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Drew Waters
LF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #41, Atlanta Braves | Etowah (GA) HS
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2023 337 302 40 69 8 16 .228 .300 .377 .677
2024 19 16 2 3 0 0 .188 .316 .250 .566
2025 23 23 2 4 0 0 .174 .174 .217 .391
4 Seasons 488 437 58 99 13 16 .227 .300 .387 .687
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2023 .228 8 16 .677
2024 .188 0 0 .566
2025 .174 0 0 .391
4 Seasons .227 13 16 .687
20252025 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value-3NOT QUALIFIEDBaserunning Run Value0NOT QUALIFIEDFielding Run Value-1NOT QUALIFIEDBattingxwOBA.156NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.148NOT QUALIFIEDxSLG.223NOT QUALIFIEDAvg Exit Velocity90.1NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %0.0NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %27.3NOT QUALIFIEDLA Sweet-Spot %54.5NOT QUALIFIEDBat Speed71.0NOT QUALIFIEDSquared-Up %23.3NOT QUALIFIEDChase %39.1NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %41.7NOT QUALIFIEDK %38.9NOT QUALIFIEDBB %0.0NOT QUALIFIEDFieldingRange (OAA)-1NOT QUALIFIEDArm Value0NOT QUALIFIEDArm Strength--NOT QUALIFIEDRunningSprint Speed26.5NOT QUALIFIED39
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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%
2022 23 433 56 7 12.5 6.4 84.1 110.6 10.4 41.1 .198 .379 .347 .296 .423 28.6 36.7 11.0
2023 24 1317 198 20 10.1 5.9 87.4 112.2 17.2 38.4 .235 .412 .296 .313 .420 35.9 31.8 8.0
2024 25 94 10 0 0.0 0.0 77.9 95.9 3.8 20.0 .099 .138 .269 .199 .169 20.0 31.6 10.5
2025 26 57 11 0 0.0 0.0 90.1 97.4 12.7 54.5 .148 .223 .149 .156 .266 27.3 38.9 0.0
Player 1901 275 27 9.8 5.6 86.5 112.2 15.2 38.9 .218 .387 .301 .299 .406 33.5 33.1 8.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 %
2022 48.2 51.8 28.6 21.4 1.8 39.3 33.9 26.8 17.9 21.4 8.9 21.4 12.5 17.9
2023 34.3 65.7 34.8 26.3 4.5 40.4 35.4 24.2 18.7 13.1 2.5 21.7 22.2 21.7
2024 50.0 50.0 30.0 10.0 10.0 60.0 30.0 10.0 30.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 10.0 10.0
2025 36.4 63.6 27.3 36.4 0.0 18.2 72.7 9.1 9.1 27.3 0.0 9.1 45.5 9.1
Player 37.8 62.2 33.1 25.1 4.0 40.0 36.4 23.6 18.5 15.6 3.6 21.5 20.7 20.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 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
2022 7.1 35.7 21.4 19.6 3.6 12.5 6.4
2023 4.5 24.7 25.3 27.8 7.6 10.1 5.9
2024 0.0 50.0 40.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2025 0.0 27.3 18.2 36.4 9.1 0.0 0.0
Player 4.7 28.0 24.7 25.8 6.5 9.8 5.6
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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -6.6 -1 19 33.3 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 60.0 60.0 .088 .175 .108 50.0
2025 Changeup -9.7 -2 18 31.6 7 .000 .000 .000 60.0 57.1 57.1 .066 .099 .068 33.3
2025 Cutter 7.5 0 6 10.5 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .421 .611 .441 0.0
2025 Curveball -9.0 0 5 8.8 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .135 .160 .126 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 13.7 0 3 5.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .217 .233 .195 100.0
2025 Slider -0.2 0 2 3.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Sinker -5.0 0 2 3.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Sweeper 1.6 0 2 3.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Changeup -2.5 -1 27 28.7 5 .200 .200 .180 22.2 0.0 0.0 .218 .261 .213 20.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 0 24 25.5 4 .000 .000 .350 42.9 25.0 16.7 .045 .047 .373 0.0
