P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 220 lbs | Age: 27
Draft: 2020 | Rd. 1, No. 25, Atlanta Braves | Wake Forest
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 2 5 4.30 39 4 0 73.1 56 1.46
2025 0 0 8.04 12 2 0 15.2 12 2.04
2026 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 1 1.09
4 Seasons 6 8 5.26 64 17 0 145.1 99 1.53
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 39 2-5 4.30 73.1 56 1.46
2025 12 0-0 8.04 15.2 12 2.04
2026 2 0-0 4.91 3.2 1 1.09
4 Seasons 64 6-8 5.26 145.1 99 1.53
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2023 24 864 173 12 6.9 5.2 89.4 112.7 18.4 34.7 .265 .445 .341 .352 .360 38.7 13.0 11.3 5.81 5.37
2024 25 1290 232 17 7.3 5.3 87.5 112.0 17.6 37.9 .265 .428 .324 .334 .365 31.9 17.4 10.3 4.29 4.61
2025 26 280 63 3 4.8 3.7 84.8 110.8 10.2 34.9 .285 .404 .379 .320 .350 28.6 14.6 6.1 8.04 4.27
2026 27 58 12 0 0.0 0.0 88.1 102.9 8.3 0.0 .205 .229 .240 .260 .206 50.0 6.7 13.3 4.91 2.62
Player 2492 480 32 6.7 4.9 87.8 112.7 16.7 35.4 .266 .426 .335 .337 .357 34.4 15.3 10.2
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .243 .408 .316 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Shuster relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(32.8%) ,
Changeup
(19.0%) ,
Cutter
(19.0%) ,
Slider
(19.0%) ,
Sinker
(10.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



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 %
2023 35.8 64.2 29.5 22.5 12.1 36.4 37.0 26.6 21.4 11.6 2.9 15.0 25.4 23.7
2024 35.3 64.7 26.7 27.6 10.3 37.1 34.1 28.9 18.5 11.6 5.2 18.5 22.4 23.7
2025 44.4 55.6 19.0 33.3 3.2 34.9 42.9 22.2 20.6 19.0 4.8 14.3 23.8 17.5
2026 58.3 41.7 33.3 0.0 8.3 25.0 33.3 41.7 16.7 25.0 16.7 8.3 8.3 25.0
Player 37.3 62.7 26.9 25.8 10.0 36.3 36.3 27.5 19.8 12.9 4.6 16.5 23.3 22.9
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 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
2023 6.9 22.5 30.6 23.1 9.8 6.9 5.2
2024 4.3 26.3 31.9 25.9 3.9 7.3 5.3
2025 7.9 30.2 23.8 28.6 4.8 4.8 3.7
2026 8.3 33.3 41.7 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 5.8 25.6 30.6 25.0 6.0 6.7 4.9
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Sinker STL L 6 92.1 23.2 -1.3 13.2ARM -2.6 9.1 -1.8 13.2ARM -2.7
2026 Cutter STL L 11 88.5 24.6 2.4 0.3ARM -2.5 10.1 2.3 0.3ARM -2.4
2026 4-Seam Fastball STL L 19 93.1 17.3 -1.5 9.3ARM 1.0 14.3 -1.8 9.3ARM 1.2
2026 Slider STL L 11 84.4 39.0 1.6 2.5GLV -3.0 -0.8 2.1 2.5GLV -2.1
2026 Changeup STL L 11 84.6 35.4 0.7 13.2ARM -1.2 2.6 1.7 13.2ARM -1.2
2025 Sweeper CWS L 2 80.8 46.5 5.8 10.4GLV -4.1 -4.0 5.0 10.4GLV -2.6
2025 Sinker CWS L 11 91.8 24.7 -0.4 16.9ARM 1.5 7.9 -0.4 16.9ARM 1.5
2025 Changeup CWS L 102 84.3 38.3 3.7 12.7ARM -1.7 0.2 5.0 12.7ARM -1.5
2025 4-Seam Fastball CWS L 91 92.6 18.8 -2.0 11.5ARM 2.8 13.3 -2.6 11.5ARM 3.4
2025 Slider CWS L 74 86.0 31.5 -3.8 1.5GLV -3.5 5.4 -3.3 1.5GLV -2.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 19 32.8 5 .250 .500 .390 16.7 20.0 50.0 .125 .138 .233 66.7
2026 Slider 3.3 0 11 19.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .148 .175 .146 50.0
2026 Changeup -0.7 0 11 19.0 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .367 .392 .334 25.0
2026 Cutter 6.2 1 11 19.0 2 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 -- .032 .059 .038 50.0
2026 Sinker -1.1 0 6 10.3 2 .000 .000 .350 0.0 0.0 -- .341 .392 .504 100.0
2025 Changeup 0.0 0 102 36.4 28 .259 .370 .288 29.6 25.0 19.4 .206 .266 .223 20.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball -3.9 -4 91 32.5 29 .462 .538 .500 20.4 13.8 15.4 .314 .401 .353 31.8
