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 17 15 1 0 0 0 .000 .059 .000 .059
6 Seasons 1,763 1,553 193 365 37 13 .235 .314 .373 .687
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .219 5 3 .651
2024 .209 3 2 .564
2025 .000 0 0 .059
6 Seasons .235 37 13 .687
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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 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 70 8 0 0.0 0.0 84.8 98.3 -0.5 0.0 .108 .122 .041 .131 .192 12.5 47.1 5.9
Player 7213 1161 64 5.5 3.6 87.5 109.2 14.0 36.4 .233 .368 .302 .302 .347 30.7 23.4 9.0
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 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 75.0 25.0 12.5 0.0 12.5 25.0 12.5 62.5 25.0 12.5 37.5 0.0 0.0 25.0
Player 42.3 57.6 28.2 24.5 5.0 37.0 35.5 27.5 20.5 16.2 5.6 16.5 19.3 21.8
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 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 12.5 50.0 12.5 25.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 4.0 30.1 27.7 24.4 7.8 5.5 3.6
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 -6.5 -2 26 37.1 7 .000 .000 .100 26.7 42.9 37.5 .144 .166 .218 33.3
2025 Cutter 0.1 0 8 11.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Sweeper -9.1 -1 8 11.4 3 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 60.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Changeup -2.8 0 8 11.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 25.0 .041 .046 .038 0.0
2025 Sinker -12.8 -1 8 11.4 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 25.0 100.0 .210 .232 .148 0.0
2025 Slider 2.8 0 5 7.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .040 .040 .036 0.0
2025 Curveball 2.5 0 4 5.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2025 Split-Finger -0.8 0 3 4.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 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 Slider -2.3 -3 138 12.4 35 .129 .129 .183 41.2 42.9 23.4 .136 .172 .199 18.8
2024 Sinker -1.9 -3 136 12.3 32 .207 .379 .269 23.9 18.8 15.0 .193 .316 .241 45.8
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 -0.7 0 39 3.5 12 .200 .200 .267 17.6 33.3 20.0 .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 17 70 -2 -2 1 0 -3
Player 1,759 7,209 -52 -59 54 -52 -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 70 47.1 69.7 73.9 24.3 44.4 42.9 41.2 45.7 34.4 7.1 40.0
Player 7,213 49.3 67.5 78.6 24.5 56.2 43.6 24.7 45.7 27.3 7.6 78.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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
2020 53 75 42 70
2021 42 41 39 38 52 46 35 29 59 9 27 55 27 74 72 17 80
2022 31 26 21 25 47 19 15 7 51 4 59 63 42 74 70 84 88
2023 46 57 84
2024 29 49 6 63
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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 16.6 1 9 17 5 27.8
2022 21.68 8 10.7 -3 7 7 5 62.5
2023 22.60 5 5.5 -1 2 4 3 60.0
2024 23.35 3 2.4 1 2 3 0 0.0
Player 22.84 37 39.0 -2 24 34 14 37.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2020 3 4 7 3 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 1
2021 18 19 17 14 16 14 17 17 10 10 13 20 20 12 16 20 13 16 16 16 18 20 23 20 19 16 16 19 22 13 15
2022 8 10 12 14 9 10 12 9 6 8 10 15 10 10 11 14 11 10 12 9 11 10 15 12 9 8 15 12 10 9 9
2023 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 6
2024 3 2 2 3 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
Player 37 39 42 38 36 36 41 36 25 28 34 50 42 31 39 44 37 37 39 39 41 44 54 44 39 34 42 44 45 36 33
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 87.4 0.8 ↑ 88.2 -2.1 ↓ 86.1 3.2 ↑ 89.3 -2.5 ↓ 86.8 -2.0 ↓ 84.8
Launch Angle 9.3 5.8 ↑ 15.1 -2.2 ↓ 12.9 2.1 ↑ 15.0 0.8 ↑ 15.8 -16.3 ↓ -0.5
Barrel % 9.2 -2.2 ↓ 7.0 -2.6 ↓ 4.4 1.4 ↑ 5.8 -3.3 ↓ 2.5 -2.5 ↓ 0.0
Hard Hit % 42.1 -11.0 ↓ 31.1 -3.9 ↓ 27.2 10.4 ↑ 37.6 -11.8 ↓ 25.8 -13.3 ↓ 12.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 40.8 -0.2 ↓ 40.6 -4.9 ↓ 35.7 -1.6 ↓ 34.1 -4.0 ↓ 30.1 -30.1 ↓ 0.0
xBA .246 0.001 ↑ .247 -0.013 ↓ .234 0.003 ↑ .237 -0.042 ↓ .195 -0.087 ↓ .108
BA .200 0.066 ↑ .266 -0.030 ↓ .236 -0.017 ↓ .219 -0.010 ↓ .209 -0.209 ↓ .000
xwOBA .314 0.008 ↑ .322 -0.021 ↓ .301 0.017 ↑ .318 -0.068 ↓ .250 -0.119 ↓ .131
wOBA .264 0.072 ↑ .336 -0.030 ↓ .306 -0.013 ↓ .293 -0.036 ↓ .257 -0.216 ↓ .041
xSLG .441 -0.034 ↓ .407 -0.052 ↓ .355 0.026 ↑ .381 -0.111 ↓ .270 -0.148 ↓ .122
SLG .364 0.073 ↑ .437 -0.057 ↓ .380 -0.047 ↓ .333 -0.056 ↓ .277 -0.277 ↓ .000
K% 29.4 -4.8 ↓ 24.6 -5.3 ↓ 19.3 -0.1 ↓ 19.2 9.1 ↑ 28.3 18.8 ↑ 47.1
BB% 6.7 2.5 ↑ 9.2 0.0 9.2 1.0 ↑ 10.2 -1.9 ↓ 8.3 -2.4 ↓ 5.9
Swing % 41.1 3.9 ↑ 45.0 1.2 ↑ 46.2 -0.2 ↓ 46.0 2.2 ↑ 48.2 -2.5 ↓ 45.7
Whiff% 31.2 -3.3 ↓ 27.9 -2.2 ↓ 25.7 -3.1 ↓ 22.6 8.4 ↑ 31.0 3.4 ↑ 34.4
In Zone % 47.3 1.4 ↑ 48.7 1.0 ↑ 49.7 -0.7 ↓ 49.0 2.0 ↑ 51.0 -3.9 ↓ 47.1
Out of Zone % 52.7 -1.4 ↓ 51.3 -1.0 ↓ 50.3 0.7 ↑ 51.0 -2.0 ↓ 49.0 3.9 ↑ 52.9
Out of Zone Swing % 24.5 -0.6 ↓ 23.9 0.9 ↑ 24.8 0.1 ↑ 24.9 -0.1 ↓ 24.8 -0.5 ↓ 24.3
First Pitch Swing % 10.9 12.4 ↑ 23.3 -1.5 ↓ 21.8 6.0 ↑ 27.8 7.7 ↑ 35.5 5.7 ↑ 41.2
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 1.9 ↑ 59.0 -2.5 ↓ 56.5 3.5 ↑ 60.0 8.3 ↑ 68.3 8.2 ↑ 76.5
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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 11 8 72.7 .232 .000
2025 Shades R 6 0 0.0 .000
! 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 15 16.2 40.0% 0.0% 12 16.7 0.0% 0.0%
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