Donovan Walton
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 190LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #147, Seattle Mariners | Oklahoma State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 14 13 0 2 0 0 .154 .214 .231 .445
2021 69 63 6 13 2 1 .206 .254 .365 .619
2022 78 76 8 12 1 0 .158 .179 .303 .482
4 Seasons 180 168 17 30 3 1 .179 .225 .310 .535
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .154 0 0 .445
2021 .206 2 1 .619
2022 .158 1 0 .482
4 Seasons .179 3 1 .535
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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%
2019 25 85 11 0 0.0 0.0 87.6 103.2 8.7 27.3 .179 .231 .246 .265 .270 18.2 26.3 15.8
2020 26 50 8 1 12.5 7.1 81.2 101.7 4.1 37.5 .149 .289 .201 .220 .297 12.5 35.7 7.1
2021 27 244 50 4 8.0 5.8 88.0 107.2 9.4 34.0 .226 .335 .267 .269 .317 22.0 21.7 5.8
2022 28 298 60 3 5.0 3.8 86.1 107.2 7.7 33.3 .191 .310 .208 .228 .273 31.7 20.5 1.3
Player 677 129 8 6.2 4.4 86.6 107.2 8.2 33.3 .200 .311 .234 .246 .291 25.6 22.8 5.0
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
2019 45.5 27.3 18.2 9.1 45.5 18.2 36.4 0.0 45.5 27.3 18.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
2020 62.5 25.0 0.0 12.5 25.0 75.0 0.0 12.5 37.5 25.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 7.1
2021 52.0 22.0 22.0 4.0 38.0 34.0 28.0 6.0 38.0 26.0 18.0 4.0 8.0 5.8
2022 48.3 26.7 20.0 5.0 36.7 38.3 25.0 3.3 41.7 30.0 16.7 3.3 5.0 3.8
Player 50.4 24.8 19.4 5.4 37.2 37.2 25.6 4.7 40.3 27.9 17.1 3.1 6.2 4.4
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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 81 27.2 22 .227 .409 .268 10.2 22.7 17.9 .204 .434 .268 47.1
2022 Slider 1.4 1 70 23.5 13 .083 .333 .208 40.0 38.5 25.0 .116 .333 .228 14.3
2022 Sinker -3.7 -2 51 17.1 18 .118 .235 .178 0.0 5.6 16.7 .218 .251 .231 31.3
2022 Changeup -2.5 -1 46 15.4 11 .182 .364 .227 29.2 27.3 20.0 .164 .182 .154 12.5
2022 Curveball -6.1 -2 30 10.1 8 .125 .125 .113 16.7 12.5 7.7 .233 .282 .223 42.9
2022 Cutter -6.5 -1 19 6.4 5 .000 .000 .000 8.3 20.0 33.3 .082 .108 .087 25.0
2022 Split-Finger 27.0 0 1 0.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .874 .946 .817 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -1 87 35.7 27 .174 .391 .288 12.5 22.2 25.0 .230 .334 .296 11.1
2021 Sinker -3.0 -1 41 16.8 13 .167 .167 .192 23.1 15.4 28.6 .153 .211 .200 30.0
2021 Changeup -1.4 0 31 12.7 8 .286 .286 .257 33.3 12.5 8.3 .332 .385 .316 14.3
2021 Curveball 4.5 1 31 12.7 8 .250 .750 .406 38.5 12.5 7.7 .309 .595 .374 28.6
2021 Slider 3.6 1 30 12.3 6 .333 .500 .508 23.1 0.0 0.0 .314 .470 .336 50.0
2021 Split-Finger -5.6 -1 9 3.7 3 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 75.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Cutter -13.0 -1 9 3.7 3 .333 .333 .300 60.0 66.7 100.0 .079 .080 .080 0.0
2021 Sweeper -3.2 0 6 2.5 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .223 .397 .259 0.0
2020 Changeup -5.7 -1 17 34.0 5 .000 .000 .140 60.0 40.0 25.0 .075 .081 .195 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -9.6 -1 13 26.0 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .097 .100 .095 0.0
2020 Curveball 7.9 1 9 18.0 3 .333 .667 .417 50.0 33.3 50.0 .264 .843 .441 50.0
