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 397 360 60 85 8 11 .236 .290 .383 .673
4 Seasons 1,071 984 153 230 19 29 .234 .284 .375 .659
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .211 5 9 .604
2023 .240 5 7 .662
2024 .236 8 11 .673
4 Seasons .234 19 29 .659
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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 1458 294 12 4.1 3.0 88.2 109.6 9.3 25.5 .243 .349 .293 .287 .322 36.7 18.9 5.8
Player 3980 767 36 4.7 3.4 88.9 111.2 11.9 29.2 .235 .345 .287 .279 .325 39.1 21.7 5.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 52.0 20.4 20.4 7.1 41.2 33.3 25.5 7.5 35.7 24.1 24.5 3.7 4.1 3.0
Player 46.0 22.3 22.6 9.1 40.9 34.8 24.3 6.5 32.7 26.6 24.1 5.1 4.7 3.4
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 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 0.1 0 466 32.0 116 .260 .460 .348 16.0 20.7 18.2 .275 .436 .354 41.8
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 206 14.1 62 .230 .361 .276 18.3 9.7 10.5 .254 .342 .265 21.8
2024 Slider 2.3 4 193 13.2 52 .320 .500 .359 27.5 21.2 16.4 .304 .415 .318 47.5
2024 Sinker 1.0 2 173 11.9 52 .311 .556 .414 6.8 11.5 13.6 .274 .425 .348 57.5
2024 Curveball -2.3 -4 173 11.9 43 .167 .190 .171 25.8 27.9 20.3 .141 .180 .152 26.7
2024 Cutter -2.7 -4 133 9.1 35 .172 .310 .264 15.9 20.0 28.0 .184 .229 .241 25.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.2 -1 59 4.0 25 .087 .087 .254 27.0 16.0 21.1 .220 .281 .238 35.0
2024 Sweeper -3.4 -2 53 3.6 11 .000 .000 .064 25.0 45.5 26.3 .017 .041 .083 0.0
2024 Slurve 20.3 0 2 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .234 .254 .211 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 390 34.6 101 .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 0.8 1 135 12.0 34 .290 .355 .300 31.8 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 2.7 1 45 4.0 11 .364 .636 .423 15.8 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
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.6 -15 419 39.0 120 .173 .273 .224 17.8 27.5 30.6 .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 -1 126 11.7 30 .200 .300 .217 31.1 30.0 18.8 .165 .213 .166 33.3
2022 Sinker -1.2 -1 108 10.1 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 96 8.9 22 .294 .765 .483 25.5 22.7 19.2 .319 .475 .413 46.2
2022 Sweeper 2.0 1 40 3.7 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 .410 .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 397 1,458 -7 -7 6 4 -5
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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 1,458 50.8 61.5 90.1 31.1 60.5 42.1 20.7 46.6 18.9 8.6 75.2
Player 3,980 50.7 63.4 87.7 29.7 58.0 44.1 23.3 46.8 20.6 8.0 74.4
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 13 32 15 12 16 11 14 30 56 29 67 18 81 30 66 96 45
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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 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 24.5 8 8.4 0 3 8 1 12.5
Player 24.5 19 22.2 -3 9 19 6 31.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 8 9 8 11 8 8 9 10 6 8 7 9 11 6 7 9 8 8 9 10 9 8 12 10 7 8 9 9 10 8 2
Player 19 23 21 29 22 20 24 24 16 19 15 21 27 20 22 26 23 22 23 25 23 19 29 26 19 20 26 23 26 20 14
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 ↓ 88.2 -1.2 ↓
Launch Angle 19.0 10.6 -8.4 ↓ 14.6 4.0 ↑ 9.3 -5.3 ↓
Barrel % 3.8 4.9 1.1 ↑ 5.5 0.6 ↑ 4.1 -1.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 30.2 44.6 14.4 ↑ 39.8 -4.8 ↓ 36.7 -3.1 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 30.4 -1.7 ↓ 32.2 1.8 ↑ 25.5 -6.7 ↓
xBA .204 .220 0.016 ↑ .247 0.027 ↑ .243 -0.004 ↓
BA .276 .211 -0.065 ↓ .240 0.029 ↑ .236 -0.004 ↓
xwOBA .251 .266 0.015 ↑ .289 0.023 ↑ .287 -0.002 ↓
wOBA .333 .265 -0.068 ↓ .286 0.021 ↑ .293 0.007 ↑
xSLG .286 .323 0.037 ↑ .375 0.052 ↑ .349 -0.026 ↓
SLG .434 .340 -0.094 ↓ .380 0.040 ↑ .383 0.003 ↑
K% 27.7 27.0 -0.7 ↓ 18.8 -8.2 ↓ 18.9 0.1 ↑
BB% 8.4 5.8 -2.6 ↓ 5.4 -0.4 ↓ 5.8 0.4 ↑
Swing % 49.5 46.3 -3.2 ↓ 46.9 0.6 ↑ 46.6 -0.3 ↓
Whiff% 23.9 21.9 -2.0 ↓ 20.5 -1.4 ↓ 18.9 -1.6 ↓
In Zone % 51.4 49.1 -2.3 ↓ 52.1 3.0 ↑ 50.8 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.6 50.9 2.3 ↑ 47.9 -3.0 ↓ 49.2 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.7 28.2 -4.5 ↓ 28.7 0.5 ↑ 31.1 2.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.9 21.9 -1.0 ↓ 28.1 6.2 ↑ 20.7 -7.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 56.6 59.0 2.4 ↑ 61.3 2.3 ↑ 58.9 -2.4 ↓
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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 397 166 41.8 .269 .324
! 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 407 14.9 50.6% 0.2% 231 18.2 10.0% 0.9%
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