Spencer Torkelson
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 220LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #1, Detroit Tigers | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 404 360 38 73 8 0 .203 .285 .319 .604
2023 684 606 88 141 31 3 .233 .313 .446 .759
2024 86 74 8 16 0 0 .216 .318 .311 .629
3 Seasons 1,174 1,040 134 230 39 3 .221 .303 .392 .695
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .203 8 0 .604
2023 .233 31 3 .759
2024 .216 0 0 .629
3 Seasons .221 39 3 .695
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Hits Spray Chart

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 22 1609 263 22 8.4 5.4 90.5 111.5 15.0 35.4 .226 .378 .272 .305 .358 41.8 24.5 9.2
2023 23 2814 440 62 14.1 9.1 91.8 112.7 17.1 33.2 .253 .487 .326 .352 .432 50.9 25.0 9.8
2024 24 318 54 1 1.9 1.2 86.0 107.2 23.1 25.9 .193 .293 .277 .264 .274 31.5 21.0 9.9
Player 4741 757 85 11.2 7.3 90.9 112.7 16.8 33.4 .240 .436 .304 .329 .395 46.4 24.6 9.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2022 40.7 25.9 25.9 7.6 39.2 34.2 26.6 0.8 32.7 27.8 22.1 8.0 8.4 5.4
2023 33.9 31.6 24.5 10.0 46.1 30.7 23.2 1.4 26.4 29.3 21.4 7.0 14.1 9.1
2024 31.5 35.2 14.8 18.5 50.0 27.8 22.2 3.7 25.9 44.4 16.7 7.4 1.9 1.2
Player 36.1 29.9 24.3 9.8 44.0 31.7 24.3 1.3 28.5 29.9 21.3 7.4 11.2 7.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -1 101 31.8 26 .130 .217 .212 17.6 19.2 16.7 .153 .323 .257 27.8
2024 Slider -1.6 -1 78 24.5 19 .167 .167 .179 37.8 26.3 21.7 .192 .256 .221 23.1
2024 Sinker 0.5 0 57 17.9 14 .300 .400 .418 19.0 0.0 0.0 .319 .388 .416 60.0
2024 Sweeper 0.0 0 31 9.7 9 .333 .556 .378 37.5 44.4 44.4 .123 .134 .112 0.0
2024 Cutter 0.7 0 22 6.9 6 .400 .400 .417 16.7 0.0 0.0 .232 .395 .339 40.0
2024 Changeup -0.2 0 18 5.7 3 .333 .667 .417 25.0 0.0 0.0 .431 .570 .445 33.3
2024 Curveball 6.2 0 7 2.2 2 .000 .000 .350 -- 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2024 Split-Finger -10.9 0 4 1.3 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 855 30.4 220 .265 .514 .386 20.5 20.5 19.1 .279 .573 .406 59.4
2023 Slider -0.6 -4 589 20.9 131 .210 .361 .306 31.7 34.4 22.1 .202 .323 .267 37.8
2023 Sinker -0.1 -1 435 15.5 122 .255 .418 .359 11.5 13.9 16.0 .318 .566 .405 60.2
2023 Changeup -1.3 -4 321 11.4 76 .127 .296 .201 33.1 27.6 17.5 .218 .422 .289 43.1
2023 Curveball 1.5 3 224 8.0 45 .220 .634 .380 27.0 37.8 21.5 .168 .459 .296 41.7
2023 Cutter -0.7 -1 162 5.8 35 .355 .677 .467 18.6 11.4 12.9 .351 .608 .439 48.1
2023 Sweeper -0.1 0 149 5.3 36 .176 .412 .250 41.5 44.4 23.5 .194 .445 .270 31.6
2023 Split-Finger -0.2 0 53 1.9 12 .300 .300 .342 35.5 33.3 14.3 .173 .192 .251 33.3
2023 Screwball 3.6 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -8 555 34.5 144 .175 .292 .286 19.5 21.5 19.4 .212 .390 .327 46.7
2022 Slider -1.4 -5 348 21.6 83 .205 .295 .237 39.0 36.1 25.4 .198 .329 .254 40.8
2022 Sinker 1.1 2 209 13.0 62 .356 .559 .408 13.8 12.9 25.8 .350 .585 .415 51.0
2022 Changeup -2.4 -4 167 10.4 47 .075 .075 .181 30.5 25.5 20.3 .150 .170 .226 28.6
