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Kevin Newman
SS | B/T: R/R | 6' 0" 185LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 1, #19, Pittsburgh Pirates | Arizona
Poor Avg Great

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 554 517 50 117 5 39 6 .226 .265 .309 .574
4 Seasons 1354 1257 130 323 18 119 22 .257 .300 .353 .654
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2021 .226 5 39 6 .574
4 Seasons .257 18 119 22 .654

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted Balls Barrels Barrel % Exit Velocity Max EV Launch Angle Sweet Spot % XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 25 329 69 1 1.4 83.5 100.9 5.7 34.8 .213 .267 .211 .228 .276 17.4 23.7 4.1
2019 26 1882 434 9 2.1 85.3 107.1 8.5 33.4 .271 .370 .339 .300 .313 24.8 11.7 5.3
2020 27 662 138 1 0.7 85.5 104.7 8.7 32.6 .246 .328 .251 .284 .287 28.3 12.2 7
2021 28 1926 485 8 1.6 85.3 109.4 9.9 32 .255 .330 .249 .275 .277 26 7.4 4.9
4799 1126 19 1.7 85.2 109.4 8.9 32.8 .257 .341 .282 .283 .292 25.3 10.9 5.2
6.6 88.3 122.2 12 32.9 .243 .403 .317 .313 .363 35.4 22 8.4




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year Pitch Type # % PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR SO BBE BA XBA SLG XSLG WOBA XWOBA EV LA Whiff% PutAway%
2021 Fastballs 1143 59.3 363 337 73 53 12 3 5 12 332 .217 .262 .315 .349 .250 .289 85.0 7 3.9 5.5
2021 Breaking 601 31.2 144 139 27 21 6 0 0 26 114 .194 .216 .237 .267 .199 .226 80.9 13 28.4 14.4
2021 Offspeed 182 9.4 44 41 17 13 4 0 0 3 39 .415 .327 .512 .389 .404 .324 83.1 12 15.6 5.1
2020 Fastballs 393 59.4 105 96 22 17 4 0 1 8 89 .229 .284 .302 .393 .262 .322 88.8 7 4.5 8.6
2020 Breaking 220 33.2 57 51 10 10 0 0 0 8 44 .196 .168 .196 .204 .220 .212 76.4 8 30.1 11.4
2020 Offspeed 49 7.4 10 9 3 2 1 0 0 5 5 .333 .290 .444 .336 .300 .282 80.7 9 32.1 27.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel %
2018 55.1 15.9 24.6 4.3 29 44.9 26.1 2.9 49.3 20.3 24.6 1.4 1.4
2019 50 18.9 26.3 4.8 32.3 39.9 27.9 3.5 39.2 22.6 28.3 2.8 2.1
2020 50.7 18.1 27.5 3.6 29.7 39.9 30.4 8 35.5 26.8 21 5.1 0.7
2021 45.8 21.4 25.2 7.6 31.8 42.9 25.4 7.4 35.5 28.9 23.1 3.5 1.6
48.6 19.7 25.8 5.9 31.5 41.5 27 5.7 37.7 25.7 25 3.3 1.7
45.1 22.5 25.4 7.1 36.6 37.8 25.5 3.7 33.2 24.4 24.4 5.7 6.6

