Michael Chavis
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 9" 190LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #26, Boston Red Sox | Sprayberry Senior (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 124 121 16 30 3 1 .248 .258 .397 .655
2022 426 401 39 92 14 1 .229 .265 .389 .654
2023 96 91 16 22 2 1 .242 .281 .341 .622
5 Seasons 1,186 1,106 133 263 42 8 .238 .283 .401 .684
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .248 3 1 .655
2022 .229 14 1 .654
2023 .242 2 1 .622
5 Seasons .238 42 8 .684
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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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%
2019 23 1493 220 25 11.4 6.5 88.8 113.8 11.7 32.3 .222 .416 .323 .302 .419 35.5 33.2 8.1
2020 24 622 98 7 7.1 4.4 88.3 108.3 10.0 37.8 .229 .394 .272 .294 .401 37.8 31.6 5.1
2021 25 429 80 4 5.0 3.2 89.7 109.4 8.1 37.5 .234 .351 .277 .256 .379 41.3 33.9 0.8
2022 26 1524 279 21 7.5 4.9 85.4 111.3 11.1 33.0 .217 .336 .282 .261 .348 38.7 29.6 4.5
2023 27 375 58 1 1.7 1.0 84.5 107.3 8.9 41.4 .234 .298 .273 .255 .363 31.0 34.4 5.2
Player 4443 735 58 7.9 4.9 87.2 113.8 10.6 34.6 .224 .367 .293 .278 .381 37.3 31.9 5.4
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
2019 45.5 27.3 19.1 8.2 34.1 42.3 23.6 3.6 35.5 23.6 21.4 4.1 11.4 6.5
2020 46.9 18.4 30.6 4.1 38.8 41.8 19.4 4.1 39.8 21.4 20.4 7.1 7.1 4.4
2021 48.8 20.0 26.3 5.0 43.8 31.3 25.0 2.5 41.3 25.0 21.3 5.0 5.0 3.2
2022 44.8 21.9 24.4 9.0 38.7 40.1 21.1 9.3 29.7 24.0 22.9 6.1 7.5 4.9
2023 53.4 15.5 27.6 3.4 46.6 22.4 31.0 6.9 34.5 13.8 36.2 6.9 1.7 1.0
Player 46.4 22.3 24.1 7.2 38.5 38.6 22.9 6.0 34.4 22.9 23.0 5.6 7.9 4.9
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -1 132 35.2 27 .240 .280 .265 33.9 40.7 28.9 .176 .213 .208 42.9
2023 Sinker -4.5 -3 58 15.5 13 .167 .167 .192 20.8 30.8 28.6 .177 .197 .203 12.5
2023 Changeup -1.1 -1 57 15.2 14 .286 .429 .307 33.3 28.6 22.2 .254 .298 .241 20.0
2023 Slider -3.3 -1 42 11.2 15 .200 .200 .180 37.0 46.7 41.2 .268 .300 .251 25.0
2023 Curveball 2.1 1 34 9.1 15 .267 .667 .387 43.5 26.7 40.0 .268 .459 .310 45.5
2023 Sweeper -1.2 0 28 7.5 5 .250 .250 .320 25.0 0.0 0.0 .378 .500 .442 25.0
2023 Cutter -3.2 -1 24 6.4 6 .333 .333 .300 46.7 50.0 75.0 .282 .309 .260 33.3
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -10 488 32.0 105 .163 .250 .229 32.9 39.0 25.6 .199 .300 .271 51.9
2022 Slider -1.8 -6 348 22.8 111 .196 .336 .232 30.8 25.2 25.0 .171 .276 .205 35.8
2022 Sinker 0.9 2 265 17.4 71 .328 .478 .368 17.5 11.3 14.0 .318 .427 .347 39.0
2022 Changeup 0.4 1 156 10.2 41 .293 .488 .334 37.1 34.1 28.0 .241 .382 .270 40.7
2022 Curveball 2.1 2 106 7.0 39 .179 .564 .326 35.1 43.6 39.5 .176 .406 .246 27.3
2022 Cutter -0.5 0 94 6.2 35 .324 .441 .344 33.9 25.7 40.9 .229 .296 .243 36.0
2022 Sweeper -1.6 -1 52 3.4 19 .167 .389 .255 35.3 42.1 36.4 .231 .374 .285 30.0
2022 Split-Finger -4.2 0 11 0.7 4 .333 .333 .225 33.3 25.0 50.0 .154 .192 .128 0.0
2022 Slurve -2.8 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 379 1,492 7 -16 8 4 3
2020 158 622 -1 -15 1 3 -11
2021 124 429 -1 -5 -2 2 -5
2022 425 1,524 1 -18 1 4 -13
2023 96 376 -5 -4 2 0 -6
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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 1,493 48.1 72.4 71.5 32.4 41.4 43.9 35.9 51.6 38.4 6.0 87.6
2020 622 49.7 71.2 73.6 32.3 35.6 42.8 32.9 51.6 38.3 7.4 82.6
