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Carson Kelly
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 212LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 2, #86, St. Louis Cardinals | Westview HS (OR)
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2023 151 136 13 28 2 1 .206 .278 .287 .565
2024 313 281 32 67 9 0 .238 .313 .374 .687
2025 54 38 12 13 6 0 .342 .519 .895 1.414
10 Seasons 1,856 1,629 202 370 60 3 .227 .314 .386 .700
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2023 .206 2 1 .565
2024 .238 9 0 .687
2025 .342 6 0 1.414
10 Seasons .227 60 3 .700
20252025 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value11NOT QUALIFIEDBaserunning Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIEDFielding Run Value0NOT QUALIFIED53BattingxwOBA.494NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.334NOT QUALIFIEDxSLG.682NOT QUALIFIEDAvg Exit Velocity93.8NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %18.8NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %62.5NOT QUALIFIEDLA Sweet-Spot %37.5NOT QUALIFIEDBat Speed70.7NOT QUALIFIEDSquared-Up %28.6NOT QUALIFIEDChase %17.8NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %19.2NOT QUALIFIEDK %8.0NOT QUALIFIEDBB %26.0NOT QUALIFIEDCatchingBlocks Above Avg1NOT QUALIFIED58CS Above Avg0NOT QUALIFIED63Framing0NOT QUALIFIED26Pop Time2.00NOT QUALIFIEDRunningSprint Speed25.2NOT QUALIFIED12
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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%
2016 21 44 11 0 0.0 0.0 89.3 103.6 10.5 9.1 .168 .214 .203 .206 .197 27.3 14.3 0.0
2017 22 284 58 0 0.0 0.0 81.9 104.4 5.6 20.7 .212 .355 .210 .276 .285 31.0 14.7 6.7
2018 23 157 31 2 6.5 4.8 85.1 100.3 10.2 25.8 .176 .308 .162 .256 .257 25.8 16.7 7.1
2019 24 1571 236 20 8.5 5.5 88.9 109.1 14.3 39.8 .249 .460 .339 .340 .394 40.4 21.6 13.2
2020 25 506 93 4 4.3 3.1 86.3 105.4 16.7 32.3 .222 .355 .279 .270 .322 34.4 22.5 4.7
2021 26 1473 235 20 8.5 5.6 88.2 109.2 18.6 37.9 .254 .428 .328 .346 .381 34.0 20.6 12.3
2022 27 1423 250 13 5.2 3.7 87.7 109.4 14.7 33.2 .225 .345 .275 .288 .316 36.8 20.1 8.2
2023 28 559 97 2 2.1 1.3 86.8 107.3 15.6 27.8 .185 .279 .255 .245 .281 33.0 26.5 9.3
2024 29 1173 227 15 6.6 4.8 87.6 107.7 13.6 27.3 .235 .401 .304 .314 .339 39.4 17.6 8.0
2025 30 231 32 6 18.8 12.0 93.8 106.6 16.3 37.5 .334 .682 .593 .494 .467 62.5 8.0 26.0
Player 7421 1270 82 6.5 4.4 87.7 109.4 14.9 32.9 .233 .394 .304 .313 .345 37.0 20.1 10.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2016 63.6 36.4 9.1 9.1 18.2 36.4 45.5 18.2 27.3 36.4 0.0 9.1 9.1 18.2
2017 56.9 43.1 19.0 15.5 8.6 27.6 46.6 25.9 24.1 27.6 5.2 3.4 19.0 20.7
2018 61.3 38.7 16.1 12.9 9.7 29.0 51.6 19.4 25.8 29.0 6.5 3.2 22.6 12.9
2019 37.3 62.7 29.7 26.3 6.8 36.4 41.9 21.6 17.4 16.9 3.0 19.1 25.0 18.6
