JB Shuck
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 195LBS | Age: 37
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 6, #182, Houston Astros | Ohio State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 241 224 27 46 4 3 .205 .248 .299 .547
2018 142 130 10 25 0 2 .192 .255 .231 .486
2019 57 47 4 10 0 1 .213 .339 .255 .594
7 Seasons 1,289 1,172 137 285 8 25 .243 .296 .314 .610
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .205 4 3 .547
2018 .192 0 2 .486
2019 .213 0 1 .594
7 Seasons .243 8 25 .610
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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 28 622 132 0 0.0 0.0 83.9 107.2 3.4 19.7 .230 .276 .306 .275 .254 23.5 9.7 9.7
2016 29 827 207 4 1.9 1.7 84.9 108.5 7.5 22.2 .234 .306 .240 .259 .258 26.6 8.7 5.0
2018 31 521 109 0 0.0 0.0 84.6 105.7 7.0 24.8 .215 .272 .219 .249 .259 24.8 15.5 7.0
2019 32 231 38 0 0.0 0.0 86.7 104.0 -0.1 26.3 .240 .297 .279 .309 .299 28.9 17.5 14.0
Player 2201 486 4 0.8 0.7 84.7 108.5 5.7 22.4 .229 .289 .257 .266 .260 25.5 11.4 7.6
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 59.8 12.1 20.5 7.6 34.1 37.9 27.3 5.3 46.2 19.7 22.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
2016 54.1 17.9 18.4 9.7 34.8 40.1 25.1 6.3 41.1 25.1 22.2 1.4 1.9 1.7
2018 56.0 14.7 18.3 11.0 29.4 48.6 22.0 4.6 45.9 22.0 21.1 4.6 0.0 0.0
2019 60.5 15.8 21.1 2.6 18.4 52.6 28.9 2.6 47.4 18.4 23.7 2.6 0.0 0.0
Player 56.6 15.4 19.1 8.8 32.1 42.4 25.3 5.3 44.0 22.4 22.0 2.3 0.8 0.7
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 86 37.2 16 .333 .500 .457 4.8 6.3 4.5 .308 .449 .404 33.3
2019 Sinker 0.4 0 36 15.6 9 .200 .200 .411 20.0 11.1 16.7 .175 .189 .404 25.0
2019 Slider 1.0 0 35 15.2 11 .300 .300 .309 30.4 9.1 6.3 .271 .307 .292 33.3
2019 Curveball -1.2 0 26 11.3 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 20.0 .176 .182 .166 0.0
2019 Cutter 0.9 0 22 9.5 9 .125 .125 .278 15.4 22.2 18.2 .197 .235 .247 33.3
2019 Changeup -3.5 -1 18 7.8 6 .000 .000 .000 42.9 66.7 36.4 .144 .173 .133 0.0
2019 Split-Finger -2.6 0 8 3.5 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .370 .414 .342 33.3
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -4 177 34.0 44 .211 .211 .300 9.5 11.4 16.1 .215 .284 .283 36.4
2018 Sinker 1.3 2 123 23.6 30 .321 .429 .412 9.3 6.7 11.8 .329 .392 .342 23.1
2018 Changeup -4.7 -3 69 13.2 20 .150 .150 .180 23.1 20.0 19.0 .210 .237 .200 18.8
2018 Slider -8.2 -5 61 11.7 23 .091 .182 .114 28.9 34.8 32.0 .139 .201 .149 13.3
2018 Curveball -2.2 -1 53 10.2 8 .000 .000 .088 17.6 12.5 8.3 .186 .254 .262 16.7
2018 Cutter -2.7 -1 19 3.6 7 .500 .500 .417 20.0 14.3 33.3 .134 .207 .243 0.0
2018 Split-Finger -11.1 -2 14 2.7 7 .000 .000 .000 12.5 0.0 0.0 .160 .173 .158 42.9
2018 Slurve -10.3 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 91 326 -6 1 2 1 -1
