David Hensley
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 219LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 26, #792, Houston Astros | San Diego State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 34 29 7 10 1 0 .345 .441 .586 1.027
2023 94 84 12 10 1 1 .119 .213 .167 .380
2024 58 52 9 11 1 1 .212 .293 .288 .581
3 Seasons 186 165 28 31 3 2 .188 .280 .279 .559
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .345 1 0 1.027
2023 .119 1 1 .380
2024 .212 1 1 .581
3 Seasons .188 3 2 .559
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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%
2022 26 142 23 1 4.3 2.9 90.3 104.9 -0.4 34.8 .250 .427 .440 .349 .367 39.1 17.6 14.7
2023 27 404 49 2 4.1 2.1 90.8 107.0 2.4 28.6 .180 .277 .184 .249 .336 46.9 37.2 10.6
2024 28 250 35 1 2.9 1.7 84.0 109.5 -7.7 20.0 .153 .216 .265 .218 .243 25.7 29.3 10.3
Player 796 107 4 3.7 2.2 88.5 109.5 -1.4 27.1 .184 .284 .256 .258 .312 38.3 31.2 11.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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
2022 52.2 26.1 21.7 0.0 39.1 26.1 34.8 4.3 39.1 8.7 26.1 17.4 4.3 2.9
2023 53.1 20.4 24.5 2.0 30.6 42.9 26.5 0.0 49.0 16.3 20.4 10.2 4.1 2.1
2024 71.4 17.1 11.4 0.0 28.6 34.3 37.1 5.7 62.9 17.1 8.6 2.9 2.9 1.7
Player 58.9 20.6 19.6 0.9 31.8 36.4 31.8 2.8 51.4 15.0 17.8 9.3 3.7 2.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 Sinker -4.8 -3 54 21.6 15 .200 .267 .203 6.3 20.0 23.1 .189 .220 .184 41.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 1 48 19.2 13 .364 .636 .469 31.8 30.8 30.8 .222 .457 .352 28.6
2024 Slider -3.1 -1 37 14.8 6 .000 .000 .117 33.3 50.0 42.9 .096 .109 .191 50.0
2024 Changeup -2.5 -1 37 14.8 7 .143 .143 .129 60.0 42.9 30.0 .085 .095 .083 0.0
2024 Curveball -2.9 -1 35 14.0 5 .000 .000 .140 35.7 0.0 0.0 .086 .104 .210 0.0
2024 Sweeper 0.5 0 23 9.2 6 .400 .400 .417 50.0 50.0 42.9 .095 .096 .191 0.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.6 0 12 4.8 5 .200 .200 .180 33.3 20.0 20.0 .157 .163 .148 25.0
2024 Cutter 2.8 0 4 1.6 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -4.0 -6 149 36.9 37 .147 .176 .188 32.8 40.5 30.0 .220 .296 .260 68.4
2023 Slider -5.3 -3 61 15.1 15 .000 .000 .047 17.6 46.7 41.2 .165 .298 .230 42.9
2023 Sinker 0.7 0 49 12.1 10 .250 .250 .410 35.0 20.0 18.2 .206 .318 .322 16.7
2023 Changeup 1.0 0 49 12.1 11 .222 .556 .473 5.3 9.1 4.8 .267 .533 .403 37.5
2023 Curveball -3.7 -1 34 8.4 5 .000 .000 .000 41.7 60.0 25.0 .036 .089 .051 50.0
2023 Cutter 1.7 0 26 6.4 5 .000 .000 .280 37.5 20.0 16.7 .081 .082 .326 50.0
2023 Sweeper -8.8 -2 21 5.2 7 .000 .000 .000 40.0 71.4 45.5 .004 .005 .004 0.0
2023 Slurve -3.9 0 8 2.0 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .094 .101 .088 0.0
2023 Split-Finger 7.6 0 6 1.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 66.7 0.0 0.0 .657 .754 .618 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 43 189 2 -1 1 1 3
2023 93 403 -7 -9 3 2 -11
2024 57 250 -3 -4 1 1 -5
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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 142 50.7 65.3 74.5 14.3 80.0 50.7 23.5 40.1 24.6 5.6 87.5
2023 404 51.1 56.3 77.6 18.8 48.6 38.0 25.5 37.9 29.4 8.9 77.8
2024 250 46.8 48.7 78.9 20.3 44.4 40.8 19.0 33.6 32.1 6.8 70.6
Player 796 49.7 55.7 77.3 18.5 51.4 41.1 23.1 36.9 29.3 7.7 77.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 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
2022 18 82
2023 28 44
2024 54 56
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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 %
2022 22.7 1 0.1 1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 21.0 1 1.4 0 0 1 1 100.0
2024 22.3 1 0.8 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 22.0 3 2.3 1 1 2 1 33.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
2024 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Player 3 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 1
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.3 90.8 0.5 ↑ 84.0 -6.8 ↓
Launch Angle -0.4 2.4 2.8 ↑ -7.7 -10.1 ↓
Barrel % 4.3 4.1 -0.2 ↓ 2.9 -1.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 39.1 46.9 7.8 ↑ 25.7 -21.2 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.8 28.6 -6.2 ↓ 20.0 -8.6 ↓
xBA .250 .180 -0.070 ↓ .153 -0.027 ↓
BA .345 .119 -0.226 ↓ .212 0.093 ↑
xwOBA .349 .249 -0.100 ↓ .218 -0.031 ↓
wOBA .440 .184 -0.256 ↓ .265 0.081 ↑
xSLG .427 .277 -0.150 ↓ .216 -0.061 ↓
SLG .586 .167 -0.419 ↓ .288 0.121 ↑
K% 17.6 37.2 19.6 ↑ 29.3 -7.9 ↓
BB% 14.7 10.6 -4.1 ↓ 10.3 -0.3 ↓
Swing % 40.1 37.9 -2.2 ↓ 33.6 -4.3 ↓
Whiff% 24.6 29.4 4.8 ↑ 32.1 2.7 ↑
In Zone % 50.7 51.1 0.4 ↑ 46.8 -4.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.3 48.9 -0.4 ↓ 53.2 4.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 14.3 18.8 4.5 ↑ 20.3 1.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 23.5 25.5 2.0 ↑ 19.0 -6.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 66.0 7.2 ↑ 60.3 -5.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 34 0 0.0 .440
2023 Shades R 93 1 1.1 .188 .000
2024 Shades R 57 1 1.8 .250 .689
! 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 34 18.8 8.8% 2.9% 39 24.1 0.0% 2.6%
2023 111 14.9 51.4% 0.0% 87 19.1 1.1% 0.0%
2024 71 15.3 43.7% 0.0% 62 18.6 3.2% 4.8%
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