Ben Rortvedt
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 210LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 2, #56, Minnesota Twins | Verona Area (WI) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 79 68 6 8 2 0 .118 .241 .221 .462
2024 328 290 27 66 3 1 .228 .317 .303 .620
2025 70 63 2 6 0 0 .095 .186 .111 .297
4 Seasons 575 510 43 95 8 1 .186 .276 .265 .541
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .118 2 0 .462
2024 .228 3 1 .620
2025 .095 0 0 .297
4 Seasons .186 8 1 .541
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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%
2021 23 386 62 4 6.5 4.1 84.6 111.4 13.7 25.8 .202 .344 .227 .267 .346 29.0 29.6 6.1
2023 25 322 49 3 6.1 3.8 88.0 105.7 16.3 34.7 .180 .285 .219 .266 .273 34.7 24.1 13.9
2024 26 1357 202 7 3.5 2.1 86.2 109.3 11.9 30.2 .202 .287 .283 .267 .303 30.7 26.8 10.4
2025 27 288 49 1 2.0 1.4 81.8 103.0 16.1 22.4 .156 .207 .151 .210 .201 18.4 20.0 10.0
Player 2353 362 15 4.1 2.6 85.6 111.4 13.3 29.0 .193 .287 .249 .260 .292 29.3 26.1 10.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 %
2021 41.9 58.1 27.4 21.0 9.7 30.6 41.9 27.4 16.1 14.5 11.3 14.5 27.4 16.1
2023 40.8 59.2 26.5 20.4 12.2 38.8 32.7 28.6 22.4 16.3 2.0 16.3 16.3 26.5
2024 47.0 53.0 20.8 24.8 7.4 31.7 39.6 28.7 16.3 23.8 6.9 15.3 15.8 21.8
2025 49.0 51.0 18.4 14.3 18.4 40.8 26.5 32.7 24.5 16.3 8.2 16.3 10.2 24.5
Player 45.6 54.4 22.4 22.1 9.9 33.7 37.3 29.0 18.2 20.2 7.2 15.5 17.1 21.8
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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
2021 9.7 33.9 25.8 21.0 3.2 6.5 4.1
2023 4.1 30.6 36.7 22.4 0.0 6.1 3.8
2024 4.5 34.7 26.7 27.2 3.0 3.5 2.1
2025 10.2 40.8 34.7 12.2 0.0 2.0 1.4
Player 6.1 34.8 29.0 23.5 2.2 4.1 2.6
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 -2.8 -3 122 42.4 25 .045 .045 .156 25.0 24.0 17.6 .135 .157 .196 25.0
2025 Sinker -3.1 -1 40 13.9 13 .167 .250 .219 0.0 0.0 0.0 .317 .497 .374 33.3
2025 Changeup -7.7 -2 29 10.1 11 .000 .000 .064 29.4 18.2 25.0 .099 .119 .148 0.0
2025 Curveball 5.9 2 26 9.0 4 .333 .333 .625 37.5 25.0 8.3 .284 .320 .369 0.0
2025 Cutter -5.0 -1 21 7.3 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 12.5 .017 .025 .019 0.0
2025 Slider -7.6 -2 20 6.9 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 33.3 40.0 .088 .102 .087 25.0
2025 Split-Finger -5.5 -1 15 5.2 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 25.0 25.0 .103 .124 .096 0.0
2025 Sweeper 7.3 1 14 4.9 4 .667 .667 .625 16.7 25.0 16.7 .083 .098 .234 0.0
2025 Slurve 4.0 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -3 500 36.8 110 .227 .295 .326 16.4 17.3 13.0 .208 .342 .329 31.9
2024 Changeup -0.5 -1 170 12.5 43 .262 .310 .263 32.1 23.3 19.2 .198 .243 .202 25.0
2024 Sinker 2.8 4 151 11.1 41 .364 .515 .466 18.8 19.5 20.0 .300 .432 .391 36.0
2024 Slider -0.7 -1 146 10.8 47 .233 .349 .289 38.5 40.4 31.7 .164 .239 .218 37.5
2024 Curveball -3.3 -5 142 10.5 29 .036 .071 .098 40.4 51.7 30.6 .116 .168 .141 15.4
2024 Cutter -3.0 -3 115 8.5 30 .207 .241 .215 22.4 26.7 27.6 .209 .243 .213 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 -1 71 5.2 15 .143 .143 .167 46.9 33.3 21.7 .115 .124 .145 33.3
2024 Sweeper 2.9 2 54 4.0 11 .364 .545 .391 26.1 18.2 11.8 .381 .452 .364 22.2
2024 Slurve -2.6 0 8 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 98 386 -4 -7 2 2 -7
2023 79 322 -5 -5 2 1 -7
2024 327 1,357 -9 -14 9 6 -9
2025 70 288 -6 -4 2 1 -8
Player 574 2,353 -24 -30 14 -24 -31
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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 322 49.4 63.5 80.2 21.5 45.7 43.8 26.6 42.2 27.9 6.5 85.7
2024 1,357 48.9 58.9 81.6 27.8 53.4 43.2 21.3 43.0 26.7 7.4 69.3
2025 288 52.8 67.1 77.5 21.3 65.5 47.9 37.1 45.5 23.7 8.0 87.0
Player 2,353 49.3 62.1 80.0 25.8 51.9 44.2 24.7 43.7 27.3 7.2 74.6
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 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
2021 80 43
2023 18 15
2024 52 13
2025 11 12
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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 %
2021 22.47 3 3.4 0 0 1 3 100.0
2023 23.11 2 1.4 1 1 1 1 50.0
2024 24.20 3 2.8 0 0 4 0 0.0
