Dylan Carlson
LF | Bats/Throws: S/L | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #33, St. Louis Cardinals | Elk Grove (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 488 432 56 102 8 5 .236 .316 .380 .696
2023 255 219 27 48 5 3 .219 .318 .333 .651
2024 265 235 19 49 3 2 .209 .287 .277 .564
5 Seasons 1,746 1,538 192 365 37 13 .237 .317 .376 .693
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .236 8 5 .696
2023 .219 5 3 .651
2024 .209 3 2 .564
5 Seasons .237 37 13 .693
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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%
2020 21 492 76 7 9.2 5.9 87.4 108.3 9.3 40.8 .246 .441 .264 .314 .418 42.1 29.4 6.7
2021 22 2530 399 28 7.0 4.5 88.2 109.0 15.1 40.6 .247 .407 .336 .322 .383 31.1 24.6 9.2
2022 23 1964 342 15 4.4 3.1 86.1 109.2 12.9 35.7 .234 .355 .306 .301 .326 27.2 19.3 9.2
2023 24 1047 173 10 5.8 3.9 89.3 109.1 15.0 34.1 .237 .381 .293 .318 .335 37.6 19.2 10.2
2024 25 1110 163 4 2.5 1.5 86.8 107.2 15.8 30.1 .200 .281 .257 .256 .300 25.8 28.3 8.3
Player 7143 1153 64 5.6 3.7 87.5 109.2 14.1 36.7 .235 .372 .304 .305 .349 30.9 23.2 9.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2020 44.7 15.8 34.2 5.3 35.5 38.2 26.3 7.9 32.9 14.5 21.1 14.5 9.2 5.9
2021 40.1 31.1 24.3 4.3 39.3 32.6 28.1 3.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 7.0 7.0 4.5
2022 43.0 27.5 25.1 4.4 34.8 38.0 27.2 5.0 30.7 29.8 22.2 7.3 4.4 3.1
2023 43.9 26.6 22.0 7.5 32.9 41.6 25.4 1.7 32.4 27.2 24.9 8.1 5.8 3.9
2024 41.7 30.7 22.7 4.9 41.7 30.7 27.6 3.7 31.3 31.9 22.7 8.0 2.5 1.5
Player 42.1 28.3 24.6 4.9 37.1 35.6 27.2 3.9 30.0 27.8 24.4 7.9 5.6 3.7
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 -0.9 -4 399 35.9 95 .205 .289 .269 33.0 31.6 26.5 .187 .284 .258 31.5
2024 Changeup 1.8 3 166 15.0 35 .294 .353 .323 32.9 22.9 15.1 .284 .373 .295 23.1
2024 Slider -2.6 -4 144 13.0 39 .118 .118 .182 40.3 41.0 23.5 .145 .187 .215 16.7
2024 Sinker -2.1 -3 136 12.3 32 .207 .379 .269 25.0 18.8 15.8 .202 .343 .255 45.8
2024 Cutter -4.0 -4 108 9.7 26 .091 .091 .150 25.0 19.2 20.0 .182 .232 .239 16.7
2024 Curveball 1.7 2 91 8.2 20 .333 .400 .418 13.8 15.0 9.7 .240 .297 .350 16.7
2024 Sweeper -1.2 0 34 3.1 8 .250 .250 .225 20.0 50.0 23.5 .117 .136 .108 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.9 0 32 2.9 10 .300 .400 .305 44.4 30.0 25.0 .260 .284 .237 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -2 388 37.1 92 .218 .397 .320 15.8 17.4 15.2 .233 .442 .338 46.0
2023 Slider -0.8 -1 170 16.2 46 .154 .231 .248 40.8 34.8 22.2 .140 .218 .236 26.1
2023 Changeup -0.7 -1 142 13.6 31 .214 .286 .271 36.2 19.4 20.7 .294 .468 .337 30.4
2023 Sinker -1.4 -2 119 11.4 30 .250 .250 .350 17.2 6.7 6.9 .302 .361 .369 45.5
2023 Curveball 1.9 2 84 8.0 18 .286 .357 .336 14.3 11.1 7.1 .271 .357 .360 23.1
2023 Cutter 0.5 0 75 7.2 21 .350 .450 .367 18.6 23.8 20.0 .270 .357 .293 40.0
2023 Sweeper 1.4 1 39 3.7 7 .286 .714 .414 26.3 28.6 18.2 .249 .537 .323 20.0
2023 Split-Finger -5.5 -2 28 2.7 10 .000 .000 .070 13.3 0.0 0.0 .198 .309 .263 33.3
