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 218 182 27 41 7 1 .225 .336 .390 .726
2 Seasons 293 252 35 57 11 1 .226 .316 .417 .733
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .229 4 0 .743
2024 .225 7 1 .726
2 Seasons .226 11 1 .733
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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 24 848 143 11 7.7 5.0 89.0 111.2 18.2 36.4 .251 .434 .322 .351 .380 35.7 19.7 13.8
Player 1144 200 19 9.5 6.5 89.2 111.2 16.8 35.5 .260 .476 .319 .356 .399 37.5 19.5 11.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .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
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 37.1 28.7 25.9 8.4 37.8 32.9 29.4 4.2 25.2 31.5 24.5 6.3 7.7 5.0
Player 40.0 30.0 23.0 7.0 36.5 36.0 27.5 4.0 26.0 29.5 24.0 6.5 9.5 6.5
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
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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 -1.1 -2 204 24.1 46 .211 .421 .341 18.6 19.6 16.1 .285 .584 .422 51.7
2024 Changeup -3.0 -4 142 16.7 44 .128 .154 .187 45.6 29.5 31.7 .184 .238 .221 17.9
2024 Slider 2.1 3 125 14.7 29 .190 .476 .393 40.0 20.7 15.0 .255 .682 .473 46.7
2024 Sinker 1.8 2 91 10.7 32 .269 .577 .419 7.3 12.5 20.0 .232 .450 .365 40.9
2024 Curveball -0.8 -1 81 9.6 21 .222 .278 .221 11.4 9.5 8.0 .337 .401 .348 22.2
2024 Cutter 1.5 1 78 9.2 15 .417 .500 .463 34.3 20.0 13.0 .240 .305 .329 22.2
2024 Sweeper 2.9 2 68 8.0 15 .250 .500 .393 33.3 33.3 20.0 .243 .400 .358 42.9
2024 Split-Finger 4.7 3 54 6.4 14 .286 .357 .346 12.5 7.1 6.7 .258 .339 .256 46.2
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 .155 .193 16.7
2023 Slider -3.5 -1 42 14.2 10 .125 .125 .230 40.0 10.0 8.3 .268 .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 Curveball -4.9 -1 30 10.1 7 .167 .333 .179 35.7 28.6 50.0 .061 .067 .064 0.0
2023 Cutter -9.9 -3 30 10.1 7 .000 .000 .000 31.8 14.3 20.0 .224 .254 .208 33.3
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 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 218 848 0 -9 7 4 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 848 49.2 71.9 81.0 24.8 50.5 39.9 36.2 48.0 26.8 7.5 84.4
Player 1,144 48.9 73.7 80.8 28.0 50.6 40.4 36.9 50.3 27.6 7.7 83.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 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 75 30
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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 4.1 0 0 4 2 50.0
2024 23.1 7 7.2 0 1 5 3 42.9
Player 22.9 11 11.3 0 1 9 5 45.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 7 8 5 7 7 8 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 5 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 7 7
Player 11 13 7 10 11 12 13 10 10 10 13 11 10 12 11 11 12 10 14 12 13 10 13 13 11 10 11 12 13 11 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.5 89.0 -0.5
Launch Angle 13.6 18.2 4.6
Barrel % 14.0 7.7 -6.3
Hard Hit % 42.1 35.7 -6.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.3 36.4 3.1
xBA .283 .251 -0.032
BA .229 .225 -0.004
xwOBA .373 .351 -0.022
wOBA .309 .322 0.013
xSLG .584 .434 -0.150
SLG .486 .390 -0.096
K% 18.7 19.7 1.0
BB% 4.0 13.8 9.8
Swing % 57.1 48.0 -9.1
Whiff% 29.6 26.8 -2.8
In Zone % 48.0 49.2 1.2
Out of Zone % 52.0 50.8 -1.2
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 24.8 -12.2
First Pitch Swing % 38.7 36.2 -2.5
First Pitch Strike % 61.3 62.4 1.1
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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 218 127 58.3 .311 .330
! 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 195 15.7 36.9% 1.0% 136 18.2 6.6% 1.5%
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