Kevan Smith
C | B/T: R/R | 6' 4" 230LBS | Age: 34

Draft: 2011 | Rd: 7, #231, Chicago White Sox | Pittsburgh

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 106 95 8 16 0 3 0 .168 .248 .200 .448
6 Seasons 852 780 78 202 13 82 3 .259 .312 .362 .674
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .168 0 3 0 .448
6 Seasons .259 13 82 3 .674

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%
2016 28 64 10 0 0.0 0.0 92.4 108.4 6.1 20.0 .164 .246 .110 .175 .281 50.0 37.5 0.0
2017 29 1043 235 8 3.4 2.7 85.7 108.9 5.2 28.9 .261 .377 .300 .290 .326 28.9 15.7 3.1
2018 30 679 154 7 4.5 3.7 87.9 109.3 0.3 26.0 .263 .389 .322 .320 .320 35.1 9.6 5.3
2019 31 797 155 10 6.5 4.7 89.5 110.1 5.7 37.4 .289 .452 .305 .348 .389 41.8 17.5 7.6
2020 32 163 20 3 15.0 7.9 85.8 109.5 1.6 40.0 .206 .435 .363 .342 .421 40.0 28.9 13.2
2021 33 404 64 1 1.6 0.9 87.5 108.9 5.7 26.6 .185 .240 .196 .219 .273 34.4 29.2 9.4
Player 3150 638 29 4.5 3.4 87.4 110.1 4.1 30.3 .255 .381 .293 .303 .337 34.7 17.5 5.9
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
2016 60.0 30.0 10.0 0.0 10.0 70.0 20.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 30.0 10.0 0.0 0.0
2017 58.7 15.3 22.6 3.4 28.1 37.4 34.5 4.3 44.3 17.0 26.8 3.0 3.4 2.7
2018 63.0 15.6 18.8 2.6 29.2 47.4 23.4 3.2 51.9 11.7 24.0 4.5 4.5 3.7
2019 49.0 19.4 30.3 1.3 32.3 34.2 33.5 1.9 38.1 16.8 30.3 5.2 6.5 4.7
2020 55.0 20.0 20.0 5.0 55.0 25.0 20.0 5.0 50.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 15.0 7.9
2021 56.3 18.8 21.9 3.1 43.8 37.5 18.8 4.7 40.6 26.6 25.0 1.6 1.6 0.9
Player 57.1 17.1 23.2 2.7 31.5 39.2 29.3 3.4 44.4 16.5 26.3 4.1 4.5 3.4
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 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 %
2021 4-Seamer -2.6 -5 172 42.6 42 .158 .184 .204 20.9 28.6 26.1 .215 .269 .255 46.2
2021 Slider -1.5 -1 84 20.8 19 .111 .111 .132 47.2 42.1 25.0 .119 .173 .157 20.0
2021 Sinker -6.9 -4 62 15.3 17 .063 .063 .094 21.1 17.6 20.0 .167 .225 .205 30.8
2021 Curveball -3.9 -1 29 7.2 6 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 37.5 .075 .145 .095 0.0
2021 Changeup 3.8 1 29 7.2 10 .444 .667 .500 26.7 20.0 15.4 .281 .335 .309 42.9
2021 Cutter -3.4 -1 20 5.0 5 .250 .250 .320 30.0 40.0 25.0 .206 .241 .292 50.0
2021 Splitter -0.6 0 4 1.0 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 33.3 .229 .250 .206 0.0
2020 4-Seamer 0.4 0 63 38.7 13 .333 .500 .385 22.9 38.5 22.7 .257 .520 .356 71.4
2020 Cutter 15.4 3 22 13.5 6 .667 1.667 .833 12.5 0.0 0.0 .404 1.409 .716 33.3
2020 Slider -1.6 0 20 12.3 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 33.3 16.7 .213 .215 .202 0.0
2020 Curveball -2.5 0 18 11.0 6 .000 .000 .233 40.0 50.0 42.9 .045 .053 .264 0.0
2020 Sinker -7.3 -1 16 9.8 5 .200 .200 .180 0.0 0.0 0.0 .095 .100 .097 20.0
2020 Changeup -4.3 -1 15 9.2 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 20.0 .037 .040 .036 0.0
