Matt Szczur
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 200LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 5, #160, Chicago Cubs | Villanova
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 200 185 30 48 5 2 .259 .312 .400 .712
2017 237 195 28 44 3 0 .226 .350 .354 .704
2018 84 75 11 14 1 3 .187 .265 .267 .532
5 Seasons 667 589 80 136 12 7 .231 .312 .355 .667
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .259 5 2 .712
2017 .226 3 0 .704
2018 .187 1 3 .532
5 Seasons .231 12 7 .667
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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 25 293 59 1 1.7 1.3 84.8 109.5 19.2 27.1 .197 .280 .269 .247 .266 22.0 18.8 7.5
2016 26 760 147 7 4.8 3.5 85.4 108.6 13.9 27.9 .236 .363 .305 .284 .329 23.8 19.5 6.5
2017 27 933 155 2 1.3 0.8 83.8 106.2 17.3 30.3 .198 .289 .316 .291 .274 19.6 18.6 14.3
2018 28 314 52 1 1.9 1.2 85.2 106.5 17.0 30.8 .166 .232 .242 .225 .261 24.5 28.6 9.5
Player 2300 413 11 2.7 1.8 84.7 109.5 16.3 29.1 .207 .306 .296 .274 .291 22.1 20.3 10.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 37.3 35.6 20.3 6.8 40.7 20.3 39.0 5.1 27.1 35.6 18.6 6.8 1.7 1.3
2016 44.2 23.1 21.8 10.9 36.7 37.4 25.2 3.4 33.3 25.2 24.5 4.1 4.8 3.5
2017 40.6 18.7 24.5 16.1 31.6 40.0 27.1 5.2 34.8 31.6 18.7 4.5 1.3 0.8
2018 44.2 15.4 23.1 17.3 34.6 38.5 26.9 3.8 32.7 28.8 19.2 3.8 1.9 1.2
Player 41.9 22.3 22.8 13.1 35.1 36.1 28.1 4.4 32.9 29.5 20.8 4.6 2.7 1.8
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.

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 0.1 0 108 34.4 32 .222 .259 .276 26.1 21.9 25.0 .240 .291 .291 28.6
2018 Sinker 1.4 1 58 18.5 15 .231 .538 .370 23.3 20.0 18.8 .210 .418 .326 50.0
2018 Slider -4.1 -2 45 14.3 13 .167 .167 .192 54.5 38.5 27.8 .079 .090 .125 0.0
2018 Curveball -1.6 0 31 9.9 6 .200 .200 .267 20.0 16.7 7.7 .136 .155 .222 0.0
2018 Changeup -8.5 -2 28 8.9 7 .000 .000 .000 55.6 57.1 50.0 .011 .033 .017 0.0
2018 Cutter -0.7 0 21 6.7 4 .250 .500 .313 8.3 25.0 14.3 .214 .267 .207 33.3
2018 Split-Finger -7.7 0 3 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Sweeper -27.0 -1 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .055 .057 .073 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 355 38.0 88 .260 .411 .355 18.6 15.9 17.5 .211 .341 .310 23.3
2017 Sinker -0.1 0 204 21.9 56 .195 .195 .342 10.7 10.7 12.2 .216 .253 .332 8.3
2017 Slider 0.4 1 152 16.3 40 .182 .364 .282 23.8 15.0 11.1 .196 .243 .269 20.7
2017 Curveball 1.3 1 93 10.0 22 .150 .400 .300 33.3 45.5 24.4 .129 .320 .264 30.0
2017 Changeup 0.6 0 62 6.6 14 .385 .462 .358 28.6 28.6 16.7 .195 .248 .228 11.1
2017 Cutter -3.1 -1 38 4.1 11 .111 .111 .209 14.3 27.3 25.0 .146 .195 .246 50.0
2017 Split-Finger 0.3 0 20 2.1 4 .250 .250 .225 50.0 25.0 20.0 .245 .264 .222 0.0
2017 Sweeper 3.4 0 4 0.4 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 65 218 -1 -3 2 1 -1
