Matt Adams
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 263LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 23, #699, St. Louis Cardinals | Slippery Rock
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 333 310 42 70 20 0 .226 .276 .465 .741
2020 51 49 4 9 2 0 .184 .216 .347 .563
2021 40 36 3 6 0 0 .167 .250 .194 .444
10 Seasons 2,614 2,421 297 624 118 4 .258 .306 .463 .769
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .226 20 0 .741
2020 .184 2 0 .563
2021 .167 0 0 .444
10 Seasons .258 118 4 .769
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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 26 693 135 8 5.9 4.3 89.1 110.1 11.6 26.7 .248 .388 .284 .293 .358 34.8 22.0 5.4
2016 27 1337 219 24 11.0 7.3 89.8 110.9 20.0 38.8 .238 .468 .331 .325 .404 40.2 24.8 7.6
2017 28 1436 255 27 10.6 7.4 88.9 111.3 15.9 34.1 .270 .507 .346 .342 .434 40.3 24.0 6.3
2018 29 1258 233 24 10.3 7.1 88.7 109.3 19.0 35.6 .240 .463 .334 .330 .390 39.9 21.7 8.0
2019 30 1308 196 29 14.8 8.7 88.6 112.1 19.6 39.8 .228 .479 .306 .320 .468 43.9 34.5 6.0
2020 31 209 31 3 9.7 5.9 90.1 108.6 21.4 32.3 .197 .379 .240 .258 .380 45.2 35.3 3.9
2021 32 138 27 1 3.7 2.5 82.2 102.0 10.5 29.6 .133 .227 .198 .197 .207 29.6 22.5 10.0
Player 6379 1096 116 10.6 7.1 88.9 112.1 17.5 35.3 .241 .460 .318 .320 .408 40.0 25.9 6.8
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 42.2 22.2 29.6 5.9 37.0 40.7 22.2 2.2 32.6 23.0 27.4 5.9 5.9 4.3
2016 32.9 32.4 26.5 8.2 30.6 42.0 27.4 2.3 23.7 35.2 20.5 4.6 11.0 7.3
2017 39.6 29.0 23.9 7.5 43.5 36.1 20.4 4.7 23.1 26.3 28.6 5.9 10.6 7.4
2018 36.1 28.3 24.0 11.6 42.9 33.9 21.9 1.7 28.8 30.5 22.7 6.0 10.3 7.1
2019 32.7 29.6 26.5 11.2 50.5 30.1 19.4 5.6 24.0 28.6 18.9 8.2 14.8 8.7
2020 38.7 38.7 12.9 9.7 38.7 41.9 19.4 3.2 22.6 35.5 19.4 9.7 9.7 5.9
2021 51.9 29.6 11.1 7.4 29.6 44.4 25.9 18.5 29.6 29.6 11.1 7.4 3.7 2.5
Player 36.9 29.1 25.0 9.0 40.8 36.7 22.3 3.7 25.9 29.3 23.2 6.2 10.6 7.1
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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 1 36 26.1 9 .429 .429 .456 10.5 0.0 0.0 .155 .200 .276 14.3
2021 Slider -9.2 -3 30 21.7 7 .000 .000 .000 45.0 71.4 38.5 .053 .063 .050 0.0
2021 Curveball -2.5 0 20 14.5 6 .167 .167 .150 12.5 16.7 33.3 .195 .313 .228 60.0
2021 Sinker -3.6 -1 18 13.0 5 .000 .000 .180 0.0 20.0 50.0 .168 .544 .293 75.0
2021 Changeup -0.3 0 14 10.1 6 .200 .200 .267 25.0 16.7 16.7 .196 .250 .276 25.0
2021 Cutter -6.8 -1 11 8.0 4 .250 .500 .313 12.5 0.0 0.0 .085 .123 .095 0.0
2021 Sweeper -7.3 -1 9 6.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 25.0 .002 .002 .002 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 61 29.2 14 .286 .357 .346 17.6 21.4 15.0 .201 .260 .201 18.2