2023 Slurve -4.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 760 38.7 176 .248 .420 .336 24.4 19.3 16.0 .240 .397 .318 33.9
2022 Changeup -1.8 -5 280 14.3 74 .211 .239 .220 33.8 20.3 21.4 .216 .259 .229 14.3
2022 Slider -0.4 -1 276 14.1 78 .188 .313 .297 28.0 20.5 16.3 .190 .295 .287 22.0
2022 Curveball 1.6 4 224 11.4 48 .225 .425 .349 17.3 12.5 8.8 .250 .353 .322 20.0
2022 Sinker -1.5 -3 183 9.3 53 .222 .400 .337 22.5 22.6 23.1 .234 .458 .358 42.4
2022 Cutter -0.5 -1 147 7.5 33 .355 .516 .395 23.0 21.2 17.5 .325 .381 .335 20.8
2022 Split-Finger 0.7 0 47 2.4 15 .267 .333 .263 42.9 26.7 17.4 .190 .229 .183 27.3
2022 Sweeper 0.5 0 32 1.6 7 .167 .667 .386 8.3 0.0 0.0 .231 .393 .334 16.7
2022 Slurve 1.9 0 6 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -2 879 34.7 251 .256 .457 .350 25.7 26.3 24.5 .246 .431 .329 33.5
2021 Changeup 0.9 4 418 16.5 73 .290 .419 .357 35.4 19.2 12.6 .280 .449 .361 20.4
2021 Curveball 0.8 3 335 13.2 73 .217 .362 .273 26.1 21.9 15.5 .248 .335 .277 24.5
2021 Sinker 2.5 8 333 13.2 88 .390 .623 .456 19.5 20.5 20.5 .307 .551 .400 45.0
2021 Slider 0.2 1 306 12.1 65 .222 .278 .318 36.0 33.8 20.6 .169 .203 .244 21.2
2021 Cutter -2.0 -3 156 6.2 37 .242 .485 .330 27.4 18.9 16.3 .221 .422 .306 29.6
2021 Split-Finger -2.9 -2 60 2.4 16 .133 .133 .156 51.7 43.8 26.9 .149 .190 .182 25.0
2021 Sweeper -7.7 -2 27 1.1 10 .000 .000 .070 22.2 20.0 18.2 .161 .279 .235 28.6
2021 Slurve -0.1 0 9 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .524 .682 .528 50.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -2 164 33.3 38 .242 .424 .320 28.2 34.2 28.9 .261 .529 .359 61.9
2020 Changeup -4.2 -4 89 18.1 22 .136 .182 .139 38.1 40.9 26.5 .159 .227 .168 23.1
2020 Curveball -2.9 -2 73 14.8 15 .071 .071 .107 33.3 33.3 25.0 .148 .254 .206 33.3
2020 Slider 5.7 4 70 14.2 18 .353 .941 .539 24.1 16.7 13.0 .281 .555 .366 42.9
2020 Sinker -4.4 -2 40 8.1 11 .111 .111 .291 12.5 9.1 20.0 .356 .518 .432 37.5
2020 Cutter 2.6 1 35 7.1 10 .300 .400 .305 37.5 20.0 25.0 .391 .746 .478 37.5
2020 Split-Finger -5.7 -1 14 2.8 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 25.0 16.7 .229 .244 .211 33.3
2020 Sweeper 0.9 0 3 0.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 132 546 -4 -7 3 3 -5
2021 621 2,551 -7 -17 20 12 8
2022 491 1,988 -16 -9 14 6 -5
2023 255 1,047 -4 -15 6 7 -6
2024 265 1,110 -7 -16 8 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 %
2020 492 47.3 59.3 77.4 24.5 52.4 42.2 10.9 41.1 30.7 7.6 70.3
2021 2,530 48.7 67.2 79.0 23.9 52.9 41.9 23.3 45.0 27.9 7.6 73.6
2022 1,964 49.7 67.8 79.5 24.8 59.6 45.0 21.8 46.2 25.6 7.9 83.3
2023 1,047 49.0 68.0 82.5 24.9 63.2 43.8 27.8 46.0 22.6 6.8 84.5
2024 1,110 51.0 70.5 73.5 24.8 53.3 45.5 35.5 48.2 31.0 8.0 79.8
Player 7,143 49.3 67.5 78.6 24.5 56.3 43.6 24.5 45.7 27.1 7.6 78.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2020 53 75 42 70
2021 42 40 39 38 52 46 35 29 59 9 27 55 27 74 72 17 80
2022 31 26 21 25 47 19 15 7 51 4 59 63 43 74 70 84 88
2023 46 57 84
2024 29 49 6 63
