Alek Thomas
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 175LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2, #63, Arizona Diamondbacks | Mt. Carmel HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 411 381 45 88 8 4 .231 .275 .344 .619
2023 402 374 51 86 9 9 .230 .273 .374 .647
2024 103 95 13 18 3 4 .189 .245 .358 .603
3 Seasons 916 850 109 192 20 17 .226 .271 .359 .630
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .231 8 4 .619
2023 .230 9 9 .647
2024 .189 3 4 .603
3 Seasons .226 20 17 .630
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 22 1483 312 12 3.8 2.9 87.4 111.3 2.6 27.9 .238 .335 .272 .277 .310 34.6 18.0 5.4
2023 23 1489 293 15 5.1 3.7 88.9 110.9 2.2 28.3 .251 .373 .278 .291 .346 41.6 21.4 4.7
2024 24 372 79 6 7.6 5.8 91.2 109.1 1.0 26.6 .283 .463 .262 .343 .387 46.8 16.5 6.8
Player 3344 684 33 4.8 3.6 88.5 111.3 2.3 27.9 .249 .366 .274 .290 .334 39.0 19.3 5.2
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
2022 57.7 15.7 21.8 4.8 32.1 39.1 28.8 2.2 47.1 17.6 21.5 6.4 3.8 2.9
2023 56.0 16.7 23.2 4.1 37.9 37.5 24.6 4.4 43.7 15.7 24.2 6.8 5.1 3.7
2024 60.8 19.0 20.3 0.0 44.3 35.4 20.3 5.1 48.1 11.4 20.3 7.6 7.6 5.8
Player 57.3 16.5 22.2 3.9 36.0 38.0 26.0 3.5 45.8 16.1 22.5 6.7 4.8 3.6
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 7.1 8 111 29.8 23 .350 .750 .528 20.4 21.7 14.3 .374 .819 .525 66.7
2024 Slider -2.9 -2 60 16.1 21 .111 .167 .202 48.5 33.3 33.3 .249 .302 .303 36.4
2024 Sinker -2.7 -1 52 14.0 20 .158 .474 .305 13.8 10.0 28.6 .288 .594 .370 61.1
2024 Changeup -6.4 -3 49 13.2 13 .154 .154 .138 29.2 7.7 6.3 .202 .230 .190 33.3
2024 Curveball -5.0 -2 47 12.6 12 .167 .167 .150 16.7 8.3 5.9 .335 .387 .315 27.3
2024 Cutter -1.4 0 30 8.1 8 .143 .143 .200 30.8 0.0 0.0 .147 .171 .207 28.6
2024 Sweeper -0.6 0 12 3.2 4 .250 .500 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 .416 .490 .394 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.7 0 11 3.0 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 33.3 .068 .072 .063 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 3 451 30.3 110 .316 .500 .385 21.8 16.4 13.8 .320 .507 .387 50.6
2023 Slider -0.2 0 209 14.0 55 .222 .389 .297 29.4 27.3 21.7 .224 .324 .255 43.6
2023 Curveball -2.2 -4 207 13.9 49 .136 .136 .175 34.0 34.7 24.3 .177 .244 .216 37.9
2023 Changeup -1.4 -3 195 13.1 60 .179 .232 .236 26.3 20.0 22.6 .236 .270 .238 23.9
2023 Sinker -3.9 -7 186 12.5 53 .154 .269 .190 20.7 20.8 30.6 .210 .330 .239 43.9
2023 Cutter 3.7 4 117 7.9 34 .313 .719 .471 23.0 8.8 10.0 .297 .519 .366 41.4
2023 Sweeper 0.4 0 70 4.7 22 .286 .333 .293 13.3 18.2 14.8 .288 .434 .326 47.1
2023 Split-Finger -2.5 -1 50 3.4 16 .188 .438 .259 25.0 31.3 26.3 .188 .221 .178 36.4
2023 Slurve 9.4 0 3 0.2 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 50.0 -- -- .350 --
2023 Knuckleball 2.8 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -10 450 30.3 97 .165 .282 .254 31.4 24.7 22.0 .232 .351 .301 46.8
2022 Slider 2.9 6 219 14.8 71 .323 .508 .386 25.0 15.5 17.2 .267 .402 .325 35.2
