CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 175 lbs | Age: 37
Draft: 2007 | Rd. 1, No. 28, Minnesota Twins | Lexington Catholic (KY) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 634 592 84 181 2 31 .306 .342 .377 .719
2016 375 350 44 76 2 14 .217 .260 .300 .560
2017 308 291 37 80 1 21 .275 .308 .344 .652
8 Seasons 3,343 3,138 400 892 7 211 .284 .319 .343 .662
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .306 2 31 .719
2016 .217 2 14 .560
2017 .275 1 21 .652
8 Seasons .284 7 211 .662
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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%
2015 27 2252 536 0 0.0 0.0 83.1 111.4 5.1 34.9 .283 .345 .316 .298 .310 14.6 10.1 5.0
2016 28 1346 320 2 0.6 0.5 83.6 102.9 5.5 29.1 .230 .301 .246 .256 .254 16.3 9.1 4.8
2017 29 1122 268 1 0.4 0.3 82.7 101.9 4.5 36.9 .299 .369 .284 .307 .314 13.1 8.1 4.9
Player 4720 1124 3 0.3 0.2 83.2 111.4 5.1 33.7 .272 .339 .288 .289 .296 14.7 9.3 4.9
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 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 %
2015 57.1 42.9 14.6 26.9 1.5 34.1 41.0 24.4 22.4 23.9 10.8 11.8 17.2 13.6
2016 57.2 42.8 14.4 25.6 2.8 29.1 44.4 26.3 20.0 30.6 6.6 9.1 13.8 19.7
2017 56.0 44.0 13.8 29.1 1.1 26.5 48.1 24.6 17.9 29.5 8.2 8.6 18.7 16.4
Player 56.9 43.1 14.3 27.0 1.8 30.9 43.7 25.0 20.6 27.1 9.0 10.2 16.5 16.0
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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
2015 5.8 41.2 16.8 30.0 2.1 0.0 0.0
2016 4.1 45.0 21.9 19.7 2.5 0.6 0.5
2017 6.0 42.2 16.4 33.2 1.5 0.4 0.3
Player 5.3 42.5 18.1 27.8 2.0 0.3 0.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -1.2 -5 397 35.5 106 .247 .340 .310 1.8 3.8 5.9 .319 .416 .348 15.1
2017 Sinker 0.2 1 328 29.3 91 .341 .388 .380 5.6 6.6 9.2 .313 .378 .320 16.3
2017 Slider -1.0 -1 126 11.3 31 .258 .355 .245 25.4 19.4 15.0 .237 .285 .226 12.0
2017 Changeup -4.0 -4 109 9.7 37 .167 .222 .189 15.9 10.8 14.3 .249 .291 .232 12.1
2017 Curveball 0.8 1 94 8.4 24 .304 .348 .306 18.2 8.3 6.5 .326 .371 .319 4.8
2017 Cutter 1.2 1 45 4.0 16 .375 .438 .359 7.4 12.5 13.3 .312 .389 .307 0.0
2017 Split-Finger -1.8 0 15 1.3 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 14.3 .053 .061 .048 0.0
2017 Slurve 1.2 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper -14.4 0 2 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .447 .627 .455 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 30 105 -1 -3 1 0 -3
2011 479 1,698 -20 -9 13 5 -11
2012 553 1,996 -17 -8 11 8 -7
2013 334 1,146 -9 -7 7 3 -5
2014 625 2,251 -4 -17 10 7 -5
2015 634 2,252 -10 -10 10 9 -1
2016 375 1,346 -13 -20 7 6 -20
2017 308 1,122 -14 -9 9 5 -9
Player 3,338 11,916 -88 -83 68 -88 -62
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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 %
2015 2,252 47.3 57.7 96.3 28.8 76.5 44.7 9.9 42.5 10.8 7.4 57.5
2016 1,346 50.1 53.8 94.8 24.9 80.8 46.2 9.1 39.4 9.6 7.4 56.0
2017 1,122 51.1 62.1 93.8 25.0 82.5 41.9 8.8 43.9 9.3 8.8 63.6
Player 4,720 49.0 57.6 95.2 26.8 78.9 44.4 9.4 41.9 10.1 7.8 58.7
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 47.3 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
2015 31 89 19 3 54 1 1 1 85 1 95 18 98 54 85
2016 1 11 2 4 3 1 2 1 30 2 99 11 100 74 60 85
2017 29 66 82
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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 %
2016 22.44 2 1.7 0 1 2 0 0.0
2017 22.82 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 22.57 3 2.7 0 2 3 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 1
2017 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 3 3 1 4 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 1 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 2
