Christian Yelich
LF | B/T: L/R | 6' 3" 207LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 1, #23, Florida Marlins | Westlake HS

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 222 194 37 49 7 24 12 .253 .347 .397 .744
11 Seasons 5658 4909 832 1401 181 654 168 .285 .375 .463 .838
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .253 7 24 12 .744
11 Seasons .285 181 654 168 .838

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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%
2015 23 2125 375 18 4.8 3.4 91.7 112.5 0.1 30.1 .304 .443 .343 .358 .415 45.1 19.2 9.0
2016 24 2715 445 43 9.7 6.5 92.6 113.6 2.7 31.9 .306 .513 .367 .388 .461 49.9 20.9 10.9
2017 25 2883 471 33 7.0 4.8 90.6 112.4 4.6 29.5 .287 .460 .348 .363 .411 45.8 19.7 11.5
2018 26 2532 441 57 12.9 8.8 92.6 113.6 5.0 36.7 .318 .571 .422 .417 .499 50.8 20.7 10.4
2019 27 2285 374 59 15.8 10.2 93.3 117.9 11.3 33.2 .314 .629 .442 .429 .514 49.1 20.3 13.8
2020 28 1100 124 15 12.1 6.1 94.0 112.0 7.1 32.3 .250 .473 .343 .378 .494 55.6 30.8 18.6
2021 29 2012 289 22 7.6 4.6 91.0 114.9 2.8 29.4 .254 .392 .325 .337 .385 48.8 23.8 14.7
2022 30 2747 416 34 8.2 5.1 91.5 117.2 3.6 30.3 .258 .404 .328 .339 .396 48.6 24.1 13.1
2023 31 914 142 12 8.5 5.5 92.2 113.5 5.1 31.0 .285 .476 .327 .369 .438 52.8 22.5 11.0
Player 19313 3077 293 9.5 6.2 92.0 117.9 4.5 31.7 .290 .488 .365 .376 .444 48.8 21.8 12.2
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
2015 63.7 8.5 27.5 0.3 26.7 46.4 26.9 1.1 50.9 8.0 27.5 5.6 4.8 3.4
2016 58.4 11.5 28.1 2.0 33.0 38.2 28.8 2.0 42.2 9.0 26.5 7.2 9.7 6.5
2017 55.6 16.3 25.5 2.5 27.0 44.2 28.9 3.6 40.8 14.9 27.0 5.5 7.0 4.8
2018 52.8 16.8 27.4 2.9 31.3 44.2 24.5 2.3 42.2 10.2 24.0 7.9 12.9 8.8
2019 42.8 28.1 24.1 5.1 35.8 40.6 23.3 2.4 30.7 19.8 23.8 6.4 15.8 10.2
2020 51.6 22.6 23.4 2.4 33.9 37.1 29.0 1.6 33.1 15.3 28.2 8.1 12.1 6.1
2021 55.7 17.0 23.9 3.5 33.9 36.3 29.8 3.1 43.9 16.3 20.8 8.3 7.6 4.6
2022 59.1 18.0 19.7 3.1 33.4 38.9 27.6 3.1 43.3 13.2 25.5 6.7 8.2 5.1
2023 53.5 18.3 24.6 3.5 31.0 34.5 34.5 2.8 40.1 14.1 27.5 7.0 8.5 5.5
Player 55.3 16.8 25.2 2.8 31.5 41.0 27.5 2.5 41.5 13.0 25.4 6.8 9.5 6.2
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 0.6 2 269 29.4 63 .346 .635 .480 16.9 15.9 13.3 .370 .671 .487 54.8
2023 Slider -0.9 -1 161 17.6 32 .138 .172 .189 31.7 40.6 23.6 .155 .283 .234 50.0
