Isiah Kiner-Falefa
CF | B/T: R/R | 5' 11" 190LBS | Age: 28

Draft: 2013 | Rd: 4, #130, Texas Rangers | Mid-Pacific Institute

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 114 106 13 23 3 10 5 .217 .265 .358 .623
6 Seasons 2168 1993 247 521 23 176 65 .261 .313 .348 .661
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .217 3 10 5 .623
6 Seasons .261 23 176 65 .661

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%
2018 23 1499 300 2 0.7 0.5 84.9 107.9 7.0 28.7 .256 .316 .301 .288 .303 23.7 15.7 7.1
2019 24 848 155 2 1.3 0.9 87.2 104.9 6.8 29.7 .221 .302 .272 .263 .296 33.5 22.1 6.3
2020 25 799 180 4 2.2 1.8 87.2 106.2 0.8 22.2 .260 .340 .307 .294 .310 31.1 14.0 6.1
2021 26 2396 548 10 1.8 1.5 85.5 107.9 5.4 31.6 .267 .349 .293 .292 .312 28.8 13.3 4.1
2022 27 1940 419 5 1.2 0.9 86.2 109.8 4.3 29.6 .262 .333 .285 .290 .304 30.1 13.6 6.6
2023 28 439 89 4 4.5 3.5 88.5 107.3 9.6 33.7 .249 .372 .273 .295 .323 40.4 15.8 5.3
Player 7921 1691 27 1.6 1.2 86.0 109.8 5.3 29.5 .258 .335 .291 .288 .307 29.5 14.9 5.8
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 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
2018 53.0 16.0 25.3 5.7 34.0 36.0 29.7 3.7 44.3 19.0 29.0 2.0 0.7 0.5
2019 51.0 20.0 25.2 3.9 26.5 40.6 32.9 3.9 42.6 25.8 24.5 1.9 1.3 0.9
2020 61.7 16.1 18.9 3.3 32.8 39.4 27.8 3.9 47.2 16.7 27.2 2.8 2.2 1.8
2021 54.4 15.5 25.9 4.2 31.6 38.5 29.9 5.8 41.2 19.5 27.9 3.5 1.8 1.5
2022 55.8 14.8 23.6 5.7 31.5 38.9 29.6 6.4 43.2 18.1 26.5 4.3 1.2 0.9
2023 44.9 28.1 24.7 2.2 33.7 39.3 27.0 4.5 37.1 23.6 23.6 6.7 4.5 3.5
Player 54.5 16.6 24.4 4.6 31.8 38.5 29.7 5.1 42.8 19.6 27.1 3.4 1.6 1.2
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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-Seamer -2.1 -4 180 41.0 48 .186 .302 .251 11.9 18.8 20.0 .289 .444 .348 48.6
2023 Slider 0.4 0 70 15.9 18 .188 .250 .247 12.1 5.6 3.6 .214 .283 .271 13.3
2023 Sinker -7.2 -4 52 11.8 15 .133 .200 .143 8.3 13.3 18.2 .226 .318 .236 23.1
2023 Changeup 2.4 1 43 9.8 9 .375 .750 .500 31.8 22.2 10.5 .188 .342 .278 66.7
2023 Cutter 0.6 0 37 8.4 10 .300 .600 .380 25.0 10.0 14.3 .238 .407 .277 44.4
2023 Curveball 9.3 3 32 7.3 8 .375 .500 .381 10.0 0.0 0.0 .254 .312 .248 37.5
2023 Splitter -1.8 0 13 3.0 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 14.3 .038 .153 .081 100.0
2023 Sweeper -0.4 0 12 2.7 4 .250 .500 .313 25.0 50.0 28.6 .286 .365 .283 100.0
2022 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 645 33.2 157 .288 .381 .340 8.2 13.4 12.2 .258 .335 .304 35.3
2022 Sinker -1.9 -7 387 19.9 123 .220 .239 .271 4.8 8.1 14.3 .253 .291 .286 23.8
2022 Slider 0.6 2 348 17.9 90 .247 .315 .274 19.1 21.1 16.8 .230 .297 .233 29.6
2022 Changeup -0.6 -1 177 9.1 48 .200 .267 .226 13.4 16.7 12.5 .286 .367 .302 34.2
2022 Curveball 1.2 2 149 7.7 42 .333 .389 .340 15.9 9.5 7.4 .310 .384 .332 38.2
2022 Cutter -0.1 0 129 6.6 40 .256 .333 .270 12.3 7.5 12.0 .279 .403 .306 27.8
2022 Sweeper -0.4 0 63 3.2 19 .294 .294 .274 13.0 15.8 13.6 .298 .368 .303 13.3
2022 Splitter 4.1 1 25 1.3 5 .400 1.000 .580 12.5 40.0 12.5 .249 .422 .293 33.3
2022 Slurve -4.3 0 6 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seamer 0.0 0 876 36.6 232 .321 .419 .356 9.6 12.1 13.3 .292 .394 .322 33.3
2021 Slider -0.1 0 451 18.8 131 .234 .266 .275 21.0 13.7 12.9 .228 .265 .245 22.6