2015 80 292 2 -8 2 1 -4
2016 198 752 -4 -2 5 2 1
2017 235 928 -11 -1 8 5 1
2018 79 296 -5 -3 3 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 293 48.3 78.0 75.5 30.5 56.5 42.5 36.3 53.2 28.2 7.9 87.0
2016 760 52.2 75.9 80.7 30.7 53.2 38.8 41.5 54.1 22.9 7.7 77.6
2017 933 50.2 66.1 81.2 21.9 66.3 42.3 35.0 44.2 20.4 7.5 75.7
2018 314 49.3 67.8 70.7 28.0 52.4 45.6 34.5 47.8 31.3 7.8 65.2
Player 2,300 50.5 71.2 78.9 26.7 58.0 41.6 37.3 49.1 23.8 7.7 76.4
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 72 80
2016 64 83
2017 49 81
2018 49 79
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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 21.7 5 5.9 -1 2 2 4 80.0
2017 20.5 3 4.3 -1 0 3 2 66.7
2018 21.3 1 1.1 0 1 0 1 100.0
Player 21.3 9 11.2 -2 3 5 7 77.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 6 7 5 5 6 6 4 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 4 6 6 7 7 6 6
2017 3 5 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 3
2018 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 9 13 10 9 12 11 12 12 11 8 12 12 10 11 12 12 9 12 12 11 13 12 13 12 8 11 10 13 13 11 10
! 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 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.8 85.4 0.6 ↑ 83.8 -1.6 ↓ 85.2 1.4 ↑
Launch Angle 19.2 13.9 -5.3 ↓ 17.3 3.4 ↑ 17.0 -0.3 ↓
Barrel % 1.7 4.8 3.1 ↑ 1.3 -3.5 ↓ 1.9 0.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 22.0 23.8 1.8 ↑ 19.6 -4.2 ↓ 24.5 4.9 ↑
Sweet Spot % 27.1 27.9 0.8 ↑ 30.3 2.4 ↑ 30.8 0.5 ↑
xBA .197 .236 0.039 ↑ .198 -0.038 ↓ .166 -0.032 ↓
BA .222 .259 0.037 ↑ .226 -0.033 ↓ .187 -0.039 ↓
xwOBA .247 .284 0.037 ↑ .291 0.007 ↑ .225 -0.066 ↓
wOBA .269 .305 0.036 ↑ .316 0.011 ↑ .242 -0.074 ↓
xSLG .280 .363 0.083 ↑ .289 -0.074 ↓ .232 -0.057 ↓
SLG .333 .400 0.067 ↑ .354 -0.046 ↓ .267 -0.087 ↓
K% 18.8 19.5 0.7 ↑ 18.6 -0.9 ↓ 28.6 10.0 ↑
BB% 7.5 6.5 -1.0 ↓ 14.3 7.8 ↑ 9.5 -4.8 ↓
Swing % 53.2 54.1 0.9 ↑ 44.2 -9.9 ↓ 47.8 3.6 ↑
Whiff% 28.2 22.9 -5.3 ↓ 20.4 -2.5 ↓ 31.3 10.9 ↑
In Zone % 48.3 52.2 3.9 ↑ 50.2 -2.0 ↓ 49.3 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone % 51.7 47.8 -3.9 ↓ 49.8 2.0 ↑ 50.7 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.5 30.7 0.2 ↑ 21.9 -8.8 ↓ 28.0 6.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 36.3 41.5 5.2 ↑ 35.0 -6.5 ↓ 34.5 -0.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 53.8 64.5 10.7 ↑ 62.0 -2.5 ↓ 66.7 4.7 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 193 5 2.6 .290 .754
2017 Shifts R 235 4 1.7 .308 .566
2018 Shifts R 76 1 1.3 .260 .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 58 14.4 51.7% 1.7% 33 23.2 0.0% 15.2%
2015 63 17.5 28.6% 4.8% 54 22.5 7.4% 24.1%
2016 181 16.8 33.1% 5.0% 101 23.4 10.9% 18.8%
2017 258 17.1 30.2% 1.2% 167 21.9 1.8% 6.6%
2018 81 16.2 37.0% 1.2% 55 21.5 1.8% 10.9%
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