2025 Slider -0.6 0 74 26.4 20 .368 .526 .413 23.8 5.0 5.6 .350 .604 .387 31.6
2025 Sinker -4.9 -1 11 3.9 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 0.0 -- .350 .389 .454 50.0
2025 Sweeper -0.6 0 2 0.7 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Changeup 11 84.6 82 13.8 10:15 9:15 60
2026 Cutter 11 88.5 50 9.4 11:00 12:00 -60
2026 4-Seam Fastball 19 93.1 94 16.8 10:30 10:45 -15
2026 Slider 11 84.4 19 3.7 3:30 4:30 -60
2025 Changeup 98 84.3 77 13.5 10:00 8:45 75
2025 4-Seam Fastball 91 92.6 93 17.3 10:15 10:30 -15
2025 Sinker 11 91.8 96 19.0 10:30 9:45 45
2025 Slider 74 86.0 25 5.0 11:15 12:45 -90
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 230 864 5 3 -6 -5 -2
2024 321 1,290 7 8 -13 -4 -2
2025 80 280 -4 1 0 -2 -5
2026 15 58 2 0 -1 0 1
Player 646 2,492 10 14 -21 10 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 864 48.7 68.4 84.7 23.9 61.3 42.9 62.2 45.6 21.6 7.1 83.6
2024 1,290 46.3 72.4 84.5 25.7 57.3 40.9 57.3 47.3 23.4 8.0 72.8
2025 280 52.1 74.7 82.6 31.3 59.5 43.2 67.5 53.9 23.8 7.5 81.0
2026 58 43.1 56.0 85.7 21.2 100.0 39.7 33.3 36.2 9.5 3.4 50.0
Player 2,492 47.7 70.9 84.3 25.6 59.8 41.9 59.8 47.2 22.6 7.5 77.0
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.6 28.5 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.4 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2023 34 37 77 11 12 15 22 39 6 15 1 14 68 52 14 63
2024 35 37 68 16 21 26 34 81 16 33 10 21 59 94 11 48
2025 22 21 54
2026
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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 %
2023 23.60 7 6.0 1 3 3 4 57.1
2024 22.71 9 8.2 1 4 6 3 33.3
2025 -- 0 0.6 -1 0 2 0 --
Player 23.10 16 14.7 1 7 11 7 43.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 6 8 8 5 5 6 5 8 5 4
2024 9 7 6 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 8 10 6 8 8 7 7 8 10 8 9 11 10 7 7 8 9 10 9 9
2025 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Player 16 14 11 14 15 14 14 14 14 12 14 15 19 12 15 15 14 14 15 17 15 15 21 18 13 12 14 15 20 14 13
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed 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

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023
Results
BA .154 -.211 .365 +.104 .261 -.003 .264
xBA .205 -.080 .285 +.020 .265 .000 .265
OBP .267 -.148 .415 +.082 .333 -.015 .348
xOBP .311 -.032 .343 +.006 .337 -.015 .352
SLG .231 -.242 .473 +.063 .410 -.028 .438
xSLG .229 -.175 .404 -.024 .428 -.017 .445
ISO .077 -.031 .108 -.040 .148 -.026 .174
xISO .024 -.095 .119 -.044 .163 -.017 .180
BABIP .167 -.262 .429 +.138 .291 +.014 .277
wOBA .240 -.139 .379 +.055 .324 -.017 .341
xwOBA .260 -.060 .320 -.014 .334 -.018 .352
wOBAcon .182 -.243 .425 +.075 .350 +.005 .345
xwOBAcon .206 -.144 .350 -.015 .365 +.005 .360
BACON .167 -.262 .429 +.110 .319 +.013 .306
xBACON .222 -.113 .335 +.010 .325 +.013 .312
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 50.0 +21.4 28.6 -3.3 31.9 -6.8 38.7
Avg Exit Velocity 88.1 +3.3 84.8 -2.7 87.5 -1.9 89.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 0.0 -34.9 34.9 -3.0 37.9 +3.2 34.7
Barrel % 0.0 -4.8 4.8 -2.5 7.3 +0.4 6.9
Avg Launch Angle 8.3 -1.9 10.2 -7.4 17.6 -0.8 18.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.5 -0.7 72.2 +1.0 71.2 -0.2 71.4
Attack Angle -1° 10° 10° -1° 12°
Ideal Attack Angle % 55.0 +8.7 46.3 -3.1 49.4 -8.5 57.9
