Derek Hill
CF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 206LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #23, Detroit Tigers | Elk Grove (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 50 47 3 8 0 1 .170 .220 .191 .411
2024 172 162 19 39 7 6 .241 .271 .420 .691
2025 52 46 8 8 2 3 .174 .240 .348 .588
6 Seasons 528 488 60 111 13 19 .227 .273 .352 .625
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .170 0 1 .411
2024 .241 7 6 .691
2025 .174 2 3 .588
6 Seasons .227 13 19 .625
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Hits Spray Chart
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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%
2020 24 49 5 0 0.0 0.0 96.6 104.3 8.8 20.0 .116 .159 .132 .167 .261 60.0 50.0 8.3
2021 25 529 97 5 5.2 3.3 86.9 106.6 9.2 40.2 .245 .350 .305 .289 .368 29.9 28.0 6.7
2022 26 332 59 2 3.4 2.2 85.2 110.3 6.6 33.9 .193 .242 .249 .230 .305 30.5 30.4 5.4
2023 27 190 36 0 0.0 0.0 84.1 106.2 7.0 27.8 .196 .240 .190 .219 .247 22.2 22.0 6.0
2024 28 609 109 12 11.0 7.0 88.3 111.3 9.8 37.6 .241 .396 .296 .294 .421 36.7 32.6 2.9
2025 29 216 29 3 10.3 5.8 88.3 112.3 -0.8 37.9 .225 .404 .262 .302 .455 41.4 36.5 5.8
Player 1925 335 22 6.6 4.2 87.1 112.3 7.9 36.4 .225 .337 .274 .272 .367 32.8 30.7 5.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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 %
2020 60.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 60.0 20.0 20.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 20.0
2021 45.4 54.6 17.5 30.9 6.2 35.1 38.1 26.8 20.6 18.6 6.2 14.4 19.6 20.6
2022 54.2 45.8 16.9 23.7 5.1 28.8 45.8 25.4 16.9 30.5 6.8 11.9 15.3 18.6
2023 55.6 44.4 19.4 19.4 5.6 27.8 44.4 27.8 19.4 27.8 8.3 8.3 16.7 19.4
2024 48.6 51.4 25.7 22.9 2.8 27.5 45.9 26.6 14.7 24.8 9.2 12.8 21.1 17.4
2025 62.1 37.9 6.9 27.6 3.4 27.6 34.5 37.9 13.8 24.1 24.1 13.8 10.3 13.8
Player 50.7 49.3 19.4 25.4 4.5 30.4 42.1 27.5 17.6 24.2 9.0 12.8 17.9 18.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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
2020 0.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 10.3 28.9 20.6 29.9 4.1 5.2 3.3
2022 20.3 30.5 22.0 20.3 3.4 3.4 2.2
2023 16.7 38.9 27.8 13.9 2.8 0.0 0.0
2024 6.4 33.9 15.6 28.4 4.6 11.0 7.0
2025 13.8 48.3 3.4 13.8 10.3 10.3 5.8
Player 11.6 33.7 18.8 24.5 4.5 6.6 4.2
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -1 80 37.0 21 .111 .278 .215 31.8 38.1 27.6 .193 .347 .277 54.5
2025 Sweeper -5.0 -2 30 13.9 9 .111 .111 .100 52.6 55.6 41.7 .115 .129 .106 0.0
2025 Curveball 4.5 1 25 11.6 4 .500 .750 .538 20.0 25.0 14.3 .224 .360 .249 33.3