2021 Sinker -0.8 -3 394 16.4 102 .280 .355 .331 11.8 14.7 21.1 .260 .322 .301 33.3
2021 Changeup -0.7 -2 238 9.9 74 .208 .319 .264 12.3 6.8 6.9 .286 .384 .302 25.4
2021 Curveball 0.0 0 200 8.3 50 .220 .280 .219 25.6 22.0 18.6 .200 .254 .199 20.5
2021 Cutter -0.3 0 162 6.8 62 .300 .500 .382 11.2 8.1 16.7 .335 .483 .362 30.9
2021 Sweeper -2.5 -1 46 1.9 13 .100 .100 .177 23.8 23.1 17.6 .168 .196 .241 0.0
2021 Splitter -3.6 -1 27 1.1 9 .111 .111 .100 42.1 55.6 31.3 .144 .219 .156 75.0
2021 Slurve 42.9 0 1 0.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .451 .532 .425 0.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.2 0 284 35.5 73 .328 .426 .382 10.2 13.7 15.2 .326 .451 .391 44.2
2020 Slider -1.1 -2 162 20.3 42 .238 .286 .252 27.0 16.7 12.5 .233 .282 .227 25.7
2020 Sinker 1.1 2 137 17.1 51 .340 .362 .379 10.8 3.9 8.3 .262 .308 .289 24.4
2020 Changeup 0.6 1 83 10.4 24 .261 .478 .367 18.2 16.7 12.5 .298 .390 .318 42.1
2020 Curveball -2.0 -2 81 10.1 21 .190 .381 .283 17.1 28.6 21.4 .142 .186 .143 26.7
2020 Cutter -2.2 -1 41 5.1 15 .200 .267 .263 19.2 20.0 37.5 .201 .328 .226 8.3
2020 Splitter -0.6 0 6 0.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Sweeper -5.2 0 5 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 -- .043 .056 .049 0.0
2019 4-Seamer -1.3 -4 310 36.6 76 .284 .388 .327 10.7 18.4 18.2 .252 .349 .297 29.1
2019 Sinker -6.3 -10 159 18.8 45 .079 .105 .177 13.4 20.0 31.0 .178 .248 .264 31.0
2019 Slider -0.3 0 147 17.3 39 .333 .410 .327 26.2 28.2 21.6 .198 .274 .206 50.0
2019 Curveball -2.3 -2 102 12.0 20 .158 .158 .170 19.4 25.0 16.1 .194 .222 .209 28.6
2019 Changeup 1.1 1 90 10.6 29 .250 .393 .290 38.8 31.0 27.3 .178 .230 .195 21.1
2019 Cutter -1.5 0 28 3.3 10 .222 .444 .320 13.3 10.0 11.1 .299 .518 .378 62.5
2019 Sweeper 15.4 1 5 0.6 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2019 Slurve -2.2 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .953 1.184 .915 0.0
2019 Splitter 19.1 0 2 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .887 1.072 .846 0.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.1 0 534 35.6 115 .295 .432 .387 6.1 8.7 8.9 .282 .364 .350 26.4
2018 Sinker -0.6 -2 327 21.8 101 .273 .330 .310 8.4 11.9 20.7 .260 .319 .300 24.1
2018 Slider -0.8 -2 238 15.9 71 .275 .406 .306 25.9 22.5 18.4 .247 .296 .251 20.8
2018 Changeup -0.1 0 127 8.5 34 .235 .294 .232 17.5 14.7 11.6 .279 .330 .268 24.1
2018 Cutter -1.8 -2 119 7.9 31 .207 .276 .242 7.4 9.7 10.0 .256 .300 .274 26.9
2018 Curveball 0.2 0 118 7.9 30 .250 .357 .300 36.2 30.0 19.1 .217 .274 .223 20.0
2018 Sweeper -7.0 -1 15 1.0 4 .000 .000 .000 57.1 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 Slurve -6.3 -1 12 0.8 5 .000 .000 .000 33.3 40.0 40.0 .092 .112 .088 0.0
2018 Splitter 3.7 0 7 0.5 4 .250 .250 .225 40.0 25.0 33.3 .278 .282 .250 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 395 1,497 -11 -13 9 7 -8
2019 222 848 -7 -15 4 3 -15
2020 228 799 -6 -7 7 3 -3
2021 675 2,396 -11 -20 14 10 -7
2022 549 2,001 -2 -18 9 7 -3
2023 114 439 -5 -3 3 1 -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 %
2018 1,499 52.9 55.8 93.7 24.6 62.6 42.2 11.4 41.1 14.8 8.9 66.2
2019 848 49.4 57.8 90.9 28.7 61.8 41.4 22.1 43.0 18.6 7.5 73.4
2020 799 52.6 65.5 90.5 27.4 67.3 41.7 25.0 47.4 15.8 8.5 73.5
2021 2,396 49.6 62.6 93.0 30.7 70.1 42.8 20.6 46.5 14.5 6.9 62.7
