Colton Cowser
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 24
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 80 71 11 22 6 3 .310 .375 .662 1.037
2 Seasons 157 132 26 29 6 4 .220 .331 .424 .755
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .115 0 1 .434
2024 .310 6 3 1.037
2 Seasons .220 6 4 .755
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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%
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 24 336 43 8 18.6 10.5 91.3 113.6 12.2 37.2 .284 .584 .447 .401 .578 51.2 32.9 10.5
Player 700 83 9 10.8 5.9 89.4 113.6 8.5 37.3 .247 .437 .336 .351 .452 47.0 30.7 13.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 47.5 17.5 35.0 0.0 37.5 30.0 32.5 2.5 40.0 20.0 30.0 5.0 2.5 1.3
2024 44.2 27.9 25.6 2.3 44.2 25.6 30.2 0.0 32.6 11.6 32.6 4.7 18.6 10.5
Player 45.8 22.9 30.1 1.2 41.0 27.7 31.3 1.2 36.1 15.7 31.3 4.8 10.8 5.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 4.5 5 102 30.4 24 .474 1.053 .650 17.0 20.8 16.1 .459 .945 .611 64.3
2024 Changeup -4.6 -2 45 13.4 8 .125 .125 .113 31.8 25.0 14.3 .205 .235 .189 16.7
2024 Slider 10.4 4 43 12.8 12 .583 1.167 .738 45.0 33.3 30.8 .358 .743 .463 62.5
2024 Curveball -1.6 -1 39 11.6 9 .111 .222 .139 69.2 66.7 46.2 .026 .029 .025 0.0
2024 Sweeper -4.4 -2 35 10.4 5 .000 .000 .000 33.3 40.0 16.7 .197 .420 .261 66.7
2024 Sinker -2.8 -1 34 10.1 8 .167 .333 .331 15.4 12.5 16.7 .289 .656 .468 40.0
2024 Cutter 3.6 1 28 8.3 6 .500 1.500 .658 33.3 16.7 50.0 .353 1.019 .574 75.0
2024 Split-Finger -13.3 -1 10 3.0 4 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 80.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -2 122 33.5 22 .118 .176 .298 31.9 27.3 17.1 .188 .269 .309 54.5
2023 Changeup -2.9 -2 52 14.3 11 .111 .111 .209 25.0 9.1 5.9 .176 .202 .263 0.0
2023 Sinker -1.7 -1 49 13.5 9 .000 .000 .233 25.0 55.6 35.7 .064 .100 .279 100.0
2023 Slider -1.0 -1 49 13.5 15 .154 .154 .213 26.1 26.7 17.4 .215 .369 .308 66.7
2023 Curveball 1.4 1 39 10.7 8 .125 .250 .156 15.4 25.0 11.1 .285 .328 .263 50.0
2023 Cutter -4.3 -1 31 8.5 6 .000 .000 .000 26.7 50.0 33.3 .225 .237 .176 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 5.3 1 15 4.1 4 .000 .000 .525 28.6 25.0 16.7 .105 .106 .573 0.0
2023 Sweeper 16.4 1 7 1.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .974 1.083 .907 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 76 364 -4 -5 4 2 -4
2024 76 336 6 -5 2 1 3
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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 336 50.0 64.3 71.3 21.4 47.2 43.8 21.1 42.9 33.3 5.7 84.2
Player 700 48.7 63.0 74.0 21.2 56.6 43.1 21.6 41.6 29.9 6.0 73.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2023 33 64 92
2024 93 83 96 96 76 82 97 82 94 89 10 69 13 82 71 95
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 22.1 6 5.1 1 0 3 3 50.0
Player 22.1 6 5.1 1 0 3 3 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2024 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 4
Player 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 5 6 4 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 4
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.4 91.3 3.9
Launch Angle 4.6 12.2 7.6
Barrel % 2.5 18.6 16.1
Hard Hit % 42.5 51.2 8.7
Sweet Spot % 37.5 37.2 -0.3
xBA .206 .284 0.078
BA .115 .313 0.198
xwOBA .301 .401 0.100
wOBA .226 .447 0.221
xSLG .277 .584 0.307
SLG .148 .672 0.524
K% 28.6 32.9 4.3
BB% 16.9 10.5 -6.4
Swing % 40.4 42.9 2.5
Whiff% 26.5 33.3 6.8
In Zone % 47.5 50.0 2.5
Out of Zone % 52.5 50.0 -2.5
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 21.4 0.5
First Pitch Swing % 22.1 21.1 -1.0
First Pitch Strike % 48.1 48.7 0.6
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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 76 37 48.7 .465 .428
! 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 85 15.9 32.9% 0.0% 63 18.7 6.3% 1.6%
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