Zach McKinstry
SS | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 180LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 33, #1001, Los Angeles Dodgers | Central Michigan
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 185 166 21 33 5 7 .199 .273 .361 .634
2023 518 464 60 107 9 16 .231 .302 .351 .653
2024 35 30 3 7 0 0 .233 .314 .233 .547
5 Seasons 917 825 104 183 21 24 .222 .289 .360 .649
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .199 5 7 .634
2023 .231 9 16 .653
2024 .233 0 0 .547
5 Seasons .222 21 24 .649
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%
2020 25 32 4 0 0.0 0.0 85.2 96.2 -6.1 50.0 .271 .328 .303 .258 .452 50.0 42.9 0.0
2021 26 709 111 9 8.1 5.2 88.4 106.2 13.7 36.0 .212 .372 .282 .272 .358 35.1 29.1 5.8
2022 27 791 116 5 4.3 2.7 86.4 104.2 12.9 41.4 .229 .342 .280 .288 .359 30.2 28.1 8.6
2023 28 2114 356 27 7.6 5.2 87.2 108.3 17.8 37.1 .247 .395 .289 .312 .359 33.5 21.8 8.5
2024 29 146 20 1 5.0 2.9 89.6 102.0 16.2 45.0 .271 .373 .260 .329 .435 30.0 31.4 11.4
Player 3792 607 42 6.9 4.6 87.3 108.3 15.9 38.1 .238 .378 .285 .300 .362 33.2 25.0 8.1
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
2020 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 44.1 31.5 20.7 3.6 42.3 36.9 20.7 3.6 30.6 26.1 25.2 6.3 8.1 5.2
2022 39.7 25.0 31.0 4.3 42.2 27.6 30.2 6.0 26.7 25.9 31.0 6.0 4.3 2.7
2023 35.7 34.0 26.1 4.2 30.6 40.4 28.9 4.8 26.1 31.2 23.9 5.9 7.6 5.2
2024 45.0 15.0 35.0 5.0 50.0 40.0 10.0 5.0 20.0 15.0 50.0 5.0 5.0 2.9
Player 38.4 31.0 26.5 4.1 35.7 37.2 27.0 4.9 26.7 28.5 26.7 5.9 6.9 4.6
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 1 53 36.3 15 .385 .385 .393 20.8 26.7 25.0 .407 .480 .429 22.2
2024 Slider -4.8 -1 25 17.1 5 .000 .000 .140 30.8 20.0 12.5 .156 .267 .284 33.3
2024 Curveball -2.2 0 18 12.3 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 66.7 25.0 .025 .027 .023 0.0
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 16 11.0 3 .333 .333 .300 28.6 0.0 0.0 .373 .428 .354 0.0
2024 Sweeper 2.7 0 11 7.5 4 .333 .333 .400 20.0 25.0 25.0 .205 .287 .333 50.0
2024 Cutter -5.6 -1 9 6.2 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Split-Finger -10.0 -1 8 5.5 2 .000 .000 .000 60.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2024 Sinker -7.0 0 6 4.1 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .409 1.657 .598 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -10 862 40.8 217 .242 .344 .314 14.4 13.4 12.2 .277 .427 .354 37.1
2023 Slider -2.8 -8 282 13.3 74 .176 .265 .225 29.1 36.5 28.1 .170 .273 .221 26.2
2023 Changeup 0.3 1 266 12.6 74 .153 .264 .241 30.6 25.7 20.9 .235 .347 .262 24.5
2023 Sinker 1.4 3 223 10.5 51 .349 .465 .414 14.3 17.6 19.6 .323 .520 .399 45.7
2023 Curveball -1.1 -2 199 9.4 33 .200 .467 .294 35.4 48.5 23.9 .166 .411 .260 46.7
2023 Cutter 0.5 1 140 6.6 37 .333 .583 .399 7.8 2.7 2.5 .313 .525 .365 22.9
2023 Sweeper 1.2 1 66 3.1 14 .333 .417 .382 20.0 21.4 14.3 .196 .246 .263 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -4.1 -2 58 2.7 14 .077 .077 .114 30.8 42.9 25.0 .147 .256 .208 28.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -4 307 38.8 60 .220 .300 .298 18.1 28.3 17.3 .212 .292 .290 32.4
2022 Curveball -1.0 -1 110 13.9 25 .136 .318 .250 35.7 40.0 25.0 .125 .164 .197 25.0
2022 Sinker -1.7 -2 97 12.3 18 .176 .353 .250 7.5 0.0 0.0 .330 .510 .383 47.1
2022 Slider 2.1 2 96 12.1 26 .250 .583 .360 20.4 38.5 26.3 .249 .398 .296 20.0
2022 Changeup 1.5 1 86 10.9 25 .208 .333 .286 28.6 16.0 15.4 .288 .425 .324 20.0
2022 Cutter -1.1 -1 54 6.8 18 .222 .444 .281 17.1 22.2 26.7 .225 .377 .260 28.6
2022 Sweeper -4.9 -1 24 3.0 8 .000 .000 .088 50.0 75.0 42.9 .062 .068 .137 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -5.2 -1 11 1.4 4 .250 .500 .313 16.7 25.0 20.0 .406 .716 .482 66.7
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -1 258 36.4 57 .224 .490 .339 19.8 21.1 15.4 .272 .523 .359 55.0
2021 Slider -2.2 -3 147 20.7 41 .150 .300 .202 39.4 48.8 33.9 .100 .188 .137 25.0
2021 Sinker 8.0 6 79 11.1 14 .500 .917 .614 16.7 0.0 0.0 .313 .615 .434 16.7
2021 Changeup -1.3 -1 79 11.1 21 .238 .286 .274 15.8 19.0 19.0 .201 .275 .206 35.3