Attack Direction +3° -3° -2° +2° -4°
Swing Path - Tilt 31° -2° 33° 33° +1° 33°
Swing Length 7.3 -0.1 7.4 0.0 7.4 +0.1 7.3
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.5 -1.0 92.5 0.0 92.5 +1.1 91.4
Breaking Velocity 84.4 -1.5 85.9 -0.1 86.0 +1.1 84.9
Offspeed Velocity 84.6 +0.3 84.3 +0.2 84.1 +1.9 82.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 0 -3 3 -14 17 +5 12
Popup % 8.3 +5.1 3.2 -7.1 10.3 -1.8 12.1
Flyball % 33.3 +14.3 19.0 -7.7 26.7 -2.8 29.5
Line Drive % 0.0 -33.3 33.3 +5.7 27.6 +5.1 22.5
Groundball % 58.3 +13.9 44.4 +9.1 35.3 -0.5 35.8
Pull % 25.0 -9.9 34.9 -2.2 37.1 +0.7 36.4
Straight Away % 33.3 -9.6 42.9 +8.8 34.1 -2.9 37.0
Opposite Field % 41.7 +19.5 22.2 -6.7 28.9 +2.3 26.6
Weak Contact % 8.3 +0.4 7.9 +3.6 4.3 -2.6 6.9
Pull Airball % 8.3 -6.0 14.3 -4.2 18.5 +3.5 15.0
Topped Contact % 33.3 +3.1 30.2 +3.9 26.3 +3.8 22.5
Under Contact % 41.7 +17.9 23.8 -8.1 31.9 +1.3 30.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 16.7 -11.9 28.6 +2.7 25.9 +2.8 23.1
Solid Contact % 0.0 -4.8 4.8 +0.9 3.9 -5.9 9.8
HR/FB % 0.0 0.0 0.0 -14.5 14.5 +0.8 13.7
Popups 1 -1 2 -22 24 +3 21
Flyballs 4 -8 12 -50 62 +11 51
Line Drives 0 -21 21 -43 64 +25 39
Groundballs 7 -21 28 -54 82 +20 62
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 43.1 -9.0 52.1 +5.8 46.3 -2.4 48.7
Out of Zone % 56.9 +9.0 47.9 -5.8 53.7 +2.4 51.3
Edge % 39.7 -3.5 43.2 +2.3 40.9 -2.0 42.9
Zone Swing % 56.0 -18.7 74.7 +2.3 72.4 +4.0 68.4
Out of Zone Swing % 21.2 -10.1 31.3 +5.6 25.7 +1.8 23.9
In Zone Contact % 85.7 +3.1 82.6 -1.9 84.5 -0.2 84.7
Out of Zone Contact % 100.0 +40.5 59.5 +2.2 57.3 -4.0 61.3
Whiff % 9.5 -14.3 23.8 +0.4 23.4 +1.8 21.6
First Strike % 33.3 -34.2 67.5 +10.2 57.3 -4.9 62.2
First Pitch Swing % 26.7 -14.6 41.3 +11.4 29.9 -3.6 33.5
Swing % 36.2 -17.7 53.9 +6.6 47.3 +1.7 45.6
Meatball Swing % 50.0 -31.0 81.0 +8.2 72.8 -10.8 83.6
Meatball % 3.4 -4.1 7.5 -0.5 8.0 +0.9 7.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 14.3 -3.1 17.4 +1.9 15.5 +0.2 15.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 0.0 -40.5 40.5 -2.2 42.7 +4.0 38.7
In Zone 25 -121 146 -451 597 +176 421
Out of Zone 33 -101 134 -559 693 +250 443
Edge 23 -98 121 -407 528 +157 371
In Zone Swings 14 -95 109 -323 432 +144 288
Out of Zone Swings 7 -35 42 -136 178 +72 106
In Zone Swing & Misses 2 -17 19 -48 67 +23 44
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 0 -17 17 -59 76 +35 41
Basic
Pitches 58 -222 280 -1,010 1,290 +426 864
PA 15 -67 82 -239 321 +91 230
AB 13 -61 74 -209 283 +82 201
Hits 2 -25 27 -47 74 +21 53
Singles 1 -18 19 -32 51 +17 34
Doubles 1 -7 8 -5 13 +3 10
Triples 0 0 0 -1 1 -1 2
Home Runs 0 0 0 -9 9 +2 7
Walks 2 -3 5 -28 33 +7 26
Strikeouts 1 -11 12 -44 56 +26 30
K% 6.7 -7.9 14.6 -2.8 17.4 +4.4 13.0
BB% 13.3 +7.2 6.1 -4.2 10.3 -1.0 11.3
HBP 0 -2 2 +2 0 -1 1
Batted Balls 12 -51 63 -169 232 +59 173
Number of Fastballs 36 -66 102 -442 544 +163 381
Number of Offspeed 11 -91 102 -277 379 +180 199
Number of Breaking 11 -63 74 -293 367 +83 284
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2023 Shades 230 .341 179 41 22.9 51 13 25.5
2024 Shades 321 .324 202 21 10.4 119 43 36.1
2025 Shades 80 .379 51 0 0.0 29 5 17.2
2026 Shades 15 .240 8 0 0.0 7 2 28.6
! 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 259 13.0 76.1% 0.4% 130 18.5 3.1% 1.5%
2024 335 13.4 72.8% 0.0% 238 18.9 2.9% 1.3%
2025 54 14.2 59.3% 0.0% 53 19.2 0.0% 0.0%
2026 11 15.4 27.3% 0.0% 16 19.0 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution