Akil Baddoo
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 214LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: CB-B, #74, Minnesota Twins | Salem (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 225 201 30 41 2 9 .204 .289 .269 .558
2023 357 312 40 68 11 14 .218 .310 .372 .682
2024 82 73 7 10 2 1 .137 .220 .301 .521
4 Seasons 1,125 999 137 226 28 42 .226 .307 .372 .679
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .204 2 9 .558
2023 .218 11 14 .682
2024 .137 2 1 .521
4 Seasons .226 28 42 .679
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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
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 22 1880 294 26 8.8 5.6 86.0 111.8 13.8 37.4 .227 .403 .329 .309 .379 32.3 26.5 9.8
2022 23 916 137 5 3.6 2.2 85.0 108.5 14.2 29.9 .192 .270 .256 .253 .295 27.0 28.4 10.7
2023 24 1415 226 14 6.2 3.9 88.1 111.7 10.8 26.5 .218 .371 .299 .301 .351 36.8 24.9 11.8
2024 25 318 47 6 12.8 7.3 91.1 109.3 21.0 25.5 .196 .402 .230 .296 .399 46.8 32.9 9.8
Player 4529 704 51 7.2 4.5 86.8 111.8 13.4 31.7 .215 .366 .298 .294 .355 33.7 26.8 10.6
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
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 40.5 30.6 22.8 6.1 37.4 36.1 26.5 4.4 31.3 25.9 23.1 6.5 8.8 5.6
2022 42.3 24.8 21.2 11.7 34.3 35.0 30.7 7.3 32.1 32.1 21.9 2.2 3.6 2.2
2023 46.9 26.5 19.5 7.1 37.2 34.1 28.8 3.5 36.7 27.0 21.7 3.5 6.2 3.9
2024 38.3 31.9 14.9 14.9 53.2 38.3 8.5 0.0 29.8 31.9 19.1 6.4 12.8 7.3
Player 42.8 28.3 20.9 8.1 37.8 35.4 26.8 4.4 33.1 27.8 22.2 4.7 7.2 4.5
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 -2.6 -2 94 29.6 31 .111 .259 .202 30.4 32.3 37.0 .188 .511 .334 50.0
2024 Changeup 2.0 1 53 16.7 11 .222 .444 .355 58.3 45.5 26.3 .115 .130 .214 25.0
2024 Slider -3.5 -2 53 16.7 10 .100 .300 .160 36.0 40.0 23.5 .165 .195 .155 66.7
2024 Sinker -4.6 -2 39 12.3 10 .125 .125 .230 9.5 10.0 11.1 .328 .596 .454 57.1
2024 Split-Finger -1.7 0 24 7.5 6 .167 .167 .150 33.3 33.3 28.6 .138 .164 .129 25.0
2024 Curveball -3.7 -1 23 7.2 6 .000 .000 .000 70.0 66.7 57.1 .039 .042 .035 0.0
2024 Cutter 14.6 2 17 5.3 4 .667 2.000 .988 12.5 0.0 0.0 .497 1.642 .830 100.0
2024 Sweeper -4.3 0 9 2.8 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 50.0 50.0 .437 .461 .394 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 1 537 38.0 127 .209 .400 .317 19.8 26.0 23.1 .237 .458 .347 45.5
2023 Changeup 0.9 2 221 15.6 56 .264 .396 .296 32.0 25.0 22.6 .190 .301 .230 20.0
2023 Slider 1.0 2 183 12.9 49 .233 .535 .358 28.6 22.4 16.2 .208 .339 .280 30.3
2023 Curveball -1.2 -2 130 9.2 32 .172 .241 .228 30.0 28.1 20.5 .204 .286 .255 35.0
2023 Sinker -2.0 -3 124 8.8 39 .156 .188 .273 23.4 20.5 33.3 .196 .252 .284 41.7
2023 Cutter -0.9 -1 121 8.6 25 .190 .333 .283 19.3 24.0 25.0 .263 .555 .388 50.0
2023 Sweeper -1.6 -1 51 3.6 12 .200 .200 .267 32.0 41.7 20.0 .172 .183 .248 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 3.3 1 41 2.9 12 .364 .455 .388 25.0 25.0 21.4 .255 .350 .297 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 362 39.5 93 .277 .386 .327 23.0 29.0 24.1 .212 .323 .282 35.7
2022 Changeup -1.2 -2 148 16.2 36 .156 .156 .228 34.8 25.0 22.0 .153 .189 .212 13.0
2022 Curveball 0.1 0 116 12.7 24 .167 .292 .269 32.7 33.3 18.2 .220 .327 .236 31.3
2022 Slider -4.3 -4 96 10.5 22 .050 .050 .105 30.0 36.4 24.2 .088 .100 .139 8.3
2022 Sinker -2.1 -2 90 9.8 27 .190 .190 .289 27.8 22.2 37.5 .223 .300 .333 40.0
2022 Cutter -0.5 0 40 4.4 6 .500 .667 .508 33.3 16.7 20.0 .248 .298 .241 0.0
2022 Sweeper -0.7 0 37 4.0 9 .143 .143 .256 31.3 22.2 12.5 .258 .327 .357 40.0
2022 Split-Finger -2.7 -1 19 2.1 6 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 50.0 .138 .143 .127 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -1 751 39.9 169 .281 .542 .372 28.2 27.2 21.9 .255 .559 .369 49.5
2021 Changeup 0.0 0 266 14.1 75 .232 .362 .281 30.2 20.0 19.7 .202 .266 .242 14.5