2020 40.9 59.1 31.2 20.4 7.5 45.2 32.3 22.6 23.7 16.1 1.1 21.5 16.1 21.5
2021 31.9 68.1 32.8 26.4 8.9 38.3 32.3 29.4 18.7 11.5 1.7 19.6 20.9 27.7
2022 40.8 59.2 28.4 22.8 8.0 38.8 39.2 22.0 21.6 16.8 2.4 17.2 22.4 19.6
2023 42.3 57.7 25.8 22.7 9.3 33.0 39.2 27.8 18.6 18.6 5.2 14.4 20.6 22.7
2024 46.3 53.7 28.6 18.1 7.0 38.8 39.2 22.0 26.0 17.6 2.6 12.8 21.6 19.4
2025 40.6 59.4 37.5 18.8 3.1 43.8 43.8 12.5 18.8 15.6 6.3 25.0 28.1 6.3
Player 41.0 59.0 28.8 22.3 7.9 37.6 38.7 23.6 21.2 17.0 2.8 16.5 21.7 20.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2016 0.0 54.5 27.3 9.1 9.1 0.0 0.0
2017 10.3 39.7 17.2 22.4 8.6 0.0 0.0
2018 0.0 38.7 25.8 16.1 3.2 6.5 4.8
2019 1.7 30.1 26.3 24.6 8.5 8.5 5.5
2020 4.3 29.0 29.0 25.8 7.5 4.3 3.1
2021 1.3 26.0 31.9 26.8 5.5 8.5 5.6
2022 4.4 30.0 30.0 22.8 7.2 5.2 3.7
2023 4.1 34.0 30.9 22.7 6.2 2.1 1.3
2024 5.7 33.0 23.8 22.5 7.9 6.6 4.8
2025 3.1 25.0 18.8 25.0 9.4 18.8 12.0
Player 3.6 30.8 27.6 23.8 7.2 6.5 4.4
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 5.5 4 64 27.7 14 .444 1.444 .693 9.7 7.1 5.6 .324 .721 .481 66.7
2025 Slider 1.4 1 42 18.2 7 .000 .000 .300 58.3 14.3 6.7 .163 .192 .386 0.0
2025 Sinker 6.6 2 32 13.9 9 .333 1.167 .633 18.8 0.0 0.0 .445 .896 .610 100.0
2025 Cutter 8.0 2 28 12.1 7 .500 1.167 .693 18.8 14.3 20.0 .316 .941 .543 60.0
2025 Changeup -5.3 -1 21 9.1 6 .000 .000 .117 9.1 0.0 0.0 .205 .251 .283 40.0
2025 Sweeper 7.7 2 20 8.7 3 1.000 1.000 .833 12.5 0.0 0.0 .658 .854 .670 50.0
2025 Curveball -2.4 0 11 4.8 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Split-Finger 10.5 1 10 4.3 2 1.000 1.000 .800 25.0 0.0 0.0 .574 .651 .617 100.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.6 6 344 29.3 94 .341 .561 .427 15.2 10.6 9.3 .300 .561 .408 51.4
2024 Sinker -0.5 -1 227 19.4 70 .233 .350 .316 10.6 8.6 15.4 .217 .346 .308 33.3
2024 Slider 0.3 1 201 17.1 44 .227 .341 .266 23.8 18.2 13.8 .247 .367 .264 33.3
2024 Sweeper 0.0 0 121 10.3 29 .231 .385 .309 44.0 34.5 21.3 .212 .449 .322 50.0
2024 Cutter -5.6 -5 90 7.7 23 .045 .091 .054 25.0 21.7 22.7 .093 .222 .146 38.9
2024 Curveball -1.7 -1 83 7.1 19 .118 .118 .168 53.6 36.8 26.9 .170 .199 .219 20.0
2024 Changeup -0.3 0 72 6.1 25 .227 .364 .308 38.2 28.0 28.0 .227 .294 .283 13.3
2024 Split-Finger -9.4 -2 16 1.4 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 16.7 16.7 .311 .499 .347 60.0
2024 Slurve -0.7 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2016 14 44 -1 -1 0 1 -1
2017 75 284 -5 -6 3 1 -7
2018 42 157 -3 -3 0 1 -5
2019 354 1,567 -3 -15 17 8 7
2020 129 506 -7 -1 1 1 -6
2021 358 1,473 -9 -9 13 8 4
2022 354 1,423 -17 -11 7 7 -13
2023 151 559 -7 -7 3 2 -9
2024 311 1,163 -5 -12 9 6 -3
2025 50 231 3 1 5 2 11
Player 1,838 7,407 -54 -63 58 -54 -21
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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 %