2023 Sinker -0.2 0 134 14.7 30 .308 .462 .382 16.1 13.3 13.3 .314 .509 .401 50.0
2023 Changeup 1.3 2 129 14.1 38 .270 .324 .274 35.8 21.1 19.5 .282 .340 .284 51.7
2023 Curveball -2.3 -2 101 11.1 23 .091 .091 .109 43.2 43.5 34.5 .186 .337 .245 41.7
2023 Cutter 1.8 1 62 6.8 17 .286 .714 .465 32.4 11.8 18.2 .336 .747 .498 58.3
2023 Sweeper -2.8 -1 38 4.2 6 .000 .000 .117 29.4 0.0 0.0 .360 .464 .415 80.0
2023 Splitter 2.9 1 20 2.2 7 .333 .333 .357 22.2 28.6 40.0 .258 .281 .304 50.0
2022 4-Seamer 1.2 12 962 35.0 219 .300 .461 .391 19.7 20.1 15.5 .309 .513 .413 56.2
2022 Sinker 0.2 1 467 17.0 133 .289 .368 .358 16.2 20.3 23.9 .233 .316 .303 43.2
2022 Slider 0.9 4 427 15.5 102 .261 .380 .337 30.4 27.5 18.1 .253 .371 .313 48.4
2022 Curveball -0.8 -2 315 11.5 68 .143 .254 .208 38.1 35.3 24.7 .231 .376 .294 51.3
2022 Changeup 2.5 6 256 9.3 63 .228 .474 .361 34.2 28.6 22.2 .239 .458 .333 43.6
2022 Cutter -1.8 -4 214 7.8 46 .243 .324 .321 23.3 19.6 16.7 .254 .352 .336 31.0
2022 Sweeper -1.5 -1 46 1.7 16 .133 .267 .200 52.6 50.0 47.1 .142 .189 .180 42.9
2022 Splitter -3.9 -2 40 1.5 16 .071 .071 .144 40.0 25.0 28.6 .197 .245 .259 50.0
2022 Slurve -1.4 0 20 0.7 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .146 .176 .137 66.7
2021 4-Seamer -0.2 -1 745 37.0 177 .273 .420 .366 18.8 21.5 17.0 .263 .406 .348 45.1
2021 Slider 0.3 1 322 16.0 63 .216 .235 .285 36.6 31.7 16.9 .196 .302 .303 56.3
2021 Sinker 1.5 4 269 13.4 77 .279 .377 .371 10.7 20.8 21.9 .277 .369 .369 64.4
2021 Changeup 2.9 7 246 12.2 70 .279 .590 .419 29.9 20.0 17.1 .269 .513 .378 44.7
2021 Curveball -0.4 -1 223 11.1 37 .121 .182 .192 34.8 29.7 14.1 .238 .327 .293 45.5
2021 Cutter 0.0 0 130 6.5 26 .240 .240 .235 31.1 23.1 17.1 .292 .453 .336 47.4
2021 Splitter -2.1 -1 44 2.2 9 .222 .222 .200 39.1 33.3 20.0 .229 .256 .215 33.3
2021 Sweeper -3.0 -1 23 1.1 6 .250 .250 .267 36.4 50.0 23.1 .107 .122 .193 0.0
2021 Slurve -9.3 -1 10 0.5 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 40.0 33.3 .154 .270 .174 33.3
2020 4-Seamer 2.4 8 352 32.0 75 .321 .714 .507 26.9 22.7 21.8 .326 .702 .496 66.7
2020 Sinker -1.1 -2 201 18.3 45 .184 .368 .326 22.2 31.1 26.4 .243 .415 .346 58.3
2020 Curveball -2.2 -4 174 15.8 40 .129 .258 .284 52.7 42.5 31.5 .164 .287 .305 50.0
2020 Slider 1.0 2 163 14.8 41 .257 .486 .393 41.5 36.6 22.4 .292 .568 .412 65.0
2020 Changeup -1.2 -1 121 11.0 23 .100 .250 .217 41.0 30.4 21.9 .221 .346 .304 30.8
