Alex Presley
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 195LBS | Age: 39
Draft: 2006 | Rd: 8, #230, Pittsburgh Pirates | Mississippi
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 13 12 1 3 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
2016 134 121 12 24 3 0 .198 .269 .289 .558
2017 264 245 30 77 3 5 .314 .354 .416 .770
8 Seasons 1,503 1,401 157 369 29 30 .263 .306 .388 .694
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .250 0 0 .558
2016 .198 3 0 .558
2017 .314 3 5 .770
8 Seasons .263 29 30 .694
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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 29 57 7 0 0.0 0.0 85.2 97.1 3.9 28.6 .206 .237 .256 .235 .356 14.3 38.5 7.7
2016 30 555 97 4 4.1 3.0 85.5 103.0 9.1 29.9 .224 .331 .247 .276 .301 23.7 18.7 8.2
2017 31 1063 199 2 1.0 0.8 85.5 105.2 9.7 40.7 .300 .379 .334 .315 .365 23.7 18.6 5.7
Player 1675 303 6 2.0 1.5 85.5 105.2 9.4 37.0 .273 .360 .303 .300 .344 23.5 19.3 6.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 57.1 14.3 28.6 0.0 42.9 42.9 14.3 0.0 42.9 14.3 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 48.5 23.7 21.6 6.2 33.0 33.0 33.0 3.1 41.2 24.7 21.6 3.1 4.1 3.0
2017 46.7 15.6 32.2 5.5 36.2 35.2 28.6 3.5 35.7 18.1 36.7 3.0 1.0 0.8
Player 47.5 18.2 28.7 5.6 35.3 34.7 29.7 3.3 37.6 20.1 31.7 3.0 2.0 1.5
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 2 423 39.8 87 .368 .500 .416 16.3 14.9 11.4 .304 .393 .347 31.3
2017 Sinker 0.4 1 206 19.4 54 .360 .460 .385 10.1 5.6 6.3 .368 .469 .385 29.8
2017 Slider 0.1 0 124 11.7 29 .241 .345 .255 35.8 48.3 28.0 .208 .324 .222 33.3
2017 Curveball -0.3 0 124 11.7 26 .192 .231 .221 18.2 23.1 13.6 .227 .257 .212 10.0
2017 Changeup 1.6 2 117 11.0 45 .341 .477 .375 20.6 15.6 19.4 .353 .421 .334 10.5
2017 Cutter -5.5 -3 56 5.3 18 .188 .188 .200 19.4 27.8 26.3 .204 .235 .221 16.7
2017 Split-Finger -4.5 0 8 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 16.7 .220 .220 .198 0.0
2017 Slurve 31.4 1 3 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .367 .378 .330 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 24 104 0 -2 0 0 -2
2011 229 966 -2 -1 5 3 5
2012 366 1,474 -5 -20 5 7 -12
2013 195 776 -3 -4 3 2 -2
2014 271 1,034 -8 -7 2 5 -8
2016 133 553 -5 -8 3 3 -6
2017 262 1,062 -1 -8 8 3 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 %
2015 57 49.1 60.7 88.2 37.9 45.5 52.6 30.8 49.1 25.0 7.0 100.0
2016 555 51.5 64.0 84.7 26.8 65.3 45.0 17.9 45.9 20.8 9.0 74.0
2017 1,063 53.7 67.9 86.3 23.4 65.2 44.7 22.1 47.3 18.3 9.8 76.9
Player 1,675 52.8 66.4 85.9 25.1 64.1 45.1 21.0 46.9 19.3 9.4 76.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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
2016 31 93
2017 43 82
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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 21.0 3 2.2 1 2 3 0 0.0
2017 21.1 3 3.3 0 2 3 1 33.3
Player 21.0 6 5.5 1 4 6 1 16.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 3 2 2 4 3 2 3 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 2 3 0 2 2 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 2 1 0
2017 3 3 2 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 1 5 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3
Player 6 5 4 9 7 5 6 6 5 3 5 9 4 4 5 6 3 5 6 7 4 2 9 7 5 4 7 9 5 5 3
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs 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

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.2 85.5 0.3 85.5 0.0
Launch Angle 3.9 9.1 5.2 9.7 0.6
Barrel % 0.0 4.1 4.1 1.0 -3.1
Hard Hit % 14.3 23.7 9.4 23.7 0.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.6 29.9 1.3 40.7 10.8
xBA .206 .224 0.018 .300 0.076
BA .250 .198 -0.052 .314 0.116
xwOBA .235 .276 0.041 .315 0.039
wOBA .256 .247 -0.009 .334 0.087
xSLG .237 .331 0.094 .379 0.048
SLG .250 .289 0.039 .416 0.127
K% 38.5 18.7 -19.8 18.6 -0.1
BB% 7.7 8.2 0.5 5.7 -2.5
Swing % 49.1 45.9 -3.2 47.3 1.4
Whiff% 25.0 20.8 -4.2 18.3 -2.5
In Zone % 49.1 51.5 2.4 53.7 2.2
Out of Zone % 50.9 48.5 -2.4 46.3 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 37.9 26.8 -11.1 23.4 -3.4
First Pitch Swing % 30.8 17.9 -12.9 22.1 4.2
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 61.9 0.4 60.8 -1.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 129 3 2.3 .234 .523
2017 Shifts L 263 0 0.0 .334
! 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 34 17.1 17.6% 2.9% 12 24.5 0.0% 8.3%
2011 353 16.4 26.3% 1.4% 136 21.8 3.7% 5.9%
2012 529 17.4 21.0% 1.7% 207 23.7 0.5% 14.0%
2013 253 19.1 7.1% 3.6% 128 25.3 0.0% 18.8%
2014 336 19.9 6.0% 2.7% 139 26.2 0.0% 18.7%
2015 14 23.8 0.0% 14.3% 10 27.7 0.0% 30.0%
2016 137 18.9 20.4% 3.6% 124 23.5 6.5% 12.9%
2017 323 18.4 13.3% 1.5% 170 23.7 0.6% 6.5%
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