2024 Sinker 2.0 0 15 16.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 14.3 0.0 0.0 .194 .198 .190 0.0
2024 Cutter 3.3 0 13 13.8 5 .250 .500 .390 42.9 40.0 50.0 .038 .101 .187 0.0
2024 Curveball -8.0 0 5 5.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slider -5.6 0 5 5.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 20.0 .029 .105 .055 100.0
2024 Sweeper -11.5 0 3 3.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Split-Finger 4.2 0 2 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2022 109 433 4 -5 3 1 2
2023 336 1,317 -2 -20 5 5 -12
2024 19 94 -1 -2 0 1 -1
2025 18 57 -1 -2 0 0 -3
Player 482 1,901 1 -28 8 1 -13
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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 433 48.3 69.9 75.3 25.9 46.6 45.5 33.9 47.1 32.8 6.5 85.7
2023 1,317 47.3 73.0 76.9 31.8 47.5 43.9 35.3 51.3 32.5 8.1 86.9
2024 94 43.6 78.0 78.1 22.6 41.7 53.2 15.8 46.8 31.8 4.3 75.0
2025 57 59.6 79.4 70.4 39.1 22.2 43.9 33.3 63.2 41.7 12.3 85.7
Player 1,901 47.7 72.8 76.4 30.2 46.3 44.7 34.2 50.5 32.9 7.7 86.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2022 69 83 98
2023 79 84 88 93 66 4 84
2024 2 69
2025 4 39
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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 %
2022 23.2 5 5.0 0 0 1 4 80.0
2023 23.7 8 11.2 -3 3 10 5 62.5
2024 -- 0 0.7 -1 0 1 0 --
Player 23.6 13 16.9 -4 3 12 9 69.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2022 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2023 8 13 7 11 14 12 13 11 10 8 10 13 11 10 14 11 13 11 13 14 10 12 16 12 8 8 12 13 10 10 7
2024 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Player 13 18 12 17 20 18 19 17 16 13 16 19 16 15 20 17 19 17 19 20 15 17 22 18 14 13 18 19 15 15 13
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
2022
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2023
+/-
 
2024
+/-
 
2025
Exit Velocity 84.1 3.3 87.4 -9.5 77.9 12.2 90.1
Launch Angle 10.4 6.8 17.2 -13.4 3.8 8.9 12.7
Barrel % 12.5 -2.4 10.1 -10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hard Hit % 28.6 7.3 35.9 -15.9 20.0 7.3 27.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.1 -2.7 38.4 -18.4 20.0 34.5 54.5
xBA .198 0.037 .235 -0.136 .099 0.049 .148
BA .240 -0.012 .228 -0.040 .188 -0.021 .167
xwOBA .296 0.017 .313 -0.114 .199 -0.043 .156
wOBA .347 -0.051 .296 -0.027 .269 -0.120 .149
xSLG .379 0.033 .412 -0.274 .138 0.085 .223
SLG .479 -0.102 .377 -0.127 .250 -0.083 .167
K% 36.7 -4.9 31.8 -0.2 31.6 7.3 38.9
BB% 11.0 -3.0 8.0 2.5 10.5 -10.5 0.0
Swing % 47.1 4.2 51.3 -4.5 46.8 16.4 63.2
Whiff% 32.8 -0.3 32.5 -0.7 31.8 9.9 41.7
In Zone % 48.3 -1.0 47.3 -3.7 43.6 16.0 59.6
Out of Zone % 51.7 1.0 52.7 3.7 56.4 -16.0 40.4
Out of Zone Swing % 25.9 5.9 31.8 -9.2 22.6 16.5 39.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.9 1.4 35.3 -19.5 15.8 17.5 33.3
First Pitch Strike % 56.0 7.5 63.5 -16.1 47.4 19.3 66.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 81 44 54.3 .420 .302
2022 Shifts R 28 0 0.0 .326
2023 Shades L 250 134 53.6 .354 .270
2023 Shades R 85 3 3.5 .274 .000
2024 Shades L 18 13 72.2 .314 .273
2024 Shades R 1 0 0.0 .000
2025 Shades L 17 11 64.7 .149 .162
2025 Shades R 1 0 0.0 .000
! 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 %
2022 113 17.6 24.8% 1.8% 71 22.6 1.4% 11.3%
2023 349 15.3 45.8% 0.0% 204 18.4 8.8% 0.0%
2024 33 15.4 42.4% 0.0% 11 19.1 0.0% 0.0%
2025 6 13.7 66.7% 0.0% 3 17.3 0.0% 0.0%
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