 +53 ↑ 22 -220 ↓ 242 -68 ↓ 310
Number of Fastballs 249 +191 ↑ 58 -750 ↓ 808 -167 ↓ 975
Number of Offspeed 127 +98 ↑ 29 -290 ↓ 319 -92 ↓ 411
Number of Breaking 153 +114 ↑ 39 -346 ↓ 385 -108 ↓ 493
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 359 264 73.5 .291 .372
2017 Shifts L 34 22 64.7 .408 .305
2018 Shifts L 127 107 84.3 .224 .319
! 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 461 16.7 21.7% 1.3% 291 23.0 1.0% 7.2%
2011 283 17.7 13.1% 1.8% 193 22.7 1.0% 6.7%
2012 573 17.8 16.9% 2.3% 388 24.0 1.5% 12.4%
2013 573 17.9 18.0% 2.4% 422 23.2 0.9% 9.2%
2014 371 17.7 16.7% 3.2% 351 23.9 0.9% 12.8%
2015 509 18.3 23.8% 6.7% 335 25.2 4.2% 27.5%
2016 484 18.8 23.1% 4.3% 244 24.0 4.1% 18.4%
2017 43 18.0 16.3% 0.0% 10 19.9 0.0% 0.0%
2018 169 17.4 18.9% 0.6% 94 22.1 2.1% 8.5%
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