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
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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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 41.9 27.4 21.0 9.7 30.6 41.9 27.4 9.7 33.9 25.8 21.0 3.2 6.5 4.1
2023 40.8 26.5 20.4 12.2 38.8 32.7 28.6 4.1 30.6 36.7 22.4 0.0 6.1 3.8
2024 47.0 20.8 24.8 7.4 31.7 39.6 28.7 4.5 34.7 26.7 27.2 3.0 3.5 2.1
Player 45.0 23.0 23.3 8.6 32.6 39.0 28.4 5.4 33.9 28.1 25.2 2.6 4.5 2.8
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -7 496 36.6 108 .209 .279 .315 16.2 16.7 12.5 .200 .336 .326 29.4
2024 Changeup -0.9 -1 169 12.5 42 .268 .317 .269 32.5 23.8 19.6 .197 .243 .202 25.8
2024 Sinker 3.0 5 157 11.6 45 .378 .514 .464 18.9 20.0 20.9 .303 .425 .383 39.3
2024 Slider 0.4 1 151 11.1 49 .244 .356 .296 37.8 38.8 30.6 .185 .265 .235 42.3
2024 Curveball -2.2 -3 145 10.7 30 .034 .069 .095 40.7 53.3 31.4 .112 .162 .136 15.4
2024 Cutter -2.8 -3 113 8.3 28 .185 .222 .198 23.2 28.6 28.6 .196 .223 .201 31.6
2024 Split-Finger -3.5 -2 71 5.2 15 .143 .143 .167 46.9 33.3 21.7 .115 .124 .145 33.3
2024 Sweeper 6.5 3 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 -2.5 -3 112 34.8 30 .083 .083 .200 25.0 16.7 15.6 .152 .200 .262 36.8
2023 Sinker -5.7 -3 50 15.5 14 .154 .154 .179 12.5 14.3 12.5 .288 .368 .312 36.4
2023 Cutter -3.2 -1 37 11.5 7 .167 .667 .386 0.0 0.0 0.0 .386 .803 .523 50.0
2023 Slider -2.1 -1 37 11.5 5 .000 .000 .140 50.0 40.0 18.2 .053 .149 .203 0.0
2023 Changeup -2.2 -1 35 10.9 11 .111 .222 .241 46.7 36.4 30.8 .105 .213 .236 20.0
2023 Curveball 1.7 1 34 10.6 6 .333 .833 .483 45.5 33.3 20.0 .157 .318 .196 50.0
2023 Sweeper -6.2 -1 13 4.0 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 75.0 42.9 .044 .061 .043 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -6.4 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -8.6 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .243 .339 .249 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 98 386 -6 -8 2 3 -9
2023 79 322 -5 -5 1 1 -9
2024 327 1,357 -5 -17 8 5 -9
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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 3 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 9 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
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/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 EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %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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