Ka'ai Tom
OF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 9" 185LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 5, #154, Cleveland Indians | Kentucky
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 133 108 10 15 2 1 .139 .278 .231 .509
2022 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2 Seasons 134 109 10 15 2 1 .138 .276 .229 .505
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .139 2 1 .509
2022 .000 0 0 .000
2 Seasons .138 2 1 .505
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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%
2021 27 548 75 3 4.0 2.3 84.2 109.1 9.5 32.0 .195 .280 .239 .289 .313 29.3 27.1 12.8
2022 28 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 96.8 96.8 42.4 0.0 .029 .072 .000 .036 .036 100.0 0.0 0.0
Player 551 76 3 3.9 2.2 84.3 109.1 9.9 31.6 .193 .278 .237 .287 .309 30.3 26.9 12.7
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 46.7 21.3 22.7 9.3 38.7 41.3 20.0 12.0 33.3 24.0 18.7 6.7 4.0 2.3
2022 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 46.1 22.4 22.4 9.2 38.2 40.8 21.1 11.8 32.9 25.0 18.4 6.6 3.9 2.2
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 %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -11.8 0 3 100.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .029 .072 .036 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -3 245 44.7 50 .171 .341 .303 31.3 24.0 15.8 .232 .382 .341 34.5
2021 Slider -3.5 -2 69 12.6 18 .143 .143 .139 24.2 33.3 21.4 .117 .125 .193 0.0
2021 Sinker 3.0 2 63 11.5 14 .222 .222 .379 25.0 21.4 18.8 .194 .217 .365 50.0
2021 Curveball -2.3 -1 62 11.3 14 .182 .273 .304 29.6 14.3 8.3 .221 .300 .330 44.4
2021 Changeup -5.2 -3 55 10.0 19 .056 .056 .084 48.5 42.1 40.0 .164 .240 .201 20.0
2021 Cutter -3.4 -1 35 6.4 11 .100 .300 .230 31.3 18.2 16.7 .190 .229 .233 37.5
2021 Sweeper 0.2 0 9 1.6 2 .000 .000 .350 33.3 50.0 33.3 -- -- .350 --
2021 Split-Finger -15.2 -1 5 0.9 3 .000 .000 .000 80.0 66.7 66.7 .063 .069 .057 0.0
2021 Slurve -2.4 0 5 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .634 .719 .603 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 132 548 -8 -9 4 4 -9
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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 548 49.1 67.7 75.3 24.4 44.1 41.8 19.5 45.6 32.8 7.3 75.0
2022 3 33.3 100.0 100.0 0.0 -- 66.7 0.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 100.0
Player 551 49.0 67.8 75.4 24.2 44.1 41.9 19.4 45.6 32.7 7.4 75.6
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 60 74 52
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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 21.9 2 1.5 1 1 2 0 0.0
Player 21.9 2 1.5 1 1 2 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
Player 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 0
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.2 96.8 12.6 ↑
Launch Angle 9.5 42.4 32.9 ↑
Barrel % 4.0 0.0 -4.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 29.3 100.0 70.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 32.0 0.0 -32.0 ↓
xBA .195 .029 -0.166 ↓
BA .139 .000 -0.139 ↓
xwOBA .289 .036 -0.253 ↓
wOBA .239 .000 -0.239 ↓
xSLG .280 .072 -0.208 ↓
SLG .231 .000 -0.231 ↓
K% 27.1 0.0 -27.1 ↓
BB% 12.8 0.0 -12.8 ↓
Swing % 45.6 33.3 -12.3 ↓
Whiff% 32.8 0.0 -32.8 ↓
In Zone % 49.1 33.3 -15.8 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.9 66.7 15.8 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 24.4 0.0 -24.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 19.5 0.0 -19.5 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.7 0.0 -61.7 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 132 63 47.7 .272 .202
2022 Shifts L 1 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 %
2021 160 18.7 8.1% 3.8% 91 24.4 0.0% 12.1%
2022 0 -- -- -- 2 21.2 0.0% 0.0%
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