Player 23.28 8 7.6 0 1 6 4 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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
2024 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 1 2 4 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 0 4 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 1
Player 8 7 6 10 9 8 10 9 8 5 6 11 6 6 9 9 7 7 8 10 7 4 10 9 7 6 9 7 6 6 5
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

2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .118 +.110 .228 -.133 .095
xBA .180 +.022 .202 -.046 .156
OBP .241 +.076 .317 -.131 .186
xOBP .294 +.001 .295 -.054 .241
SLG .221 +.082 .303 -.192 .111
xSLG .285 +.002 .287 -.080 .207
ISO .103 -.027 .076 -.060 .016
xISO .106 -.021 .085 -.034 .051
BABIP .128 +.189 .317 -.195 .122
wOBA .219 +.064 .283 -.132 .151
xwOBA .266 +.001 .267 -.057 .210
wOBACON .197 +.132 .329 -.213 .116
xwOBACON .273 +.030 .303 -.102 .201
BACON .163 +.164 .327 -.205 .122
xBACON .250 +.041 .291 -.090 .201
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 34.7 -4.0 30.7 -12.3 18.4
Avg Exit Velocity 88.0 -1.8 86.2 -4.4 81.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.7 -4.5 30.2 -7.8 22.4
Barrel % 6.1 -2.6 3.5 -1.5 2.0
Avg Launch Angle 16.3 -4.4 11.9 +4.2 16.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 70.9 -1.2 69.7 -0.1 69.6
Attack Angle 13° -2° 11° 11°
Ideal Attack Angle % 57.5 +1.5 59.0 +2.6 61.6
Attack Direction -2° -2°
Swing Path - Tilt 30° -1° 29° 29°
Swing Length 6.8 +0.3 7.1 -0.1 7.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.5 +0.4 93.9 -0.2 93.7
Breaking Velocity 83.3 -0.5 82.8 -0.3 82.5
Offspeed Velocity 86.3 +0.7 87.0 -0.1 86.9
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 +4 7 -6 1
Popup % 12.2 -4.8 7.4 +11.0 18.4
Flyball % 26.5 -5.7 20.8 -2.4 18.4
Line Drive % 20.4 +4.4 24.8 -10.5 14.3
Groundball % 40.8 +6.2 47.0 +2.0 49.0
Pull % 38.8 -7.1 31.7 +9.1 40.8
Straight Away % 32.7 +6.9 39.6 -13.1 26.5
Opposite Field % 28.6 +0.1 28.7 +4.0 32.7
Weak Contact % 4.1 +0.4 4.5 +5.7 10.2
Pull Airball % 16.3 -1.0 15.3 +1.0 16.3
Topped Contact % 30.6 +4.1 34.7 +6.1 40.8
Under Contact % 36.7 -10.0 26.7 +8.0 34.7
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.4 +4.8 27.2 -15.0 12.2
Solid Contact % 0.0 +3.0 3.0 -3.0 0.0
HR/FB % 15.4 -8.3 7.1 -7.1 0.0
Popups 6 +9 15 -6 9
Flyballs 13 +29 42 -33 9
Line Drives 10 +40 50 -43 7
Groundballs 20 +75 95 -71 24
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.4 -0.5 48.9 +3.9 52.8
Out of Zone % 50.6 +0.5 51.1 -3.9 47.2
Edge % 43.8 -0.6 43.2 +4.7 47.9
Zone Swing % 63.5 -4.6 58.9 +8.2 67.1
Out of Zone Swing % 21.5 +6.3 27.8 -6.5 21.3
In Zone Contact % 80.2 +1.4 81.6 -4.1 77.5
Out of Zone Contact % 45.7 +7.7 53.4 +12.1 65.5
Whiff % 27.9 -1.2 26.7 -3.0 23.7
First Strike % 67.1 -11.0 56.1 +15.3 71.4
First Pitch Swing % 26.6 -5.3 21.3 +15.8 37.1
Swing % 42.2 +0.8 43.0 +2.5 45.5
Meatball Swing % 85.7 -16.4 69.3 +17.7 87.0
Meatball % 6.5 +0.9 7.4 +0.6 8.0
Zone Swing & Miss % 18.8 -1.2 17.6 +4.0 21.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 54.3 -9.2 45.1 -14.1 31.0
In Zone 159 +505 664 -512 152
Out of Zone 163 +530 693 -557 136
Edge 141 +445 586 -448 138
In Zone Swings 101 +290 391 -289 102
Out of Zone Swings 35 +158 193 -164 29
In Zone Swing & Misses 19 +50 69 -47 22
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 19 +68 87 -78 9
Basic
Pitches 322 +1,035 1,357 -1,069 288
PA 79 +249 328 -258 70
AB 68 +222 290 -227 63
Hits 8 +58 66 -60 6
Singles 5 +45 50 -45 5
Doubles 1 +12 13 -12 1
Triples 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 2 +1 3 -3 0
Walks 11 +23 34 -27 7
Strikeouts 19 +69 88 -74 14
K% 24.1 +2.7 26.8 -6.8 20.0
BB% 13.9 -3.5 10.4 -0.4 10.0
HBP 0 +4 4 -4 0
Batted Balls 49 +153 202 -153 49
Number of Fastballs 199 +567 766 -583 183
Number of Offspeed 37 +204 241 -197 44
Number of Breaking 70 +218 288 -242 46
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 94 38 40.4 .216 .228
2023 Shades L 79 42 53.2 .142 .287
2024 Shades L 326 149 45.7 .256 .306
2025 Shades L 70 31 44.3 .109 .203
! 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 103 16.1 31.1% 0.0% 55 19.6 1.8% 0.0%
2024 349 15.5 41.0% 0.3% 245 18.6 4.1% 0.0%
2025 65 15.1 46.2% 1.5% 63 20.0 3.2% 1.6%
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