2020 Cutter -6.7 -4 59 5.4 15 .071 .143 .139 27.3 33.3 35.7 .122 .149 .164 22.2
2020 Sweeper -2.5 0 12 1.1 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .223 .423 .266 50.0
2020 Splitter -0.9 0 12 1.1 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .202 .247 .210 66.7
2020 Slurve -1.6 0 6 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seamer 1.5 11 746 32.6 179 .349 .711 .486 16.2 12.8 10.8 .323 .645 .443 49.6
2019 Sinker 1.0 4 416 18.2 107 .320 .649 .451 12.6 14.0 16.5 .355 .686 .458 53.7
2019 Slider 3.0 11 380 16.6 98 .287 .678 .439 46.0 33.7 25.2 .262 .558 .377 38.9
2019 Changeup 4.2 13 310 13.6 78 .385 .738 .513 39.1 20.5 16.7 .318 .657 .451 49.0
2019 Curveball 2.4 5 229 10.0 48 .256 .605 .393 45.6 39.6 23.8 .285 .689 .426 62.5
2019 Cutter 2.8 4 154 6.7 41 .400 .600 .471 24.0 17.1 15.9 .372 .568 .441 42.9
2019 Splitter 3.0 1 27 1.2 6 .333 .500 .358 56.3 50.0 75.0 .113 .168 .121 33.3
2019 Sweeper 0.3 0 6 0.3 3 .000 .000 .233 60.0 66.7 66.7 -- -- .233 --
2018 4-Seamer 1.8 15 820 32.4 177 .364 .669 .478 12.6 19.2 16.1 .348 .676 .473 55.1
2018 Sinker 1.1 6 552 21.8 155 .328 .507 .403 11.2 9.7 14.9 .358 .577 .442 56.3
2018 Slider 1.8 7 406 16.0 122 .255 .545 .380 38.0 35.2 27.7 .240 .465 .344 44.1
2018 Changeup 2.3 7 319 12.6 85 .293 .573 .420 34.7 17.6 15.2 .281 .487 .374 41.7
2018 Curveball 3.6 10 273 10.8 61 .368 .667 .486 35.6 23.0 17.9 .321 .544 .389 48.8
2018 Cutter 7.8 9 118 4.7 31 .419 .839 .529 21.4 25.8 29.6 .375 .740 .475 47.8
2018 Splitter 9.1 3 31 1.2 13 .333 .583 .412 29.4 23.1 27.3 .370 .499 .408 44.4
2018 Sweeper -4.0 0 8 0.3 4 .000 .000 .175 66.7 50.0 100.0 .056 .207 .258 100.0
2018 Slurve 0.0 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seamer 1.8 17 983 34.1 243 .354 .622 .449 12.3 11.9 11.3 .338 .611 .434 51.6
2017 Sinker 0.8 4 543 18.8 130 .351 .482 .414 10.4 10.8 12.1 .354 .536 .419 51.0
2017 Slider -0.6 -2 383 13.3 96 .209 .291 .268 38.4 43.8 26.6 .196 .300 .263 47.7
2017 Changeup -0.7 -3 367 12.7 79 .222 .347 .277 35.9 21.5 17.5 .240 .343 .285 35.7
2017 Curveball -1.9 -7 366 12.7 68 .153 .203 .217 36.0 32.4 20.2 .194 .238 .252 34.2
2017 Cutter 0.4 1 119 4.1 39 .212 .273 .287 26.8 25.6 23.3 .213 .323 .300 21.7
2017 Splitter -2.7 -2 72 2.5 19 .188 .250 .271 30.6 5.3 4.5 .323 .488 .398 40.0
2017 Knuckleball 0.2 0 30 1.0 7 .333 .333 .357 17.6 14.3 7.1 .420 .512 .446 40.0
