Kevin Newman
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 195LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #19, Pittsburgh Pirates | Arizona
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 253 225 28 57 3 8 .253 .311 .364 .675
2024 311 288 41 80 3 8 .278 .311 .375 .686
2025 68 66 7 13 0 1 .197 .209 .227 .436
8 Seasons 2,295 2,124 237 552 26 47 .260 .302 .356 .658
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .253 3 8 .675
2024 .278 3 8 .686
2025 .197 0 1 .436
8 Seasons .260 26 47 .658
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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%
2018 24 329 69 1 1.4 1.0 83.5 100.9 5.7 34.8 .213 .267 .211 .228 .276 17.4 23.7 4.1
2019 25 1882 434 9 2.1 1.7 85.3 107.1 8.5 33.4 .273 .374 .339 .303 .317 24.8 11.7 5.3
2020 26 662 138 1 0.7 0.6 85.5 104.7 8.7 32.6 .253 .337 .251 .290 .296 28.3 12.2 7.0
2021 27 1926 485 8 1.6 1.4 85.3 109.4 9.9 32.0 .255 .330 .249 .275 .277 26.0 7.4 4.9
2022 28 1080 243 4 1.6 1.3 85.8 108.2 13.1 31.7 .260 .332 .303 .285 .312 27.2 15.5 5.2
2023 29 912 198 5 2.5 2.0 86.5 105.7 12.0 35.4 .272 .374 .296 .311 .323 29.3 13.4 6.7
2024 30 1070 248 4 1.6 1.3 85.6 104.7 9.7 25.0 .256 .323 .298 .271 .301 23.4 15.4 4.8
2025 31 250 56 1 1.8 1.5 87.0 105.5 11.1 28.6 .216 .275 .194 .219 .254 28.6 16.2 1.5
Player 8111 1871 33 1.8 1.4 85.5 109.4 10.0 31.7 .259 .340 .286 .284 .299 25.8 12.5 5.2
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 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 %
2018 55.1 44.9 15.9 24.6 4.3 29.0 44.9 26.1 21.7 23.2 10.1 7.2 21.7 15.9
2019 50.0 50.0 18.9 26.3 4.8 32.3 39.9 27.9 18.4 23.7 7.8 13.8 16.1 20.0
2020 50.7 49.3 18.8 26.8 3.6 29.7 39.9 30.4 18.1 23.9 8.7 11.6 15.9 21.7
2021 45.8 54.2 21.4 25.2 7.6 31.8 42.9 25.4 19.8 19.2 6.8 12.0 23.7 18.6
2022 44.0 56.0 18.9 28.0 9.1 37.0 42.8 20.2 20.2 21.0 2.9 16.9 21.8 17.3
2023 44.9 55.1 22.7 27.8 4.5 38.4 35.9 25.8 20.7 18.2 6.1 17.7 17.7 19.7
2024 50.0 50.0 19.8 23.0 7.3 33.9 37.5 28.6 23.0 21.8 5.2 10.9 15.7 23.4
2025 48.2 51.8 25.0 23.2 3.6 25.0 50.0 25.0 16.1 28.6 3.6 8.9 21.4 21.4
Player 47.8 52.2 20.1 25.8 6.3 33.1 40.8 26.1 19.9 21.5 6.4 13.2 19.3 19.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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
2018 2.9 49.3 20.3 24.6 1.4 1.4 1.0
2019 3.5 39.2 22.6 28.3 2.8 2.1 1.7