2016 44 47.7 76.2 81.3 17.4 50.0 36.4 35.7 45.5 25.0 6.8 100.0
2017 284 50.4 60.1 87.2 23.4 72.7 41.2 24.0 41.9 16.0 8.1 56.5
2018 157 58.6 64.1 86.4 16.9 45.5 40.8 19.0 44.6 20.0 7.0 90.9
2019 1,571 49.9 61.9 83.3 21.9 57.6 42.0 15.4 41.9 23.3 7.7 70.8
2020 506 54.9 63.7 78.0 23.7 57.4 39.3 15.5 45.7 26.8 10.3 69.2
2021 1,473 49.1 62.5 82.3 22.3 55.1 43.0 15.9 42.0 25.0 8.0 61.0
2022 1,423 50.2 62.8 86.2 24.3 59.9 45.2 19.8 43.6 21.1 7.7 74.5
2023 559 51.9 63.8 74.1 26.0 57.1 42.8 23.2 45.6 30.2 9.1 66.7
2024 1,173 49.6 66.7 86.0 24.4 52.4 44.4 27.5 45.5 22.8 6.9 83.8
2025 231 48.9 69.0 83.3 17.8 71.4 39.8 32.0 42.9 19.2 10.4 75.0
Player 7,421 50.4 63.5 83.2 23.1 57.4 42.9 20.0 43.5 23.5 8.0 70.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2016 34 7
2017 39 27
2018 26 14
2019 59 34 58 67 77 31 56 41 65 58 48 92 63 90 19
2020 6 17 16 23 5 11 20 13 28 27 48 7 45 72 20
2021 69 52 51 49 81 30 51 29 61 19 55 87 44 85 23
2022 18 20 16 24 26 13 26 25 54 30 56 49 72 76 16
2023 30 13
2024 32 12
2025 35 12
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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 %
2017 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2018 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2019 22.2 18 16.5 2 6 12 8 44.4
2020 21.2 5 4.6 0 1 3 2 40.0
2021 22.2 13 10.5 3 4 7 6 46.2
2022 22.2 7 7.5 -1 4 4 4 57.1
2023 24.1 2 2.5 -1 1 1 2 100.0
2024 23.7 9 9.6 -1 7 7 3 33.3
2025 22.0 6 5.0 1 1 7 0 0.0
Player 22.4 60 56.3 4 26 41 25 41.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2017 0 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 1 0 0 0
2018 0 1 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
2019 18 21 15 17 18 17 20 14 13 12 14 17 19 16 15 16 15 14 16 17 17 19 21 19 17 16 11 20 18 17 13
2020 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 5 3 4 6 4 5 4 3
2021 13 12 11 8 12 10 13 10 8 7 7 12 10 7 11 11 10 10 12 13 10 11 13 14 9 9 11 12 11 12 10
2022 7 4 7 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 7 8 10 7 7 9 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7
2023 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2024 9 6 10 11 8 9 10 10 8 8 9 9 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 13 11 11 15 11 8 9 8 8 12 10 10
2025 6 7 5 3 2 6 4 3 2 2 4 6 7 5 7 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 8 7 3 5 5 6 7 7 7
Player 60 59 56 55 55 57 62 51 43 41 47 60 64 52 56 55 49 49 55 64 58 64 78 66 48 51 53 63 66 59 52
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
2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
Exit Velocity 89.3 -7.4 81.9 3.2 85.1 3.8 88.9 -2.6 86.3 1.9 88.2 -0.5 87.7 -0.9 86.8 0.8 87.6 6.2 93.8
Launch Angle 10.5 -4.9 5.6 4.6 10.2 4.1 14.3 2.4 16.7 1.9 18.6 -3.9 14.7 0.9 15.6 -2.0 13.6 2.7 16.3
Barrel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 6.5 2.0 8.5 -4.2 4.3 4.2 8.5 -3.3 5.2 -3.1 2.1 4.5 6.6 12.2 18.8