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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 %
2020 25.0 3 3.7 -1 4 3 1 33.3
2021 23.1 18 16.6 1 9 17 5 27.8
2022 21.7 8 10.7 -3 7 7 5 62.5
2023 22.6 5 5.5 -1 2 4 3 60.0
2024 23.4 3 2.4 1 2 3 0 0.0
Player 22.8 37 39.0 -2 24 34 14 37.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2020 3 4 7 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 1
2021 18 19 17 14 16 14 17 17 10 10 13 20 20 12 16 20 13 16 16 16 18 20 23 20 19 16 16 19 22 13 15
2022 8 10 12 14 9 10 12 9 6 8 10 15 10 10 11 14 11 10 12 9 11 10 15 12 9 8 15 12 10 9 9
2023 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
2024 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2
Player 37 39 42 38 36 36 41 36 25 28 34 50 42 31 39 44 37 37 39 39 41 44 54 44 39 34 42 44 45 36 33
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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.4 88.2 0.8 ↑ 86.1 -2.1 ↓ 89.3 3.2 ↑ 86.8 -2.5 ↓
Launch Angle 9.3 15.1 5.8 ↑ 12.9 -2.2 ↓ 15.0 2.1 ↑ 15.8 0.8 ↑
Barrel % 9.2 7.0 -2.2 ↓ 4.4 -2.6 ↓ 5.8 1.4 ↑ 2.5 -3.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.1 31.1 -11.0 ↓ 27.2 -3.9 ↓ 37.6 10.4 ↑ 25.8 -11.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.8 40.6 -0.2 ↓ 35.7 -4.9 ↓ 34.1 -1.6 ↓ 30.1 -4.0 ↓
xBA .246 .247 0.001 ↑ .234 -0.013 ↓ .237 0.003 ↑ .200 -0.037 ↓
BA .200 .266 0.066 ↑ .236 -0.030 ↓ .219 -0.017 ↓ .209 -0.010 ↓
xwOBA .314 .322 0.008 ↑ .301 -0.021 ↓ .318 0.017 ↑ .256 -0.062 ↓
wOBA .264 .336 0.072 ↑ .306 -0.030 ↓ .293 -0.013 ↓ .257 -0.036 ↓
xSLG .441 .407 -0.034 ↓ .355 -0.052 ↓ .381 0.026 ↑ .281 -0.100 ↓
SLG .364 .437 0.073 ↑ .380 -0.057 ↓ .333 -0.047 ↓ .277 -0.056 ↓
K% 29.4 24.6 -4.8 ↓ 19.3 -5.3 ↓ 19.2 -0.1 ↓ 28.3 9.1 ↑
BB% 6.7 9.2 2.5 ↑ 9.2 0.0 10.2 1.0 ↑ 8.3 -1.9 ↓
Swing % 41.1 45.0 3.9 ↑ 46.2 1.2 ↑ 46.0 -0.2 ↓ 48.2 2.2 ↑
Whiff% 30.7 27.9 -2.8 ↓ 25.6 -2.3 ↓ 22.6 -3.0 ↓ 31.0 8.4 ↑
In Zone % 47.3 48.7 1.4 ↑ 49.7 1.0 ↑ 49.0 -0.7 ↓ 51.0 2.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.7 51.3 -1.4 ↓ 50.3 -1.0 ↓ 51.0 0.7 ↑ 49.0 -2.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 23.9 -0.6 ↓ 24.8 0.9 ↑ 24.9 0.1 ↑ 24.8 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 10.9 23.3 12.4 ↑ 21.8 -1.5 ↓ 27.8 6.0 ↑ 35.5 7.7 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 59.0 1.9 ↑ 56.5 -2.5 ↓ 60.0 3.5 ↑ 68.3 8.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 104 40 38.5 .228 .334
2020 Shifts R 14 0 0.0 .251
2021 Shifts L 473 246 52.0 .317 .327
2021 Shifts R 137 4 2.9 .401 .220
2022 Shifts L 341 204 59.8 .248 .307
2022 Shifts R 141 24 17.0 .371 .353
2023 Shades L 170 59 34.7 .244 .312
2023 Shades R 81 6 7.4 .351 .353
2024 Shades L 148 69 46.6 .288 .183
2024 Shades R 115 5 4.3 .262 .628
! 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 135 17.7 25.2% 2.2% 101 22.7 6.9% 8.9%
2021 742 17.5 23.5% 2.0% 441 24.1 2.3% 10.7%
2022 597 18.2 18.8% 3.5% 315 23.5 1.0% 11.4%
2023 260 15.0 50.0% 0.4% 193 19.0 6.7% 1.0%
2024 274 15.5 42.7% 0.0% 195 18.7 3.6% 0.0%
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