2022 Curveball -1.6 -2 131 8.1 28 .148 .185 .166 30.8 35.7 24.4 .210 .286 .232 29.4
2022 Cutter -1.5 -2 106 6.6 20 .111 .278 .215 23.3 15.0 14.3 .226 .424 .319 40.0
2022 Sweeper 1.4 1 82 5.1 17 .333 .600 .432 29.5 29.4 15.2 .259 .424 .343 30.0
2022 Split-Finger -10.9 -1 6 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .074 .086 .070 0.0
2022 Slurve 5.2 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 404 1,609 -11 -27 13 8 -16
2023 678 2,790 -6 -19 14 10 -1
2024 81 318 -3 -3 3 1 -2
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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 1,609 50.2 67.0 82.1 24.7 53.5 43.0 28.5 45.9 25.6 8.8 79.6
2023 2,814 51.4 67.5 82.4 23.6 54.1 40.4 29.0 46.2 24.7 8.3 77.3
2024 318 51.9 66.1 81.7 26.1 47.5 46.9 23.5 46.9 27.5 6.9 77.3
Player 4,741 51.0 67.3 82.2 24.1 53.4 41.7 28.4 46.2 25.2 8.4 78.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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 37 20 37 50 37 38 56 78 78 61 27 63 43 75 63 38 4
2023 78 47 84 87 61 97 89 87 83 94 30 67 52 80 50 6 6
2024 12 10 11 24 19 8 10 20 47 24 54 59 38 55 42 74
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 24.3 8 11.5 -4 4 9 4 50.0
2023 23.7 31 35.2 -4 12 24 16 51.6
2024 -- 0 0.7 -1 1 1 0 --
Player 23.9 39 47.3 -8 17 34 20 51.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 8 11 11 10 12 12 13 11 8 7 11 12 13 11 13 12 11 12 12 12 11 11 14 12 8 11 12 14 12 13 13
2023 31 26 30 32 39 35 39 30 37 33 38 42 29 31 40 37 39 30 38 41 32 38 42 42 25 30 37 38 34 38 33
2024 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
Player 39 37 42 42 52 48 53 41 45 40 49 55 43 43 54 49 51 43 50 54 44 50 57 55 34 42 49 52 47 52 47
! 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 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.5 91.8 1.3 86.0 -5.8
Launch Angle 15.0 17.1 2.1 23.1 6.0
Barrel % 8.4 14.1 5.7 1.9 -12.2
Hard Hit % 41.8 50.9 9.1 31.5 -19.4
Sweet Spot % 35.4 33.2 -2.2 25.9 -7.3
xBA .226 .253 0.027 .193 -0.060
BA .203 .233 0.030 .211 -0.022
xwOBA .305 .352 0.047 .264 -0.088
wOBA .272 .326 0.054 .277 -0.049
xSLG .378 .487 0.109 .293 -0.194
SLG .319 .446 0.127 .296 -0.150
K% 24.5 25.0 0.5 21.0 -4.0
BB% 9.2 9.8 0.6 9.9 0.1
Swing % 45.9 46.2 0.3 46.9 0.7
Whiff% 25.6 24.7 -0.9 27.5 2.8
In Zone % 50.2 51.4 1.2 51.9 0.5
Out of Zone % 49.8 48.6 -1.2 48.1 -0.5
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 23.6 -1.1 26.1 2.5
First Pitch Swing % 28.5 29.0 0.5 23.5 -5.5
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 60.6 2.2 64.2 3.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 404 69 17.1 .268 .293
2023 Shades R 678 71 10.5 .332 .287
2024 Shades R 81 1 1.2 .280 .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 EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 476 18.0 19.3% 1.5% 277 22.2 0.7% 4.3%
2023 771 15.5 43.1% 0.4% 474 19.2 4.4% 0.8%
2024 52 14.9 51.9% 0.0% 50 18.3 8.0% 0.0%
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