Dylan Carlson
LF | Bats/Throws: S/L | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #33, St. Louis Cardinals | Elk Grove (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 255 219 27 48 5 3 .219 .318 .333 .651
2024 265 235 19 49 3 2 .209 .287 .277 .564
2025 118 111 10 26 4 2 .234 .271 .378 .649
6 Seasons 1,864 1,649 202 391 41 15 .237 .314 .377 .691
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .219 5 3 .651
2024 .209 3 2 .564
2025 .234 4 2 .649
6 Seasons .237 41 15 .691
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 21 492 76 7 9.2 5.9 87.4 108.3 9.3 40.8 .246 .441 .264 .314 .418 42.1 29.4 6.7
2021 22 2530 399 28 7.0 4.5 88.2 109.0 15.1 40.6 .247 .407 .336 .322 .383 31.1 24.6 9.2
2022 23 1964 342 15 4.4 3.1 86.1 109.2 12.9 35.7 .234 .355 .306 .301 .326 27.2 19.3 9.2
2023 24 1047 173 10 5.8 3.9 89.3 109.1 15.0 34.1 .237 .381 .293 .318 .335 37.6 19.2 10.2
2024 25 1110 163 4 2.5 1.5 86.8 107.2 15.8 30.1 .195 .270 .257 .250 .292 25.8 28.3 8.3
2025 26 499 81 6 7.4 5.1 88.1 108.0 17.2 35.8 .225 .371 .283 .274 .348 24.7 26.3 5.1
Player 7642 1234 70 5.7 3.8 87.6 109.2 14.3 36.6 .233 .370 .303 .302 .348 30.5 23.4 8.8
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 44.7 55.3 15.8 34.2 5.3 35.5 38.2 26.3 14.5 25.0 5.3 21.1 13.2 21.1
2021 40.1 59.6 31.1 24.3 4.3 39.3 32.6 28.1 22.1 13.3 4.8 17.3 19.3 23.1
2022 43.0 57.0 27.5 25.1 4.4 34.8 38.0 27.2 20.2 16.7 6.1 14.6 21.3 21.1
2023 43.9 56.1 26.6 22.0 7.5 32.9 41.6 25.4 17.9 22.0 4.0 15.0 19.7 21.4
2024 41.7 58.3 30.7 22.7 4.9 41.7 30.7 27.6 22.7 12.3 6.7 19.0 18.4 20.9
2025 34.6 65.4 32.1 27.2 6.2 39.5 37.0 23.5 18.5 12.3 3.7 21.0 24.7 19.8
Player 41.6 58.3 28.5 24.8 5.0 37.3 35.7 27.0 20.3 16.0 5.3 16.9 19.8 21.6
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 7.9 32.9 14.5 21.1 14.5 9.2 5.9
2021 3.3 27.3 27.3 27.3 7.0 7.0 4.5
2022 5.0 30.7 29.8 22.2 7.3 4.4 3.1
2023 1.7 32.4 27.2 24.9 8.1 5.8 3.9
2024 3.7 31.3 31.9 22.7 8.0 2.5 1.5
2025 3.7 27.2 34.6 25.9 1.2 7.4 5.1
Player 3.9 29.8 28.3 24.5 7.5 5.7 3.8
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 -0.8 -2 207 41.5 47 .209 .395 .332 23.3 25.5 15.4 .186 .345 .264 25.8
2025 Changeup -1.0 -1 66 13.2 13 .154 .154 .138 28.6 30.8 15.4 .148 .183 .144 11.1
2025 Sinker -1.5 -1 61 12.2 18 .294 .529 .331 18.9 22.2 28.6 .339 .605 .379 35.7
2025 Slider 2.7 2 59 11.8 15 .286 .500 .420 29.4 20.0 15.0 .242 .308 .268 36.4
2025 Cutter -2.0 -1 51 10.2 9 .222 .333 .239 25.0 33.3 20.0 .318 .636 .406 16.7
2025 Curveball 5.1 1 23 4.6 8 .500 .500 .450 20.0 25.0 18.2 .238 .300 .233 16.7
2025 Sweeper -4.1 -1 21 4.2 6 .000 .000 .117 28.6 50.0 30.0 .163 .182 .243 0.0
2025 Split-Finger -5.5 0 7 1.4 1 .000 .000 .000 20.0 0.0 0.0 .061 .065 .055 0.0
2025 Slurve -5.6 0 1 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -8 398 35.9 94 .195 .280 .262 33.5 31.9 27.0 .179 .270 .251 32.1
2024 Changeup 1.3 2 166 15.0 35 .294 .353 .323 32.9 22.9 15.1 .279 .370 .296 23.1
2024 Sinker -1.9 -3 136 12.3 32 .207 .379 .269 23.9 18.8 15.0 .193 .316 .241 45.8
2024 Slider -2.5 -3 135 12.2 35 .129 .129 .183 41.2 42.9 23.8 .136 .172 .199 18.8
