Brian Serven
C | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 207LBS | Age: 28

Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #140, Colorado Rockies | Arizona State

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 23 23 0 3 0 1 0 .130 .130 .174 .304
2 Seasons 228 210 19 41 6 17 0 .195 .248 .314 .562
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .130 0 1 0 .304
2 Seasons .195 6 17 0 .562

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%
2022 27 796 146 4 2.7 2.0 84.5 105.8 12.5 32.9 .212 .291 .263 .254 .286 29.5 21.5 6.3
2023 28 77 13 0 0.0 0.0 86.5 99.3 19.0 23.1 .132 .172 .132 .133 .235 30.8 43.5 0.0
Player 873 159 4 2.5 1.8 84.6 105.8 13.1 32.1 .203 .278 .249 .242 .282 29.6 23.7 5.7
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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
2022 45.2 18.5 26.0 10.3 39.7 37.7 22.6 8.2 33.6 24.0 26.7 4.1 2.7 2.0
2023 30.8 38.5 23.1 7.7 53.8 23.1 23.1 0.0 38.5 46.2 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 44.0 20.1 25.8 10.1 40.9 36.5 22.6 7.5 34.0 25.8 25.8 3.8 2.5 1.8
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 -2.5 -1 25 32.5 9 .111 .222 .139 30.0 55.6 41.7 .138 .180 .135 25.0
2023 Sinker -11.8 -2 19 24.7 6 .000 .000 .000 11.1 16.7 50.0 .147 .220 .162 40.0
2023 Slider -5.6 -1 17 22.1 6 .167 .167 .150 61.5 50.0 75.0 .106 .117 .103 0.0
2023 Changeup -2.6 0 5 6.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Curveball 8.2 0 5 6.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 66.7 0.0 -- .281 .305 .257 100.0
2023 Sweeper 7.1 0 4 5.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Cutter 0.1 0 2 2.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -3.1 -9 282 35.4 52 .106 .191 .168 32.0 32.7 19.3 .166 .284 .237 29.0
2022 Slider 5.3 7 130 16.3 40 .333 .641 .419 28.8 17.5 13.5 .258 .380 .288 31.3
2022 Sinker -0.3 0 124 15.6 35 .214 .429 .347 12.5 11.4 16.7 .226 .277 .303 28.0
2022 Curveball -1.9 -2 90 11.3 27 .200 .200 .235 32.7 33.3 22.0 .216 .255 .224 29.4
2022 Changeup 2.5 2 75 9.4 20 .316 .421 .340 27.3 15.0 9.1 .283 .348 .298 37.5
2022 Cutter -5.3 -3 49 6.2 12 .182 .182 .208 28.0 8.3 14.3 .215 .263 .248 20.0
2022 Sweeper -3.5 -1 26 3.3 10 .100 .100 .180 31.3 20.0 18.2 .140 .158 .130 25.0
2022 Splitter -6.7 -1 9 1.1 5 .000 .000 .140 12.5 0.0 0.0 .112 .129 .222 50.0
2022 Slurve -6.9 0 6 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 25.0 .076 .076 .071 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 205 796 -4 -6 0 3 -7
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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 %
2022 796 49.1 72.9 78.9 36.8 61.1 43.2 34.1 54.5 27.2 6.2 73.5
2023 77 55.8 60.5 61.5 44.1 40.0 36.4 26.1 53.2 43.9 10.4 75.0
Player 873 49.7 71.7 77.5 37.4 59.1 42.6 33.3 54.4 28.6 6.5 73.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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
2022 22 30
2023 4 10
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 21.3 6 3.1 3 4 2 2 33.3
2023 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 21.3 6 3.2 3 5 2 2 33.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 6 2 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 6 3 4 3
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 6 2 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 6 3 4 3
! 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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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.5 86.5 2.0
Launch Angle 12.5 19.0 6.5
Barrel % 2.7 0.0 -2.7
Hard Hit % 29.5 30.8 1.3
Sweet Spot % 32.9 23.1 -9.8
xBA .212 .132 -0.080
BA .203 .130 -0.073
xwOBA .254 .133 -0.121
wOBA .263 .132 -0.131
xSLG .291 .172 -0.119
SLG .332 .174 -0.158
K% 21.5 43.5 22.0
BB% 6.3 0.0 -6.3
Swing % 54.5 53.2 -1.3
Whiff% 27.2 43.9 16.7
In Zone % 49.1 55.8 6.7
Out of Zone % 50.9 44.2 -6.7
Out of Zone Swing % 36.8 44.1 7.3
First Pitch Swing % 34.1 26.1 -8.0
First Pitch Strike % 64.4 60.9 -3.5
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2022 R 205 44 21.5 .223 .405
2023 R 23 0 0.0 .132

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 170 19.3 8.2% 6.5% 133 23.7 0.8% 9.0%
2023 16 13.9 75.0% 0.0% 12 15.8 25.0% 0.0%
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