James Outman
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 7, #224, Los Angeles Dodgers | Sacramento State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 16 13 6 6 1 0 .462 .563 .846 1.409
2023 567 483 86 120 23 16 .248 .353 .437 .790
2 Seasons 583 496 92 126 24 16 .254 .358 .448 .806
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .462 1 0 1.409
2023 .248 23 16 .790
2 Seasons .254 24 16 .806
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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%
2022 25 63 6 0 0.0 0.0 99.6 109.5 16.5 50.0 .218 .324 .584 .319 .501 83.3 43.8 12.5
2023 26 2352 306 34 11.1 6.0 87.9 111.4 15.7 38.2 .228 .396 .344 .325 .420 39.9 31.9 12.0
Player 2415 312 34 10.9 5.8 88.1 111.4 15.7 38.5 .228 .394 .351 .325 .422 40.7 32.2 12.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2022 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 66.7 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 50.0 33.3 0.0 0.0
2023 39.2 30.4 23.2 7.2 45.8 32.4 21.9 6.2 25.5 25.5 27.8 3.9 11.1 6.0
Player 39.1 30.4 23.4 7.1 46.2 32.4 21.5 6.1 25.0 25.3 28.2 4.5 10.9 5.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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-Seamer 1.3 10 753 32.0 158 .244 .457 .372 34.0 30.4 20.6 .244 .454 .370 40.7
2023 Slider -1.3 -5 407 17.3 109 .212 .364 .289 45.6 42.2 31.1 .174 .318 .246 31.5
2023 Sinker -1.1 -4 328 13.9 84 .271 .414 .364 28.8 27.4 25.3 .262 .402 .355 53.2
2023 Curveball -1.6 -5 289 12.3 70 .155 .207 .241 41.7 37.1 26.8 .164 .240 .263 33.3
2023 Changeup 4.2 10 241 10.2 66 .362 .707 .480 36.8 21.2 17.3 .290 .529 .389 34.1
2023 Cutter 1.1 2 185 7.9 43 .300 .600 .401 27.4 25.6 26.2 .282 .500 .356 55.2
2023 Sweeper 5.8 4 73 3.1 19 .267 .533 .413 40.0 26.3 14.3 .159 .292 .297 20.0
2023 Splitter -0.8 0 53 2.3 12 .167 .167 .150 56.5 58.3 38.9 .157 .187 .149 20.0
2023 Slurve -6.2 0 7 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .440 .798 .521 100.0
2023 Forkball -4.0 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .460 .724 .496 100.0
2023 Screwball -21.4 0 1 0.0 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Slider -2.4 0 18 28.6 4 .000 .000 .350 25.0 50.0 40.0 -- -- .350 --
2022 Sinker 16.0 3 17 27.0 4 .750 2.000 1.125 25.0 25.0 16.7 .223 .487 .295 66.7
2022 Splitter -9.5 -1 7 11.1 3 .333 .333 .300 83.3 66.7 100.0 .202 .224 .183 100.0
2022 Curveball -5.3 0 7 11.1 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seamer 6.7 0 7 11.1 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 33.3 50.0 .392 .484 .489 100.0
2022 Changeup 10.8 1 5 7.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .549 .624 .507 100.0
2022 Cutter 2.1 0 2 3.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 572 2,377 2 -26 22 13 11
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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 %
2022 63 54.0 70.6 75.0 24.1 14.3 30.2 31.3 49.2 38.7 11.1 85.7
2023 2,352 47.9 68.6 73.2 25.3 38.7 42.2 32.8 46.0 36.6 8.1 82.6
Player 2,415 48.0 68.6 73.2 25.2 38.2 41.8 32.8 46.1 36.7 8.2 82.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2022 56 57
2023 51 16 31 46 67 63 72 22 71 44 6 86 2 73 88 94 78
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 23.6 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0.0
2023 21.0 23 22.1 1 4 19 11 47.8
Player 21.1 24 22.3 2 4 20 11 45.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
2023 23 21 15 25 24 20 25 23 23 13 20 23 19 18 27 28 23 20 25 29 20 17 32 30 18 15 25 22 24 20 18
Player 24 21 15 26 24 20 25 23 23 13 20 23 20 18 27 29 23 20 25 29 20 17 33 31 18 15 26 23 25 20 18
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 99.6 87.9 -11.7 ↓
Launch Angle 16.5 15.7 -0.8 ↓
Barrel % 0.0 11.1 11.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 83.3 39.9 -43.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 50.0 38.2 -11.8 ↓
xBA .218 .228 0.010 ↑
BA .462 .248 -0.214 ↓
xwOBA .319 .325 0.006 ↑
wOBA .584 .344 -0.240 ↓
xSLG .324 .396 0.072 ↑
SLG .846 .437 -0.409 ↓
K% 43.8 31.9 -11.9 ↓
BB% 12.5 12.0 -0.5 ↓
Swing % 49.2 46.0 -3.2 ↓
Whiff% 38.7 36.6 -2.1 ↓
In Zone % 54.0 47.9 -6.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 46.0 52.1 6.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.1 25.3 1.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 31.3 32.8 1.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 68.8 57.5 -11.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 16 8 50.0 .613 .555
2023 Shades L 566 293 51.8 .349 .340
! 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

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