2024 Cutter -3.9 -4 110 9.9 28 .125 .125 .171 25.8 21.4 23.1 .180 .223 .229 15.8
2024 Curveball 2.1 2 89 8.0 19 .333 .400 .403 13.8 15.8 10.0 .235 .284 .326 16.7
2024 Sweeper -0.5 0 42 3.8 12 .200 .200 .267 17.6 33.3 19.0 .149 .165 .233 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.1 0 32 2.9 10 .300 .400 .305 44.4 30.0 25.0 .265 .286 .241 0.0
2024 Slurve 0.1 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 118 488 -3 -8 3 2 -6
2021 617 2,530 -12 -13 20 13 8
2022 487 1,964 -17 -5 15 7 0
2023 255 1,047 -6 -15 8 7 -7
2024 265 1,110 -11 -16 8 5 -14
2025 118 499 -5 -3 4 1 -3
Player 1,860 7,638 -54 -61 57 -54 -22
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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 492 47.3 59.3 77.4 24.5 52.4 42.2 10.9 41.1 31.2 7.6 70.3
2021 2,530 48.7 67.2 79.0 23.9 52.9 41.9 23.3 45.0 27.9 7.6 73.6
2022 1,964 49.7 67.8 79.5 24.8 59.6 45.0 21.8 46.2 25.7 7.9 83.3
2023 1,047 49.0 68.0 82.5 24.9 63.2 43.8 27.8 46.0 22.6 6.8 84.5
2024 1,110 51.0 70.5 73.5 24.8 53.3 45.5 35.5 48.2 31.0 8.0 79.8
2025 499 53.9 75.1 78.2 23.0 67.9 44.5 35.6 51.1 23.9 7.8 87.2
Player 7,642 49.6 68.0 78.6 24.4 57.0 43.7 25.2 46.0 27.0 7.7 79.1
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 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
2020 53 75 41 70
2021 42 41 39 38 52 46 35 29 59 9 27 55 27 74 72 16 80
2022 31 26 22 25 47 19 15 7 51 4 59 63 42 74 70 82 88
2023 46 57 84
2024 29 49 4 63
2025 37 57 54
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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 %
2020 25.00 3 3.7 -1 4 3 1 33.3
2021 23.11 18 16.7 1 9 17 5 27.8
2022 21.68 8 10.9 -3 6 7 5 62.5
2023 22.60 5 5.5 -1 3 4 3 60.0
2024 23.35 3 2.4 1 1 3 0 0.0
2025 20.65 4 1.5 3 3 2 0 0.0
Player 22.61 41 40.6 0 26 36 14 34.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 3 4 6 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 1
2021 18 19 17 14 15 14 19 17 9 11 14 20 20 12 16 20 14 16 16 17 17 20 22 20 19 16 16 20 22 13 15
2022 8 11 11 14 10 11 12 10 6 8 10 14 10 10 11 14 11 10 12 10 11 10 15 13 9 8 15 12 11 10 9
2023 5 4 4 4 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
2024 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2
2025 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 0
Player 41 43 42 38 38 38 44 39 24 30 36 51 44 35 40 45 40 38 40 43 40 44 55 47 40 35 43 46 49 38 33
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Year to Year Changes

2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .200 +.066 .266 -.030 .236 -.017 .219 -.010 .209 +.025 .234
xBA .246 +.001 .247 -.013 .234 +.003 .237 -.042 .195 +.030 .225
OBP .252 +.091 .343 -.027 .316 +.002 .318 -.031 .287 -.016 .271
xOBP .294 +.034 .328 -.012 .316 +.018 .334 -.058 .276 -.014 .262
SLG .364 +.073 .437 -.057 .380 -.047 .333 -.056 .277 +.101 .378
xSLG .441 -.034 .407 -.052 .355 +.026 .381 -.111 .270 +.101 .371
ISO .164 +.008 .172 -.028 .144 -.030 .114 -.046 .068 +.076 .144
xISO .196 -.037 .159 -.038 .121 +.023 .144 -.070 .074 +.072 .146