2025 Sinker -1.3 0 22 10.2 6 .200 .400 .325 33.3 33.3 66.7 .378 .836 .538 100.0
2025 Split-Finger -1.4 0 16 7.4 3 .333 .333 .300 50.0 33.3 16.7 .487 .689 .508 50.0
2025 Slider -4.0 -1 15 6.9 3 .000 .000 .000 42.9 33.3 33.3 .097 .105 .090 0.0
2025 Cutter -4.2 -1 15 6.9 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 25.0 .129 .145 .118 0.0
2025 Changeup 13.6 2 12 5.6 3 .500 2.000 .900 16.7 0.0 0.0 .524 1.440 .776 50.0
2025 Slurve 3.8 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 2 151 24.8 40 .289 .579 .426 32.1 37.5 33.3 .264 .494 .342 60.9
2024 Slider -1.8 -2 115 18.9 35 .176 .265 .231 39.7 37.1 38.2 .202 .362 .252 23.8
2024 Sinker -3.3 -3 105 17.2 33 .233 .333 .261 10.2 12.1 19.0 .309 .407 .327 46.4
2024 Changeup 0.7 0 68 11.2 19 .176 .471 .311 61.1 47.4 40.9 .102 .199 .187 25.0
2024 Cutter 5.0 3 53 8.7 11 .300 .900 .591 34.6 27.3 25.0 .386 .901 .561 28.6
2024 Sweeper -3.8 -2 53 8.7 13 .154 .154 .138 38.5 30.8 25.0 .182 .217 .174 11.1
2024 Curveball 2.7 1 42 6.9 14 .429 .429 .386 45.8 42.9 33.3 .238 .277 .225 37.5
2024 Split-Finger -2.0 0 19 3.1 6 .200 .400 .208 50.0 33.3 33.3 .270 .299 .317 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -10.2 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .277 .284 .275 0.0
2024 Slurve 1.4 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 12 49 -1 -2 0 0 -2
2021 150 529 -7 1 1 2 -2
2022 92 332 -1 -6 2 1 -4
2023 50 190 -4 -2 1 0 -5
2024 172 609 3 -9 2 2 -2
2025 52 216 -2 -1 1 1 -2
Player 528 1,925 -11 -19 8 -11 -18
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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 %
2020 49 51.0 64.0 75.0 25.0 16.7 49.0 50.0 44.9 40.9 12.2 83.3
2021 529 51.8 70.8 79.4 30.2 45.5 42.7 40.7 51.2 27.7 7.8 70.7
2022 332 46.1 66.7 77.5 37.4 43.3 41.3 33.7 50.9 31.4 5.7 84.2
2023 190 46.8 67.4 81.7 30.7 54.8 46.8 32.0 47.9 25.3 6.3 83.3
2024 609 52.4 71.2 77.5 35.5 36.9 44.2 36.6 54.2 35.2 10.0 75.4
2025 216 46.3 65.0 81.5 41.4 39.6 45.8 40.4 52.3 35.4 6.0 76.9
Player 1,925 49.9 69.2 78.8 34.4 41.9 43.8 37.5 51.7 31.7 7.9 76.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 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
2021 43 100 86
2022 66 97 85
2023 22 97 23
2024 76 95 79
2025 87 97
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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 %
2021 19.8 3 3.0 0 3 1 2 66.7
2022 23.7 1 0.5 1 0 1 0 0.0
2024 23.4 7 6.9 0 3 6 2 28.6
2025 23.4 2 1.7 0 1 2 0 0.0
Player 22.8 13 12.1 1 7 10 4 30.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2021 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 2
