Spencer Horwitz
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 190LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 24, #717, Toronto Blue Jays | Radford
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 44 39 5 10 1 0 .256 .341 .385 .726
2024 59 46 9 16 2 0 .348 .492 .522 1.014
2 Seasons 103 85 14 26 3 0 .306 .427 .459 .886
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .256 1 0 .726
2024 .348 2 0 1.014
2 Seasons .306 3 0 .886
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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%
2023 25 169 27 2 7.4 4.5 87.0 103.5 1.5 37.0 .219 .354 .322 .296 .352 37.0 27.3 9.1
2024 26 236 40 5 12.5 8.5 88.3 105.6 15.2 40.0 .325 .549 .443 .439 .427 35.0 10.2 18.6
Player 405 67 7 10.4 6.8 87.8 105.6 9.7 38.8 .276 .459 .391 .377 .397 35.8 17.5 14.6
MLB 6.9 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.4 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
2023 63.0 18.5 18.5 0.0 48.1 33.3 18.5 7.4 48.1 14.8 22.2 0.0 7.4 4.5
2024 37.5 32.5 22.5 7.5 37.5 25.0 37.5 0.0 32.5 20.0 30.0 5.0 12.5 8.5
Player 47.8 26.9 20.9 4.5 41.8 28.4 29.9 3.0 38.8 17.9 26.9 3.0 10.4 6.8
MLB 44.6 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 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 -0.7 0 63 26.7 17 .231 .308 .344 15.4 5.9 5.9 .300 .400 .396 16.7
2024 Slider 2.9 1 48 20.3 15 .273 .364 .390 15.8 6.7 5.0 .227 .444 .393 50.0
2024 Sinker 4.9 2 34 14.4 8 .500 1.000 .650 8.3 12.5 20.0 .255 .723 .478 20.0
2024 Changeup 3.6 1 28 11.9 9 .375 .375 .378 8.3 11.1 8.3 .433 .502 .442 42.9
2024 Cutter 1.1 0 26 11.0 3 .500 .500 .533 16.7 0.0 0.0 .514 .894 .634 50.0
2024 Split-Finger 2.5 0 17 7.2 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .433 .531 .412 50.0
2024 Curveball 9.0 1 16 6.8 4 .500 1.250 .725 30.0 50.0 22.2 .417 .988 .585 50.0
2024 Sweeper 0.9 0 4 1.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 0 42 24.9 15 .286 .571 .383 16.7 13.3 20.0 .260 .491 .341 25.0
2023 Sinker 1.0 0 37 21.9 10 .375 .375 .410 0.0 30.0 27.3 .266 .306 .343 60.0
2023 Slider -0.7 0 35 20.7 6 .333 .500 .358 40.0 33.3 13.3 .267 .533 .335 50.0
2023 Changeup 0.4 0 28 16.6 5 .000 .000 .140 28.6 20.0 9.1 .207 .230 .290 33.3
2023 Curveball -2.0 0 15 8.9 4 .000 .000 .175 57.1 25.0 16.7 .047 .059 .207 0.0
2023 Sweeper 0.7 0 4 2.4 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Cutter 20.1 1 4 2.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 100.0 .093 .093 .085 100.0
2023 Split-Finger -4.6 0 3 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -15.2 0 1 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 44 169 0 -2 1 1 0
2024 58 236 -2 5 2 1 6
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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 %
2023 169 51.5 69.0 83.3 25.6 38.1 40.8 34.1 47.9 28.4 9.5 75.0
2024 236 49.2 62.9 87.7 23.3 82.1 47.0 32.8 42.8 13.9 6.8 62.5
Player 405 50.1 65.5 85.7 24.3 63.3 44.4 33.3 44.9 20.3 7.9 68.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 9 8
2024 20 6
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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 26.6 1 1.4 0 0 2 0 0.0
2024 24.6 2 1.4 1 1 2 0 0.0
Player 25.3 3 2.8 0 1 4 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
2024 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2
Player 3 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 1 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 2
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.0 88.3 1.3
Launch Angle 1.5 15.2 13.7
Barrel % 7.4 12.5 5.1
Hard Hit % 37.0 35.0 -2.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.0 40.0 3.0
xBA .219 .325 0.106
BA .256 .348 0.092
xwOBA .296 .439 0.143
wOBA .322 .443 0.121
xSLG .354 .549 0.195
SLG .385 .522 0.137
K% 27.3 10.2 -17.1
BB% 9.1 18.6 9.5
Swing % 47.9 42.8 -5.1
Whiff% 28.4 13.9 -14.5
In Zone % 51.5 49.2 -2.3
Out of Zone % 48.5 50.8 2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 25.6 23.3 -2.3
First Pitch Swing % 34.1 32.8 -1.3
First Pitch Strike % 65.9 69.0 3.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 44 21 47.7 .284 .364
2024 Shades L 58 28 48.3 .394 .495
! 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 %
2023 41 15.8 36.6% 0.0% 32 19.4 3.1% 0.0%
2024 51 14.0 74.5% 0.0% 17 19.4 5.9% 0.0%
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