2022 1,940 51.3 58.0 93.8 30.8 78.4 45.2 22.5 44.7 11.2 8.9 69.8
2023 439 53.5 61.7 88.3 28.9 72.9 39.9 25.4 46.5 16.2 9.1 75.0
Player 7,921 51.1 59.9 92.5 29.0 70.1 42.8 20.2 44.8 14.4 8.1 68.3
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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
2018 11 58 3 1 45 1 1 3 58 4 80 31 91 69 76 96
2019 37 74
2020 18 62 11 5 33 11 7 22 34 15 92 20 94 51 81 95 30
2021 13 71 11 3 27 8 3 4 52 6 95 1 95 26 75 8 43
2022 19 74 8 2 48 1 1 8 60 7 92 29 99 37 79 17 24
2023 31 65 84 65
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 20.4 4 2.8 1 5 3 0 0.0
2019 20.8 1 2.1 -1 4 1 1 100.0
2020 21.3 3 1.7 1 2 1 1 33.3
2021 21.5 8 7.7 0 4 5 4 50.0
2022 21.2 4 5.8 -2 3 4 3 75.0
2023 20.3 3 3.0 0 1 4 0 0.0
Player 21.0 23 23.1 0 19 18 9 39.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 4 6 2 1 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 5 2 0 3 2 1 2 4 4 3 6 3 3 1 1 3 4 4 3 3
2019 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 2
2020 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
2021 8 10 8 6 8 7 9 7 7 5 7 10 6 6 8 10 7 7 9 7 8 9 9 9 6 6 9 8 8 8 8
2022 4 3 6 5 6 4 7 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 7 6 8 8 7 8 4 4 7 6 8 6 7
2023 3 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 4 3 4 4
Player 23 26 24 19 25 21 26 19 22 13 21 32 20 18 25 24 19 18 26 26 25 30 28 27 15 14 26 28 27 25 25
! 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.9 87.2 2.3 87.2 0.0 85.5 -1.7 86.2 0.7 88.5 2.3
Launch Angle 7.0 6.8 -0.2 0.8 -6.0 5.4 4.6 4.3 -1.1 9.6 5.3
Barrel % 0.7 1.3 0.6 2.2 0.9 1.8 -0.4 1.2 -0.6 4.5 3.3
Hard Hit % 23.7 33.5 9.8 31.1 -2.4 28.8 -2.3 30.1 1.3 40.4 10.3
Sweet Spot % 28.7 29.7 1.0 22.2 -7.5 31.6 9.4 29.6 -2.0 33.7 4.1
xBA .256 .221 -0.035 .260 0.039 .267 0.007 .262 -0.005 .249 -0.013
BA .261 .238 -0.023 .280 0.042 .271 -0.009 .261 -0.010 .217 -0.044
xwOBA .288 .263 -0.025 .294 0.031 .292 -0.002 .290 -0.002 .295 0.005
wOBA .301 .272 -0.029 .307 0.035 .293 -0.014 .285 -0.008 .273 -0.012
xSLG .316 .302 -0.014 .340 0.038 .349 0.009 .333 -0.016 .372 0.039
SLG .357 .322 -0.035 .370 0.048 .357 -0.013 .327 -0.030 .358 0.031
K% 15.7 22.1 6.4 14.0 -8.1 13.3 -0.7 13.6 0.3 15.8 2.2
BB% 7.1 6.3 -0.8 6.1 -0.2 4.1 -2.0 6.6 2.5 5.3 -1.3
Swing % 41.1 43.0 1.9 47.4 4.4 46.5 -0.9 44.7 -1.8 46.5 1.8
Whiff% 14.8 18.6 3.8 15.8 -2.8 14.5 -1.3 11.2 -3.3 16.2 5.0
In Zone % 52.9 49.4 -3.5 52.6 3.2 49.6 -3.0 51.3 1.7 53.5 2.2
Out of Zone % 47.1 50.6 3.5 47.4 -3.2 50.4 3.0 48.7 -1.7 46.5 -2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 24.6 28.7 4.1 27.4 -1.3 30.7 3.3 30.8 0.1 28.9 -1.9
First Pitch Swing % 11.4 22.1 10.7 25.0 2.9 20.6 -4.4 22.5 1.9 25.4 2.9
First Pitch Strike % 55.7 63.1 7.4 61.0 -2.1 60.6 -0.4 62.5 1.9 61.4 -1.1
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2018 R 395 2 0.5 .301 .345
2019 R 222 0 0.0 .272
2020 R 228 0 0.0 .307
2021 R 655 1 0.2 .292 .879
2022 R 526 7 1.3 .288 .180
2023 R 114 0 0.0 .273

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 464 15.2 44.8% 0.6% 304 21.2 3.3% 6.9%
2019 220 15.9 40.0% 0.0% 196 21.4 2.6% 4.1%
2020 269 15.9 38.7% 0.7% 102 22.2 0.0% 9.8%
2021 842 16.2 36.7% 1.4% 294 21.6 1.4% 6.5%
2022 633 16.8 28.6% 2.1% 306 21.5 4.6% 7.2%
2023 55 14.7 56.4% 0.0% 38 19.0 2.6% 2.6%
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Statcast Rankings