Brian Serven
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 207LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #140, Colorado Rockies | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 205 187 19 38 6 0 .203 .261 .332 .593
2023 23 23 0 3 0 0 .130 .130 .174 .304
2 Seasons 228 210 19 41 6 0 .195 .248 .314 .562
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .203 6 0 .593
2023 .130 0 0 .304
2 Seasons .195 6 0 .562
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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%
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 .127 .170 .131 .127 .225 30.8 43.5 0.0
Player 873 159 4 2.5 1.8 84.6 105.8 13.1 32.1 .202 .278 .249 .241 .281 29.6 23.7 5.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .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
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 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 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 -3.0 -1 27 35.1 10 .100 .200 .125 36.4 60.0 46.2 .117 .154 .118 25.0
2023 Sinker -11.9 -2 17 22.1 5 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .166 .256 .183 40.0
2023 Slider -5.3 -1 16 20.8 6 .167 .167 .150 61.5 50.0 75.0 .101 .110 .092 0.0
2023 Sweeper 2.8 0 5 6.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Changeup -2.7 0 5 6.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Curveball 7.9 0 5 6.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 66.7 0.0 -- .315 .429 .285 100.0
2023 Cutter 0.1 0 2 2.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -2.8 -8 281 35.3 51 .109 .196 .172 32.2 33.3 19.3 .166 .285 .238 26.7
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 -1.0 -1 125 15.7 36 .207 .414 .337 12.3 11.1 16.7 .225 .274 .300 30.8
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 48.6 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
2022 22 30
2023 4 9
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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 .127 -0.085 ↓
BA .203 .130 -0.073 ↓
xwOBA .254 .127 -0.127 ↓
wOBA .263 .131 -0.132 ↓
xSLG .291 .170 -0.121 ↓
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 Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 205 47 22.9 .228 .379
2023 Shades R 23 0 0.0 .131
! 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 %
2022 170 19.3 8.2% 6.5% 133 23.7 0.8% 9.0%
2023 18 13.5 77.8% 0.0% 12 15.8 25.0% 0.0%
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