2022 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
2024 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 6 5 6 6 7 10 7 6 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 10 8 7 6 5 9 8 6 6
2025 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 1
Player 13 12 10 10 10 12 13 11 9 9 10 12 17 12 12 11 12 11 13 14 13 13 17 13 12 11 11 15 15 12 10
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 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 96.6 -9.7 ↓ 86.9 -1.7 ↓ 85.2 -1.1 ↓ 84.1 4.2 ↑ 88.3 0.0 88.3
Launch Angle 8.8 0.4 ↑ 9.2 -2.6 ↓ 6.6 0.4 ↑ 7.0 2.8 ↑ 9.8 -10.6 ↓ -0.8
Barrel % 0.0 5.2 ↑ 5.2 -1.8 ↓ 3.4 -3.4 ↓ 0.0 11.0 ↑ 11.0 -0.7 ↓ 10.3
Hard Hit % 60.0 -30.1 ↓ 29.9 0.6 ↑ 30.5 -8.3 ↓ 22.2 14.5 ↑ 36.7 4.7 ↑ 41.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 20.0 20.2 ↑ 40.2 -6.3 ↓ 33.9 -6.1 ↓ 27.8 9.8 ↑ 37.6 0.3 ↑ 37.9
xBA .116 0.129 ↑ .245 -0.052 ↓ .193 0.003 ↑ .196 0.045 ↑ .241 -0.016 ↓ .225
BA .091 0.168 ↑ .259 -0.030 ↓ .229 -0.059 ↓ .170 0.071 ↑ .241 -0.067 ↓ .174
xwOBA .167 0.122 ↑ .289 -0.059 ↓ .230 -0.011 ↓ .219 0.075 ↑ .294 0.008 ↑ .302
wOBA .132 0.173 ↑ .305 -0.056 ↓ .249 -0.059 ↓ .190 0.106 ↑ .296 -0.034 ↓ .262
xSLG .159 0.191 ↑ .350 -0.108 ↓ .242 -0.002 ↓ .240 0.156 ↑ .396 0.008 ↑ .404
SLG .091 0.297 ↑ .388 -0.099 ↓ .289 -0.098 ↓ .191 0.229 ↑ .420 -0.072 ↓ .348
K% 50.0 -22.0 ↓ 28.0 2.4 ↑ 30.4 -8.4 ↓ 22.0 10.6 ↑ 32.6 3.9 ↑ 36.5
BB% 8.3 -1.6 ↓ 6.7 -1.3 ↓ 5.4 0.6 ↑ 6.0 -3.1 ↓ 2.9 2.9 ↑ 5.8
Swing % 44.9 6.3 ↑ 51.2 -0.3 ↓ 50.9 -3.0 ↓ 47.9 6.3 ↑ 54.2 -1.9 ↓ 52.3
Whiff% 40.9 -13.2 ↓ 27.7 3.7 ↑ 31.4 -6.1 ↓ 25.3 9.9 ↑ 35.2 0.2 ↑ 35.4
In Zone % 51.0 0.8 ↑ 51.8 -5.7 ↓ 46.1 0.7 ↑ 46.8 5.6 ↑ 52.4 -6.1 ↓ 46.3
Out of Zone % 49.0 -0.8 ↓ 48.2 5.7 ↑ 53.9 -0.7 ↓ 53.2 -5.6 ↓ 47.6 6.1 ↑ 53.7
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 5.2 ↑ 30.2 7.2 ↑ 37.4 -6.7 ↓ 30.7 4.8 ↑ 35.5 5.9 ↑ 41.4
First Pitch Swing % 50.0 -9.3 ↓ 40.7 -7.0 ↓ 33.7 -1.7 ↓ 32.0 4.6 ↑ 36.6 3.8 ↑ 40.4
First Pitch Strike % 75.0 -7.7 ↓ 67.3 -6.4 ↓ 60.9 -0.9 ↓ 60.0 5.7 ↑ 65.7 3.5 ↑ 69.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 12 0 0.0 .132
2021 Shifts R 150 1 0.7 .308 .000
2022 Shifts R 92 7 7.6 .255 .180
2023 Shades R 50 6 12.0 .200 .116
2024 Shades R 171 2 1.2 .296 .000
2025 Shades R 52 0 0.0 .262
! 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 %
2020 12 19.1 0.0% 0.0% 9 25.4 0.0% 33.3%
2021 141 16.6 33.3% 1.4% 67 24.0 0.0% 11.9%
2022 110 17.7 19.1% 3.6% 36 24.1 0.0% 16.7%
2023 42 14.0 54.8% 2.4% 30 20.2 3.3% 0.0%
2024 128 15.2 49.2% 0.0% 94 18.6 5.3% 0.0%
2025 38 16.2 34.2% 2.6% 27 19.5 7.4% 7.4%
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