Colton Cowser
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 220LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 1, #5, Baltimore Orioles | Sam Houston
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 77 61 15 7 0 1 .115 .286 .148 .434
2024 561 499 77 121 24 9 .242 .321 .447 .768
2025 82 76 8 16 6 1 .211 .268 .487 .755
3 Seasons 720 636 100 144 30 11 .226 .311 .423 .734
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .115 0 1 .434
2024 .242 24 9 .768
2025 .211 6 1 .755
3 Seasons .226 30 11 .734
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Hits Spray Chart

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 23 364 40 1 2.5 1.3 87.4 107.7 4.6 37.5 .206 .277 .226 .301 .317 42.5 28.6 16.9
2024 24 2311 330 45 13.6 8.0 90.5 113.6 13.0 32.1 .230 .437 .331 .326 .433 46.1 30.7 9.3
2025 25 322 45 6 13.3 7.7 91.6 112.4 11.9 26.7 .199 .389 .331 .284 .397 48.9 34.6 3.8
Player 2997 415 52 12.5 7.3 90.3 113.6 12.1 32.0 .224 .416 .320 .319 .418 46.0 30.9 9.5
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 %
2023 47.5 52.5 17.5 35.0 0.0 37.5 30.0 32.5 20.0 17.5 10.0 17.5 12.5 22.5
2024 43.3 56.7 30.6 22.4 3.6 34.8 39.4 25.8 21.2 16.7 5.5 13.6 22.7 20.3
2025 53.3 46.7 33.3 8.9 4.4 44.4 31.1 24.4 33.3 15.6 4.4 11.1 15.6 20.0
Player 44.8 55.2 29.6 22.2 3.4 36.1 37.6 26.3 22.4 16.6 5.8 13.7 21.0 20.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 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
2023 2.5 40.0 20.0 30.0 5.0 2.5 1.3
2024 3.9 31.2 21.2 22.4 7.6 13.6 8.0
2025 2.2 37.8 24.4 20.0 2.2 13.3 7.7
Player 3.6 32.8 21.4 22.9 6.7 12.5 7.3
MLB 3.9 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 3.6 3 84 26.1 21 .300 .900 .498 19.4 28.6 24.0 .216 .505 .318 50.0
2025 Sinker -4.0 -3 64 19.9 18 .071 .071 .206 24.0 22.2 25.0 .268 .322 .357 80.0
2025 Changeup -1.1 -1 52 16.1 13 .167 .167 .192 45.8 46.2 26.1 .157 .177 .192 33.3
2025 Slider 4.0 1 32 9.9 5 .200 .800 .400 30.8 20.0 11.1 .225 .768 .406 25.0
2025 Split-Finger -0.2 0 31 9.6 11 .273 .545 .345 41.2 54.5 50.0 .115 .215 .140 40.0
2025 Cutter 2.7 1 27 8.4 4 .250 1.000 .500 25.0 0.0 0.0 .381 1.153 .623 50.0
2025 Sweeper -3.0 0 16 5.0 5 .200 .200 .180 83.3 80.0 80.0 .031 .035 .029 0.0
2025 Curveball -2.5 0 14 4.3 1 .000 .000 .000 60.0 0.0 0.0 .268 .304 .250 0.0
2025 Slurve 4.3 0 2 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.9 7 737 31.9 179 .255 .516 .375 18.7 26.8 23.0 .264 .558 .399 57.5
2024 Changeup -1.6 -6 355 15.4 91 .185 .247 .245 43.2 29.7 26.7 .173 .239 .235 25.9
2024 Sinker -0.7 -2 304 13.2 69 .258 .452 .342 21.7 29.0 29.4 .262 .439 .340 50.0
2024 Slider 1.3 4 289 12.5 73 .300 .486 .342 35.8 28.8 25.3 .277 .536 .354 44.0
2024 Curveball 2.0 5 231 10.0 58 .273 .509 .350 46.9 46.6 31.4 .171 .363 .250 39.3
2024 Cutter 3.0 5 158 6.8 30 .348 .957 .550 24.2 10.0 12.0 .320 .729 .492 57.1
2024 Sweeper -1.4 -2 133 5.8 28 .083 .125 .177 43.1 35.7 19.2 .143 .207 .230 35.7
2024 Split-Finger -3.0 -3 99 4.3 30 .133 .233 .157 42.0 53.3 36.4 .139 .195 .142 35.7
2024 Slurve 14.1 1 5 0.2 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .600 1.232 .758 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 76 364 -5 -6 5 2 -5
2024 559 2,311 9 -27 12 13 8
2025 78 322 5 -7 2 2 1
Player 713 2,997 8 -40 18 8 4
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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 364 47.5 61.8 76.6 20.9 65.0 42.6 22.1 40.4 26.5 6.3 65.2
2024 2,311 50.1 64.0 79.2 25.0 43.3 42.9 25.9 44.5 30.4 7.0 71.0
2025 322 50.0 59.6 77.1 26.1 40.5 42.5 19.2 42.9 33.3 7.1 65.2
Player 2,997 49.7 63.2 78.7 24.6 45.3 42.8 24.8 43.8 30.3 6.9 69.7
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 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
2023 33 64 92
2024 62 23 70 83 43 83 90 73 90 77 7 64 16 74 75 96 96 80 26 86
2025 85 45 93
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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 %
2024 22.96 24 22.3 2 10 15 10 41.7
2025 22.05 6 4.2 2 0 5 1 16.7
Player 22.78 30 26.5 4 10 20 11 36.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2024 24 21 21 20 20 23 25 23 18 18 24 22 28 21 21 19 23 20 24 26 24 20 29 25 20 23 17 24 28 23 19
2025 6 6 3 3 4 5 2 4 4 3 4 4 5 6 5 2 5 3 3 5 4 5 6 6 3 3 4 5 6 4 3
Player 30 27 24 23 24 28 27 27 22 21 28 26 33 27 26 21 28 23 27 31 28 25 35 31 23 26 21 29 34 27 22
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 87.4 3.1 90.5 1.1 91.6
Launch Angle 4.6 8.4 13.0 -1.1 11.9
Barrel % 2.5 11.1 13.6 -0.3 13.3
Hard Hit % 42.5 3.6 46.1 2.8 48.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 -5.4 32.1 -5.4 26.7
xBA .206 0.024 .230 -0.031 .199
BA .115 0.127 .242 -0.034 .208
xwOBA .301 0.025 .326 -0.042 .284
wOBA .226 0.105 .331 0.000 .331
xSLG .277 0.160 .437 -0.048 .389
SLG .148 0.299 .447 0.053 .500
K% 28.6 2.1 30.7 3.9 34.6
BB% 16.9 -7.6 9.3 -5.5 3.8
Swing % 40.4 4.1 44.5 -1.6 42.9
Whiff% 26.5 3.9 30.4 2.9 33.3
In Zone % 47.5 2.6 50.1 -0.1 50.0
Out of Zone % 52.5 -2.6 49.9 0.1 50.0
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 4.1 25.0 1.1 26.1
First Pitch Swing % 22.1 3.8 25.9 -6.7 19.2
First Pitch Strike % 48.1 10.2 58.3 -1.9 56.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 76 44 57.9 .243 .203
2024 Shades L 558 306 54.8 .358 .311
2025 Shades L 78 39 50.0 .393 .269
! 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 134 16.1 36.6% 0.0% 44 19.8 0.0% 0.0%
2024 678 15.9 34.4% 0.4% 360 18.9 3.9% 0.8%
2025 103 16.2 30.1% 0.0% 42 18.4 0.0% 2.4%
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