Michael Massey
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 4, #109, Kansas City Royals | University of Illinois
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 194 173 16 42 4 3 .243 .307 .376 .683
2023 461 428 42 98 15 6 .229 .274 .381 .655
2024 356 332 45 86 14 1 .259 .294 .449 .743
3 Seasons 1,011 933 103 226 33 10 .242 .287 .404 .691
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .243 4 3 .683
2023 .229 15 6 .655
2024 .259 14 1 .743
3 Seasons .242 33 10 .691
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
  • ▾

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 24 719 131 17 13.0 8.8 89.3 108.8 16.4 35.1 .243 .450 .302 .332 .402 38.2 23.7 4.6
2023 25 1841 334 26 7.8 5.6 88.6 110.3 19.7 38.0 .260 .432 .283 .319 .381 39.5 21.5 5.2
2024 26 1330 282 20 7.1 5.6 89.2 110.0 16.8 34.4 .262 .423 .317 .312 .352 36.9 15.7 4.2
Player 3890 747 63 8.4 6.2 88.9 110.3 18.0 36.1 .258 .432 .298 .319 .374 38.3 19.9 4.7
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
  • ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾
  •   
    ▾

Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 38.9 31.3 22.9 6.9 50.4 31.3 18.3 9.2 26.7 24.4 21.4 4.6 13.0 8.8
2023 31.4 30.5 28.1 9.9 51.8 26.6 21.6 4.2 21.6 32.9 26.0 7.5 7.8 5.6
2024 39.7 33.0 21.3 6.0 51.8 29.1 19.1 3.2 28.4 29.4 24.8 7.1 7.1 5.6
Player 35.9 31.6 24.6 7.9 51.5 28.4 20.1 4.7 25.0 30.1 24.8 6.8 8.4 6.2
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 -0.4 -2 486 36.5 119 .239 .477 .357 15.0 13.4 10.7 .235 .426 .315 36.6
2024 Slider 0.1 0 168 12.6 49 .239 .326 .251 30.4 24.5 20.7 .294 .405 .307 33.3
2024 Changeup -0.1 0 166 12.5 58 .250 .464 .303 21.2 17.2 14.7 .286 .459 .319 25.5
2024 Sinker -0.9 -1 163 12.3 56 .314 .431 .355 5.2 8.9 12.8 .276 .412 .334 47.9
2024 Cutter -0.9 -1 113 8.5 24 .273 .455 .352 11.3 4.2 5.9 .311 .529 .364 50.0
2024 Curveball 2.5 3 106 8.0 17 .353 .588 .403 16.3 23.5 10.3 .275 .347 .268 30.8
2024 Split-Finger -1.5 -1 73 5.5 14 .143 .143 .129 33.3 42.9 18.8 .121 .149 .116 25.0
2024 Sweeper 4.1 2 46 3.5 16 .267 .533 .359 18.5 12.5 11.8 .229 .361 .280 30.8
2024 Slurve 18.5 1 8 0.6 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .561 1.741 .942 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -7 631 34.3 144 .203 .406 .302 19.7 20.1 14.5 .219 .400 .300 34.7
2023 Slider -1.7 -4 270 14.7 71 .186 .314 .210 29.9 26.8 20.7 .232 .360 .256 40.4
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 220 12.0 59 .255 .382 .297 24.2 27.1 20.3 .292 .462 .340 45.0
2023 Changeup -0.3 -1 213 11.6 55 .264 .415 .324 27.7 21.8 13.5 .294 .437 .328 26.8
2023 Sinker -0.3 -1 190 10.3 55 .260 .340 .335 8.0 16.4 19.1 .306 .542 .389 46.3
2023 Cutter 0.9 1 145 7.9 35 .344 .594 .404 13.8 0.0 0.0 .341 .578 .417 48.5
2023 Sweeper -1.4 -1 87 4.7 18 .059 .235 .150 25.6 22.2 10.5 .119 .330 .212 23.1
2023 Split-Finger -0.3 0 83 4.5 23 .261 .261 .235 43.5 43.5 24.4 .315 .381 .304 69.2
2023 Slurve -2.4 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 2 274 38.1 75 .343 .418 .382 21.0 13.3 12.5 .341 .589 .429 41.4
2022 Changeup 0.6 1 96 13.4 29 .259 .481 .291 28.1 24.1 22.6 .278 .549 .347 36.4
2022 Curveball -4.0 -4 92 12.8 23 .000 .000 .105 46.3 52.2 36.4 .055 .071 .111 22.2
2022 Cutter 0.3 0 71 9.9 22 .300 .850 .557 27.0 22.7 33.3 .242 .595 .382 73.3
2022 Slider -1.2 -1 63 8.8 13 .167 .167 .192 41.2 23.1 10.7 .157 .361 .257 22.2
2022 Sinker -1.6 -1 57 7.9 13 .300 .400 .396 11.1 15.4 13.3 .230 .406 .374 25.0
2022 Sweeper -4.7 -2 33 4.6 12 .091 .091 .133 35.7 33.3 40.0 .040 .068 .100 14.3
2022 Split-Finger -4.0 -1 25 3.5 5 .000 .000 .000 43.8 60.0 27.3 .137 .164 .129 0.0
2022 Slurve 1.3 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
+ View Complete Run Value Leaderboard

