Alek Thomas
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 9" 175LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2, #63, Arizona Diamondbacks | Mt. Carmel HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 402 374 51 86 9 9 .230 .273 .374 .647
2024 103 95 13 18 3 4 .189 .245 .358 .603
2025 44 39 6 12 0 2 .308 .364 .462 .826
4 Seasons 960 889 115 204 20 19 .229 .275 .363 .638
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .230 9 9 .647
2024 .189 3 4 .603
2025 .308 0 2 .826
4 Seasons .229 20 19 .638
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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%
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 .278 .446 .262 .337 .379 46.8 16.5 6.8
2025 25 164 30 3 10.0 6.8 92.2 107.5 0.9 33.3 .293 .460 .358 .370 .449 43.3 22.7 6.8
Player 3508 714 36 5.0 3.8 88.6 111.3 2.2 28.2 .250 .369 .277 .293 .338 39.2 19.5 5.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

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 %
2022 57.7 42.3 15.7 21.8 4.8 32.1 39.1 28.8 24.7 26.6 6.4 7.4 12.5 22.4
2023 56.0 44.0 16.7 23.2 4.1 37.9 37.5 24.6 25.6 21.8 8.5 12.3 15.7 16.0
2024 60.8 39.2 19.0 20.3 0.0 44.3 35.4 20.3 31.6 22.8 6.3 12.7 12.7 13.9
2025 53.3 46.7 20.0 26.7 0.0 43.3 43.3 13.3 26.7 26.7 0.0 16.7 16.7 13.3
Player 57.1 42.9 16.7 22.4 3.8 36.3 38.2 25.5 25.9 24.2 7.0 10.4 14.0 18.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 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
2022 2.2 47.1 17.6 21.5 6.4 3.8 2.9
2023 4.4 43.7 15.7 24.2 6.8 5.1 3.7
2024 5.1 48.1 11.4 20.3 7.6 7.6 5.8
2025 0.0 43.3 10.0 33.3 3.3 10.0 6.8
Player 3.4 45.7 15.8 23.0 6.6 5.0 3.8
MLB 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 %
2025 Changeup 2.0 1 35 21.3 8 .375 .375 .338 50.0 50.0 33.3 .364 .437 .354 50.0
2025 4-Seam Fastball 2.4 1 34 20.7 10 .286 .714 .425 22.2 20.0 22.2 .399 .855 .596 66.7
2025 Slider -1.3 0 32 19.5 9 .250 .250 .278 26.3 0.0 0.0 .282 .332 .316 12.5
2025 Curveball -1.2 0 21 12.8 6 .167 .500 .267 25.0 33.3 28.6 .197 .454 .270 50.0
2025 Sinker -0.4 0 19 11.6 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 33.3 25.0 .170 .185 .155 100.0
2025 Sweeper -6.3 -1 10 6.1 4 .250 .250 .225 28.6 25.0 25.0 .225 .296 .226 33.3
2025 Cutter 13.0 1 8 4.9 3 .500 1.000 .650 0.0 0.0 0.0 .402 .640 .525 50.0
2025 Split-Finger 6.8 0 5 3.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .062 .075 .060 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 3 111 29.8 23 .350 .750 .528 20.4 21.7 14.3 .364 .774 .507 66.7
2024 Slider -5.0 -3 57 15.3 19 .063 .063 .158 51.6 36.8 33.3 .213 .259 .285 33.3
2024 Sinker -1.3 -1 50 13.4 20 .158 .474 .305 13.8 10.0 33.3 .282 .559 .359 61.1
2024 Changeup -3.9 -2 50 13.4 13 .154 .154 .138 29.2 7.7 6.3 .190 .210 .178 33.3
2024 Curveball -3.8 -2 46 12.4 12 .167 .167 .150 16.7 8.3 5.9 .333 .390 .321 27.3
2024 Cutter 0.1 0 33 8.9 10 .222 .333 .285 26.7 0.0 0.0 .227 .300 .273 33.3
2024 Sweeper -0.8 0 13 3.5 4 .250 .500 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0 .422 .472 .389 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 0 12 3.2 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 25.0 .069 .071 .071 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 411 1,483 -9 -18 6 7 -14
2023 401 1,489 -13 -5 2 5 -11
2024 103 372 -1 -7 1 1 -5
2025 44 164 0 0 1 0 2
Player 959 3,508 -22 -29 11 -22 -28
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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 25.2 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
2025 164 53.0 69.0 81.7 39.0 40.0 41.5 27.3 54.9 30.0 9.8 62.5
Player 3,508 51.9 64.2 83.7 33.4 54.8 43.7 30.4 49.4 25.3 8.0 71.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 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 44 20 15 11 15 18 40 67 53 55 4 49 20 87 90 52 20 88 92
2024 48 62 55
2025 75 86 65 53 74 37 62 82 46 54 47 34 26 7 63 35 65 60
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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 5.8 2 4 6 1 12.5
2023 22.3 13 10.9 2 4 10 4 30.8
2024 24.7 3 2.1 1 2 0 2 66.7
2025 -- 0 1.0 -1 3 1 0 --
Player 22.6 24 19.9 4 13 17 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 2 8 8 8 4 3
2023 13 13 9 14 12 10 12 11 14 9 10 17 9 8 13 13 12 10 11 14 7 9 15 12 9 7 13 11 9 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 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1
Player 24 22 15 24 22 18 22 19 18 14 16 26 23 18 22 22 21 16 22 24 18 21 28 23 16 12 23 23 20 16 12
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 87.4 1.5 88.9 2.3 91.2 1.0 92.2
Launch Angle 2.6 -0.4 2.2 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 0.9
Barrel % 3.8 1.3 5.1 2.5 7.6 2.4 10.0
Hard Hit % 34.6 7.0 41.6 5.2 46.8 -3.5 43.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 27.9 0.4 28.3 -1.7 26.6 6.7 33.3
xBA .238 0.013 .251 0.027 .278 0.015 .293
BA .231 -0.001 .230 -0.041 .189 0.119 .308
xwOBA .277 0.014 .291 0.046 .337 0.033 .370
wOBA .272 0.006 .278 -0.016 .262 0.096 .358
xSLG .335 0.038 .373 0.073 .446 0.014 .460
SLG .344 0.030 .374 -0.016 .358 0.104 .462
K% 18.0 3.4 21.4 -4.9 16.5 6.2 22.7
BB% 5.4 -0.7 4.7 2.1 6.8 0.0 6.8
Swing % 49.2 -0.1 49.1 0.1 49.2 5.7 54.9
Whiff% 25.0 0.2 25.2 -0.1 25.1 4.9 30.0
In Zone % 51.8 -0.2 51.6 1.4 53.0 0.0 53.0
Out of Zone % 48.2 0.2 48.4 -1.4 47.0 0.0 47.0
Out of Zone Swing % 33.4 0.2 33.6 -3.3 30.3 8.7 39.0
First Pitch Swing % 33.1 -5.0 28.1 2.0 30.1 -2.8 27.3
First Pitch Strike % 64.7 -5.0 59.7 5.3 65.0 -3.6 61.4
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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
2025 Shades L 44 18 40.9 .455 .217
! 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%
2025 21 14.8 52.4% 0.0% 20 18.7 5.0% 5.0%
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