Jake Smolinski
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 210LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: 2, #70, Washington Nationals | Boylan Catholic (IL) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 319 290 28 69 7 1 .238 .299 .345 .644
2017 29 27 1 7 0 0 .259 .310 .296 .606
2018 41 39 2 5 0 1 .128 .171 .205 .376
5 Seasons 673 608 67 143 16 3 .235 .299 .363 .662
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .238 7 1 .644
2017 .259 0 0 .606
2018 .128 0 1 .376
5 Seasons .235 16 3 .662
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Hits Spray Chart

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 26 756 131 6 4.6 3.1 87.5 110.4 13.7 32.1 .224 .359 .284 .307 .335 30.5 20.3 9.9
2016 27 1128 249 11 4.4 3.4 87.5 110.3 13.1 30.9 .262 .391 .284 .313 .329 30.9 13.8 6.0
2017 28 121 21 0 0.0 0.0 85.3 104.9 7.1 33.3 .240 .403 .273 .303 .350 33.3 20.7 3.4
2018 29 158 29 1 3.4 2.4 88.9 104.8 14.2 17.2 .187 .288 .168 .228 .274 34.5 24.4 2.4
Player 2163 430 18 4.2 3.1 87.5 110.4 13.1 30.5 .243 .374 .275 .305 .328 31.2 17.0 6.9
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 45.8 16.8 23.7 13.7 48.1 30.5 20.6 3.1 36.6 25.2 20.6 6.1 4.6 3.1
2016 43.0 18.9 27.3 10.8 39.0 35.7 24.9 2.8 32.5 26.1 28.1 4.4 4.4 3.4
2017 47.6 19.0 28.6 4.8 47.6 23.8 28.6 9.5 38.1 19.0 14.3 19.0 0.0 0.0
2018 48.3 17.2 13.8 20.7 62.1 20.7 17.2 3.4 44.8 31.0 13.8 3.4 3.4 2.4
Player 44.4 18.1 25.3 12.1 43.7 32.6 23.3 3.3 34.9 25.8 24.2 5.6 4.2 3.1
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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -7.0 -4 57 36.1 16 .063 .063 .056 25.8 18.8 17.6 .114 .178 .125 30.8
2018 Sinker -4.1 -1 28 17.7 10 .333 .444 .375 0.0 0.0 0.0 .353 .602 .439 44.4
2018 Slider 7.3 1 20 12.7 4 .333 1.000 .575 14.3 0.0 0.0 .183 .299 .327 33.3
2018 Cutter -6.4 -1 18 11.4 4 .000 .000 .000 28.6 75.0 33.3 .089 .098 .086 100.0
2018 Curveball -0.1 0 15 9.5 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Changeup -3.1 0 13 8.2 3 .000 .000 .000 37.5 0.0 0.0 .457 .552 .435 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -2.6 0 6 3.8 3 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sweeper -1.6 0 1 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -2 40 33.1 8 .125 .125 .113 14.3 37.5 20.0 .132 .226 .152 20.0
2017 Sinker 1.6 0 28 23.1 8 .429 .571 .469 0.0 12.5 16.7 .309 .608 .425 66.7
2017 Changeup 0.2 0 19 15.7 3 .667 .667 .600 40.0 0.0 0.0 .500 .921 .596 66.7
2017 Curveball -2.9 0 14 11.6 5 .200 .200 .180 28.6 20.0 14.3 .249 .286 .236 0.0
2017 Slider -6.1 -1 12 9.9 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 25.0 33.3 .126 .155 .120 0.0
2017 Cutter -0.7 0 7 5.8 1 -- -- .700 33.3 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2017 Split-Finger 1.4 0 1 0.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 92 366 3 0 0 2 5
2015 192 756 -4 -5 8 2 2
2016 319 1,128 -8 -14 4 5 -13
2017 29 121 -2 -1 0 0 -2
2018 41 158 -2 -4 0 1 -5
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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 756 48.8 64.8 89.1 26.9 51.9 43.4 21.4 45.4 21.0 6.7 80.4
2016 1,128 51.5 63.9 91.1 30.2 69.1 43.7 27.9 47.5 15.7 9.2 69.2
2017 121 62.0 56.0 88.1 32.6 46.7 41.3 13.8 47.1 22.8 3.3 25.0
2018 158 52.5 63.9 79.2 25.3 52.6 39.2 14.6 45.6 26.4 6.3 80.0
Player 2,163 51.2 63.6 89.4 28.7 61.1 43.1 24.1 46.6 18.7 7.8 72.2
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
2015 79 73
2016 76 70 78
2017 43 61
2018 40 64
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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 19.8 7 6.9 0 6 5 3 42.9
2017 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2018 -- 0 0.4 0 1 1 0 --
Player 19.8 7 7.4 0 8 6 3 42.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 7 8 5 8 7 6 7 6 7 5 7 9 6 7 7 7 5 5 7 7 6 5 11 10 5 6 7 11 7 6 6
2017 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 7 9 6 10 7 6 7 7 7 5 7 11 7 7 7 8 5 5 8 7 7 5 13 11 5 6 7 11 8 6 6
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 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.5 87.5 0.0 85.3 -2.2 88.9 3.6
Launch Angle 13.7 13.1 -0.6 7.1 -6.0 14.2 7.1
Barrel % 4.6 4.4 -0.2 0.0 -4.4 3.4 3.4
Hard Hit % 30.5 30.9 0.4 33.3 2.4 34.5 1.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 30.9 -1.2 33.3 2.4 17.2 -16.1
xBA .224 .262 0.038 .240 -0.022 .187 -0.053
BA .193 .238 0.045 .259 0.021 .128 -0.131
xwOBA .307 .313 0.006 .303 -0.010 .228 -0.075
wOBA .284 .284 0.000 .273 -0.011 .168 -0.105
xSLG .359 .391 0.032 .403 0.012 .288 -0.115
SLG .367 .345 -0.022 .296 -0.049 .205 -0.091
K% 20.3 13.8 -6.5 20.7 6.9 24.4 3.7
BB% 9.9 6.0 -3.9 3.4 -2.6 2.4 -1.0
Swing % 45.4 47.5 2.1 47.1 -0.4 45.6 -1.5
Whiff% 21.0 15.7 -5.3 22.8 7.1 26.4 3.6
In Zone % 48.8 51.5 2.7 62.0 10.5 52.5 -9.5
Out of Zone % 51.2 48.5 -2.7 38.0 -10.5 47.5 9.5
Out of Zone Swing % 26.9 30.2 3.3 32.6 2.4 25.3 -7.3
First Pitch Swing % 21.4 27.9 6.5 13.8 -14.1 14.6 0.8
First Pitch Strike % 58.9 59.6 0.7 58.6 -1.0 56.1 -2.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 315 44 14.0 .273 .337
2017 Shifts R 29 0 0.0 .273
2018 Shifts R 41 2 4.9 .176 .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 %
2014 117 18.0 23.9% 2.6% 64 24.7 0.0% 7.8%
2015 248 17.4 28.6% 4.8% 107 24.7 9.3% 22.4%
2016 350 18.5 22.0% 2.9% 176 24.4 2.3% 12.5%
2017 46 15.5 45.7% 0.0% 15 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2018 39 16.5 33.3% 0.0% 37 20.3 5.4% 2.7%
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