2020 Splitter 8.9 1 6 3.7 2 .500 1.000 .625 50.0 50.0 25.0 .356 .789 .472 100.0
2020 Sweeper 20.1 1 3 1.8 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2019 4-Seamer 0.9 2 261 32.7 82 .292 .569 .415 8.8 13.4 13.4 .350 .674 .456 54.1
2019 Slider 0.2 0 136 17.1 40 .256 .359 .279 26.1 27.5 21.6 .253 .332 .268 50.0
2019 Sinker -2.6 -3 130 16.3 27 .167 .208 .224 19.6 11.1 27.3 .241 .303 .290 33.3
2019 Changeup -3.0 -3 87 10.9 27 .160 .240 .185 29.4 22.2 15.8 .209 .246 .211 15.0
2019 Cutter -1.6 -1 79 9.9 12 .300 .300 .342 28.6 25.0 13.0 .332 .400 .389 28.6
2019 Curveball -2.8 -2 67 8.4 11 .200 .200 .227 15.8 9.1 6.3 .251 .297 .281 33.3
2019 Slurve -0.2 0 10 1.3 4 .250 .250 .225 14.3 25.0 25.0 .227 .234 .207 0.0
2019 Sweeper -10.1 -1 7 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .117 .405 .201 50.0
2019 Splitter -0.1 0 6 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .797 .940 .750 50.0
2018 4-Seamer -0.7 -2 272 40.1 69 .286 .397 .332 8.7 5.8 4.9 .269 .394 .323 44.1
2018 Sinker 1.9 2 131 19.3 39 .343 .457 .386 9.4 7.7 10.7 .278 .400 .336 37.5
2018 Slider 2.1 2 113 16.6 39 .297 .324 .322 26.2 10.3 10.8 .280 .413 .324 27.3
2018 Curveball 0.9 1 71 10.5 15 .214 .429 .300 27.3 13.3 8.7 .223 .488 .326 25.0
2018 Changeup -1.2 0 39 5.7 13 .250 .250 .262 33.3 15.4 16.7 .101 .110 .142 10.0
2018 Cutter -2.0 -1 37 5.4 9 .286 .286 .278 23.8 22.2 15.4 .268 .348 .385 33.3
2018 Sweeper -1.6 0 8 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .853 .943 .810 0.0
2018 Splitter -2.3 0 8 1.2 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 50.0 20.0 .384 .470 .374 100.0
2017 4-Seamer -1.3 -5 383 36.7 102 .296 .408 .330 20.4 17.6 15.8 .295 .444 .329 36.3
2017 Sinker -0.6 -1 230 22.1 70 .333 .424 .338 11.9 7.1 10.0 .280 .373 .290 20.6
2017 Slider 0.1 0 180 17.3 49 .217 .348 .274 29.4 28.6 20.3 .199 .304 .235 30.3
2017 Curveball -2.5 -2 96 9.2 22 .095 .095 .114 22.9 13.6 8.3 .219 .246 .227 22.2
2017 Changeup 3.8 3 78 7.5 26 .440 .560 .430 13.6 3.8 4.2 .247 .306 .256 16.7
2017 Cutter -2.3 -1 64 6.1 19 .200 .400 .289 34.1 5.3 5.9 .283 .579 .402 50.0
2017 Splitter -11.5 -1 11 1.1 5 .200 .200 .180 57.1 80.0 80.0 .084 .089 .076 0.0
2017 Slurve 6.9 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 293 1,043 -5 -10 3 4 -8
2018 187 679 -2 -6 6 4 2
2019 207 783 -13 -2 4 3 -7
2020 38 163 2 -1 1 0 2
2021 103 404 -2 -10 1 1 -10
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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 %
2016 64 64.1 68.3 89.3 30.4 42.9 34.4 31.3 54.7 20.0 10.9 85.7
2017 1,043 52.2 74.1 83.4 34.5 64.5 41.1 41.0 55.1 20.9 8.1 83.5
2018 679 49.6 70.9 91.2 32.5 67.6 44.8 33.2 51.5 16.0 7.2 61.2
2019 797 50.3 60.4 89.5 29.3 63.2 42.5 21.8 44.8 19.3 9.7 65.8
2020 163 49.7 64.2 75.0 24.4 65.0 50.3 18.4 44.2 27.8 8.0 76.9
2021 404 49.0 65.7 79.2 35.9 60.8 48.3 22.6 50.5 27.5 8.4 73.5
Player 3,150 50.9 68.3 85.7 32.3 64.1 43.5 31.0 50.6 20.6 8.4 72.7
