Kyle Isbel
CF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 190LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 3, #94, Kansas City Royals | UNLV
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 278 256 32 54 5 9 .211 .264 .340 .604
2023 313 292 45 70 5 7 .240 .282 .380 .662
2024 67 64 6 12 2 3 .188 .212 .297 .509
4 Seasons 741 688 99 157 13 21 .228 .275 .363 .638
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .211 5 9 .604
2023 .240 5 7 .662
2024 .188 2 3 .509
4 Seasons .228 13 21 .638
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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 24 321 53 2 3.8 2.4 87.3 111.0 19.0 32.1 .204 .286 .333 .251 .302 30.2 27.7 8.4
2022 25 1074 184 9 4.9 3.2 89.7 111.2 10.6 30.4 .220 .323 .265 .266 .330 44.6 27.0 5.8
2023 26 1127 236 13 5.5 4.2 89.4 110.6 14.6 32.2 .247 .375 .286 .289 .331 39.8 18.8 5.4
2024 27 224 50 3 6.0 4.7 89.3 107.2 8.8 22.0 .224 .377 .238 .269 .318 32.0 18.8 3.1
Player 2746 523 27 5.2 3.7 89.3 111.2 13.0 30.6 .230 .346 .279 .274 .326 39.8 22.9 5.7
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 35.8 22.6 28.3 13.2 35.8 30.2 34.0 7.5 24.5 34.0 26.4 3.8 3.8 2.4
2022 44.0 20.1 25.5 10.3 47.3 32.6 20.1 6.5 32.6 25.0 23.4 7.1 4.9 3.2
2023 42.4 26.3 21.6 9.7 36.9 39.4 23.7 5.1 30.9 29.2 23.7 5.5 5.5 4.2
2024 50.0 28.0 16.0 6.0 52.0 24.0 24.0 6.0 40.0 28.0 18.0 2.0 6.0 4.7
Player 43.0 23.9 23.1 9.9 41.9 34.6 23.5 5.9 31.7 28.1 23.3 5.5 5.2 3.7
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -1 64 28.6 15 .143 .143 .167 25.0 40.0 28.6 .125 .248 .193 12.5
2024 Changeup 8.5 3 38 17.0 13 .385 .692 .527 13.0 7.7 10.0 .353 .561 .389 25.0
2024 Curveball -1.7 -1 35 15.6 7 .143 .143 .129 30.0 14.3 16.7 .179 .228 .173 33.3
2024 Slider 1.0 0 23 10.3 9 .250 .625 .363 6.7 11.1 14.3 .315 .673 .413 25.0
2024 Sinker -3.2 -1 21 9.4 5 .000 .000 .140 0.0 20.0 33.3 .078 .117 .207 66.7
2024 Cutter -7.6 -1 18 8.0 7 .286 .286 .257 8.3 14.3 33.3 .236 .293 .231 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -11.9 -2 16 7.1 6 .000 .000 .000 10.0 0.0 0.0 .267 .448 .303 50.0
2024 Sweeper -4.2 0 9 4.0 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .010 .015 .011 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 389 34.5 101 .308 .593 .402 12.7 13.9 14.4 .291 .503 .362 46.8
2023 Changeup -0.4 -1 144 12.8 50 .170 .255 .232 25.0 18.0 23.1 .180 .240 .213 18.4
2023 Slider 1.1 1 137 12.2 33 .300 .367 .309 31.3 27.3 18.8 .277 .361 .293 36.4
2023 Curveball -1.8 -2 134 11.9 28 .154 .231 .204 38.9 32.1 25.0 .179 .243 .218 52.9
2023 Sinker -4.2 -5 128 11.4 41 .211 .237 .235 15.1 26.8 37.9 .211 .301 .255 59.3
2023 Cutter 1.1 1 74 6.6 23 .261 .391 .280 13.2 8.7 11.8 .312 .436 .323 47.6
2023 Split-Finger -4.7 -3 66 5.9 23 .130 .130 .117 22.9 13.0 13.0 .213 .324 .230 20.0
2023 Sweeper 2.9 1 41 3.6 11 .364 .636 .423 17.6 18.2 14.3 .268 .320 .257 11.1
2023 Slurve -7.2 -1 8 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .522 1.430 .798 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -15 417 38.8 120 .173 .273 .224 17.7 27.5 30.3 .209 .321 .257 40.5
2022 Changeup 0.7 1 159 14.8 34 .219 .281 .247 28.2 20.6 13.7 .244 .306 .267 44.0
2022 Slider -0.5 -1 129 12.0 30 .200 .300 .217 31.1 30.0 18.8 .165 .213 .166 33.3
2022 Sinker -1.2 -1 111 10.3 38 .286 .486 .358 11.8 21.1 27.6 .244 .406 .313 55.6
2022 Curveball -1.5 -2 98 9.1 20 .211 .263 .233 24.0 40.0 22.9 .173 .245 .210 45.5
2022 Cutter 1.3 1 95 8.8 22 .294 .765 .483 26.0 22.7 20.0 .319 .475 .413 46.2
2022 Sweeper 2.0 1 37 3.4 7 .286 .429 .307 25.0 28.6 25.0 .298 .385 .298 80.0
