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 426 384 62 88 8 11 .229 .287 .367 .654
4 Seasons 1,100 1,008 155 233 19 29 .231 .283 .369 .652
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .211 5 9 .604
2023 .240 5 7 .662
2024 .229 8 11 .654
4 Seasons .231 19 29 .652
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
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 1582 306 12 3.9 2.8 88.1 109.6 9.0 24.8 .234 .333 .286 .281 .320 36.3 20.7 6.3
Player 4104 779 36 4.6 3.3 88.8 111.2 11.8 28.9 .232 .339 .284 .277 .324 38.9 22.3 6.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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 52.6 19.9 19.9 7.5 40.5 33.3 26.1 7.8 35.3 24.2 24.8 3.6 3.9 2.8
Player 46.3 22.1 22.3 9.2 40.7 34.8 24.5 6.7 32.6 26.6 24.3 5.0 4.6 3.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 509 32.2 126 .250 .435 .339 16.3 23.0 19.6 .257 .399 .336 42.7
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 216 13.7 62 .230 .361 .276 19.5 9.7 10.3 .251 .337 .264 21.8
2024 Slider 1.9 4 206 13.0 56 .296 .463 .333 26.9 23.2 18.1 .286 .392 .303 45.2
2024 Curveball -1.9 -4 197 12.5 50 .170 .191 .193 30.1 34.0 23.9 .136 .175 .172 26.7
2024 Sinker 0.5 1 195 12.3 57 .300 .520 .393 5.9 10.5 12.8 .278 .422 .346 53.3
2024 Cutter -2.8 -4 135 8.5 35 .172 .310 .264 16.9 20.0 28.0 .181 .223 .240 25.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.1 -1 64 4.0 27 .083 .083 .244 25.0 14.8 18.2 .225 .279 .243 31.8
2024 Sweeper -3.4 -2 58 3.7 12 .000 .000 .058 29.4 50.0 28.6 .013 .032 .075 0.0
2024 Slurve 20.1 0 2 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .194 .194 .175 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 390 34.6 101 .308 .593 .402 13.3 13.9 14.4 .291 .503 .362 46.8
2023 Changeup -0.4 -1 144 12.8 50 .170 .255 .232 26.3 18.0 23.1 .180 .240 .213 18.4
2023 Slider 0.9 1 133 11.8 34 .290 .355 .300 30.8 26.5 20.5 .274 .356 .290 34.8
2023 Curveball -1.5 -2 132 11.7 27 .160 .240 .211 39.6 33.3 25.0 .178 .244 .219 56.3
2023 Sinker -4.3 -5 126 11.2 41 .211 .237 .235 15.1 26.8 39.3 .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 -4.6 -3 67 5.9 23 .130 .130 .117 22.9 13.0 12.5 .213 .324 .230 20.0
2023 Sweeper 2.4 1 47 4.2 11 .364 .636 .423 20.0 18.2 11.1 .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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 443 1,647 -10 -10 8 5 -7
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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 20.8 8.0 68.9
2024 1,582 50.5 60.9 89.7 30.9 59.9 42.4 21.4 46.1 19.3 8.4 75.9
Player 4,104 50.6 63.1 87.6 29.7 57.8 44.1 23.5 46.6 20.8 7.9 74.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 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
2021 78 81 79
2022 74 69 98 72
2023 63 56 96 42
2024 11 26 9 10 16 10 12 28 55 26 56 23 80 31 65 95 43 30 69 62
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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 %
2021 23.0 1 0.2 1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 24.4 5 7.3 -2 2 7 2 40.0
2023 25.0 5 5.2 0 3 3 3 60.0
2024 24.5 8 8.2 0 5 8 1 12.5
Player 24.5 19 20.9 -2 12 18 6 31.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
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 8 6 6
2023 5 6 5 5 4 4 6 6 3 4 3 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 4 4
2024 8 9 6 11 8 8 9 10 6 6 7 9 10 5 8 9 8 8 9 10 8 7 12 10 7 8 9 9 9 8 2
Player 19 22 18 28 21 19 23 23 15 16 14 20 25 18 22 25 22 21 22 24 21 18 28 25 18 19 25 22 23 18 13
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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.3 89.7 2.4 ↑ 89.4 -0.3 ↓ 88.1 -1.3 ↓
Launch Angle 19.0 10.6 -8.4 ↓ 14.6 4.0 ↑ 9.0 -5.6 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 4.9 1.1 ↑ 5.5 0.6 ↑ 3.9 -1.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 30.2 44.6 14.4 ↑ 39.8 -4.8 ↓ 36.3 -3.5 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 30.4 -1.7 ↓ 32.2 1.8 ↑ 24.8 -7.4 ↓
xBA .204 .220 0.016 ↑ .247 0.027 ↑ .234 -0.013 ↓
BA .276 .211 -0.065 ↓ .240 0.029 ↑ .229 -0.011 ↓
xwOBA .251 .266 0.015 ↑ .289 0.023 ↑ .281 -0.008 ↓
wOBA .333 .265 -0.068 ↓ .286 0.021 ↑ .286 0.000
xSLG .286 .323 0.037 ↑ .375 0.052 ↑ .333 -0.042 ↓
SLG .434 .340 -0.094 ↓ .380 0.040 ↑ .367 -0.013 ↓
K% 27.7 27.0 -0.7 ↓ 18.8 -8.2 ↓ 20.7 1.9 ↑
BB% 8.4 5.8 -2.6 ↓ 5.4 -0.4 ↓ 6.3 0.9 ↑
Swing % 49.5 46.3 -3.2 ↓ 46.9 0.6 ↑ 46.1 -0.8 ↓
Whiff% 23.9 21.9 -2.0 ↓ 20.8 -1.1 ↓ 19.3 -1.5 ↓
In Zone % 51.4 49.1 -2.3 ↓ 52.1 3.0 ↑ 50.5 -1.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.6 50.9 2.3 ↑ 47.9 -3.0 ↓ 49.5 1.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.7 28.2 -4.5 ↓ 28.7 0.5 ↑ 30.9 2.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.9 21.9 -1.0 ↓ 28.1 6.2 ↑ 21.4 -6.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 59.0 2.4 ↑ 61.3 2.3 ↑ 59.4 -1.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 83 32 38.6 .292 .397
2022 Shifts L 277 157 56.7 .290 .248
2023 Shades L 312 138 44.2 .289 .279
2024 Shades L 426 172 40.4 .265 .317
! 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

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