Austin Wells
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #28, New York Yankees | Arizona
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 75 70 8 16 4 0 .229 .257 .486 .743
2024 414 354 42 81 13 1 .229 .322 .395 .717
2 Seasons 489 424 50 97 17 1 .229 .312 .410 .722
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .229 4 0 .743
2024 .229 13 1 .717
2 Seasons .229 17 1 .722
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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 23 296 57 8 14.0 10.7 89.5 107.8 13.6 33.3 .283 .584 .309 .373 .447 42.1 18.7 4.0
2024 24 1638 275 25 9.1 6.0 88.4 111.2 17.1 34.5 .242 .429 .315 .339 .380 38.9 21.0 11.4
Player 1934 332 33 9.9 6.7 88.6 111.2 16.5 34.3 .249 .454 .314 .344 .391 39.5 20.7 10.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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
2023 47.4 33.3 15.8 3.5 33.3 43.9 22.8 3.5 28.1 24.6 22.8 7.0 14.0 10.7
2024 37.5 29.1 24.7 8.7 37.8 33.5 28.7 5.5 24.4 30.2 23.3 7.3 9.1 6.0
Player 39.2 29.8 23.2 7.8 37.0 35.2 27.7 5.1 25.0 29.2 23.2 7.2 9.9 6.7
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 -0.8 -4 470 28.7 112 .189 .379 .317 25.0 24.1 19.0 .222 .488 .360 45.6
2024 Changeup -0.6 -1 240 14.7 72 .227 .364 .282 37.2 23.6 24.3 .248 .402 .306 32.7
2024 Slider 0.9 2 234 14.3 56 .200 .400 .316 36.4 28.6 20.5 .226 .504 .370 41.9
2024 Sinker 2.1 4 193 11.8 57 .267 .511 .406 11.9 10.5 14.6 .246 .418 .372 41.0
2024 Cutter 0.4 1 153 9.3 30 .320 .400 .380 30.0 16.7 14.7 .251 .379 .343 40.0
2024 Curveball -1.2 -2 140 8.5 37 .176 .265 .193 16.7 18.9 14.0 .262 .333 .279 27.6
2024 Split-Finger 2.0 2 106 6.5 27 .308 .385 .352 24.5 7.4 6.7 .266 .333 .277 41.7
2024 Sweeper 2.2 2 95 5.8 21 .250 .500 .374 32.4 33.3 20.0 .253 .437 .359 40.0
2024 Slurve 0.0 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 1 77 26.0 24 .292 .708 .413 15.2 16.7 16.7 .376 .963 .551 70.0
2023 Changeup -1.9 -1 48 16.2 9 .125 .125 .178 37.9 22.2 11.8 .137 .156 .193 16.7
2023 Slider -3.7 -2 41 13.9 10 .125 .125 .230 40.0 10.0 8.3 .269 .437 .380 42.9
2023 Sinker 0.5 0 38 12.8 7 .286 .286 .257 5.6 0.0 0.0 .388 .527 .396 28.6
2023 Cutter -9.9 -3 30 10.1 7 .000 .000 .000 31.8 14.3 20.0 .224 .254 .208 33.3
2023 Curveball -4.9 -1 30 10.1 7 .167 .333 .179 35.7 28.6 50.0 .061 .067 .064 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 3.9 1 22 7.4 7 .429 1.000 .593 57.1 28.6 22.2 .344 .770 .464 20.0
2023 Sweeper 18.2 2 10 3.4 4 .333 1.333 .675 50.0 50.0 66.7 .171 .579 .404 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 75 296 1 -7 1 1 -3
2024 469 1,853 2 -26 14 8 -2
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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 296 48.0 78.9 80.4 37.0 50.9 41.9 38.7 57.1 29.6 8.1 79.2
2024 1,638 49.9 73.2 79.9 25.5 51.2 42.2 33.8 49.3 27.3 7.3 83.2
Player 1,934 49.6 74.0 80.0 27.3 51.1 42.2 34.6 50.5 27.7 7.4 82.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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
2023 34 34
2024 76 36 67 71 79 45 60 34 74 42 54 89 34 70 31 60 24 38
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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 22.7 4 4.0 0 0 4 2 50.0
2024 22.5 15 18.3 -3 2 14 8 53.3
Player 22.5 19 22.3 -3 2 18 10 52.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 4 5 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 4
2024 15 18 15 17 17 21 21 18 15 16 19 17 19 18 20 14 17 17 21 20 20 14 23 22 18 19 16 20 20 19 17
Player 19 23 17 20 21 25 25 21 19 19 23 21 22 22 24 18 22 20 27 25 25 19 28 27 21 22 20 24 25 23 21
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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 88.4 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 13.6 17.1 3.5 ↑
Barrel % 14.0 9.1 -4.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 42.1 38.9 -3.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.3 34.5 1.2 ↑
xBA .283 .242 -0.041 ↓
BA .229 .229 0.000
xwOBA .373 .339 -0.034 ↓
wOBA .309 .315 0.006 ↑
xSLG .584 .429 -0.155 ↓
SLG .486 .395 -0.091 ↓
K% 18.7 21.0 2.3 ↑
BB% 4.0 11.4 7.4 ↑
Swing % 57.1 49.3 -7.8 ↓
Whiff% 29.6 27.3 -2.3 ↓
In Zone % 48.0 49.9 1.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.0 50.1 -1.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 25.5 -11.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 38.7 33.8 -4.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 59.7 -1.6 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 75 41 54.7 .305 .312
2024 Shades L 411 223 54.3 .325 .310
! 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 61 16.2 31.1% 0.0% 50 19.3 2.0% 0.0%
2024 369 15.9 33.6% 0.5% 326 18.5 4.6% 1.8%
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