Will Benson
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #14, Cleveland Indians | Westminster (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 61 55 8 10 0 0 .182 .250 .200 .450
2023 329 287 51 79 11 19 .275 .365 .498 .863
2 Seasons 390 342 59 89 11 19 .260 .347 .450 .797
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .182 0 0 .450
2023 .275 11 19 .863
2 Seasons .260 11 19 .797
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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%
2022 24 229 37 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 107.6 10.4 18.9 .181 .228 .212 .224 .276 27.0 31.1 4.9
2023 25 1368 185 19 10.3 5.8 90.2 108.1 14.6 40.5 .230 .398 .369 .321 .417 42.2 31.3 12.2
Player 1597 222 19 8.6 4.9 89.2 108.1 13.9 36.9 .222 .371 .345 .306 .394 39.6 31.3 11.0
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
2022 48.6 18.9 18.9 13.5 40.5 40.5 18.9 10.8 32.4 24.3 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
2023 38.4 28.1 27.0 6.5 38.4 43.2 18.4 3.8 25.9 23.2 27.6 9.2 10.3 5.8
Player 40.1 26.6 25.7 7.7 38.7 42.8 18.5 5.0 27.0 23.4 27.5 8.6 8.6 4.9
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 476 34.8 108 .297 .527 .406 28.1 27.8 21.4 .257 .465 .367 53.2
2023 Slider 0.1 0 193 14.1 60 .193 .421 .278 35.9 40.0 32.0 .145 .254 .196 30.3
2023 Curveball -0.1 0 189 13.8 38 .257 .400 .316 37.5 36.8 24.6 .178 .295 .239 28.6
2023 Sinker -0.7 -1 163 11.9 46 .289 .342 .352 25.3 26.1 33.3 .301 .450 .388 50.0
2023 Changeup 1.0 1 136 9.9 28 .261 .478 .414 39.6 32.1 21.4 .251 .366 .344 28.6
2023 Cutter 0.8 1 114 8.3 23 .333 .762 .476 30.8 26.1 21.4 .251 .558 .367 46.7
2023 Sweeper 3.0 1 46 3.4 13 .200 .400 .354 25.0 38.5 26.3 .149 .197 .275 40.0
2023 Split-Finger 9.2 4 44 3.2 11 .455 1.091 .641 38.5 27.3 13.0 .312 .636 .399 37.5
2023 Slurve 1.7 0 6 0.4 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Screwball 39.8 0 1 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .849 1.006 .807 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -2 82 35.8 25 .136 .182 .223 29.3 44.0 45.8 .114 .198 .181 25.0
2022 Changeup -3.7 -2 41 17.9 10 .200 .200 .180 26.3 0.0 0.0 .316 .352 .298 20.0
2022 Curveball -2.1 -1 30 13.1 9 .000 .000 .078 41.7 44.4 40.0 .062 .063 .129 50.0
2022 Slider 9.9 3 26 11.4 5 1.000 1.000 .860 14.3 0.0 0.0 .678 .745 .648 50.0
2022 Sinker -6.1 -1 22 9.6 6 .000 .000 .117 37.5 16.7 16.7 .133 .143 .220 25.0
2022 Cutter -5.0 -1 16 7.0 4 .000 .000 .000 42.9 50.0 50.0 .028 .044 .033 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -3.2 0 7 3.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2022 Sweeper 3.0 0 3 1.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .291 .294 .269 0.0
2022 Slurve -1.9 0 2 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 62 234 -4 -3 1 2 -4
2023 329 1,368 5 -13 13 5 10
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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 %
2022 229 52.4 60.0 79.2 23.9 38.5 41.9 31.1 42.8 30.6 8.3 84.2
2023 1,368 50.2 65.9 76.2 19.4 41.7 42.6 28.9 42.8 31.5 7.9 80.6
Player 1,597 50.5 65.1 76.6 20.0 41.1 42.5 29.2 42.8 31.3 8.0 81.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2022 35 93 46
2023 36 88 20 67
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.6 11 10.2 1 2 10 2 18.2
Player 22.6 11 10.2 1 2 10 2 18.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 11 9 7 8 10 11 11 10 7 10 10 9 11 11 11 10 12 10 11 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 11 12 11 10 10
Player 11 9 7 8 10 11 11 10 7 10 10 9 11 11 11 10 12 10 11 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 11 12 11 10 10
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.2 90.2 6.0
Launch Angle 10.4 14.6 4.2
Barrel % 0.0 10.3 10.3
Hard Hit % 27.0 42.2 15.2
Sweet Spot % 18.9 40.5 21.6
xBA .181 .230 0.049
BA .182 .275 0.093
xwOBA .224 .321 0.097
wOBA .212 .369 0.157
xSLG .228 .398 0.170
SLG .200 .498 0.298
K% 31.1 31.3 0.2
BB% 4.9 12.2 7.3
Swing % 42.8 42.8 0.0
Whiff% 30.6 31.5 0.9
In Zone % 52.4 50.2 -2.2
Out of Zone % 47.6 49.8 2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 23.9 19.4 -4.5
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 28.9 -2.2
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 56.8 -8.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 61 58 95.1 .000 .219
2023 Shades L 328 187 57.0 .379 .364
! 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 %
2022 43 15.7 39.5% 4.7% 65 21.3 7.7% 6.2%
2023 391 15.8 37.3% 0.5% 254 19.1 6.3% 1.2%
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