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 N/A 20.5 1 4 0.2 1 1 1 .9 0 0 0 .711 .813 .663 100
2021 Splitter -11.5 -1 8 0.4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .037 .048 .037 0
2021 Cutter -1.9 -2 118 6.1 31 .207 .379 .293 6.7 0 0 .314 .407 .327 30
2021 Curveball -1.4 -2 144 7.5 33 .273 .333 .288 17 12.1 9.5 .271 .342 .288 17.2
2021 Changeup 2.7 5 170 8.8 39 .444 .556 .464 16.9 7.7 5.4 .348 .415 .345 14.7
2021 Slider -2.4 -11 457 23.7 111 .17 .208 .192 31.8 19.8 15.8 .198 .244 .214 20
2021 Sinker -0.7 -3 408 21.2 142 .278 .376 .295 2.5 0.7 1.6 .272 .349 .286 35
2021 4-Seamer -3 -19 617 32 190 .171 .257 .228 4.4 5.8 7.9 .246 .339 .285 24.8
2020 Changeup -1.3 -1 46 6.9 10 .333 .444 .305 33.3 50 31.3 .29 .336 .282 40
2020 Cutter -2.6 -1 42 6.3 12 .167 .417 .242 13.3 16.7 15.4 .213 .34 .234 20
2020 Curveball 0.4 0 82 12.4 17 .231 .231 .356 25.9 5.9 3.2 .16 .164 .254 0
2020 Slider -0.3 0 138 20.8 40 .184 .184 .238 32.1 17.5 17.9 .17 .218 .196 9.7
2020 Sinker -4 -6 161 24.3 42 .225 .225 .21 4.2 9.5 11.8 .305 .367 .3 29.7
2020 4-Seamer 0.2 0 190 28.7 51 .25 .341 .335 3.3 3.9 4.3 .284 .432 .36 50
2020 Splitter 3.4 0 3 0.5 0 0
2019 Splitter 8 1 12 0.6 3 .5 .5 .533 20 0 0 .132 .146 .315 0
2019 Cutter 2.1 2 102 5.4 21 .429 .571 .436 20 0 0 .251 .379 .264 28.6
2019 Changeup 0 0 165 8.8 53 .3 .48 .352 14.4 5.7 6.3 .234 .312 .24 12.2
2019 Curveball 0.7 2 215 11.4 61 .259 .328 .294 20.7 13.1 12.1 .258 .317 .272 20
2019 Slider 0.6 2 401 21.3 112 .314 .505 .381 24.8 17 14.3 .268 .386 .304 23.3
2019 Sinker -2 -7 357 19 136 .278 .325 .309 5.2 8.8 13.8 .284 .354 .305 25.2
2019 4-Seamer 0.6 4 616 32.7 138 .331 .535 .411 8.8 13.8 10.4 .293 .434 .34 33.3
2018 Splitter -17 -1 4 1.2 3 0 0 0 75 100 75 0
2018 Changeup -1 0 10 3 4 .25 .5 .313 0 0 0 .246 .335 .256 0
2018 Curveball 2.4 1 26 7.9 5 .333 .667 .53 20 0 0 .255 .574 .489 33.3
2018 Cutter -4.9 -1 16 4.9 6 .167 .167 .15 33.3 33.3 40 .326 .368 .303 25
2018 Sinker -3.3 -3 77 23.4 21 .19 .19 .171 11.1 23.8 21.7 .185 .237 .184 25
2018 4-Seamer -1.4 -2 106 32.2 24 .273 .273 .283 14.9 16.7 19 .271 .326 .298 22.2
2018 Slider -3.8 -3 90 27.4 33 .188 .188 .164 32.6 27.3 31 .183 .215 .169 8.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 96 329 -5 -6 2 1 -8
2019 524 1868 -4 -11 7 12 4
2020 172 662 -7 -6 3 3 -8
2021 551 1925 -24 -31 13 9 -32
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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 1882 47.4 70 91.9 33.8 73.8 43.3 34.3 51 13.8 6.6 78
2020 662 48.2 60.2 94.3 28 66.7 41.5 23.3 43.5 14.6 7.7 64.7
2021 1926 50 63.3 92.5 26.5 74.1 41.2 24.5 44.9 11.8 8.7 69.5
4799 48.7 65.4 92.2 29.9 71.8 42.2 28.1 47.2 13.6 7.7 71.7
48.5 66.8 82 28.3 58.5 42.6 29.2 47 24.6 7.2 76

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV HardHit% K% BB% Whiff% Speed OAA
2018 92
2019 18 75 13 6 40 9 4 5 6 97 13 97 84 6
2020 11 46 9 6 24 1 2 7 9 96 26 96 69 9
2021 4 54 6 2 10 4 3 3 3 100 4 99 83 82
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 21.8 12 11.5 1 2 4 9 75
2020 21.1 1 1.7 -1 4 2 0 0
2021 21.8 5 8.1 -3 4 5 0 0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 12 12 13 11 12 11 11 13 10 12 11 12 10 12 11 12 10 13 12 12 9 11 10 14 12 12 12 10 13 10 13
2020 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 4 0 2
2021 5 6 9 7 9 7 8 7 9 9 6 7 4 9 9 9 6 8 8 9 4 6 4 7 7 9 7 5 8 5 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 and distances, but does not attempt to adjust for 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Exit Velocity 83.5 85.3 1.8 ↑ 85.5 0.2 ↑ 85.3 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle 5.7 8.5 2.8 ↑ 8.7 0.2 ↑ 9.9 1.2 ↑
Barrel % 1.4 2.1 0.7 ↑ .7 -1.4 ↓ 1.6 0.9 ↑
Hard Hit % 17.4 24.8 7.4 ↑ 28.3 3.5 ↑ 26 -2.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 34.8 33.4 -1.4 ↓ 32.6 -0.8 ↓ 32 -0.6 ↓
xBA .213 .271 0.058 ↑ .246 -0.025 ↓ .255 0.009 ↑
BA .209 .308 0.099 ↑ .224 -0.084 ↓ .226 0.002 ↑
xwOBA .228 .3 0.072 ↑ .284 -0.016 ↓ .275 -0.009 ↓
wOBA .211 .339 0.128 ↑ .251 -0.088 ↓ .249 -0.002 ↓
xSLG .267 .37 0.103 ↑ .328 -0.042 ↓ .33 0.002 ↑
SLG .231 .446 0.215 ↑ .276 -0.17 ↓ .309 0.033 ↑
K% 23.7 11.7 -12 ↓ 12.2 0.5 ↑ 7.4 -4.8 ↓
BB% 4.1 5.3 1.2 ↑ 7 1.7 ↑ 4.9 -2.1 ↓
Swing % 46.5 51 4.5 ↑ 43.5 -7.5 ↓ 44.9 1.4 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 13.8 -7.8 ↓ 14.6 0.8 ↑ 11.8 -2.8 ↓
In Zone % 49.5 47.4 -2.1 ↓ 48.2 0.8 ↑ 50 1.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.5 52.6 2.1 ↑ 51.8 -0.8 ↓ 50 -1.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.7 33.8 3.1 ↑ 28 -5.8 ↓ 26.5 -1.5 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 23.7 34.3 10.6 ↑ 23.3 -11 ↓ 24.5 1.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 67 63.8 -3.2 ↓ 64.5 0.7 ↑ 60.8 -3.7 ↓
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2018 R 96 0 0.0 .211
2019 R 525 5 1.0 .334 .832
2020 R 171 0 0.0 .252
2021 R 551 1 0.2 .250 .000

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