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
2017 67 43
2018 68 43
2019 71 37
2020 65 9
2021 58 22
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 21.7 4 4.4 0 5 2 2 50.0
2018 22.6 3 3.2 0 2 1 2 66.7
2019 23.3 5 3.9 1 5 2 2 40.0
2020 23.4 1 1.1 0 2 0 1 100.0
2021 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 22.7 13 12.6 0 15 5 7 53.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 4 4 3 7 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 7 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 8 5 4 4 3 6 5 4 3
2018 3 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 3
2019 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 5 3 2 2 6 7 3 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 2 3 6 6 2 2
2020 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2021 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player 13 14 12 17 10 12 13 13 9 9 10 18 16 12 11 13 11 11 12 13 14 14 19 14 11 9 10 16 16 10 9
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 92.4 85.7 -6.7 ↓ 87.9 2.2 ↑ 89.5 1.6 ↑ 85.8 -3.7 ↓ 87.5 1.7 ↑
Launch Angle 6.1 5.2 -0.9 ↓ 0.3 -4.9 ↓ 5.7 5.4 ↑ 1.6 -4.1 ↓ 5.7 4.1 ↑
Barrel % 0.0 3.4 3.4 ↑ 4.5 1.1 ↑ 6.5 2.0 ↑ 15.0 8.5 ↑ 1.6 -13.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 50.0 28.9 -21.1 ↓ 35.1 6.2 ↑ 41.8 6.7 ↑ 40.0 -1.8 ↓ 34.4 -5.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 20.0 28.9 8.9 ↑ 26.0 -2.9 ↓ 37.4 11.4 ↑ 40.0 2.6 ↑ 26.6 -13.4 ↓
xBA .164 .261 0.097 ↑ .263 0.002 ↑ .289 0.026 ↑ .206 -0.083 ↓ .185 -0.021 ↓
BA .125 .283 0.158 ↑ .292 0.009 ↑ .251 -0.041 ↓ .258 0.007 ↑ .168 -0.090 ↓
xwOBA .175 .290 0.115 ↑ .320 0.030 ↑ .348 0.028 ↑ .342 -0.006 ↓ .219 -0.123 ↓
wOBA .110 .300 0.190 ↑ .322 0.022 ↑ .305 -0.017 ↓ .363 0.058 ↑ .196 -0.167 ↓
xSLG .246 .377 0.131 ↑ .389 0.012 ↑ .452 0.063 ↑ .435 -0.017 ↓ .240 -0.195 ↓
SLG .125 .388 0.263 ↑ .380 -0.008 ↓ .393 0.013 ↑ .452 0.059 ↑ .200 -0.252 ↓
K% 37.5 15.7 -21.8 ↓ 9.6 -6.1 ↓ 17.5 7.9 ↑ 28.9 11.4 ↑ 29.2 0.3 ↑
BB% 0.0 3.1 3.1 ↑ 5.3 2.2 ↑ 7.6 2.3 ↑ 13.2 5.6 ↑ 9.4 -3.8 ↓
Swing % 54.7 55.1 0.4 ↑ 51.5 -3.6 ↓ 44.8 -6.7 ↓ 44.2 -0.6 ↓ 50.5 6.3 ↑
Whiff% 20.0 20.9 0.9 ↑ 16.0 -4.9 ↓ 19.3 3.3 ↑ 27.8 8.5 ↑ 27.5 -0.3 ↓
In Zone % 64.1 52.2 -11.9 ↓ 49.6 -2.6 ↓ 50.3 0.7 ↑ 49.7 -0.6 ↓ 49.0 -0.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 35.9 47.8 11.9 ↑ 50.4 2.6 ↑ 49.7 -0.7 ↓ 50.3 0.6 ↑ 51.0 0.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.4 34.5 4.1 ↑ 32.5 -2.0 ↓ 29.3 -3.2 ↓ 24.4 -4.9 ↓ 35.9 11.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 31.3 41.0 9.7 ↑ 33.2 -7.8 ↓ 21.8 -11.4 ↓ 18.4 -3.4 ↓ 22.6 4.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 68.8 67.6 -1.2 ↓ 63.6 -4.0 ↓ 67.8 4.2 ↑ 52.6 -15.2 ↓ 58.5 5.9 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 R 16 0 0.0 .110
2017 R 287 2 0.7 .296 .438
2018 R 187 1 0.5 .319 .880
2019 R 207 0 0.0 .300
2020 R 38 0 0.0 .363
2021 R 102 10 9.8 .185 .314

Pitch Tempo