Matt Adams
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 263LBS | Age: 35
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
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 26 693 135 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 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 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 44.6 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 %
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 -8.5 -3 36 26.1 8 .000 .000 .000 45.8 75.0 37.5 .047 .055 .044 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 -11.0 0 3 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .003 .003 .003 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 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 473 36.2 112 .252 .544 .356 27.0 30.4 24.1 .232 .512 .346 45.7
2019 Slider 2.4 5 217 16.6 53 .220 .620 .364 38.3 39.6 23.6 .238 .592 .355 48.3
2019 Changeup -1.0 -2 172 13.1 49 .238 .333 .313 35.4 28.6 25.5 .200 .351 .299 32.1
2019 Sinker 3.3 6 168 12.8 51 .320 .640 .446 15.9 19.6 28.6 .323 .698 .424 50.0
2019 Curveball -4.3 -7 165 12.6 46 .089 .133 .109 52.9 58.7 42.9 .130 .246 .165 50.0
2019 Cutter -2.4 -2 72 5.5 13 .231 .385 .262 37.1 38.5 29.4 .310 .379 .296 25.0
2019 Split-Finger -4.3 -1 33 2.5 6 .000 .000 .000 63.2 66.7 28.6 .066 .080 .063 0.0
2019 Sweeper 4.9 0 7 0.5 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 0.0 .080 .109 .386 0.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 417 33.1 106 .202 .404 .306 19.8 16.0 14.9 .231 .444 .332 46.8
2018 Sinker 3.0 7 235 18.7 67 .323 .710 .451 15.6 9.0 14.0 .329 .699 .452 48.2
2018 Changeup -1.0 -2 208 16.5 60 .241 .345 .284 42.5 26.7 32.0 .225 .341 .259 23.8
2018 Slider -0.2 0 136 10.8 38 .171 .514 .337 33.3 39.5 29.4 .206 .494 .324 45.0
2018 Curveball 3.3 4 123 9.8 31 .276 .586 .384 25.5 35.5 23.9 .180 .351 .254 38.9
2018 Cutter -0.8 -1 103 8.2 19 .267 .467 .395 15.7 15.8 11.1 .270 .495 .404 33.3
2018 Split-Finger -2.5 -1 33 2.6 12 .167 .167 .150 31.8 33.3 40.0 .137 .162 .131 0.0
2018 Slurve -13.3 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 432 30.1 99 .220 .429 .308 23.3 28.3 19.7 .259 .487 .343 46.0
2017 Sinker 2.2 7 310 21.6 89 .366 .659 .432 16.6 10.1 12.0 .332 .596 .392 43.4
2017 Changeup -0.6 -1 214 14.9 58 .296 .463 .353 38.1 24.1 22.6 .289 .500 .359 50.0
2017 Slider -1.2 -2 199 13.9 46 .186 .442 .274 37.4 30.4 18.2 .203 .445 .285 20.0
2017 Curveball 2.9 5 156 10.9 39 .282 .667 .412 34.1 43.6 30.4 .247 .473 .318 36.4
2017 Cutter 4.9 4 74 5.2 18 .294 .647 .411 31.4 5.6 7.7 .213 .443 .297 25.0
2017 Split-Finger 0.5 0 32 2.2 6 .333 .333 .300 55.0 50.0 25.0 .306 .729 .424 66.7
2017 Sweeper 2.6 0 13 0.9 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .302 .326 .273 0.0
2017 Slurve -23.1 0 2 0.1 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2012 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 26.7 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 25.4 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 27.9 6.2 79.5
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 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

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.4 16 14.4 2 8 8 7 43.8
2017 22.7 20 19.0 1 13 14 8 40.0
2018 23.9 21 19.1 2 2 12 10 47.6
2019 24.6 20 21.9 -2 9 13 11 55.0
2020 23.2 2 2.1 0 0 3 0 0.0
Player 23.7 79 76.5 3 32 50 36 45.6

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 16 14 11 15 14 14 13 15 11 14 14 16 16 13 14 16 12 14 14 15 14 13 16 16 15 15 13 19 17 16 14
2017 20 19 18 19 19 17 24 21 12 14 18 25 20 21 18 19 20 16 22 16 23 20 24 23 18 13 15 22 23 17 13
2018 21 22 16 20 18 20 21 18 18 16 19 20 21 16 20 23 20 19 17 22 20 15 23 20 18 16 17 21 20 21 16
2019 20 25 19 23 22 21 23 22 19 18 20 25 24 21 20 23 20 19 23 25 22 24 25 25 21 19 20 28 27 21 14
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 82 67 79 76 74 84 78 61 63 73 89 82 73 74 83 73 70 78 81 81 74 91 86 73 64 67 93 89 78 59
! 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 +/-   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
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 26.7 3.3 28.9 2.2 25.4 -3.5 33.4 8.0 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 319 208 65.2 .348 .309
2017 Shifts L 359 182 50.7 .351 .347
2018 Shifts L 334 247 74.0 .405 .309
2019 Shifts L 332 266 80.1 .286 .311
2020 Shifts L 51 43 84.3 .242 .240
2021 Shifts L 39 29 74.4 .088 .236
! 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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Statcast Rankings