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 265 233 32 52 12 5 .223 .309 .442 .751
2 Seasons 342 294 47 59 12 6 .201 .304 .381 .685
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .115 0 1 .434
2024 .223 12 5 .751
2 Seasons .201 12 6 .685
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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 1075 158 25 15.8 9.4 91.5 113.6 13.4 33.5 .243 .500 .325 .354 .465 49.4 29.1 9.1
Player 1439 198 26 13.1 7.6 90.7 113.6 11.6 34.3 .235 .454 .302 .342 .435 48.0 28.9 10.8
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 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 41.1 30.4 24.1 4.4 34.8 36.7 28.5 1.3 32.9 20.9 22.8 6.3 15.8 9.4
Player 42.4 27.8 26.3 3.5 35.4 35.4 29.3 1.5 34.3 20.7 24.2 6.1 13.1 7.6
MLB 44.5 23.6 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.7 24.4 5.8 7.0 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 3 321 29.9 89 .263 .605 .411 18.1 22.5 21.1 .303 .665 .447 66.1
2024 Slider 1.1 2 170 15.8 42 .293 .512 .335 36.1 31.0 23.6 .307 .660 .405 48.3
2024 Changeup -4.5 -7 164 15.3 41 .132 .158 .170 40.0 22.0 22.5 .176 .277 .231 24.1
2024 Sinker 0.6 1 140 13.0 34 .296 .519 .419 24.1 32.4 31.4 .248 .397 .362 50.0
2024 Curveball -2.3 -2 106 9.9 23 .136 .227 .178 55.0 56.5 35.1 .103 .231 .163 33.3
2024 Cutter 2.1 2 76 7.1 14 .300 1.000 .525 40.0 14.3 25.0 .279 .872 .520 66.7
2024 Sweeper -3.0 -2 62 5.8 10 .000 .000 .070 38.1 30.0 15.8 .123 .250 .212 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -6.2 -2 34 3.2 10 .100 .100 .090 44.4 60.0 37.5 .137 .168 .132 25.0
2024 Slurve 9.0 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 121 33.2 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 -1.2 -1 46 12.6 15 .154 .154 .213 22.7 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 -3.9 -1 35 9.6 6 .000 .000 .000 31.3 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 263 1,075 3 -17 2 5 -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 %
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 1,075 50.9 65.4 76.3 23.1 41.8 43.3 29.7 44.7 31.7 6.8 75.3
Player 1,439 50.0 64.6 76.3 22.5 47.5 43.2 27.9 43.6 30.5 6.7 72.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 33 64 92
2024 82 36 90 94 61 83 95 84 91 90 10 65 10 82 77 98 99 82 87
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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 22.2 12 10.9 1 7 8 5 41.7
Player 22.2 12 10.9 1 7 8 5 41.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2024 12 11 9 10 10 11 13 11 9 9 11 11 11 9 10 9 11 9 13 12 12 12 14 14 9 11 10 11 17 10 9
Player 12 11 9 10 10 11 13 11 9 9 11 11 11 9 10 9 11 9 13 12 12 12 14 14 9 11 10 11 17 10 9
! 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 91.5 4.1
Launch Angle 4.6 13.4 8.8
Barrel % 2.5 15.8 13.3
Hard Hit % 42.5 49.4 6.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.5 33.5 -4.0
xBA .206 .243 0.037
BA .115 .223 0.108
xwOBA .301 .354 0.053
wOBA .226 .325 0.099
xSLG .277 .500 0.223
SLG .148 .442 0.294
K% 28.6 29.1 0.5
BB% 16.9 9.1 -7.8
Swing % 40.4 44.7 4.3
Whiff% 26.5 31.7 5.2
In Zone % 47.5 50.9 3.4
Out of Zone % 52.5 49.1 -3.4
Out of Zone Swing % 20.9 23.1 2.2
First Pitch Swing % 22.1 29.7 7.6
First Pitch Strike % 48.1 58.2 10.1
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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 263 136 51.7 .359 .293
! 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 300 16.0 35.3% 0.0% 150 18.7 5.3% 0.7%
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