2013 478 1,715 -10 -5 6 3 -6
2014 113 350 -7 -5 -2 1 -14
2015 165 621 -1 -5 5 2 1
2016 241 827 -12 -12 3 3 -19
2018 141 520 -6 -11 1 2 -14
2019 57 231 -1 -2 1 1 -1
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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 622 51.6 60.1 92.2 23.3 67.1 42.4 15.2 42.3 12.9 8.5 77.4
2016 827 53.1 61.7 93.0 29.1 77.0 40.7 21.2 46.4 10.2 7.9 63.1
2018 521 48.7 57.3 91.0 28.1 65.3 38.3 14.2 42.2 16.8 8.3 58.1
2019 231 51.1 59.3 91.4 30.1 61.8 44.6 15.8 45.0 17.3 8.7 80.0
Player 2,201 51.4 60.0 92.2 27.3 69.9 41.0 17.4 44.1 13.2 8.2 68.0
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 55 92
2016 64 93
2018 44 97
2019 33 91
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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 20.0 4 3.8 0 3 3 1 25.0
2018 -- 0 0.8 -1 0 2 0 --
2019 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 20.0 4 4.7 -1 4 5 1 25.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 4 4 2 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 6 5 3 4 4 5 4 5 2
2018 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 4 6 2 6 6 4 6 4 5 2 3 7 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 7 4 5 8 6 3 4 5 7 5 6 2
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 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 83.9 -- 1.0 -- -- 84.6 -- 86.7 2.1
Launch Angle 3.4 -- 4.1 -- -- 7.0 -- -0.1 -7.1
Barrel % 0.0 -- 1.9 -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 23.5 -- 3.1 -- -- 24.8 -- 28.9 4.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 19.7 -- 2.5 -- -- 24.8 -- 26.3 1.5
xBA .230 -- 0.004 -- -- .215 -- .240 0.025
BA .266 -- -0.061 -- -- .192 -- .213 0.021
xwOBA .275 -- -0.016 -- -- .249 -- .309 0.060
wOBA .306 -- -0.066 -- -- .219 -- .279 0.060
xSLG .276 -- 0.030 -- -- .272 -- .297 0.025
SLG .350 -- -0.051 -- -- .231 -- .255 0.024
K% 9.7 -- -1.0 -- -- 15.5 -- 17.5 2.0
BB% 9.7 -- -4.7 -- -- 7.0 -- 14.0 7.0
Swing % 42.3 -- 4.1 -- -- 42.2 -- 45.0 2.8
Whiff% 12.9 -- -2.7 -- -- 16.8 -- 17.3 0.5
In Zone % 51.6 -- 1.5 -- -- 48.7 -- 51.1 2.4
Out of Zone % 48.4 -- -1.5 -- -- 51.3 -- 48.9 -2.4
Out of Zone Swing % 23.3 -- 5.8 -- -- 28.1 -- 30.1 2.0
First Pitch Swing % 15.2 -- 6.0 -- -- 14.2 -- 15.8 1.6
First Pitch Strike % 52.7 -- 8.3 -- -- 55.3 -- 57.9 2.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 238 6 2.5 .243 .000
2018 Shifts L 141 4 2.8 .226 .000
2019 Shifts L 57 10 17.5 .324 .069
! 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 %
2011 117 14.6 56.4% 0.9% 45 20.6 2.2% 8.9%
2013 608 15.4 43.9% 0.8% 264 22.3 1.9% 10.6%
2014 103 16.0 35.9% 2.9% 56 22.3 0.0% 7.1%
2015 181 18.2 27.6% 6.6% 125 23.7 6.4% 21.6%
2016 271 18.1 22.1% 4.8% 123 25.3 5.7% 18.7%
2018 171 17.5 25.7% 1.2% 96 23.3 0.0% 8.3%
2019 76 18.2 9.2% 1.3% 33 22.8 3.0% 9.1%
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