2021 429 50.1 76.3 74.4 46.3 42.4 45.0 48.4 61.3 37.6 8.2 88.6
2022 1,524 49.5 76.7 79.1 39.1 50.2 43.7 46.7 57.7 30.8 7.4 80.5
2023 375 50.9 72.3 73.2 33.7 50.0 44.8 40.6 53.3 34.0 10.1 73.7
Player 4,443 49.2 74.1 74.9 36.1 44.7 43.9 41.1 54.8 35.2 7.2 82.9
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
2019 17 8 33 54 8 43 80 38 92 31 1 42 1 27 74 78
2020 18 25 35 46 9 27 43 40 53 42 8 11 4 24 80 5
2021 63 89 14
2022 1 9 10 23 1 34 47 5 75 43 9 9 14 7 87 10 46
2023 30 85 25
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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 %
2019 23.1 18 14.8 3 6 5 11 61.1
2020 23.4 5 5.8 -1 2 3 3 60.0
2021 22.8 3 2.3 1 2 1 1 33.3
2022 23.4 14 14.0 0 0 16 2 14.3
2023 22.9 2 1.5 1 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.2 42 38.4 4 10 27 17 40.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 18 17 17 12 16 15 17 14 11 13 15 14 15 15 14 15 15 14 13 16 15 17 16 15 15 15 12 17 15 14 14
2020 5 6 5 7 6 6 6 5 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
2021 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
2022 14 6 14 12 13 15 18 12 11 11 13 13 14 15 17 17 15 13 13 13 15 16 18 16 10 13 15 16 15 16 15
2023 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Player 42 32 40 35 39 39 45 34 29 33 38 37 37 39 41 41 39 36 37 40 39 45 45 41 33 37 38 44 39 40 39
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.8 88.3 -0.5 ↓ 89.7 1.4 ↑ 85.4 -4.3 ↓ 84.5 -0.9 ↓
Launch Angle 11.7 10.0 -1.7 ↓ 8.1 -1.9 ↓ 11.1 3.0 ↑ 8.9 -2.2 ↓
Barrel % 11.4 7.1 -4.3 ↓ 5.0 -2.1 ↓ 7.5 2.5 ↑ 1.7 -5.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.5 37.8 2.3 ↑ 41.3 3.5 ↑ 38.7 -2.6 ↓ 31.0 -7.7 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.3 37.8 5.5 ↑ 37.5 -0.3 ↓ 33.0 -4.5 ↓ 41.4 8.4 ↑
xBA .222 .229 0.007 ↑ .234 0.005 ↑ .217 -0.017 ↓ .234 0.017 ↑
BA .254 .212 -0.042 ↓ .248 0.036 ↑ .229 -0.019 ↓ .242 0.013 ↑
xwOBA .302 .294 -0.008 ↓ .256 -0.038 ↓ .261 0.005 ↑ .255 -0.006 ↓
wOBA .323 .272 -0.051 ↓ .277 0.005 ↑ .282 0.005 ↑ .273 -0.009 ↓
xSLG .416 .394 -0.022 ↓ .351 -0.043 ↓ .336 -0.015 ↓ .298 -0.038 ↓
SLG .444 .377 -0.067 ↓ .397 0.020 ↑ .389 -0.008 ↓ .341 -0.048 ↓
K% 33.2 31.6 -1.6 ↓ 33.9 2.3 ↑ 29.6 -4.3 ↓ 34.4 4.8 ↑
BB% 8.1 5.1 -3.0 ↓ 0.8 -4.3 ↓ 4.5 3.7 ↑ 5.2 0.7 ↑
Swing % 51.6 51.6 0.0 61.3 9.7 ↑ 57.7 -3.6 ↓ 53.3 -4.4 ↓
Whiff% 38.4 38.3 -0.1 ↓ 37.6 -0.7 ↓ 30.8 -6.8 ↓ 34.0 3.2 ↑
In Zone % 48.1 49.7 1.6 ↑ 50.1 0.4 ↑ 49.5 -0.6 ↓ 50.9 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.9 50.3 -1.6 ↓ 49.9 -0.4 ↓ 50.5 0.6 ↑ 49.1 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 32.3 -0.1 ↓ 46.3 14.0 ↑ 39.1 -7.2 ↓ 33.7 -5.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 35.9 32.9 -3.0 ↓ 48.4 15.5 ↑ 46.7 -1.7 ↓ 40.6 -6.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.5 59.5 -2.0 ↓ 73.4 13.9 ↑ 70.9 -2.5 ↓ 58.3 -12.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 369 93 25.2 .321 .318
2020 Shifts R 157 8 5.1 .278 .198
2021 Shifts R 122 2 1.6 .253 .967
2022 Shifts R 425 45 10.6 .287 .239
2023 Shades R 96 15 15.6 .241 .401
! 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 337 17.4 23.4% 2.4% 255 23.3 0.4% 10.6%
2020 120 18.4 14.2% 2.5% 132 24.2 0.8% 8.3%
2021 97 17.8 22.7% 0.0% 56 22.6 0.0% 7.1%
2022 318 17.6 23.6% 1.6% 241 22.5 0.4% 11.6%
2023 86 15.9 36.0% 0.0% 60 18.2 5.0% 0.0%
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