2017 Sweeper -2.5 0 5 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .520 .539 .468 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 272 1,170 -1 -6 8 5 6
2014 657 2,803 0 -18 22 13 18
2015 522 2,112 4 -21 13 8 3
2016 655 2,702 12 -22 17 12 19
2017 683 2,871 -17 -15 27 14 8
2018 694 2,705 32 -8 20 13 57
2019 559 2,267 24 -11 22 16 50
2020 254 1,136 -5 -15 10 7 -3
2021 487 2,083 -17 -10 20 13 6
2022 666 2,747 -3 -22 24 15 14
2023 216 914 -6 -7 6 6 0
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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 %
2015 2,125 46.2 64.8 84.5 24.6 58.4 42.2 24.0 43.2 22.1 7.1 74.0
2016 2,715 45.7 63.4 85.6 20.9 49.8 43.1 18.4 40.3 24.4 5.7 76.3
2017 2,883 47.2 64.0 85.7 23.1 57.7 42.1 19.5 42.5 22.1 7.1 77.3
2018 2,532 48.0 65.2 85.4 25.0 55.5 42.9 28.9 44.3 22.8 6.3 81.3
2019 2,285 41.3 69.8 83.9 27.9 50.3 40.6 30.3 45.2 28.2 4.9 81.3
2020 1,100 42.3 57.6 78.4 17.8 38.1 41.5 13.4 34.6 33.6 5.1 66.1
2021 2,012 47.6 67.1 83.2 18.0 47.9 41.6 22.8 41.4 24.9 6.3 74.0
2022 2,747 47.5 65.4 85.1 23.2 48.5 41.6 21.7 43.2 25.0 7.0 73.6
2023 914 46.4 67.9 80.6 23.1 54.9 42.0 26.1 43.9 26.7 6.0 90.9
Player 19,313 46.1 65.2 84.4 23.0 52.2 42.0 23.1 42.4 24.7 6.3 76.8
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
2015 85 99 73 47 95 47 45 92 90 91 48 69 45 80 90
2016 95 98 89 73 96 85 79 96 93 99 40 83 36 94 92
2017 84 89 66 51 92 71 56 92 88 95 55 80 57 79 80 67
2018 99 100 99 94 98 97 92 96 92 97 50 72 58 67 84 81
2019 99 99 99 97 99 97 97 98 99 96 60 93 22 54 88 17
2020 87 50 73 76 95 75 80 99 86 98 11 98 12 93 81 14 20
2021 61 52 30 27 89 35 42 80 94 87 32 98 46 96 81 76 23
2022 75 68 54 44 92 70 53 89 99 90 31 94 47 81 70 12 27
2023 86 87 78 68 91 61 53 88 90 93 45 72 40 80 74 91 51
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.9 21 22.3 -1 10 23 7 33.3
2017 21.5 18 19.3 -1 11 14 8 44.4
2018 22.7 38 33.7 4 19 26 13 34.2
2019 22.8 44 38.3 6 9 21 21 47.7
2020 22.8 12 10.8 1 5 9 3 25.0
2021 22.5 9 6.9 2 6 7 1 11.1
2022 22.3 14 13.6 0 4 10 6 42.9
2023 21.0 7 5.2 2 2 5 2 28.6
Player 22.4 163 150.2 13 66 115 61 37.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 21 28 19 20 24 19 28 19 18 14 22 27 22 19 20 23 11 15 26 27 18 19 33 28 21 22 23 32 28 28 15
2017 18 22 17 18 24 18 23 16 18 15 20 24 16 18 18 21 13 18 21 21 20 22 24 19 16 16 21 25 22 21 13