BABIP .260 +.072 .332 -.051 .281 -.025 .256 +.031 .287 -.001 .286
wOBA .264 +.072 .336 -.030 .306 -.013 .293 -.036 .257 +.026 .283
xwOBA .314 +.008 .322 -.021 .301 +.017 .318 -.068 .250 +.024 .274
wOBACON .340 +.064 .404 -.071 .333 -.035 .298 +.005 .303 +.057 .360
xwOBACON .418 -.035 .383 -.057 .326 +.009 .335 -.043 .292 +.056 .348
BACON .289 +.073 .362 -.064 .298 -.021 .277 +.024 .301 +.020 .321
xBACON .356 -.017 .339 -.041 .298 +.003 .301 -.018 .283 +.025 .308
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 42.1 -11.0 31.1 -3.9 27.2 +10.4 37.6 -11.8 25.8 -1.1 24.7
Avg Exit Velocity 87.4 +0.8 88.2 -2.1 86.1 +3.2 89.3 -2.5 86.8 +1.3 88.1
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 40.8 -0.2 40.6 -4.9 35.7 -1.6 34.1 -4.0 30.1 +5.7 35.8
Barrel % 9.2 -2.2 7.0 -2.6 4.4 +1.4 5.8 -3.3 2.5 +4.9 7.4
Avg Launch Angle 9.3 +5.8 15.1 -2.2 12.9 +2.1 15.0 +0.8 15.8 +1.4 17.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- 69.9 -1.4 68.5 0.0 68.5
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- 11° +1° 12° -2° 10°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- 55.2 -2.9 52.3 -0.7 51.6
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -1° -1° -2° +4°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- 38° -1° 37° -1° 36°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.0 +0.1 7.1 -0.3 6.8
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.8 +0.1 92.9 +0.7 93.6 -0.7 92.9 +0.7 93.6 +0.1 93.7
Breaking Velocity 81.6 +0.1 81.7 +0.7 82.4 +0.8 83.2 +0.4 83.6 +0.3 83.9
Offspeed Velocity 86.2 -0.8 85.4 +0.5 85.9 +0.4 86.3 -0.3 86.0 -0.3 85.7
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 7 +21 28 -13 15 -5 10 -6 4 +2 6
Popup % 5.3 -1.0 4.3 +0.1 4.4 +3.1 7.5 -2.6 4.9 +1.3 6.2
Flyball % 15.8 +15.3 31.1 -3.6 27.5 -0.9 26.6 +4.1 30.7 +1.4 32.1
Line Drive % 34.2 -9.9 24.3 +0.8 25.1 -3.1 22.0 +0.7 22.7 +4.5 27.2
Groundball % 44.7 -4.6 40.1 +2.9 43.0 +0.9 43.9 -2.2 41.7 -7.1 34.6
Pull % 35.5 +3.8 39.3 -4.5 34.8 -1.9 32.9 +8.8 41.7 -2.2 39.5
Straight Away % 38.2 -5.6 32.6 +5.4 38.0 +3.6 41.6 -10.9 30.7 +6.3 37.0
Opposite Field % 26.3 +1.8 28.1 -0.9 27.2 -1.8 25.4 +2.2 27.6 -4.1 23.5
Weak Contact % 7.9 -4.6 3.3 +1.7 5.0 -3.3 1.7 +2.0 3.7 0.0 3.7
Pull Airball % 21.1 -3.8 17.3 -2.7 14.6 +0.4 15.0 +4.0 19.0 +2.0 21.0
Topped Contact % 32.9 -5.6 27.3 +3.4 30.7 +1.7 32.4 -1.1 31.3 -4.1 27.2
Under Contact % 14.5 +12.8 27.3 +2.5 29.8 -2.6 27.2 +4.7 31.9 +2.7 34.6
Flare/Burner Contact % 21.1 +6.2 27.3 -5.1 22.2 +2.7 24.9 -2.2 22.7 +3.2 25.9
Solid Contact % 14.5 -7.5 7.0 +0.3 7.3 +0.8 8.1 -0.1 8.0 -6.8 1.2
HR/FB % 25.0 -10.5 14.5 -6.0 8.5 +2.4 10.9 -4.9 6.0 +9.4 15.4
Popups 4 +13 17 -2 15 -2 13 -5 8 -3 5
Flyballs 12 +112 124 -30 94 -48 46 +4 50 -24 26
Line Drives 26 +71 97 -11 86 -48 38 -1 37 -15 22
Groundballs 34 +126 160 -13 147 -71 76 -8 68 -40 28
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.3 +1.4 48.7 +1.0 49.7 -0.7 49.0 +2.0 51.0 +2.9 53.9
Out of Zone % 52.7 -1.4 51.3 -1.0 50.3 +0.7 51.0 -2.0 49.0 -2.9 46.1
Edge % 42.2 -0.3 41.9 +3.1 45.0 -1.2 43.8 +1.7 45.5 -1.0 44.5
Zone Swing % 59.3 +7.9 67.2 +0.6 67.8 +0.2 68.0 +2.5 70.5 +4.6 75.1