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 194 719 -3 -8 4 2 -5
2023 460 1,841 2 -25 6 5 -12
2024 380 1,433 3 -9 1 4 0
+ View Complete Swing/Take Leaderboard

Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 719 49.9 73.5 75.4 35.6 59.4 42.6 35.1 54.5 27.8 7.4 86.8
2023 1,841 49.2 72.5 85.9 32.3 57.6 41.2 26.2 52.1 22.4 7.8 78.5
2024 1,330 48.9 67.2 91.3 37.5 66.3 44.5 20.3 52.0 17.9 7.2 74.0
Player 3,890 49.2 70.9 85.6 34.7 61.2 42.6 25.8 52.5 21.9 7.5 78.5
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
2022 46 44 16 10
2023 38 59 55 51 22 42 43 36 61 41 54 9 66 26 49 81 16
2024 41 70 58 49 21 30 42 52 60 31 84 6 86 6 34 86 12 30 87 62
+ View Complete Percentile Rankings Leaderboard

Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 23.3 4 5.5 -2 8 6 1 25.0
2023 22.9 15 15.2 0 5 6 10 66.7
2024 21.8 14 15.5 -2 5 12 6 42.9
Player 22.5 33 36.2 -3 18 24 17 51.5
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs

Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 4 7 3 6 7 6 6 4 4 2 4 8 5 4 7 10 5 4 5 6 4 6 10 8 3 2 9 7 6 2 4
2023 15 15 12 16 17 16 16 15 15 13 14 18 14 14 16 16 16 15 15 17 13 16 18 16 14 13 15 17 15 15 14
2024 14 16 14 20 14 14 17 18 14 12 13 16 18 14 16 17 16 14 17 18 16 11 21 19 13 14 14 16 18 14 11
Player 33 38 29 42 38 36 39 37 33 27 31 42 37 32 39 43 37 33 37 41 33 33 49 43 30 29 38 40 39 31 29
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.
+ View Standard Expected Home Runs By Park

+ View Complete Expected Home Runs Leaderboard

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.3 88.6 -0.7 ↓ 89.2 0.6 ↑
Launch Angle 16.4 19.7 3.3 ↑ 16.8 -2.9 ↓
Barrel % 13.0 7.8 -5.2 ↓ 7.1 -0.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.2 39.5 1.3 ↑ 36.9 -2.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.1 38.0 2.9 ↑ 34.4 -3.6 ↓
xBA .243 .260 0.017 ↑ .262 0.002 ↑
BA .243 .229 -0.014 ↓ .259 0.030 ↑
xwOBA .332 .319 -0.013 ↓ .312 -0.007 ↓
wOBA .302 .283 -0.019 ↓ .317 0.034 ↑
xSLG .450 .432 -0.018 ↓ .423 -0.009 ↓
SLG .376 .381 0.005 ↑ .449 0.068 ↑
K% 23.7 21.5 -2.2 ↓ 15.7 -5.8 ↓
BB% 4.6 5.2 0.6 ↑ 4.2 -1.0 ↓
Swing % 54.5 52.1 -2.4 ↓ 52.0 -0.1 ↓
Whiff% 27.8 22.4 -5.4 ↓ 17.9 -4.5 ↓
In Zone % 49.9 49.2 -0.7 ↓ 48.9 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.1 50.8 0.7 ↑ 51.1 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 35.6 32.3 -3.3 ↓ 37.5 5.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.1 26.2 -8.9 ↓ 20.3 -5.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 58.8 -5.1 ↓ 64.8 6.0 ↑
+ View Complete Year to Year Changes Leaderboard

Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 194 170 87.6 .239 .310
2023 Shades L 459 218 47.5 .325 .236
2024 Shades L 355 169 47.6 .343 .287
! 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.
Learn more about how positioning is defined here

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 197 17.0 28.4% 3.0% 85 21.8 2.4% 4.7%
2023 471 15.4 43.3% 0.4% 286 19.0 8.0% 0.0%
2024 394 15.1 49.7% 0.0% 180 17.8 10.0% 0.0%
+ View Complete Pitch Tempo Leaderboard

Statcast Rankings