Blake Sabol
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 225LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 7, #214, Pittsburgh Pirates | USC
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 344 310 36 73 13 4 .235 .301 .394 .695
2024 38 32 3 10 0 0 .313 .421 .375 .796
2025 18 16 2 2 0 0 .125 .167 .188 .355
3 Seasons 400 358 41 85 13 4 .237 .307 .383 .690
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .235 13 4 .695
2024 .313 0 0 .796
2025 .125 0 0 .355
3 Seasons .237 13 4 .690
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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 25 1360 197 22 11.2 6.4 89.1 111.6 16.1 31.0 .199 .369 .303 .280 .383 38.6 34.0 7.0
2024 26 124 23 2 8.7 5.3 90.3 110.5 12.7 30.4 .244 .389 .352 .327 .375 43.5 23.7 13.2
2025 27 85 10 1 10.0 5.6 87.8 105.5 4.0 20.0 .161 .195 .159 .220 .327 40.0 38.9 5.6
Player 1569 230 25 10.9 6.3 89.1 111.6 15.2 30.4 .201 .363 .301 .282 .380 39.1 33.3 7.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 45.7 54.3 28.9 17.8 7.6 36.0 36.0 27.9 21.3 18.8 5.6 14.7 17.3 22.3
2024 47.8 52.2 21.7 21.7 8.7 43.5 21.7 34.8 21.7 21.7 4.3 21.7 0.0 30.4
2025 70.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 30.0 50.0 20.0 20.0 40.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Player 47.0 53.0 27.8 17.8 7.4 36.5 35.2 28.3 21.3 20.0 5.7 15.2 15.2 22.6
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 10.2 31.0 23.4 18.3 6.1 11.2 6.4
2024 4.3 21.7 30.4 30.4 4.3 8.7 5.3
2025 0.0 60.0 10.0 20.0 0.0 10.0 5.6
Player 9.1 31.3 23.5 19.6 5.7 10.9 6.3
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 -4.8 -1 29 34.1 5 .000 .000 .000 26.7 40.0 12.5 .163 .170 .276 100.0
2025 Changeup -1.8 0 19 22.4 7 .167 .167 .229 30.0 42.9 30.0 .121 .143 .199 0.0
2025 Slider -3.7 0 12 14.1 2 .000 .000 .000 37.5 50.0 25.0 .049 .182 .094 100.0
2025 Sinker -4.2 0 10 11.8 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .038 .040 .034 0.0
2025 Cutter -4.3 0 7 8.2 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 -- .092 .103 .083 0.0
2025 Sweeper -2.6 0 6 7.1 -- -- -- 33.3 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Curveball 27.0 1 2 2.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 50.0 50.0 .485 .541 .447 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -1 49 39.5 13 .100 .200 .258 27.3 30.8 23.5 .182 .501 .380 33.3
2024 Changeup -0.6 0 29 23.4 6 .333 .500 .358 43.8 0.0 0.0 .132 .163 .130 16.7
2024 Slider -2.5 0 14 11.3 6 .200 .200 .267 37.5 66.7 50.0 .093 .148 .200 100.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.3 0 12 9.7 4 .250 .250 .225 50.0 25.0 25.0 .459 .579 .446 100.0
2024 Sinker 15.6 1 9 7.3 5 .800 .800 .720 0.0 0.0 -- .465 .517 .427 60.0
2024 Cutter -5.5 0 6 4.8 2 .000 .000 .350 50.0 0.0 -- .143 .311 .442 0.0
2024 Curveball 5.9 0 5 4.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .443 .502 .409 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 344 1,360 -4 -12 8 5 -2
2024 37 124 0 -2 1 0 0
2025 18 85 -2 0 -1 0 -3
Player 399 1,569 -6 -13 8 -6 -5
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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 1,360 50.8 75.6 69.4 28.1 41.5 44.1 43.6 52.3 35.6 7.5 84.3
2024 124 50.0 75.8 83.0 29.0 22.2 42.7 45.9 52.4 33.8 8.1 100.0
2025 85 49.4 64.3 77.8 41.9 50.0 43.5 44.4 52.9 31.1 3.5 100.0
Player 1,569 50.7 75.0 70.9 28.9 40.6 43.9 43.9 52.3 35.2 7.3 86.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 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 8 1 17 48 2 30 74 44 74 35 2 33 5 51 52 59
2024 65 30
2025 26 56
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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 22.6 13 10.2 3 5 7 5 38.5
2024 -- 0 1.0 -1 1 1 0 --
Player 22.6 13 11.2 2 6 8 5 38.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 13 10 10 9 13 9 12 9 11 8 11 13 9 9 12 9 11 9 9 15 9 8 14 10 8 8 11 12 9 10 9
2024 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Player 13 11 11 10 14 10 13 10 12 9 12 15 10 10 13 10 12 10 10 16 10 9 15 11 9 9 12 13 10 11 9
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 89.1 1.2 90.3 -2.5 87.8
Launch Angle 16.1 -3.4 12.7 -8.7 4.0
Barrel % 11.2 -2.5 8.7 1.3 10.0
Hard Hit % 38.6 4.9 43.5 -3.5 40.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.0 -0.6 30.4 -10.4 20.0
xBA .199 0.045 .244 -0.083 .161
BA .235 0.078 .313 -0.188 .125
xwOBA .280 0.047 .327 -0.107 .220
wOBA .303 0.049 .352 -0.193 .159
xSLG .369 0.020 .389 -0.194 .195
SLG .394 -0.019 .375 -0.187 .188
K% 34.0 -10.3 23.7 15.2 38.9
BB% 7.0 6.2 13.2 -7.6 5.6
Swing % 52.3 0.1 52.4 0.5 52.9
Whiff% 35.6 -1.8 33.8 -2.7 31.1
In Zone % 50.8 -0.8 50.0 -0.6 49.4
Out of Zone % 49.2 0.8 50.0 0.6 50.6
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 0.9 29.0 12.9 41.9
First Pitch Swing % 43.6 2.3 45.9 -1.5 44.4
First Pitch Strike % 63.1 -3.6 59.5 18.3 77.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 339 98 28.9 .288 .328
2024 Shades L 37 18 48.6 .360 .344
2025 Shades L 18 6 33.3 .000 .478
! 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 346 15.4 45.4% 0.3% 188 19.2 4.8% 0.0%
2024 20 13.4 80.0% 0.0% 27 18.8 0.0% 3.7%
2025 10 14.4 50.0% 0.0% 10 19.2 0.0% 0.0%
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