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 -0.6 23.9 +0.9 24.8 +0.1 24.9 -0.1 24.8 -1.8 23.0
In Zone Contact % 77.4 +1.6 79.0 +0.5 79.5 +3.0 82.5 -9.0 73.5 +4.7 78.2
Out of Zone Contact % 52.4 +0.5 52.9 +6.7 59.6 +3.6 63.2 -9.9 53.3 +14.6 67.9
Whiff % 31.2 -3.3 27.9 -2.2 25.7 -3.1 22.6 +8.4 31.0 -7.1 23.9
First Strike % 57.1 +1.9 59.0 -2.5 56.5 +3.5 60.0 +8.3 68.3 -0.5 67.8
First Pitch Swing % 10.9 +12.4 23.3 -1.5 21.8 +6.0 27.8 +7.7 35.5 +0.1 35.6
Swing % 41.1 +3.9 45.0 +1.2 46.2 -0.2 46.0 +2.2 48.2 +2.9 51.1
Meatball Swing % 70.3 +3.3 73.6 +9.7 83.3 +1.2 84.5 -4.7 79.8 +7.4 87.2
Meatball % 7.6 0.0 7.6 +0.3 7.9 -1.1 6.8 +1.2 8.0 -0.2 7.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 22.6 -1.8 20.8 -0.6 20.2 -2.7 17.5 +8.5 26.0 -4.2 21.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 47.6 -0.5 47.1 -6.7 40.4 -4.3 36.1 +9.8 45.9 -13.8 32.1
In Zone 231 +1,002 1,233 -256 977 -464 513 +54 567 -298 269
Out of Zone 257 +1,040 1,297 -310 987 -453 534 +10 544 -314 230
Edge 206 +855 1,061 -178 883 -424 459 +47 506 -284 222
In Zone Swings 137 +691 828 -166 662 -313 349 +51 400 -198 202
Out of Zone Swings 63 +247 310 -65 245 -112 133 +2 135 -82 53
In Zone Swing & Misses 31 +141 172 -38 134 -73 61 +43 104 -60 44
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 30 +116 146 -47 99 -51 48 +14 62 -45 17
Basic
Pitches 492 +2,038 2,530 -566 1,964 -917 1,047 +63 1,110 -611 499
PA 119 +500 619 -131 488 -233 255 +10 265 -147 118
AB 110 +432 542 -110 432 -213 219 +16 235 -124 111
Hits 22 +122 144 -42 102 -54 48 +1 49 -23 26
Singles 11 +80 91 -31 60 -26 34 +5 39 -21 18
Doubles 7 +24 31 -1 30 -22 8 -1 7 -3 4
Triples 1 +3 4 0 4 -3 1 -1 0 0 0
Home Runs 3 +15 18 -10 8 -3 5 -2 3 +1 4
Walks 8 +49 57 -12 45 -19 26 -4 22 -16 6
Strikeouts 35 +117 152 -58 94 -45 49 +26 75 -44 31
K% 29.4 -4.8 24.6 -5.3 19.3 -0.1 19.2 +9.1 28.3 -2.0 26.3
BB% 6.7 +2.5 9.2 0.0 9.2 +1.0 10.2 -1.9 8.3 -3.2 5.1
HBP 0 +11 11 -4 7 0 7 -2 5 -5 0
Batted Balls 76 +323 399 -57 342 -169 173 -10 163 -82 81
Number of Fastballs 239 +1,134 1,373 -280 1,093 -511 582 +62 644 -325 319
Number of Offspeed 103 +375 478 -151 327 -157 170 +28 198 -125 73
Number of Breaking 143 +491 634 -140 494 -241 253 -29 224 -142 82
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 104 40 38.5 .228 .334
2020 Shifts R 14 0 0.0 .251
2021 Shifts L 473 246 52.0 .317 .327
2021 Shifts R 137 4 2.9 .401 .220
2022 Shifts L 341 204 59.8 .248 .307
2022 Shifts R 141 24 17.0 .371 .353
2023 Shades L 170 59 34.7 .244 .312
2023 Shades R 81 6 7.4 .351 .353
2024 Shades L 148 69 46.6 .288 .183
2024 Shades R 115 5 4.3 .262 .628
2025 Shades L 86 43 50.0 .385 .203
2025 Shades R 31 4 12.9 .266 .221
! 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 135 17.7 25.2% 2.2% 101 22.7 6.9% 8.9%
2021 742 17.5 23.5% 2.0% 441 24.1 2.3% 10.7%
2022 597 18.2 18.8% 3.5% 315 23.5 1.0% 11.4%
2023 260 15.0 50.0% 0.4% 193 19.0 6.7% 1.0%
2024 274 15.5 42.7% 0.0% 195 18.7 3.6% 0.0%
2025 135 16.2 31.1% 0.7% 70 18.6 2.9% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings