Ben Rortvedt
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 191LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 2, #56, Minnesota Twins | Verona Area (WI) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 98 89 8 15 3 0 .169 .229 .281 .510
2023 75 64 5 7 2 0 .109 .240 .219 .459
2 Seasons 173 153 13 22 5 0 .144 .234 .255 .489
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .169 3 0 .510
2023 .109 2 0 .459
2 Seasons .144 5 0 .489
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 23 386 62 4 6.5 4.1 84.6 111.4 13.7 25.8 .205 .348 .227 .270 .351 29.0 29.6 6.1
2023 25 310 46 3 6.5 4.0 87.9 105.7 17.0 34.8 .166 .269 .219 .260 .258 34.8 24.0 14.7
Player 696 108 7 6.5 4.0 86.1 111.4 15.1 29.6 .189 .315 .224 .266 .311 31.5 27.2 9.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 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
2021 41.9 27.4 21.0 9.7 30.6 41.9 27.4 9.7 33.9 25.8 21.0 3.2 6.5 4.1
2023 39.1 28.3 19.6 13.0 34.8 34.8 30.4 4.3 30.4 39.1 19.6 0.0 6.5 4.0
Player 40.7 27.8 20.4 11.1 32.4 38.9 28.7 7.4 32.4 31.5 20.4 1.9 6.5 4.0
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -2.4 -3 105 33.9 29 .087 .087 .207 24.0 17.2 15.6 .153 .196 .264 33.3
2023 Sinker -6.2 -3 52 16.8 13 .083 .083 .123 16.7 15.4 12.5 .182 .255 .228 40.0
2023 Cutter -3.2 -1 37 11.9 7 .167 .667 .386 0.0 0.0 0.0 .397 .819 .538 50.0
2023 Curveball 1.7 1 34 11.0 6 .333 .833 .483 45.5 33.3 20.0 .164 .326 .208 50.0
2023 Slider -1.8 -1 34 11.0 4 .000 .000 .175 53.8 50.0 18.2 .055 .133 .232 0.0
2023 Changeup -1.5 0 32 10.3 10 .125 .250 .265 38.5 30.0 25.0 .127 .241 .263 20.0
2023 Sweeper -6.2 -1 13 4.2 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 75.0 42.9 .040 .052 .036 0.0
2023 Splitter -6.5 0 2 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Slurve -21.4 0 1 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .211 .264 .190 0.0
2021 4-Seamer -2.4 -3 107 27.7 32 .200 .300 .247 18.8 18.8 25.0 .209 .334 .264 25.0
2021 Sinker -2.9 -2 77 19.9 23 .190 .333 .265 11.8 26.1 24.0 .315 .576 .404 46.7
2021 Slider 0.1 0 61 15.8 15 .154 .154 .213 42.3 40.0 28.6 .161 .198 .232 14.3
2021 Changeup -3.7 -2 57 14.8 13 .083 .167 .104 62.5 53.8 41.2 .118 .187 .132 33.3
2021 Cutter -3.6 -1 39 10.1 7 .167 .167 .229 18.2 0.0 0.0 .207 .304 .288 16.7
2021 Curveball -3.2 -1 25 6.5 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 50.0 .030 .031 .027 0.0
2021 Splitter -4.4 -1 12 3.1 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 28.6 .003 .010 .006 0.0
2021 Slurve 23.0 1 4 1.0 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .554 2.109 1.071 100.0
2021 Sweeper -1.9 0 4 1.0 1 -- -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 98 386 -6 -8 2 3 -9
2023 75 310 -5 -5 1 1 -9
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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 %
2021 386 47.9 68.1 77.0 25.4 43.1 45.1 25.5 45.9 31.6 6.2 75.0
2023 310 49.4 63.4 80.4 21.7 47.1 44.2 28.0 42.3 27.5 6.1 84.2
Player 696 48.6 66.0 78.5 23.7 44.7 44.7 26.6 44.3 29.9 6.2 79.1
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2021 80 44
2023 19 17
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 22.5 3 3.4 0 0 1 3 100.0
2023 23.1 2 1.4 1 1 1 1 50.0
Player 22.7 5 4.8 0 1 2 4 80.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
2023 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Player 5 5 4 6 6 4 6 5 5 4 4 7 4 4 6 6 4 4 4 6 4 4 6 5 4 4 6 4 4 4 4
! 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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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 87 42 48.3 .215 .227
2023 Shades L 75 41 54.7 .128 .294
! 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 %
2021 98 17.9 9.2% 1.0% 74 24.8 0.0% 23.0%
2023 95 16.0 33.7% 0.0% 48 19.9 2.1% 0.0%
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