2022 Changeup -3.8 -8 214 14.4 73 .155 .169 .175 22.3 16.4 19.7 .222 .267 .227 23.3
2022 Sinker -0.2 0 211 14.2 52 .340 .426 .355 13.4 13.5 19.4 .239 .297 .255 41.9
2022 Curveball -1.4 -2 181 12.2 56 .167 .278 .240 27.1 17.9 19.2 .233 .312 .252 34.1
2022 Cutter -2.0 -3 125 8.4 33 .167 .367 .267 9.5 6.1 7.7 .225 .359 .292 10.7
2022 Sweeper 1.4 1 39 2.6 10 .400 .700 .470 46.2 40.0 25.0 .159 .195 .158 16.7
2022 Split-Finger 6.4 2 37 2.5 16 .313 .313 .281 34.8 25.0 30.8 .262 .359 .272 50.0
2022 Slurve -3.4 0 1 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 411 1,483 -7 -17 5 7 -13
2023 460 1,738 -13 -7 5 5 -11
2024 103 372 5 -8 1 1 -1
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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 1,483 51.8 63.8 81.6 33.4 60.7 43.0 33.1 49.2 25.0 6.7 75.0
2023 1,489 51.6 63.7 86.3 33.6 51.2 44.7 28.1 49.1 25.0 8.8 70.2
2024 372 53.0 66.0 83.1 30.3 52.8 43.5 30.1 49.2 25.1 8.9 66.7
Player 3,344 51.8 64.0 83.9 33.1 55.6 43.8 30.6 49.1 25.0 7.9 71.6
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 9 32 9 10 12 10 12 20 75 21 71 14 47 20 95 92 70
2023 13 42 20 15 11 15 18 40 67 53 55 4 48 20 87 90 52
2024 48 63 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 %
2022 22.2 8 5.9 2 4 6 1 12.5
2023 22.3 13 11.1 2 4 10 4 30.8
2024 24.7 3 2.2 1 2 0 2 66.7
Player 22.6 24 19.1 5 10 16 7 29.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 8 6 4 6 6 5 7 5 2 3 4 6 8 7 6 7 6 3 8 6 8 8 9 8 4 3 8 8 8 4 3
2023 13 13 9 14 13 10 12 11 14 9 10 17 9 8 13 13 12 10 11 14 7 9 15 12 9 8 13 13 10 9 6
2024 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 24 21 15 22 21 17 21 18 18 14 16 26 19 17 21 22 20 15 21 23 17 21 27 22 15 13 23 23 20 15 11
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.4 88.9 1.5 ↑ 91.2 2.3 ↑
Launch Angle 2.6 2.2 -0.4 ↓ 1.0 -1.2 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 5.1 1.3 ↑ 7.6 2.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.6 41.6 7.0 ↑ 46.8 5.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.9 28.3 0.4 ↑ 26.6 -1.7 ↓
xBA .238 .251 0.013 ↑ .283 0.032 ↑
BA .231 .230 -0.001 ↓ .189 -0.041 ↓
xwOBA .277 .291 0.014 ↑ .343 0.052 ↑
wOBA .272 .278 0.006 ↑ .262 -0.016 ↓
xSLG .335 .373 0.038 ↑ .463 0.090 ↑
SLG .344 .374 0.030 ↑ .358 -0.016 ↓
K% 18.0 21.4 3.4 ↑ 16.5 -4.9 ↓
BB% 5.4 4.7 -0.7 ↓ 6.8 2.1 ↑
Swing % 49.2 49.1 -0.1 ↓ 49.2 0.1 ↑
Whiff% 25.0 25.0 0.0 25.1 0.1 ↑
In Zone % 51.8 51.6 -0.2 ↓ 53.0 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.2 48.4 0.2 ↑ 47.0 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 33.4 33.6 0.2 ↑ 30.3 -3.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 33.1 28.1 -5.0 ↓ 30.1 2.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.7 59.7 -5.0 ↓ 65.0 5.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 411 187 45.5 .282 .260
2023 Shades L 400 105 26.3 .277 .285
2024 Shades L 103 35 34.0 .316 .155
! 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 417 16.9 31.2% 1.4% 258 21.8 2.7% 8.9%
2023 378 14.9 51.3% 0.5% 261 18.4 8.0% 0.4%
2024 94 15.1 45.7% 0.0% 65 18.2 7.7% 0.0%
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