Hard Hit % 27.3 3.7 31.0 -5.2 25.8 14.6 40.4 -6.0 34.4 -0.4 34.0 2.8 36.8 -3.8 33.0 6.4 39.4 23.1 62.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 9.1 11.6 20.7 5.1 25.8 14.0 39.8 -7.5 32.3 5.6 37.9 -4.7 33.2 -5.4 27.8 -0.5 27.3 10.2 37.5
xBA .168 0.044 .212 -0.036 .176 0.073 .249 -0.027 .222 0.032 .254 -0.029 .225 -0.040 .185 0.050 .235 0.099 .334
BA .154 0.020 .174 -0.060 .114 0.131 .245 -0.024 .221 0.019 .240 -0.029 .211 -0.005 .206 0.032 .238 0.133 .371
xwOBA .206 0.070 .276 -0.020 .256 0.084 .340 -0.070 .270 0.076 .346 -0.058 .288 -0.043 .245 0.069 .314 0.180 .494
wOBA .203 0.007 .210 -0.048 .162 0.177 .339 -0.060 .279 0.049 .328 -0.053 .275 -0.020 .255 0.049 .304 0.289 .593
xSLG .214 0.141 .355 -0.047 .308 0.152 .460 -0.105 .355 0.073 .428 -0.083 .345 -0.066 .279 0.122 .401 0.281 .682
SLG .231 -0.014 .217 -0.103 .114 0.364 .478 -0.093 .385 0.026 .411 -0.077 .334 -0.047 .287 0.087 .374 0.597 .971
K% 14.3 0.4 14.7 2.0 16.7 4.9 21.6 0.9 22.5 -1.9 20.6 -0.5 20.1 6.4 26.5 -8.9 17.6 -9.6 8.0
BB% 0.0 6.7 6.7 0.4 7.1 6.1 13.2 -8.5 4.7 7.6 12.3 -4.1 8.2 1.1 9.3 -1.3 8.0 18.0 26.0
Swing % 45.5 -3.6 41.9 2.7 44.6 -2.7 41.9 3.8 45.7 -3.7 42.0 1.6 43.6 2.0 45.6 -0.1 45.5 -2.6 42.9
Whiff% 25.0 -9.0 16.0 4.0 20.0 3.3 23.3 3.5 26.8 -1.8 25.0 -3.9 21.1 9.1 30.2 -7.4 22.8 -3.6 19.2
In Zone % 47.7 2.7 50.4 8.2 58.6 -8.7 49.9 5.0 54.9 -5.8 49.1 1.1 50.2 1.7 51.9 -2.3 49.6 -0.7 48.9
Out of Zone % 52.3 -2.7 49.6 -8.2 41.4 8.7 50.1 -5.0 45.1 5.8 50.9 -1.1 49.8 -1.7 48.1 2.3 50.4 0.7 51.1
Out of Zone Swing % 17.4 6.0 23.4 -6.5 16.9 5.0 21.9 1.8 23.7 -1.4 22.3 2.0 24.3 1.7 26.0 -1.6 24.4 -6.6 17.8
First Pitch Swing % 35.7 -11.7 24.0 -5.0 19.0 -3.6 15.4 0.1 15.5 0.4 15.9 3.9 19.8 3.4 23.2 4.3 27.5 4.5 32.0
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 10.9 68.0 -6.1 61.9 -5.0 56.9 0.5 57.4 -1.7 55.7 2.8 58.5 1.1 59.6 1.7 61.3 2.7 64.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 14 0 0.0 .203
2017 Shifts R 75 0 0.0 .210
2018 Shifts R 42 0 0.0 .162
2019 Shifts R 355 113 31.8 .315 .393
2020 Shifts R 129 48 37.2 .300 .245
2021 Shifts R 358 112 31.3 .344 .294
2022 Shifts R 354 122 34.5 .303 .221
2023 Shades R 151 18 11.9 .246 .324
2024 Shades R 311 60 19.3 .308 .284
2025 Shades R 50 4 8.0 .614 .348
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2016 11 13.8 54.5% 0.0% 10 21.0 0.0% 0.0%
2017 90 16.9 26.7% 1.1% 51 22.4 2.0% 3.9%
2018 53 14.1 58.5% 0.0% 22 25.3 0.0% 40.9%
2019 491 17.0 25.3% 0.4% 269 23.3 0.4% 12.3%
2020 162 17.3 21.0% 0.6% 78 22.5 0.0% 11.5%
2021 440 17.5 19.3% 1.1% 299 23.2 0.7% 9.0%
2022 391 16.9 27.4% 1.3% 296 22.5 0.3% 6.8%
2023 151 15.0 50.3% 0.0% 102 19.2 4.9% 1.0%
2024 355 15.3 45.6% 0.3% 167 18.0 3.0% 0.6%
2025 55 16.6 18.2% 0.0% 34 18.8 5.9% 0.0%
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