2020 8.0 35.5 26.8 21.0 5.1 0.7 0.6
2021 7.4 35.5 28.9 23.1 3.5 1.6 1.4
2022 6.2 33.3 25.9 28.8 3.3 1.6 1.3
2023 5.6 31.3 25.8 29.8 5.1 2.5 2.0
2024 5.6 36.7 24.2 30.2 1.6 1.6 1.3
2025 3.6 39.3 30.4 21.4 3.6 1.8 1.5
Player 5.7 36.4 25.7 26.6 3.3 1.8 1.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 -0.6 0 65 26.0 14 .357 .429 .346 2.6 0.0 0.0 .295 .442 .314 50.0
2025 Slider -4.1 -2 44 17.6 13 .077 .077 .069 26.1 7.7 6.3 .118 .160 .119 16.7
2025 Sinker -2.9 -1 40 16.0 13 .250 .250 .225 15.8 15.4 66.7 .223 .254 .208 36.4
2025 Sweeper -3.4 -1 27 10.8 6 .167 .167 .150 37.5 66.7 44.4 .158 .182 .149 0.0
2025 Changeup -0.1 0 27 10.8 7 .143 .143 .257 31.3 28.6 16.7 .170 .203 .161 20.0
2025 Cutter -8.7 -2 25 10.0 9 .000 .000 .078 14.3 11.1 12.5 .243 .268 .276 14.3
2025 Curveball -4.8 -1 13 5.2 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .277 .303 .251 0.0
2025 Split-Finger 16.9 1 6 2.4 3 .667 1.000 .717 25.0 33.3 33.3 .333 .426 .327 50.0
2025 Slurve -1.5 0 3 1.2 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 322 30.1 88 .300 .400 .337 9.1 11.4 13.9 .268 .362 .307 32.4
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 200 18.7 57 .340 .460 .372 8.0 5.3 9.1 .305 .380 .313 27.5
2024 Slider 0.9 2 191 17.9 59 .268 .375 .309 28.7 25.4 27.3 .214 .280 .233 21.4
2024 Curveball 0.4 0 95 8.9 24 .217 .348 .320 15.4 16.7 12.5 .264 .319 .255 15.0
2024 Changeup -2.2 -2 91 8.5 25 .208 .250 .222 22.6 4.0 3.8 .204 .245 .216 8.7
2024 Sweeper -5.1 -4 77 7.2 26 .120 .120 .131 46.2 34.6 31.0 .154 .173 .166 0.0
2024 Cutter 0.9 1 69 6.4 25 .417 .542 .419 14.0 12.0 30.0 .376 .433 .355 27.3
2024 Split-Finger 2.9 0 15 1.4 3 .333 .667 .417 14.3 33.3 16.7 .242 .270 .219 50.0
2024 Knuckleball -9.3 -1 6 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 50.0 .247 .289 .238 0.0
2024 Slurve -7.5 0 4 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 96 329 -5 -6 2 1 -9
2019 524 1,868 -6 -7 7 11 4
2020 172 662 -6 -8 3 4 -7
2021 551 1,925 -26 -29 11 10 -34
2022 309 1,080 -4 -6 3 4 -4
2023 253 912 -8 -6 5 4 -5
2024 310 1,070 -2 -8 3 3 -4
2025 68 250 -4 -2 0 0 -6
Player 2,283 8,096 -61 -73 32 -61 -65
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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 329 49.5 62.6 88.2 30.7 56.9 43.5 23.7 46.5 21.6 8.2 70.4
2019 1,882 47.3 70.0 91.9 33.8 73.9 43.3 34.4 51.0 13.9 6.6 78.0
