Austin Wells
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 24
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 88 73 9 15 1 1 .205 .318 .315 .633
2 Seasons 163 143 17 31 5 1 .217 .290 .399 .689
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .229 4 0 .743
2024 .205 1 1 .633
2 Seasons .217 5 1 .689
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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 24 334 64 6 9.4 6.8 88.5 105.1 19.1 46.9 .291 .506 .290 .392 .397 34.4 12.5 14.8
Player 630 121 14 11.6 8.6 89.0 107.8 16.5 40.5 .287 .544 .299 .383 .421 38.0 15.3 9.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 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 29.7 31.3 32.8 6.3 31.3 34.4 34.4 4.7 23.4 32.8 25.0 4.7 9.4 6.8
Player 38.0 32.2 24.8 5.0 32.2 38.8 28.9 4.1 25.6 28.9 24.0 5.8 11.6 8.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 -1 86 25.7 17 .214 .500 .368 18.8 5.9 5.0 .371 .931 .569 46.2
2024 Changeup -4.4 -3 59 17.7 15 .071 .143 .130 41.9 20.0 23.1 .157 .273 .214 27.3
2024 Slider 1.9 1 53 15.9 14 .222 .222 .379 36.0 14.3 11.1 .316 .738 .532 71.4
2024 Curveball -0.4 0 36 10.8 12 .222 .333 .238 9.5 8.3 10.0 .365 .428 .385 20.0
2024 Sinker -3.0 -1 29 8.7 7 .000 .000 .100 15.4 14.3 16.7 .100 .141 .187 0.0
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 28 8.4 5 .600 .600 .540 28.6 20.0 12.5 .302 .354 .285 25.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.9 0 24 7.2 10 .222 .333 .285 21.4 10.0 10.0 .330 .439 .366 50.0
2024 Sweeper 1.4 0 14 4.2 6 .200 .200 .267 28.6 16.7 33.3 .373 .440 .413 25.0
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 -1.3 -1 44 14.9 8 .143 .143 .200 36.0 12.5 6.7 .156 .178 .218 16.7
2023 Slider -3.5 -1 42 14.2 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 1.9 0 26 8.8 8 .375 .875 .519 55.6 37.5 27.3 .301 .673 .406 20.0
2023 Sweeper 19.8 2 9 3.0 4 .333 1.333 .675 50.0 50.0 66.7 .171 .579 .404 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 75 296 1 -7 1 1 -3
2024 88 334 -3 -5 3 2 -3
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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 334 47.6 73.6 81.2 24.6 55.8 37.4 39.8 47.9 25.6 6.0 80.0
Player 630 47.8 76.1 80.8 30.4 53.0 39.5 39.3 52.2 27.7 7.0 79.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 34 34
2024 21 36
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.7 4 4.1 0 0 4 2 50.0
2024 21.0 1 1.0 0 3 1 0 0.0
Player 22.4 5 5.1 0 3 5 2 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 4 5 2 3 4 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 5 4 4
2024 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1
Player 5 6 2 4 5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 4 7 7 6 5 6 7 4 4 4 4 8 5 5
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 88.5 -1.0
Launch Angle 13.6 19.1 5.5
Barrel % 14.0 9.4 -4.6
Hard Hit % 42.1 34.4 -7.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.3 46.9 13.6
xBA .283 .291 0.008
BA .229 .205 -0.024
xwOBA .373 .392 0.019
wOBA .309 .290 -0.019
xSLG .584 .506 -0.078
SLG .486 .315 -0.171
K% 18.7 12.5 -6.2
BB% 4.0 14.8 10.8
Swing % 57.1 47.9 -9.2
Whiff% 29.6 25.6 -4.0
In Zone % 48.0 47.6 -0.4
Out of Zone % 52.0 52.4 0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 24.6 -12.4
First Pitch Swing % 38.7 39.8 1.1
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 62.5 1.2
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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 88 51 58.0 .345 .251
! 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 86 15.2 44.2% 0.0% 57 18.1 10.5% 1.8%
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