Drew Ellis
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #44, Arizona Diamondbacks | Louisville
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 83 69 10 9 1 0 .130 .277 .203 .480
2022 17 16 2 3 0 0 .188 .235 .250 .485
2023 29 23 4 5 2 0 .217 .379 .478 .857
3 Seasons 129 108 16 17 3 0 .157 .295 .269 .564
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .130 1 0 .480
2022 .188 0 0 .485
2023 .217 2 0 .857
3 Seasons .157 3 0 .564
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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
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 25 354 42 1 2.4 1.2 81.8 102.8 23.1 26.2 .134 .191 .230 .229 .230 26.2 32.5 12.0
2022 26 80 9 0 0.0 0.0 88.4 99.3 9.4 44.4 .178 .228 .219 .205 .312 33.3 41.2 5.9
2023 27 128 16 3 18.8 10.3 90.7 105.7 20.2 31.3 .211 .488 .373 .374 .417 37.5 24.1 20.7
Player 562 67 4 6.0 3.1 84.8 105.7 20.6 29.9 .157 .260 .261 .259 .286 29.9 31.8 13.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .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
2021 33.3 28.6 23.8 14.3 52.4 23.8 23.8 7.1 28.6 40.5 16.7 4.8 2.4 1.2
2022 44.4 11.1 44.4 0.0 33.3 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 22.2 33.3 11.1 0.0 0.0
2023 37.5 37.5 18.8 6.3 81.3 12.5 6.3 0.0 37.5 37.5 6.3 0.0 18.8 10.3
Player 35.8 28.4 25.4 10.4 56.7 26.9 16.4 4.5 31.3 37.3 16.4 4.5 6.0 3.1
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 4.3 2 51 39.8 12 .300 .900 .525 12.0 8.3 7.7 .322 .923 .541 44.4
2023 Slider 1.7 0 24 18.8 6 .400 .400 .417 42.9 16.7 16.7 .288 .352 .350 25.0
2023 Sinker 6.2 1 17 13.3 5 .000 .000 .600 33.3 20.0 33.3 .015 .033 .427 100.0
2023 Cutter -7.4 -1 14 10.9 4 .000 .000 .000 71.4 75.0 50.0 .036 .042 .034 0.0
2023 Curveball -1.6 0 12 9.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 33.3 .003 .005 .004 0.0
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 6 4.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Sweeper 7.2 0 4 3.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.3 -1 26 32.5 6 .167 .167 .150 13.3 50.0 25.0 .230 .253 .212 66.7
2022 Changeup -0.8 0 15 18.8 3 .333 .667 .417 50.0 66.7 66.7 .108 .216 .135 100.0
2022 Cutter -3.2 0 15 18.8 3 .000 .000 .000 42.9 33.3 33.3 .181 .227 .176 0.0
2022 Sinker 9.4 1 7 8.8 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 33.3 50.0 .244 .322 .399 0.0
2022 Curveball -2.3 0 6 7.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .098 .140 .091 0.0
2022 Slider 5.1 0 6 7.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Sweeper -6.7 0 4 5.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .011 .012 .010 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 0.0 0 1 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -4 148 41.8 30 .185 .259 .243 30.2 33.3 20.0 .109 .173 .177 29.4
2021 Slider 0.7 0 69 19.5 18 .200 .400 .328 31.3 38.9 31.8 .165 .275 .273 50.0
2021 Changeup -4.4 -2 35 9.9 9 .000 .000 .000 21.1 22.2 14.3 .152 .175 .145 14.3
2021 Sinker 1.0 0 29 8.2 8 .167 .167 .400 44.4 12.5 14.3 .210 .260 .331 20.0
2021 Curveball -0.4 0 28 7.9 4 .000 .000 .350 28.6 0.0 0.0 .082 .091 .387 0.0
2021 Cutter -2.0 0 22 6.2 6 .000 .000 .233 55.6 66.7 40.0 -- -- .233 --
2021 Split-Finger -2.1 0 12 3.4 3 .000 .000 .233 14.3 33.3 12.5 .204 .204 .356 0.0
2021 Sweeper -9.5 -1 7 2.0 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 50.0 .035 .037 .032 0.0
2021 Slurve -6.4 0 4 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .520 .525 .468 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 82 354 -5 -6 3 2 -6
2023 29 128 0 0 3 0 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 %
2021 354 55.6 64.5 73.2 22.3 51.4 42.9 21.7 45.8 31.5 8.5 70.0
2022 80 50.0 70.0 82.1 22.5 55.6 38.8 23.5 46.3 24.3 7.5 83.3
2023 128 50.8 61.5 82.5 15.9 30.0 38.3 24.1 39.1 28.0 4.7 100.0
Player 562 53.7 64.6 76.4 20.8 48.1 41.3 22.5 44.3 29.7 7.5 76.2
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
2021 28 49
2023 18 46
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 24.9 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
2023 25.4 2 1.1 1 1 0 1 50.0
Player 25.2 3 2.1 1 1 0 2 66.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Player 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 81.8 88.4 6.6 90.7 2.3
Launch Angle 23.1 9.4 -13.7 20.2 10.8
Barrel % 2.4 0.0 -2.4 18.8 18.8
Hard Hit % 26.2 33.3 7.1 37.5 4.2
Sweet Spot % 26.2 44.4 18.2 31.3 -13.1
xBA .134 .178 0.044 .211 0.033
BA .130 .188 0.058 .217 0.029
xwOBA .229 .205 -0.024 .374 0.169
wOBA .230 .219 -0.011 .373 0.154
xSLG .191 .228 0.037 .488 0.260
SLG .203 .250 0.047 .478 0.228
K% 32.5 41.2 8.7 24.1 -17.1
BB% 12.0 5.9 -6.1 20.7 14.8
Swing % 45.8 46.3 0.5 39.1 -7.2
Whiff% 31.5 24.3 -7.2 28.0 3.7
In Zone % 55.6 50.0 -5.6 50.8 0.8
Out of Zone % 44.4 50.0 5.6 49.2 -0.8
Out of Zone Swing % 22.3 22.5 0.2 15.9 -6.6
First Pitch Swing % 21.7 23.5 1.8 24.1 0.6
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 58.8 1.0 51.7 -7.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 82 20 24.4 .253 .159
2022 Shifts R 17 11 64.7 .262 .195
2023 Shades R 29 0 0.0 .373
! 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 %
2021 93 19.3 8.6% 1.1% 70 23.5 0.0% 11.4%
2022 29 18.7 10.3% 0.0% 7 21.3 14.3% 0.0%
2023 34 14.3 55.9% 0.0% 30 18.5 3.3% 0.0%
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