Kevin Smith
DH | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 190LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 4, #129, Toronto Blue Jays | Maryland
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 151 139 9 25 2 4 .180 .216 .302 .518
2023 146 135 15 25 5 1 .185 .220 .326 .546
2024 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
4 Seasons 333 306 26 53 8 5 .173 .215 .301 .516
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .180 2 4 .518
2023 .185 5 1 .546
2024 .000 0 0 .000
4 Seasons .173 8 5 .516
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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 24 123 21 3 14.3 8.3 86.7 102.8 36.5 19.0 .133 .329 .182 .246 .289 33.3 30.6 8.3
2022 25 564 102 8 7.8 5.3 87.0 110.1 16.4 32.4 .186 .319 .226 .236 .304 33.3 27.8 4.6
2023 26 519 89 8 9.0 5.5 88.0 109.3 13.6 30.3 .180 .335 .236 .237 .347 36.0 34.9 3.4
Player 1206 212 19 9.0 5.7 87.4 110.1 17.3 30.2 .178 .327 .226 .237 .320 34.4 31.2 4.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 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 19.0 47.6 4.8 28.6 33.3 42.9 23.8 0.0 9.5 57.1 9.5 9.5 14.3 8.3
2022 43.1 32.4 16.7 7.8 32.4 40.2 27.5 5.9 31.4 32.4 16.7 5.9 7.8 5.3
2023 47.2 32.6 16.9 3.4 32.6 29.2 38.2 10.1 30.3 25.8 14.6 10.1 9.0 5.5
Player 42.5 34.0 15.6 8.0 32.5 35.8 31.6 7.1 28.8 32.1 15.1 8.0 9.0 5.7
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -5 169 32.6 39 .125 .313 .239 33.7 33.3 23.2 .118 .291 .228 31.8
2023 Slider -3.0 -3 116 22.4 36 .265 .324 .259 37.5 38.9 34.1 .228 .283 .221 40.9
2023 Sinker -3.9 -3 84 16.2 23 .182 .409 .265 9.5 26.1 42.9 .219 .513 .320 37.5
2023 Changeup 2.1 1 40 7.7 14 .385 .615 .450 33.3 21.4 21.4 .248 .407 .308 20.0
2023 Curveball -6.9 -3 38 7.3 13 .000 .000 .000 36.4 53.8 46.7 .120 .254 .155 33.3
2023 Sweeper 3.1 1 35 6.7 13 .231 .462 .292 40.0 30.8 28.6 .148 .285 .180 33.3
2023 Cutter -6.6 -2 32 6.2 5 .000 .000 .000 23.1 40.0 28.6 .215 .446 .271 66.7
2023 Slurve -12.0 0 3 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .180 .439 .241 100.0
2023 Split-Finger -27.4 -1 2 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -3 190 33.7 51 .178 .378 .255 28.8 23.5 22.6 .210 .490 .313 44.4
2022 Slider -0.8 -1 120 21.3 36 .206 .206 .239 38.7 30.6 34.4 .222 .268 .242 25.0
2022 Sinker -0.3 0 92 16.3 21 .176 .294 .320 14.6 19.0 19.0 .188 .266 .273 21.4
2022 Curveball -5.1 -2 48 8.5 11 .000 .000 .000 45.8 63.6 38.9 .057 .063 .053 25.0
2022 Changeup 2.7 1 46 8.2 14 .286 .429 .307 13.8 7.1 5.3 .191 .300 .212 23.1
2022 Cutter 3.9 2 39 6.9 8 .250 .750 .406 19.0 12.5 20.0 .193 .337 .232 42.9
2022 Sweeper -7.4 -2 26 4.6 9 .111 .111 .100 56.3 55.6 41.7 .096 .120 .092 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -5.4 0 3 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.7 -2 42 34.1 8 .000 .000 .175 39.1 25.0 16.7 .104 .236 .279 50.0
2021 Slider -8.1 -2 30 24.4 12 .083 .083 .075 41.2 41.7 71.4 .136 .335 .193 14.3
2021 Sinker -1.0 0 27 22.0 9 .250 .625 .400 31.3 33.3 50.0 .165 .534 .330 60.0
2021 Cutter -14.4 -2 11 8.9 5 .000 .000 .000 20.0 20.0 33.3 .122 .136 .113 25.0
2021 Changeup -2.2 0 9 7.3 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .069 .130 .080 0.0
2021 Curveball 11.0 0 4 3.3 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 36 123 -2 -6 1 0 -6
2022 151 564 -6 -3 1 1 -6
2023 146 519 -5 -13 2 1 -15
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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 123 52.8 83.1 72.2 29.3 47.1 44.7 44.4 57.7 33.8 3.3 50.0
2022 564 50.2 70.7 78.0 35.2 48.5 42.2 35.1 53.0 30.1 7.8 68.2
2023 519 49.1 64.5 78.2 42.3 49.1 41.7 35.6 53.4 31.4 6.3 78.8
Player 1,206 50.0 69.4 77.3 37.7 48.7 42.2 36.3 53.6 31.1 6.7 71.6
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
2022 63 56 59
2023 49 49 42
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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 20.6 1 2.0 -1 0 1 1 100.0
2022 23.8 2 3.5 -2 1 3 2 100.0
2023 23.4 5 5.3 0 0 5 2 40.0
Player 23.1 8 10.7 -3 1 9 5 62.5

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 2 5 2 4 2 3 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 6 3 3 4 2 4 4 5 5 2 2 6 3 4 2 3
2023 5 3 4 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 4 4 5 6 5 5 4
Player 8 10 8 11 9 10 14 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 13 14 11 11 12 10 11 11 14 13 8 8 13 11 11 9 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.7 87.0 0.3 ↑ 88.0 1.0 ↑
Launch Angle 36.5 16.4 -20.1 ↓ 13.6 -2.8 ↓
Barrel % 14.3 7.8 -6.5 ↓ 9.0 1.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 33.3 33.3 0.0 36.0 2.7 ↑
Sweet Spot % 19.0 32.4 13.4 ↑ 30.3 -2.1 ↓
xBA .133 .186 0.053 ↑ .180 -0.006 ↓
BA .094 .180 0.086 ↑ .185 0.005 ↑
xwOBA .246 .236 -0.010 ↓ .237 0.001 ↑
wOBA .182 .226 0.044 ↑ .236 0.010 ↑
xSLG .329 .319 -0.010 ↓ .335 0.016 ↑
SLG .188 .302 0.114 ↑ .326 0.024 ↑
K% 30.6 27.8 -2.8 ↓ 34.9 7.1 ↑
BB% 8.3 4.6 -3.7 ↓ 3.4 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 57.7 53.0 -4.7 ↓ 53.4 0.4 ↑
Whiff% 33.8 30.1 -3.7 ↓ 31.4 1.3 ↑
In Zone % 52.8 50.2 -2.6 ↓ 49.1 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 47.2 49.8 2.6 ↑ 50.9 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.3 35.2 5.9 ↑ 42.3 7.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 44.4 35.1 -9.3 ↓ 35.6 0.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 72.2 63.6 -8.6 ↓ 70.5 6.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 36 6 16.7 .219 .000
2022 Shifts R 150 79 52.7 .262 .196
2023 Shades R 146 3 2.1 .236 .232
! 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 28 19.5 14.3% 3.6% 17 22.1 0.0% 0.0%
2022 146 17.6 21.2% 2.1% 79 23.3 0.0% 12.7%
2023 132 14.8 51.5% 0.0% 76 18.7 2.6% 0.0%
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