2022 Split-Finger 2.0 0 21 2.0 5 .250 .250 .320 50.0 60.0 50.0 .121 .137 .230 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 132 41.1 28 .174 .174 .254 26.7 32.1 25.0 .150 .171 .242 7.1
2021 Curveball 2.9 1 39 12.1 9 .333 .667 .417 35.7 33.3 16.7 .190 .268 .195 66.7
2021 Sinker 8.1 3 38 11.8 9 .750 1.125 .794 5.6 0.0 0.0 .303 .352 .331 37.5
2021 Changeup 2.4 1 37 11.5 10 .300 .500 .430 10.0 0.0 0.0 .390 .596 .418 40.0
2021 Cutter -6.6 -2 34 10.6 8 .125 .250 .156 25.0 37.5 60.0 .103 .181 .121 20.0
2021 Slider 4.4 1 30 9.3 13 .333 .583 .415 23.1 38.5 35.7 .250 .411 .312 42.9
2021 Split-Finger -15.2 -2 11 3.4 6 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .028 .042 .033 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 83 321 -1 0 0 1 0
2022 278 1,073 -8 -16 5 3 -16
2023 313 1,127 -10 -7 5 5 -8
2024 64 224 -3 0 0 0 -3
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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 321 51.4 65.5 85.2 32.7 52.9 47.4 22.9 49.5 23.9 9.7 80.6
2022 1,074 49.1 65.1 84.0 28.2 61.0 45.3 21.9 46.3 21.9 6.6 77.5
2023 1,127 52.1 63.5 89.0 28.7 52.9 44.5 28.1 46.9 20.5 8.0 68.9
2024 224 53.1 60.5 91.7 37.1 69.2 49.6 10.9 49.6 16.2 8.9 80.0
Player 2,746 50.9 64.1 86.8 29.6 57.6 45.6 23.7 47.2 21.1 7.7 74.5
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 78 81 79
2022 74 69 98 72
2023 63 56 96 42
2024 14 28 45 53 7 36 42 57 46 24 66 6 89 10 43 79 33
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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 23.0 1 1.2 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 24.4 5 7.3 -2 2 7 2 40.0
2023 25.0 5 5.3 0 3 3 3 60.0
2024 26.5 2 2.2 0 1 0 2 100.0
Player 24.8 13 16.0 -3 7 11 7 53.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
2022 5 7 6 11 8 7 8 7 6 5 4 6 9 7 8 10 8 7 7 8 7 6 9 9 5 6 10 8 9 6 6
2023 5 6 5 5 4 4 6 6 3 5 3 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 4
2024 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
Player 13 16 15 20 16 14 17 17 12 13 10 14 19 16 17 19 18 16 16 17 17 13 20 19 14 14 19 16 19 14 14
! 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 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.7 2.4 89.4 -0.3 89.3 -0.1
Launch Angle 19.0 10.6 -8.4 14.6 4.0 8.8 -5.8
Barrel % 3.8 4.9 1.1 5.5 0.6 6.0 0.5
Hard Hit % 30.2 44.6 14.4 39.8 -4.8 32.0 -7.8
Sweet Spot % 32.1 30.4 -1.7 32.2 1.8 22.0 -10.2
xBA .204 .220 0.016 .247 0.027 .224 -0.023
BA .276 .211 -0.065 .240 0.029 .197 -0.043
xwOBA .251 .266 0.015 .289 0.023 .269 -0.020
wOBA .333 .265 -0.068 .286 0.021 .238 -0.048
xSLG .286 .323 0.037 .375 0.052 .377 0.002
SLG .434 .340 -0.094 .380 0.040 .311 -0.069
K% 27.7 27.0 -0.7 18.8 -8.2 18.8 0.0
BB% 8.4 5.8 -2.6 5.4 -0.4 3.1 -2.3
Swing % 49.5 46.3 -3.2 46.9 0.6 49.6 2.7
Whiff% 23.9 21.9 -2.0 20.5 -1.4 16.2 -4.3
In Zone % 51.4 49.1 -2.3 52.1 3.0 53.1 1.0
Out of Zone % 48.6 50.9 2.3 47.9 -3.0 46.9 -1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 32.7 28.2 -4.5 28.7 0.5 37.1 8.4
First Pitch Swing % 22.9 21.9 -1.0 28.1 6.2 10.9 -17.2
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 59.0 2.4 61.3 2.3 53.1 -8.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 83 43 51.8 .289 .373
2022 Shifts L 277 177 63.9 .299 .248
2023 Shades L 312 138 44.2 .289 .279
2024 Shades L 64 28 43.8 .195 .292
! 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 92 16.7 30.4% 4.3% 43 22.5 0.0% 16.3%
2022 298 17.9 17.4% 3.7% 186 22.0 0.0% 7.5%
2023 296 14.9 52.4% 0.7% 198 18.5 8.1% 0.0%
2024 61 14.9 50.8% 0.0% 33 17.7 9.1% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings

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