2021 Sinker 1.1 3 258 13.7 72 .230 .328 .312 27.3 25.0 21.4 .204 .362 .311 34.9
2021 Slider 0.2 0 229 12.2 63 .200 .236 .257 34.0 33.3 25.3 .207 .285 .274 14.7
2021 Curveball 3.2 5 159 8.5 32 .310 .552 .397 32.1 31.3 22.2 .228 .383 .302 21.1
2021 Cutter 0.0 0 117 6.2 21 .263 .316 .298 29.8 28.6 22.2 .179 .213 .222 23.1
2021 Split-Finger 8.8 5 58 3.1 16 .267 .733 .525 32.3 18.8 10.7 .193 .308 .283 33.3
2021 Sweeper 1.5 1 37 2.0 8 .500 .625 .494 52.6 12.5 9.1 .384 .477 .378 14.3
2021 Slurve 39.9 2 4 0.2 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 66.7 66.7 .277 .318 .262 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 460 1,880 -2 -14 19 12 15
2022 225 916 -10 -13 5 5 -13
2023 352 1,408 -6 -11 10 7 0
2024 82 318 -1 -5 1 0 -5
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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 %
2021 1,880 48.6 70.0 73.8 24.0 55.2 41.8 32.5 46.4 30.2 7.5 85.8
2022 916 46.0 70.8 79.5 26.9 50.4 44.3 29.3 47.1 28.1 8.1 82.4
2023 1,415 49.4 68.6 83.6 25.7 48.1 41.5 31.8 47.0 24.8 6.7 71.3
2024 318 50.3 65.6 73.3 30.4 43.8 45.0 31.7 48.1 34.0 6.6 85.7
Player 4,529 48.4 69.4 78.0 25.6 51.0 42.5 31.6 46.8 28.3 7.3 80.9
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
2021 26 14 37 50 19 42 53 6 83 14 18 63 16 74 91 28 44
2022 44 89 43 46
2023 18 8 19 37 30 11 28 25 75 25 30 84 51 71 91 47 55
2024 52 72 55
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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 %
2021 20.9 13 17.2 -4 8 15 5 38.5
2022 22.9 2 1.7 0 2 1 1 50.0
2023 23.4 11 11.2 0 6 10 2 18.2
2024 21.3 2 2.9 -1 3 3 0 0.0
Player 22.0 28 33.1 -5 19 29 8 28.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 13 20 12 18 18 17 19 21 12 11 15 21 17 10 19 21 18 18 18 17 19 15 20 19 17 16 18 17 19 16 19
2022 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 1
2023 11 10 7 12 12 11 11 12 9 11 12 11 10 10 12 12 13 11 11 12 11 10 14 13 12 9 11 13 12 10 11
2024 2 4 2 3 2 3 2 5 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 2 3 4 2 3 5 2 5 4 2 3 2 3 5 3 2
Player 28 36 22 35 34 33 34 39 25 25 30 37 35 22 36 37 35 35 32 34 36 29 41 38 32 29 34 36 38 30 33
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.0 85.0 -1.0 ↓ 88.1 3.1 ↑ 91.1 3.0 ↑
Launch Angle 13.8 14.2 0.4 ↑ 10.8 -3.4 ↓ 21.0 10.2 ↑
Barrel % 8.8 3.6 -5.2 ↓ 6.2 2.6 ↑ 12.8 6.6 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.3 27.0 -5.3 ↓ 36.8 9.8 ↑ 46.8 10.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.4 29.9 -7.5 ↓ 26.5 -3.4 ↓ 25.5 -1.0 ↓
xBA .227 .192 -0.035 ↓ .218 0.026 ↑ .196 -0.022 ↓
BA .259 .204 -0.055 ↓ .218 0.014 ↑ .137 -0.081 ↓
xwOBA .309 .253 -0.056 ↓ .301 0.048 ↑ .296 -0.005 ↓
wOBA .329 .256 -0.073 ↓ .299 0.043 ↑ .230 -0.069 ↓
xSLG .403 .270 -0.133 ↓ .371 0.101 ↑ .402 0.031 ↑
SLG .436 .269 -0.167 ↓ .372 0.103 ↑ .301 -0.071 ↓
K% 26.5 28.4 1.9 ↑ 24.9 -3.5 ↓ 32.9 8.0 ↑
BB% 9.8 10.7 0.9 ↑ 11.8 1.1 ↑ 9.8 -2.0 ↓
Swing % 46.4 47.1 0.7 ↑ 47.0 -0.1 ↓ 48.1 1.1 ↑
Whiff% 30.2 28.1 -2.1 ↓ 24.8 -3.3 ↓ 34.0 9.2 ↑
In Zone % 48.6 46.0 -2.6 ↓ 49.4 3.4 ↑ 50.3 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 51.4 54.0 2.6 ↑ 50.6 -3.4 ↓ 49.7 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 24.0 26.9 2.9 ↑ 25.7 -1.2 ↓ 30.4 4.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.5 29.3 -3.2 ↓ 31.8 2.5 ↑ 31.7 -0.1 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.9 54.7 -3.2 ↓ 57.2 2.5 ↑ 62.2 5.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 459 127 27.7 .333 .319
2022 Shifts L 225 78 34.7 .245 .277
2023 Shades L 351 93 26.5 .338 .194
2024 Shades L 82 40 48.8 .299 .157
! 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 %
2021 584 18.7 16.4% 2.7% 270 24.6 0.4% 18.9%
2022 281 17.0 25.6% 2.1% 137 22.5 4.4% 7.3%
2023 431 15.8 37.6% 0.2% 205 19.1 3.9% 0.0%
2024 105 14.3 58.1% 0.0% 42 17.9 7.1% 0.0%
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