2021 Curveball 1.8 1 67 9.4 16 .133 .200 .266 42.9 43.8 24.1 .179 .278 .314 25.0
2021 Cutter -1.7 -1 47 6.6 12 .182 .455 .300 20.8 25.0 16.7 .289 .494 .367 25.0
2021 Sweeper -3.5 -1 17 2.4 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 80.0 57.1 .031 .071 .043 0.0
2021 Split-Finger 10.3 1 13 1.8 4 .500 .750 .538 14.3 0.0 0.0 .494 .577 .461 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball 2.9 0 16 50.0 2 .500 .500 .450 37.5 50.0 12.5 .406 .463 .382 100.0
2020 Sinker -5.5 0 7 21.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .413 .467 .380 0.0
2020 Changeup 6.3 0 4 12.5 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .380 .614 .401 100.0
2020 Slider -7.7 0 2 6.3 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 Curveball -29.0 -1 2 6.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .145 .146 .131 0.0
2020 Cutter -1.7 0 1 3.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 171 709 6 -12 4 3 2
2022 185 791 -6 -6 4 2 -5
2023 514 2,096 -19 -17 13 5 -17
2024 35 146 -2 -1 1 0 -2
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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 %
2020 32 43.8 78.6 63.6 27.8 60.0 56.3 14.3 50.0 37.5 3.1 0.0
2021 709 50.1 61.1 84.3 31.1 52.7 43.0 22.2 46.1 26.0 6.6 74.5
2022 791 48.3 66.2 86.6 28.4 60.3 40.6 28.6 46.6 21.1 8.6 72.1
2023 2,114 49.2 68.1 87.3 27.1 59.7 40.8 27.0 47.3 20.4 7.8 75.5
2024 146 52.7 62.3 83.3 23.2 37.5 43.2 25.7 43.8 28.1 6.8 90.0
Player 3,792 49.3 66.2 86.3 28.0 57.8 41.4 26.3 46.8 22.0 7.7 74.7
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
2021 41 75 96
2022 15 78 67
2023 30 36 31 32 37 45 40 14 37 16 52 52 75 60 80 85 96
2024 15 73 15
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 19.3 7 4.1 3 5 6 0 0.0
2022 22.5 5 4.6 0 2 2 3 60.0
2023 21.9 9 8.6 0 13 7 2 22.2
2024 -- 0 0.1 0 1 0 0 --
Player 21.3 21 17.4 4 21 15 5 23.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 7 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 0 2 5 5 2 3 7 2 3 6 4 4 7 6 7 2 2 5 5 7 3 2
2022 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5
2023 9 8 3 14 8 7 9 7 8 5 6 9 10 9 10 9 11 7 11 12 9 7 17 13 6 5 7 7 10 7 6
2024 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 21 19 10 24 16 16 18 17 15 9 12 20 20 15 19 21 17 15 21 21 18 19 29 25 12 11 16 17 22 14 13
! 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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.2 88.4 3.2 86.4 -2.0 87.2 0.8 89.6 2.4
Launch Angle -6.1 13.7 19.8 12.9 -0.8 17.8 4.9 16.2 -1.6
Barrel % 0.0 8.1 8.1 4.3 -3.8 7.6 3.3 5.0 -2.6
Hard Hit % 50.0 35.1 -14.9 30.2 -4.9 33.5 3.3 30.0 -3.5
Sweet Spot % 50.0 36.0 -14.0 41.4 5.4 37.1 -4.3 45.0 7.9
xBA .271 .212 -0.059 .229 0.017 .247 0.018 .271 0.024
BA .286 .215 -0.071 .199 -0.016 .231 0.032 .233 0.002
xwOBA .258 .272 0.014 .288 0.016 .312 0.024 .329 0.017
wOBA .303 .282 -0.021 .280 -0.002 .289 0.009 .260 -0.029
xSLG .328 .372 0.044 .342 -0.030 .395 0.053 .373 -0.022
SLG .429 .405 -0.024 .361 -0.044 .351 -0.010 .233 -0.118
K% 42.9 29.1 -13.8 28.1 -1.0 21.8 -6.3 31.4 9.6
BB% 0.0 5.8 5.8 8.6 2.8 8.5 -0.1 11.4 2.9
Swing % 50.0 46.1 -3.9 46.6 0.5 47.3 0.7 43.8 -3.5
Whiff% 37.5 26.0 -11.5 21.1 -4.9 20.4 -0.7 28.1 7.7
In Zone % 43.8 50.1 6.3 48.3 -1.8 49.2 0.9 52.7 3.5
Out of Zone % 56.3 49.9 -6.4 51.7 1.8 50.8 -0.9 47.3 -3.5
Out of Zone Swing % 27.8 31.1 3.3 28.4 -2.7 27.1 -1.3 23.2 -3.9
First Pitch Swing % 14.3 22.2 7.9 28.6 6.4 27.0 -1.6 25.7 -1.3
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 64.3 7.2 61.1 -3.2 57.5 -3.6 51.4 -6.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 7 2 28.6 .424 .000
2021 Shifts L 171 82 48.0 .314 .249
2022 Shifts L 185 80 43.2 .281 .278
2023 Shades L 514 194 37.7 .336 .214
2024 Shades L 35 10 28.6 .264 .250
! 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 %
2020 7 15.8 28.6% 0.0% 8 20.9 12.5% 12.5%
2021 212 17.9 14.2% 3.3% 136 23.8 0.7% 14.0%
2022 248 16.0 37.9% 0.8% 123 21.5 1.6% 7.3%
2023 699 15.2 47.4% 0.0% 295 18.5 4.4% 0.0%
2024 25 15.2 44.0% 0.0% 26 18.5 15.4% 0.0%
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