2020 Sinker -0.6 0 6 12.0 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Slider -3.1 0 5 10.0 3 .333 .333 .300 40.0 66.7 50.0 .184 .199 .166 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 0 38 44.7 8 .167 .167 .457 50.0 12.5 9.1 .205 .280 .354 20.0
2019 Curveball 9.4 1 12 14.1 4 .333 .333 .400 0.0 25.0 16.7 .327 .396 .412 50.0
2019 Split-Finger -2.2 0 11 12.9 3 .333 .333 .300 44.4 33.3 25.0 .104 .154 .109 0.0
2019 Changeup -5.2 0 8 9.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 Sinker -10.1 -1 7 8.2 3 .000 .000 .000 16.7 33.3 50.0 .123 .139 .115 0.0
2019 Sweeper 0.4 0 5 5.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 Slider -2.3 0 3 3.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Cutter 0.0 0 1 1.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 69 244 0 -5 1 2 -2
2022 78 298 1 -7 0 2 -4
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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 %
2019 85 45.9 76.9 66.7 34.8 62.5 47.1 47.4 54.1 34.8 9.4 100.0
2020 50 46.0 73.9 82.4 40.7 18.2 54.0 50.0 56.0 42.9 4.0 50.0
2021 244 50.0 73.8 80.0 31.1 57.9 46.3 37.7 52.5 26.6 4.1 90.0
2022 298 51.0 67.8 91.3 37.0 61.1 43.3 39.7 52.7 17.2 8.4 88.0
Player 677 49.6 71.4 83.3 34.9 56.3 45.6 40.6 53.0 24.8 6.6 88.9
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
2019 30 23
2020 11 18
2021 47 47
2022 30 57 12
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
2021 21.0 2 1.8 0 0 1 1 50.0
2022 23.1 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100.0
Player 21.7 3 3.5 -1 2 2 2 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 0 0 0 1 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
2021 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2
2022 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Player 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 5 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.6 81.2 -6.4 88.0 6.8 86.1 -1.9
Launch Angle 8.7 4.1 -4.6 9.4 5.3 7.7 -1.7
Barrel % 0.0 12.5 12.5 8.0 -4.5 5.0 -3.0
Hard Hit % 18.2 12.5 -5.7 22.0 9.5 31.7 9.7
Sweet Spot % 27.3 37.5 10.2 34.0 -3.5 33.3 -0.7
xBA .179 .149 -0.030 .226 0.077 .191 -0.035
BA .188 .154 -0.034 .206 0.052 .158 -0.048
xwOBA .265 .220 -0.045 .269 0.049 .228 -0.041
wOBA .246 .201 -0.045 .267 0.066 .208 -0.059
xSLG .231 .289 0.058 .335 0.046 .310 -0.025
SLG .188 .231 0.043 .365 0.134 .303 -0.062
K% 26.3 35.7 9.4 21.7 -14.0 20.5 -1.2
BB% 15.8 7.1 -8.7 5.8 -1.3 1.3 -4.5
Swing % 54.1 56.0 1.9 52.5 -3.5 52.7 0.2
Whiff% 34.8 42.9 8.1 26.6 -16.3 17.2 -9.4
In Zone % 45.9 46.0 0.1 50.0 4.0 51.0 1.0
Out of Zone % 54.1 54.0 -0.1 50.0 -4.0 49.0 -1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 34.8 40.7 5.9 31.1 -9.6 37.0 5.9
First Pitch Swing % 47.4 50.0 2.6 37.7 -12.3 39.7 2.0
First Pitch Strike % 68.4 78.6 10.2 60.9 -17.7 69.2 8.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 19 4 21.1 .254 .217
2020 Shifts L 14 1 7.1 .149 .883
2021 Shifts L 69 23 33.3 .282 .237
2022 Shifts L 78 8 10.3 .214 .158
! 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 %
2019 24 17.5 16.7% 0.0% 8 20.6 0.0% 12.5%
2020 12 13.5 58.3% 0.0% 7 24.7 0.0% 14.3%
2021 60 17.4 23.3% 5.0% 38 23.6 0.0% 10.5%
2022 71 17.6 26.8% 2.8% 51 22.9 0.0% 21.6%
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