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Ben Rortvedt
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 191LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 2, #56, Minnesota Twins | Verona Area (WI) HS
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2021 98 89 8 15 3 0 .169 .229 .281 .510
2023 79 68 6 8 2 0 .118 .241 .221 .462
2024 328 290 27 66 3 1 .228 .317 .303 .620
3 Seasons 505 447 41 89 8 1 .199 .288 .286 .574
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2021 .169 3 0 .510
2023 .118 2 0 .462
2024 .228 3 1 .620
3 Seasons .199 8 1 .574
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value-9NOT QUALIFIEDBaserunning Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIEDFielding Run Value2NOT QUALIFIED62BattingxwOBA.267NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.202NOT QUALIFIEDxSLG.287NOT QUALIFIEDAvg Exit Velocity86.2NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %3.5NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %30.7NOT QUALIFIEDLA Sweet-Spot %30.2NOT QUALIFIEDBat Speed69.7NOT QUALIFIEDSquared-Up %23.5NOT QUALIFIEDChase %27.8NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %26.7NOT QUALIFIEDK %26.8NOT QUALIFIEDBB %10.4NOT QUALIFIEDCatchingBlocks Above Avg4NOT QUALIFIED75CS Above Avg-2NOT QUALIFIED29Framing2NOT QUALIFIED75Pop Time1.92NOT QUALIFIED83RunningSprint Speed25.6NOT QUALIFIED13
20242024 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%
2021 23 386 62 4 6.5 4.1 84.6 111.4 13.7 25.8 .202 .344 .227 .267 .346 29.0 29.6 6.1
2023 25 322 49 3 6.1 3.8 88.0 105.7 16.3 34.7 .180 .285 .219 .266 .273 34.7 24.1 13.9
2024 26 1357 202 7 3.5 2.1 86.2 109.3 11.9 30.2 .202 .287 .283 .267 .303 30.7 26.8 10.4
Player 2065 313 14 4.5 2.8 86.2 111.4 12.9 30.0 .199 .298 .262 .267 .307 31.0 26.9 10.1
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

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 %
2021 41.9 58.1 27.4 21.0 9.7 30.6 41.9 27.4 16.1 14.5 11.3 14.5 27.4 16.1
2023 40.8 59.2 26.5 20.4 12.2 38.8 32.7 28.6 22.4 16.3 2.0 16.3 16.3 26.5
2024 47.0 53.0 20.8 24.8 7.4 31.7 39.6 28.7 16.3 23.8 6.9 15.3 15.8 21.8
Player 45.0 55.0 23.0 23.3 8.6 32.6 39.0 28.4 17.3 20.8 7.0 15.3 18.2 21.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 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
2021 9.7 33.9 25.8 21.0 3.2 6.5 4.1
2023 4.1 30.6 36.7 22.4 0.0 6.1 3.8
2024 4.5 34.7 26.7 27.2 3.0 3.5 2.1
Player 5.4 33.9 28.1 25.2 2.6 4.5 2.8
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -4 498 36.7 109 .218 .287 .321 16.5 17.4 13.1 .194 .327 .320 29.4
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 170 12.5 43 .262 .310 .263 32.1 23.3 19.2 .198 .243 .202 25.0
2024 Sinker 3.1 5 154 11.3 43 .371 .514 .465 18.0 18.6 19.5 .322 .453 .403 40.7
2024 Slider -0.6 -1 151 11.1 49 .244 .356 .296 37.8 38.8 30.6 .185 .265 .235 42.3
2024 Curveball -3.4 -5 145 10.7 30 .034 .069 .095 40.7 53.3 31.4 .112 .162 .136 15.4
2024 Cutter -3.1 -4 113 8.3 28 .185 .222 .198 23.2 28.6 28.6 .196 .223 .201 31.6
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 -1 71 5.2 15 .143 .143 .167 46.9 33.3 21.7 .115 .124 .145 33.3
2024 Sweeper 4.3 2 48 3.5 9 .444 .667 .478 22.2 11.1 7.1 .406 .482 .389 12.5
2024 Slurve -3.8 0 7 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -2 105 32.6 29 .091 .091 .231 20.8 17.2 15.6 .144 .194 .280 29.4
2023 Sinker -5.3 -3 57 17.7 15 .133 .133 .120 21.4 13.3 12.5 .281 .353 .273 46.2
2023 Cutter 0.1 0 37 11.5 7 .167 .667 .386 0.0 0.0 0.0 .386 .803 .523 50.0
2023 Slider -2.4 -1 37 11.5 5 .000 .000 .140 50.0 40.0 18.2 .053 .149 .203 0.0
2023 Changeup -1.9 -1 35 10.9 11 .111 .222 .241 46.7 36.4 30.8 .105 .213 .236 20.0
2023 Curveball 2.1 1 34 10.6 6 .333 .833 .483 45.5 33.3 20.0 .157 .318 .196 50.0
2023 Sweeper -7.6 -1 13 4.0 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 75.0 42.9 .044 .061 .043 0.0
2023 Slurve -8.6 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .243 .339 .249 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -11.2 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2021 98 386 -4 -7 2 2 -7
2023 79 322 -5 -5 2 1 -7
2024 327 1,357 -9 -14 9 6 -9
Player 504 2,065 -18 -27 13 -18 -24
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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 386 47.9 68.1 77.0 25.4 43.1 45.1 25.5 45.9 31.6 6.2 75.0
2023 322 49.4 63.5 80.2 21.5 45.7 43.8 26.6 42.2 27.9 6.5 85.7
2024 1,357 48.9 58.9 81.6 27.8 53.4 43.2 21.3 43.0 26.7 7.4 69.3
Player 2,065 48.8 61.3 80.4 26.4 50.5 43.6 23.0 43.4 27.9 7.1 72.6
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
2021 80 43
2023 18 15
2024 52 13
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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 %
2021 22.5 3 3.4 0 0 1 3 100.0
2023 23.1 2 1.4 1 1 1 1 50.0
2024 24.2 3 2.7 0 0 4 0 0.0
Player 23.3 8 7.5 1 1 6 4 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2021 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
2023 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2024 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 1
Player 8 7 6 10 9 8 10 9 8 5 6 10 6 6 9 9 7 7 7 10 7 4 10 9 7 6 8 7 6 6 5
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
2023
2024
+/-
 
Exit Velocity 88.0 86.2 -1.8
Launch Angle 16.3 11.9 -4.4
Barrel % 6.1 3.5 -2.6
Hard Hit % 34.7 30.7 -4.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.7 30.2 -4.5
xBA .180 .202 0.022
BA .118 .228 0.110
xwOBA .266 .267 0.001
wOBA .219 .283 0.064
xSLG .285 .287 0.002
SLG .221 .303 0.082
K% 24.1 26.8 2.7
BB% 13.9 10.4 -3.5
Swing % 42.2 43.0 0.8
Whiff% 27.9 26.7 -1.2
In Zone % 49.4 48.9 -0.5
Out of Zone % 50.6 51.1 0.5
Out of Zone Swing % 21.5 27.8 6.3
First Pitch Swing % 26.6 21.3 -5.3
First Pitch Strike % 67.1 56.1 -11.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 94 38 40.4 .216 .228
2023 Shades L 79 42 53.2 .142 .287
2024 Shades L 326 149 45.7 .256 .306
! 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 %
2021 98 17.9 9.2% 1.0% 74 24.8 0.0% 23.0%
2023 103 16.1 31.1% 0.0% 55 19.6 1.8% 0.0%
2024 349 15.5 41.0% 0.3% 245 18.6 4.1% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings