P.J. Higgins
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 195LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 12, #353, Chicago Cubs | Old Dominion
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 25 23 1 1 0 0 .043 .120 .043 .163
2022 229 201 23 46 6 0 .229 .310 .383 .693
2 Seasons 254 224 24 47 6 0 .210 .291 .348 .639
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .043 0 0 .163
2022 .229 6 0 .693
2 Seasons .210 6 0 .639
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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%
2021 28 112 15 0 0.0 0.0 82.4 103.6 12.1 13.3 .126 .142 .090 .164 .181 13.3 32.0 8.0
2022 29 916 147 5 3.4 2.2 86.0 104.3 8.7 34.7 .205 .287 .306 .264 .300 25.5 25.3 9.6
Player 1028 162 5 3.1 2.0 85.6 104.3 9.0 32.7 .197 .272 .285 .254 .288 24.4 26.0 9.4
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
2021 60.0 20.0 13.3 6.7 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 46.7 40.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022 44.9 21.1 27.2 6.8 34.7 35.4 29.9 6.1 35.4 23.8 25.9 4.1 3.4 2.2
Player 46.3 21.0 25.9 6.8 35.2 35.8 29.0 5.6 36.4 25.3 24.7 3.7 3.1 2.0
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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 288 31.4 64 .173 .365 .302 31.4 35.9 26.7 .166 .292 .277 35.5
2022 Slider -1.0 -2 188 20.5 49 .163 .233 .211 28.9 20.4 13.3 .163 .208 .204 17.1
2022 Sinker 2.7 4 156 17.0 42 .385 .564 .431 12.5 19.0 26.7 .316 .369 .331 29.0
2022 Changeup -4.0 -3 88 9.6 28 .125 .125 .196 30.4 14.3 12.9 .188 .217 .252 15.0
2022 Curveball 4.5 3 76 8.3 17 .294 .706 .468 33.3 35.3 26.1 .232 .371 .259 27.3
2022 Cutter 1.9 1 59 6.4 11 .333 .333 .373 27.8 9.1 25.0 .291 .343 .356 12.5
2022 Sweeper -9.4 -3 28 3.1 7 .000 .000 .000 42.9 57.1 40.0 .045 .093 .057 33.3
2022 Split-Finger -10.6 -1 9 1.0 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .158 .376 .224 33.3
2022 Slurve 4.1 0 2 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .229 .229 .210 0.0
2021 Slider -3.9 -2 48 42.9 10 .125 .125 .230 36.8 30.0 16.7 .233 .264 .313 20.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -4.1 -2 42 37.5 6 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 21.4 .032 .035 .032 33.3
2021 Sinker -5.4 0 8 7.1 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 .002 .002 .002 0.0
2021 Curveball -2.5 0 5 4.5 3 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .139 .156 .125 0.0
2021 Changeup -6.6 0 4 3.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 33.3 .140 .175 .130 0.0
2021 Sweeper 1.7 0 3 2.7 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .084 .084 .089 0.0
2021 Cutter -6.8 0 2 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .047 .050 .058 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 25 112 -2 -4 0 1 -5
2022 225 900 -5 0 5 3 3
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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 %
2021 112 54.5 55.7 85.3 31.4 50.0 40.2 16.0 44.6 26.0 7.1 87.5
2022 916 47.8 61.9 84.6 25.7 45.5 44.6 28.8 43.1 27.3 6.7 71.7
Player 1,028 48.5 61.1 84.7 26.3 46.0 44.1 27.6 43.3 27.2 6.7 73.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 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 31 35
2022 16 28 2
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 23.0 6 4.7 1 3 4 1 16.7
Player 23.0 6 4.7 1 3 4 1 16.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 6 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 7 6 6 2 4 5 4 5 5 5
Player 6 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 7 6 6 2 4 5 4 5 5 5
! 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 2021 2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 82.4 86.0 3.6
Launch Angle 12.1 8.7 -3.4
Barrel % 0.0 3.4 3.4
Hard Hit % 13.3 25.5 12.2
Sweet Spot % 13.3 34.7 21.4
xBA .126 .205 0.079
BA .043 .229 0.186
xwOBA .164 .264 0.100
wOBA .090 .306 0.216
xSLG .142 .287 0.145
SLG .043 .383 0.340
K% 32.0 25.3 -6.7
BB% 8.0 9.6 1.6
Swing % 44.6 43.1 -1.5
Whiff% 26.0 27.3 1.3
In Zone % 54.5 47.8 -6.7
Out of Zone % 45.5 52.2 6.7
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 25.7 -5.7
First Pitch Swing % 16.0 28.8 12.8
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 62.0 -2.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 25 3 12.0 .103 .000
2022 Shifts R 224 19 8.5 .290 .477
! 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 %
2021 40 18.7 12.5% 2.5% 9 26.4 0.0% 22.2%
2022 250 16.9 29.2% 0.8% 191 22.7 0.5% 9.9%
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