Austin Wells
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 1" 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
2025 160 140 16 28 8 2 .200 .269 .443 .712
3 Seasons 649 564 66 125 25 3 .222 .301 .418 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .229 4 0 .743
2024 .229 13 1 .717
2025 .200 8 2 .712
3 Seasons .222 25 3 .719
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%
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
2025 25 656 108 13 12.0 8.1 91.0 111.0 21.6 31.5 .212 .426 .304 .308 .358 47.2 23.1 7.5
Player 2590 440 46 10.5 7.1 89.2 111.2 17.8 33.6 .240 .447 .311 .335 .383 41.4 21.3 9.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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 %
2023 47.4 52.6 33.3 15.8 3.5 33.3 43.9 22.8 21.1 19.3 7.0 12.3 24.6 15.8
2024 37.5 62.5 29.1 24.7 8.7 37.8 33.5 28.7 17.5 13.1 6.9 20.4 20.4 21.8
2025 33.3 66.7 37.0 20.4 9.3 37.0 31.5 31.5 15.7 11.1 6.5 21.3 20.4 25.0
Player 37.7 62.3 31.6 22.5 8.2 37.0 34.3 28.6 17.5 13.4 6.8 19.5 20.9 21.8
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
2023 3.5 28.1 24.6 22.8 7.0 14.0 10.7
2024 5.5 24.4 30.2 23.3 7.3 9.1 6.0
2025 5.6 22.2 35.2 17.6 7.4 12.0 8.1
Player 5.2 24.3 30.7 21.8 7.3 10.5 7.1
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 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 5 198 30.2 51 .214 .571 .366 26.7 23.5 19.4 .248 .603 .387 63.6
2025 Slider -1.0 -1 101 15.4 23 .150 .450 .272 40.4 34.8 27.6 .182 .278 .235 38.5
2025 Changeup -0.2 0 85 13.0 25 .240 .520 .318 29.4 24.0 22.2 .214 .448 .277 36.8
2025 Sinker -0.2 0 83 12.7 21 .222 .389 .324 16.7 9.5 9.5 .206 .406 .321 56.3
2025 Cutter 1.2 1 61 9.3 12 .250 .500 .383 35.7 25.0 15.8 .234 .535 .422 33.3
2025 Curveball -1.7 -1 56 8.5 13 .250 .250 .262 26.7 23.1 12.5 .246 .309 .274 55.6
2025 Sweeper -3.7 -2 45 6.9 8 .000 .000 .000 31.8 12.5 6.7 .109 .128 .103 14.3
2025 Split-Finger -1.9 0 21 3.2 7 .143 .286 .179 27.3 28.6 18.2 .127 .186 .133 20.0
2025 Slurve -0.5 0 6 0.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -4 475 29.0 113 .189 .379 .321 25.2 23.9 18.8 .222 .488 .363 45.6
2024 Changeup -0.2 -1 238 14.5 72 .227 .364 .282 37.5 23.6 24.6 .248 .402 .306 32.7
2024 Slider 0.5 1 229 14.0 55 .222 .422 .338 37.1 29.1 20.5 .247 .529 .393 46.7
2024 Sinker 0.5 1 189 11.5 56 .267 .511 .401 11.0 10.7 15.4 .246 .418 .366 41.0
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 151 9.2 29 .292 .375 .362 30.4 17.2 14.7 .222 .347 .323 36.8
2024 Curveball -1.9 -3 139 8.5 37 .176 .265 .193 16.7 18.9 14.0 .262 .333 .279 27.6
2024 Split-Finger 1.5 2 108 6.6 27 .308 .385 .352 24.1 7.4 6.5 .266 .333 .277 41.7
2024 Sweeper 1.5 2 101 6.2 23 .235 .471 .341 30.6 30.4 20.0 .239 .412 .328 33.3
2024 Slurve -3.0 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 75 296 2 -8 2 1 -3
2024 414 1,638 -1 -21 13 9 -1
2025 160 656 -2 -1 3 2 1
Player 649 2,590 -1 -30 17 -1 -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
2025 656 47.6 74.0 82.7 31.4 46.3 44.7 41.3 51.7 28.9 9.0 83.1
Player 2,590 49.1 74.0 80.7 28.4 49.7 42.8 36.2 50.8 28.0 7.8 82.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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 58 33 38
2025 27 7 48 72 9 64 70 68 74 74 39 39 25 26 29 74 23 15
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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 22.73 4 4.0 0 0 4 2 50.0
2024 22.50 15 18.2 -3 2 14 8 53.3
2025 22.30 8 6.0 2 6 8 0 0.0
Player 22.47 27 28.3 -1 8 26 10 37.0
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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 15 19 17 19 18 20 14 17 17 20 20 20 14 23 23 18 19 16 19 20 19 17
2025 8 7 4 6 5 7 5 4 3 3 4 9 6 9 6 3 5 4 6 8 6 6 10 9 5 5 7 7 8 7 7
Player 27 30 21 26 26 32 30 25 22 21 27 30 28 31 30 21 27 24 32 33 31 25 38 37 26 27 27 30 33 30 28
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.5 -1.1 88.4 2.6 91.0
Launch Angle 13.6 3.5 17.1 4.5 21.6
Barrel % 14.0 -4.9 9.1 2.9 12.0
Hard Hit % 42.1 -3.2 38.9 8.3 47.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.3 1.2 34.5 -3.0 31.5
xBA .283 -0.041 .242 -0.030 .212
BA .229 0.000 .229 -0.029 .200
xwOBA .373 -0.034 .339 -0.031 .308
wOBA .309 0.006 .315 -0.011 .304
xSLG .584 -0.155 .429 -0.003 .426
SLG .486 -0.091 .395 0.048 .443
K% 18.7 2.3 21.0 2.1 23.1
BB% 4.0 7.4 11.4 -3.9 7.5
Swing % 57.1 -7.8 49.3 2.4 51.7
Whiff% 29.6 -2.3 27.3 1.6 28.9
In Zone % 48.0 1.9 49.9 -2.3 47.6
Out of Zone % 52.0 -1.9 50.1 2.3 52.4
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 -11.5 25.5 5.9 31.4
First Pitch Swing % 38.7 -4.9 33.8 7.5 41.3
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 -1.6 59.7 4.0 63.7
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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
2025 Shades L 160 100 62.5 .304 .304
! 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%
2025 156 16.5 28.2% 0.6% 99 18.6 3.0% 1.0%
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