2020 Changeup -0.4 0 39 18.7 8 .143 .143 .200 42.9 25.0 22.2 .155 .354 .274 40.0
2020 Cutter 5.2 1 29 13.9 6 .333 .833 .483 37.5 66.7 40.0 .229 .491 .297 100.0
2020 Curveball -2.0 -1 28 13.4 9 .111 .222 .139 50.0 55.6 33.3 .116 .337 .181 75.0
2020 Slider -6.3 -1 22 10.5 6 .000 .000 .000 23.5 50.0 42.9 .133 .145 .121 33.3
2020 Sinker -3.8 -1 17 8.1 6 .200 .800 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .376 .979 .575 60.0
2020 Split-Finger -0.8 0 9 4.3 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .633 .697 .570 100.0
2020 Sweeper -5.1 0 4 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 91 322 3 -2 -2 0 -1
2013 386 1,596 13 -4 2 6 17
2014 589 2,145 12 -14 2 12 12
2015 185 688 0 -7 0 1 -6
2016 326 1,336 2 -4 4 5 7
2017 360 1,433 2 2 3 5 11
2018 334 1,256 5 -6 2 6 7
2019 336 1,321 14 -18 -1 5 1
2020 51 209 -2 0 0 0 -1
2021 39 138 -2 -3 0 0 -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 693 40.8 73.4 84.1 38.3 65.6 40.2 29.6 52.5 23.4 4.2 75.9
2016 1,337 41.6 68.7 82.5 38.3 61.2 38.7 30.9 50.9 26.9 6.4 81.2
2017 1,436 44.2 72.7 80.3 39.0 57.1 46.2 35.7 54.0 28.9 5.5 79.7
2018 1,258 45.1 71.4 85.1 33.3 55.2 45.6 34.9 50.5 25.5 7.3 82.6
2019 1,308 44.1 70.5 78.6 34.1 47.0 41.5 34.5 50.1 33.4 6.5 76.5
2020 209 49.8 73.1 80.3 33.3 48.6 42.1 35.3 53.1 29.7 7.2 66.7
2021 138 41.3 77.2 88.6 40.7 63.6 44.2 35.0 55.8 22.1 8.0 90.9
Player 6,379 43.5 71.4 81.9 36.6 56.7 42.7 33.6 51.7 28.0 6.2 79.5
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 76 21
2016 80 25 83
2017 67 71 85 82 36 56 85 71 83 76 23 22 19 3 31 4
2018 68 30 20
2019 84 31
2020 55 15
2021 26 20
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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 23.4 16 13.4 3 9 7 7 43.8
2017 22.7 20 18.8 1 12 14 8 40.0
2018 23.9 21 19.1 2 2 12 10 47.6
2019 24.6 20 20.7 -1 11 12 10 50.0
2020 23.2 2 2.1 0 0 3 0 0.0
Player 23.7 79 74.1 5 34 48 35 44.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 16 13 10 14 13 13 13 12 10 13 13 15 15 12 13 15 12 13 13 14 13 11 14 16 14 14 12 18 16 15 13
2017 20 19 18 19 19 17 23 21 12 14 17 24 20 21 18 19 20 16 22 16 23 20 24 23 18 13 15 21 23 17 13
2018 21 22 16 20 18 20 21 18 18 16 19 20 21 16 20 23 20 19 17 21 20 15 23 20 18 16 17 21 20 21 16
2019 20 23 18 22 21 20 22 20 18 17 19 23 23 20 19 22 19 18 22 23 22 23 24 23 19 18 18 27 26 20 13
2020 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 3 2
Player 79 79 65 77 74 72 82 73 59 61 70 85 80 71 72 81 72 68 76 77 80 71 88 84 70 62 64 90 87 76 57
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 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.1 89.8 0.7 ↑ 88.9 -0.9 ↓ 88.7 -0.2 ↓ 88.6 -0.1 ↓ 90.1 1.5 ↑ 82.2 -7.9 ↓
