Junior Lake
OF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 230LBS | Age: 34
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 326 308 30 65 9 7 .211 .246 .351 .597
2015 84 80 4 16 1 4 .200 .238 .325 .563
2016 39 35 5 7 1 1 .200 .282 .371 .653
4 Seasons 703 659 65 155 17 16 .235 .278 .376 .654
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .211 9 7 .597
2015 .200 1 4 .563
2016 .200 1 1 .653
4 Seasons .235 17 16 .654
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 25 357 51 1 2.0 1.2 88.6 111.9 7.1 27.5 .208 .314 .246 .247 .355 35.3 34.5 4.8
2016 26 162 24 2 8.3 5.1 87.0 108.2 -0.1 41.7 .284 .446 .286 .349 .453 37.5 28.2 10.3
Player 519 75 3 4.0 2.4 88.0 111.9 4.7 32.0 .231 .355 .258 .280 .387 36.0 32.5 6.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 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 52.9 21.6 25.5 0.0 35.3 35.3 29.4 9.8 35.3 19.6 19.6 11.8 2.0 1.2
2016 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 45.8 50.0 4.2 8.3 45.8 4.2 29.2 4.2 8.3 5.1
Player 57.3 14.7 28.0 0.0 38.7 40.0 21.3 9.3 38.7 14.7 22.7 9.3 4.0 2.4
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.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 253 980 1 -10 3 5 -2
2014 325 1,228 0 -19 0 3 -16
2015 84 357 -5 0 0 1 -4
2016 39 162 1 -3 1 0 0
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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 357 47.3 66.9 71.7 29.8 44.6 39.2 33.3 47.3 36.7 6.7 70.8
2016 162 50.6 69.5 73.7 26.3 52.4 44.4 28.2 48.1 30.8 6.8 45.5
Player 519 48.4 67.7 72.4 28.7 46.8 40.8 31.7 47.6 34.8 6.7 62.9
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 87 95
2016 61 96
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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 20.0 1 0.7 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 20.0 1 0.7 0 0 1 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
Player 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.6 87.0 -1.6
Launch Angle 7.1 -0.1 -7.2
Barrel % 2.0 8.3 6.3
Hard Hit % 35.3 37.5 2.2
Sweet Spot % 27.5 41.7 14.2
xBA .208 .284 0.076
BA .200 .200 0.000
xwOBA .247 .349 0.102
wOBA .246 .286 0.040
xSLG .314 .446 0.132
SLG .325 .371 0.046
K% 34.5 28.2 -6.3
BB% 4.8 10.3 5.5
Swing % 47.3 48.1 0.8
Whiff% 36.7 30.8 -5.9
In Zone % 47.3 50.6 3.3
Out of Zone % 52.7 49.4 -3.3
Out of Zone Swing % 29.8 26.3 -3.5
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 28.2 -5.1
First Pitch Strike % 65.5 61.5 -4.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 38 1 2.6 .282 .000
! 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 %
2013 269 18.3 16.4% 1.9% 146 24.0 0.7% 11.0%
2014 287 18.6 13.6% 3.1% 150 24.5 1.3% 14.0%
2015 85 19.3 15.3% 7.1% 70 26.1 2.9% 34.3%
2016 49 19.2 22.4% 2.0% 21 27.0 0.0% 38.1%
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