2020 662 48.2 60.2 94.3 28.0 66.7 41.2 23.3 43.5 14.6 7.7 64.7
2021 1,926 50.0 63.3 92.5 26.5 74.1 41.1 24.6 44.9 12.1 8.7 69.5
2022 1,080 50.2 64.9 90.3 31.2 70.2 46.9 31.1 48.1 15.8 8.4 69.2
2023 912 52.1 64.8 89.3 26.8 74.4 42.3 20.9 46.6 14.8 7.7 74.3
2024 1,070 52.1 68.3 89.0 28.3 63.4 42.9 31.9 49.2 17.3 6.9 74.3
2025 250 50.8 70.9 86.7 36.6 60.0 42.4 33.8 54.0 18.5 7.6 63.2
Player 8,111 49.8 65.8 91.0 29.8 70.4 42.9 28.5 47.7 14.8 7.7 71.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 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
2018 27 92
2019 19 75 14 6 41 9 4 5 50 6 97 13 97 21 84 6
2020 14 55 10 6 31 1 2 7 23 9 96 26 96 44 67 11 16
2021 4 55 6 2 10 4 3 3 63 3 100 4 99 55 82 84 21
2022 42 65 42 17
2023 18 68 19 27
2024 14 53 91 27
2025 20 35 34 26
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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 %
2018 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2019 21.78 12 10.0 2 3 5 6 50.0
2020 21.06 1 1.5 -1 2 2 0 0.0
2021 21.83 5 6.9 -2 2 7 2 40.0
2022 22.35 2 2.3 0 3 2 1 50.0
2023 21.47 3 3.1 0 1 3 1 33.3
2024 22.97 3 3.7 -1 0 2 2 66.7
Player 21.91 26 27.7 -2 12 21 12 46.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2018 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2019 12 11 8 7 11 10 11 11 8 7 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 9 11 11 11 12 12 11 9 9 7 10 12 10 10
2020 1 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2
2021 5 7 9 5 9 8 9 6 5 5 8 8 4 6 8 7 5 4 7 9 7 7 9 7 5 4 9 8 7 8 7
2022 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 1 3 2 3 2 3
2023 3 1 3 2 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 5 3 3 5 3 2 2 4 4 3 5 3
2024 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Player 26 27 28 20 33 29 33 24 24 18 29 30 24 27 29 30 25 19 30 33 30 33 35 30 21 19 29 29 32 31 29
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 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 83.5 1.8 ↑ 85.3 0.2 ↑ 85.5 -0.2 ↓ 85.3 0.5 ↑ 85.8 0.7 ↑ 86.5 -0.9 ↓ 85.6 1.4 ↑ 87.0
Launch Angle 5.7 2.8 ↑ 8.5 0.2 ↑ 8.7 1.2 ↑ 9.9 3.2 ↑ 13.1 -1.1 ↓ 12.0 -2.3 ↓ 9.7 1.4 ↑ 11.1
Barrel % 1.4 0.7 ↑ 2.1 -1.4 ↓ 0.7 0.9 ↑ 1.6 0.0 1.6 0.9 ↑ 2.5 -0.9 ↓ 1.6 0.2 ↑ 1.8
Hard Hit % 17.4 7.4 ↑ 24.8 3.5 ↑ 28.3 -2.3 ↓ 26.0 1.2 ↑ 27.2 2.1 ↑ 29.3 -5.9 ↓ 23.4 5.2 ↑ 28.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.8 -1.4 ↓ 33.4 -0.8 ↓ 32.6 -0.6 ↓ 32.0 -0.3 ↓ 31.7 3.7 ↑ 35.4 -10.4 ↓ 25.0 3.6 ↑ 28.6