2018 38 47 24 29 29 30 37 32 23 28 30 40 39 31 31 36 32 32 34 40 39 37 43 40 32 31 26 35 42 34 28
2019 44 45 37 40 38 37 41 38 31 31 33 37 43 40 36 38 37 35 41 41 41 43 45 43 39 37 34 41 46 36 26
2020 12 13 15 10 11 12 12 10 5 8 9 12 10 11 11 11 12 11 13 13 11 13 13 12 9 8 9 11 12 10 8
2021 9 8 5 7 7 6 8 8 2 5 4 7 9 6 7 9 7 7 9 7 7 8 9 9 6 6 9 8 7 6 5
2022 14 10 12 10 15 16 17 9 9 12 13 18 13 13 14 13 13 13 12 14 13 15 17 14 11 13 15 20 13 17 15
2023 7 2 5 6 5 5 4 2 5 4 4 6 8 4 7 5 7 3 7 6 5 5 8 5 4 5 5 7 6 6 5
Player 163 175 134 140 153 143 170 134 111 117 135 171 160 142 144 156 132 134 163 169 154 162 192 170 138 138 142 179 176 158 115
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.7 92.6 0.9 ↑ 90.6 -2.0 ↓ 92.6 2.0 ↑ 93.3 0.7 ↑ 94.0 0.7 ↑ 91.0 -3.0 ↓ 91.5 0.5 ↑ 92.2 0.7 ↑
Launch Angle 0.1 2.7 2.6 ↑ 4.6 1.9 ↑ 5.0 0.4 ↑ 11.3 6.3 ↑ 7.1 -4.2 ↓ 2.8 -4.3 ↓ 3.6 0.8 ↑ 5.1 1.5 ↑
Barrel % 4.8 9.7 4.9 ↑ 7.0 -2.7 ↓ 12.9 5.9 ↑ 15.8 2.9 ↑ 12.1 -3.7 ↓ 7.6 -4.5 ↓ 8.2 0.6 ↑ 8.5 0.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 45.1 49.9 4.8 ↑ 45.8 -4.1 ↓ 50.8 5.0 ↑ 49.1 -1.7 ↓ 55.6 6.5 ↑ 48.8 -6.8 ↓ 48.6 -0.2 ↓ 52.8 4.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 30.1 31.9 1.8 ↑ 29.5 -2.4 ↓ 36.7 7.2 ↑ 33.2 -3.5 ↓ 32.3 -0.9 ↓ 29.4 -2.9 ↓ 30.3 0.9 ↑ 31.0 0.7 ↑
xBA .304 .306 0.002 ↑ .287 -0.019 ↓ .318 0.031 ↑ .314 -0.004 ↓ .250 -0.064 ↓ .254 0.004 ↑ .258 0.004 ↑ .285 0.027 ↑
BA .300 .298 -0.002 ↓ .282 -0.016 ↓ .326 0.044 ↑ .329 0.003 ↑ .205 -0.124 ↓ .248 0.043 ↑ .252 0.004 ↑ .251 -0.001 ↓
xwOBA .358 .388 0.030 ↑ .363 -0.025 ↓ .417 0.054 ↑ .429 0.012 ↑ .378 -0.051 ↓ .337 -0.041 ↓ .339 0.002 ↑ .369 0.030 ↑
wOBA .343 .367 0.024 ↑ .348 -0.019 ↓ .422 0.074 ↑ .442 0.020 ↑ .343 -0.099 ↓ .325 -0.018 ↓ .328 0.003 ↑ .327 -0.001 ↓
xSLG .443 .513 0.070 ↑ .460 -0.053 ↓ .571 0.111 ↑ .629 0.058 ↑ .473 -0.156 ↓ .392 -0.081 ↓ .404 0.012 ↑ .476 0.072 ↑
SLG .416 .483 0.067 ↑ .439 -0.044 ↓ .598 0.159 ↑ .671 0.073 ↑ .430 -0.241 ↓ .373 -0.057 ↓ .383 0.010 ↑ .398 0.015 ↑
K% 19.2 20.9 1.7 ↑ 19.7 -1.2 ↓ 20.7 1.0 ↑ 20.3 -0.4 ↓ 30.8 10.5 ↑ 23.8 -7.0 ↓ 24.1 0.3 ↑ 22.5 -1.6 ↓
BB% 9.0 10.9 1.9 ↑ 11.5 0.6 ↑ 10.4 -1.1 ↓ 13.8 3.4 ↑ 18.6 4.8 ↑ 14.7 -3.9 ↓ 13.1 -1.6 ↓ 11.0 -2.1 ↓
Swing % 43.2 40.3 -2.9 ↓ 42.5 2.2 ↑ 44.3 1.8 ↑ 45.2 0.9 ↑ 34.6 -10.6 ↓ 41.4 6.8 ↑ 43.2 1.8 ↑ 43.9 0.7 ↑
Whiff% 22.1 24.4 2.3 ↑ 22.1 -2.3 ↓ 22.8 0.7 ↑ 28.2 5.4 ↑ 33.6 5.4 ↑ 24.9 -8.7 ↓ 25.0 0.1 ↑ 26.7 1.7 ↑