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's batted balls 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

2017 +/-   2016 +/-   2015
Results
BA .275 +.058 .217 -.089 .306
xBA .299 +.069 .230 -.053 .283
OBP .308 +.048 .260 -.082 .342
xOBP .332 +.057 .275 -.047 .322
SLG .344 +.044 .300 -.077 .377
xSLG .369 +.068 .301 -.044 .345
ISO .069 -.014 .083 +.012 .071
xISO .070 -.002 .072 +.010 .062
BABIP .296 +.062 .234 -.104 .338
wOBA .284 +.038 .246 -.070 .316
xwOBA .307 +.051 .256 -.042 .298
wOBACON .288 +.045 .243 -.087 .330
xwOBACON .314 +.060 .254 -.056 .310
BACON .299 +.060 .239 -.102 .341
xBACON .326 +.071 .255 -.062 .317
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 13.1 -3.2 16.3 +1.7 14.6
Avg Exit Velocity 82.7 -0.9 83.6 +0.5 83.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.9 +7.8 29.1 -5.8 34.9
Barrel % 0.4 -0.2 0.6 +0.6 0.0
Avg Launch Angle 4.5 -1.0 5.5 +0.4 5.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.0 -0.3 92.3 -0.1 92.4
Breaking Velocity 81.5 -0.1 81.6 +0.4 81.2
Offspeed Velocity 83.7 -0.4 84.1 -0.7 84.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 1 -1 2 +2 0
Popup % 1.1 -1.7 2.8 +1.3 1.5
Flyball % 13.8 -0.6 14.4 -0.2 14.6
Line Drive % 29.1 +3.5 25.6 -1.3 26.9
Groundball % 56.0 -1.2 57.2 +0.1 57.1
Pull % 26.5 -2.6 29.1 -5.0 34.1
Straight Away % 48.1 +3.7 44.4 +3.4 41.0
Opposite Field % 24.6 -1.7 26.3 +1.9 24.4
Weak Contact % 6.0 +1.9 4.1 -1.7 5.8
Pull Airball % 8.6 -0.5 9.1 -2.7 11.8
Topped Contact % 42.2 -2.8 45.0 +3.8 41.2
Under Contact % 16.4 -5.5 21.9 +5.1 16.8
Flare/Burner Contact % 33.2 +13.5 19.7 -10.3 30.0
Solid Contact % 1.5 -1.0 2.5 +0.4 2.1
HR/FB % 2.7 -1.6 4.3 +1.7 2.6
Popups 3 -6 9 +1 8
Flyballs 37 -9 46 -32 78
Line Drives 78 -4 82 -62 144
Groundballs 150 -33 183 -123 306
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 51.1 +1.0 50.1 +2.8 47.3
Out of Zone % 48.9 -1.0 49.9 -2.8 52.7
Edge % 41.9 -4.3 46.2 +1.5 44.7
Zone Swing % 62.1 +8.3 53.8 -3.9 57.7
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 +0.1 24.9 -3.9 28.8
In Zone Contact % 93.8 -1.0 94.8 -1.5 96.3
Out of Zone Contact % 82.5 +1.7 80.8 +4.3 76.5
Whiff % 9.3 -0.3 9.6 -1.2 10.8
First Strike % 59.1 +0.4 58.7 +2.1 56.6
First Pitch Swing % 8.8 -0.3 9.1 -0.8 9.9
Swing % 43.9 +4.5 39.4 -3.1 42.5
Meatball Swing % 63.6 +7.6 56.0 -1.5 57.5
Meatball % 8.8 +1.4 7.4 0.0 7.4
Zone Swing & Miss % 6.2 +1.0 5.2 +1.5 3.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 17.5 -1.7 19.2 -4.3 23.5
In Zone 573 -102 675 -391 1,066
Out of Zone 549 -122 671 -515 1,186
Edge 470 -152 622 -384 1,006
In Zone Swings 356 -7 363 -252 615
Out of Zone Swings 137 -30 167 -174 341
In Zone Swing & Misses 22 +3 19 -4 23
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 24 -8 32 -48 80
Basic
Pitches 1,122 -224 1,346 -906 2,252
PA 308 -67 375 -259 634
AB 291 -59 350 -242 592
Hits 80 +4 76 -105 181
Singles 64 +6 58 -92 150
Doubles 13 +4 9 -13 22
Triples 2 -5 7 0 7
Home Runs 1 -1 2 0 2
Walks 15 -3 18 -14 32
Strikeouts 25 -9 34 -30 64
K% 8.1 -1.0 9.1 -1.0 10.1
BB% 4.9 +0.1 4.8 -0.2 5.0
HBP 0 -3 3 +1 2
Batted Balls 268 -52 320 -216 536
Number of Fastballs 770 -219 989 -594 1,583
Number of Offspeed 124 +8 116 -99 215
Number of Breaking 220 -18 238 -207 445
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 361 3 0.8 .248 .000
2017 Shifts L 308 0 0.0 .284
! 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 %
2010 42 14.0 64.3% 0.0% 15 20.0 0.0% 6.7%
2011 622 13.7 63.8% 1.1% 246 19.8 8.1% 6.5%
2012 705 14.9 52.6% 0.6% 316 21.2 3.2% 9.8%
2013 406 14.7 53.4% 1.5% 183 21.0 2.7% 8.2%
2014 886 15.0 49.4% 0.9% 297 22.5 3.4% 8.1%
2015 854 16.4 39.0% 4.4% 334 22.9 6.9% 18.6%
2016 553 17.0 34.2% 2.5% 195 24.4 7.2% 20.0%
2017 366 17.2 20.5% 0.3% 204 23.9 0.0% 12.7%
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