Launch Angle 11.6 20.0 8.4 ↑ 15.9 -4.1 ↓ 19.0 3.1 ↑ 19.6 0.6 ↑ 21.4 1.8 ↑ 10.5 -10.9 ↓
Barrel % 5.9 11.0 5.1 ↑ 10.6 -0.4 ↓ 10.3 -0.3 ↓ 14.8 4.5 ↑ 9.7 -5.1 ↓ 3.7 -6.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.8 40.2 5.4 ↑ 40.3 0.1 ↑ 39.9 -0.4 ↓ 43.9 4.0 ↑ 45.2 1.3 ↑ 29.6 -15.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.7 38.8 12.1 ↑ 34.1 -4.7 ↓ 35.6 1.5 ↑ 39.8 4.2 ↑ 32.3 -7.5 ↓ 29.6 -2.7 ↓
xBA .248 .238 -0.010 ↓ .270 0.032 ↑ .240 -0.030 ↓ .228 -0.012 ↓ .197 -0.031 ↓ .133 -0.064 ↓
BA .240 .249 0.009 ↑ .274 0.025 ↑ .239 -0.035 ↓ .226 -0.013 ↓ .184 -0.042 ↓ .167 -0.017 ↓
xwOBA .293 .325 0.032 ↑ .342 0.017 ↑ .330 -0.012 ↓ .320 -0.010 ↓ .258 -0.062 ↓ .197 -0.061 ↓
wOBA .284 .331 0.047 ↑ .346 0.015 ↑ .334 -0.012 ↓ .306 -0.028 ↓ .240 -0.066 ↓ .198 -0.042 ↓
xSLG .388 .468 0.080 ↑ .507 0.039 ↑ .463 -0.044 ↓ .479 0.016 ↑ .379 -0.100 ↓ .227 -0.152 ↓
SLG .377 .471 0.094 ↑ .522 0.051 ↑ .477 -0.045 ↓ .465 -0.012 ↓ .347 -0.118 ↓ .194 -0.153 ↓
K% 22.0 24.8 2.8 ↑ 24.0 -0.8 ↓ 21.7 -2.3 ↓ 34.5 12.8 ↑ 35.3 0.8 ↑ 22.5 -12.8 ↓
BB% 5.4 7.6 2.2 ↑ 6.3 -1.3 ↓ 8.0 1.7 ↑ 6.0 -2.0 ↓ 3.9 -2.1 ↓ 10.0 6.1 ↑
Swing % 52.5 50.9 -1.6 ↓ 54.0 3.1 ↑ 50.5 -3.5 ↓ 50.1 -0.4 ↓ 53.1 3.0 ↑ 55.8 2.7 ↑
Whiff% 23.4 26.9 3.5 ↑ 28.9 2.0 ↑ 25.5 -3.4 ↓ 33.4 7.9 ↑ 29.7 -3.7 ↓ 22.1 -7.6 ↓
In Zone % 40.8 41.6 0.8 ↑ 44.2 2.6 ↑ 45.1 0.9 ↑ 44.1 -1.0 ↓ 49.8 5.7 ↑ 41.3 -8.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 59.2 58.4 -0.8 ↓ 55.8 -2.6 ↓ 54.9 -0.9 ↓ 55.9 1.0 ↑ 50.2 -5.7 ↓ 58.7 8.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 38.3 38.3 0.0 39.0 0.7 ↑ 33.3 -5.7 ↓ 34.1 0.8 ↑ 33.3 -0.8 ↓ 40.7 7.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.6 30.9 1.3 ↑ 35.7 4.8 ↑ 34.9 -0.8 ↓ 34.5 -0.4 ↓ 35.3 0.8 ↑ 35.0 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.7 62.1 2.4 ↑ 65.4 3.3 ↑ 61.8 -3.6 ↓ 64.9 3.1 ↑ 58.8 -6.1 ↓ 57.5 -1.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 319 152 47.6 .331 .313
2017 Shifts L 359 118 32.9 .331 .386
2018 Shifts L 334 219 65.6 .385 .307
2019 Shifts L 332 243 73.2 .293 .311
2020 Shifts L 51 41 80.4 .194 .251
2021 Shifts L 39 26 66.7 .231 .181
! 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 81 16.1 43.2% 4.9% 55 20.0 9.1% 5.5%
2013 342 16.0 38.6% 2.9% 314 21.7 1.0% 10.5%
2014 429 15.9 38.2% 1.4% 374 21.6 2.1% 8.3%
2015 133 15.0 48.1% 5.3% 150 24.3 6.7% 24.7%
2016 353 17.7 27.8% 3.4% 227 23.2 10.6% 14.5%
2017 354 15.7 40.7% 0.3% 235 21.9 2.6% 6.0%
2018 301 16.9 23.6% 0.7% 238 22.4 2.1% 10.9%
2019 320 17.9 16.9% 1.9% 238 23.9 0.4% 10.5%
2020 53 17.6 15.1% 3.8% 34 23.5 0.0% 5.9%
2021 26 17.6 30.8% 0.0% 26 22.3 0.0% 7.7%
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