Will Middlebrooks
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 5, #174, Boston Red Sox | Liberty Eylau (TX) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 270 255 23 54 9 2 .212 .241 .361 .602
2016 31 27 2 3 0 0 .111 .226 .111 .337
2017 39 38 5 8 0 0 .211 .231 .368 .599
6 Seasons 1,234 1,150 119 262 43 10 .228 .272 .391 .663
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .212 9 2 .602
2016 .111 0 0 .337
2017 .211 0 0 .599
6 Seasons .228 43 10 .663
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 26 1034 199 15 7.5 5.6 88.6 113.3 15.4 29.1 .242 .411 .259 .300 .372 36.2 22.2 4.1
2016 27 125 14 0 0.0 0.0 87.2 105.0 9.6 21.4 .178 .202 .174 .234 .322 28.6 41.9 12.9
2017 28 138 24 3 12.5 7.7 90.6 111.8 11.7 33.3 .260 .401 .250 .291 .444 58.3 35.9 2.6
Player 1297 237 18 7.6 5.3 88.7 113.3 14.6 29.1 .238 .392 .250 .293 .377 38.0 25.6 4.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 37.2 29.1 25.6 8.0 33.2 38.7 28.1 3.0 28.1 30.7 22.1 5.0 7.5 5.6
2016 50.0 0.0 35.7 14.3 28.6 42.9 28.6 0.0 50.0 14.3 35.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 45.8 25.0 25.0 4.2 25.0 54.2 20.8 12.5 20.8 20.8 33.3 0.0 12.5 7.7
Player 38.8 27.0 26.2 8.0 32.1 40.5 27.4 3.8 28.7 28.7 24.1 4.2 7.6 5.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -2 50 36.2 17 .176 .294 .200 33.3 29.4 29.4 .257 .322 .250 50.0
2017 Slider -5.3 -2 31 22.5 8 .125 .125 .113 56.3 62.5 50.0 .093 .100 .087 0.0
2017 Sinker 9.8 2 21 15.2 8 .429 1.000 .600 23.1 25.0 40.0 .419 .729 .508 100.0
2017 Changeup -0.9 0 14 10.1 3 .333 .333 .300 42.9 0.0 0.0 .373 .401 .346 66.7
2017 Cutter -4.0 0 10 7.2 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 50.0 .366 1.321 .660 100.0
2017 Curveball 1.1 0 9 6.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper 2.1 0 1 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Split-Finger 2.0 0 1 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 Slurve -22.4 0 1 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 286 1,109 11 -6 6 6 18
2013 398 1,619 -10 -15 7 4 -13
2014 232 927 -6 -11 1 4 -11
2015 269 1,030 -6 -11 3 2 -13
2016 31 125 -2 -2 1 0 -2
2017 39 138 -2 1 -1 0 -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 1,034 50.4 63.6 80.6 29.0 51.4 42.0 27.4 46.4 28.3 9.0 67.7
2016 125 44.8 48.2 92.6 30.4 33.3 38.4 22.6 38.4 33.3 6.4 62.5
2017 138 52.9 72.6 69.8 24.6 31.3 39.9 41.0 50.0 39.1 9.4 76.9
Player 1,297 50.1 63.3 80.0 28.7 47.6 41.5 28.5 46.0 30.0 8.8 68.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 93 78
2016 41 63
2017 86 61
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 -- 0 0.2 0 2 0 0 --
Player -- 0 0.2 0 2 0 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Player 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 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 +/-   2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.6 87.2 -1.4 90.6 3.4
Launch Angle 15.4 9.6 -5.8 11.7 2.1
Barrel % 7.5 0.0 -7.5 12.5 12.5
Hard Hit % 36.2 28.6 -7.6 58.3 29.7
Sweet Spot % 29.1 21.4 -7.7 33.3 11.9
xBA .242 .178 -0.064 .260 0.082
BA .212 .111 -0.101 .211 0.100
xwOBA .300 .234 -0.066 .291 0.057
wOBA .259 .174 -0.085 .250 0.076
xSLG .411 .202 -0.209 .401 0.199
SLG .361 .111 -0.250 .368 0.257
K% 22.2 41.9 19.7 35.9 -6.0
BB% 4.1 12.9 8.8 2.6 -10.3
Swing % 46.4 38.4 -8.0 50.0 11.6
Whiff% 28.3 33.3 5.0 39.1 5.8
In Zone % 50.4 44.8 -5.6 52.9 8.1
Out of Zone % 49.6 55.2 5.6 47.1 -8.1
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 30.4 1.4 24.6 -5.8
First Pitch Swing % 27.4 22.6 -4.8 41.0 18.4
First Pitch Strike % 63.0 74.2 11.2 69.2 -5.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 31 9 29.0 .214 .077
2017 Shifts R 39 2 5.1 .264 .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 %
2012 302 15.1 47.7% 1.3% 198 19.5 4.5% 5.1%
2013 455 15.4 46.4% 1.5% 257 21.6 2.3% 7.8%
2014 318 16.1 34.6% 2.5% 160 22.6 1.3% 8.1%
2015 327 17.5 29.7% 4.3% 177 22.7 5.6% 18.6%
2016 41 17.7 34.1% 0.0% 25 22.9 20.0% 16.0%
2017 48 18.2 29.2% 0.0% 15 20.8 0.0% 6.7%
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