xBA .213 0.060 ↑ .273 -0.020 ↓ .253 0.002 ↑ .255 0.005 ↑ .260 0.012 ↑ .272 -0.016 ↓ .256 -0.040 ↓ .216
BA .209 0.099 ↑ .308 -0.084 ↓ .224 0.002 ↑ .226 0.048 ↑ .274 -0.021 ↓ .253 0.025 ↑ .278 -0.081 ↓ .197
xwOBA .228 0.075 ↑ .303 -0.013 ↓ .290 -0.015 ↓ .275 0.010 ↑ .285 0.026 ↑ .311 -0.040 ↓ .271 -0.052 ↓ .219
wOBA .211 0.128 ↑ .339 -0.088 ↓ .251 -0.002 ↓ .249 0.054 ↑ .303 -0.007 ↓ .296 0.002 ↑ .298 -0.104 ↓ .194
xSLG .267 0.107 ↑ .374 -0.037 ↓ .337 -0.007 ↓ .330 0.002 ↑ .332 0.042 ↑ .374 -0.051 ↓ .323 -0.048 ↓ .275
SLG .231 0.215 ↑ .446 -0.170 ↓ .276 0.033 ↑ .309 0.063 ↑ .372 -0.008 ↓ .364 0.011 ↑ .375 -0.148 ↓ .227
K% 23.7 -12.0 ↓ 11.7 0.5 ↑ 12.2 -4.8 ↓ 7.4 8.1 ↑ 15.5 -2.1 ↓ 13.4 2.0 ↑ 15.4 0.8 ↑ 16.2
BB% 4.1 1.2 ↑ 5.3 1.7 ↑ 7.0 -2.1 ↓ 4.9 0.3 ↑ 5.2 1.5 ↑ 6.7 -1.9 ↓ 4.8 -3.3 ↓ 1.5
Swing % 46.5 4.5 ↑ 51.0 -7.5 ↓ 43.5 1.4 ↑ 44.9 3.2 ↑ 48.1 -1.5 ↓ 46.6 2.6 ↑ 49.2 4.8 ↑ 54.0
Whiff% 21.6 -7.7 ↓ 13.9 0.7 ↑ 14.6 -2.5 ↓ 12.1 3.7 ↑ 15.8 -1.0 ↓ 14.8 2.5 ↑ 17.3 1.2 ↑ 18.5
In Zone % 49.5 -2.2 ↓ 47.3 0.9 ↑ 48.2 1.8 ↑ 50.0 0.2 ↑ 50.2 1.9 ↑ 52.1 0.0 52.1 -1.3 ↓ 50.8
Out of Zone % 50.5 2.2 ↑ 52.7 -0.9 ↓ 51.8 -1.8 ↓ 50.0 -0.2 ↓ 49.8 -1.9 ↓ 47.9 0.0 47.9 1.3 ↑ 49.2
Out of Zone Swing % 30.7 3.1 ↑ 33.8 -5.8 ↓ 28.0 -1.5 ↓ 26.5 4.7 ↑ 31.2 -4.4 ↓ 26.8 1.5 ↑ 28.3 8.3 ↑ 36.6
First Pitch Swing % 23.7 10.7 ↑ 34.4 -11.1 ↓ 23.3 1.3 ↑ 24.6 6.5 ↑ 31.1 -10.2 ↓ 20.9 11.0 ↑ 31.9 1.9 ↑ 33.8
First Pitch Strike % 67.0 -2.9 ↓ 64.1 0.4 ↑ 64.5 -3.6 ↓ 60.9 4.5 ↑ 65.4 -2.9 ↓ 62.5 0.7 ↑ 63.2 1.5 ↑ 64.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts R 96 0 0.0 .211
2019 Shifts R 525 5 1.0 .334 .832
2020 Shifts R 171 0 0.0 .252
2021 Shifts R 549 1 0.2 .249 .000
2022 Shifts R 309 3 1.0 .299 .715
2023 Shades R 253 16 6.3 .294 .323
2024 Shades R 309 18 5.8 .294 .379
2025 Shades R 68 1 1.5 .197 .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 %
2018 97 16.7 33.0% 0.0% 68 22.1 0.0% 10.3%
2019 496 16.9 30.4% 1.6% 306 22.8 1.0% 7.5%
2020 217 16.6 29.0% 4.1% 113 22.4 2.7% 2.7%
2021 558 17.5 27.1% 1.1% 381 23.4 1.0% 12.1%
2022 325 17.1 24.0% 1.8% 177 22.5 2.3% 5.6%
2023 246 14.6 56.1% 0.0% 165 19.4 4.8% 0.0%
2024 265 14.6 57.0% 0.0% 177 18.2 8.5% 0.6%
2025 53 15.8 35.8% 0.0% 19 18.1 10.5% 0.0%
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