Michael Busch
1B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #31, Los Angeles Dodgers | North Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 81 72 9 12 2 1 .167 .247 .292 .539
2024 567 496 73 123 21 2 .248 .335 .440 .775
2025 84 76 13 24 5 1 .316 .381 .618 .999
3 Seasons 732 644 95 159 28 4 .247 .331 .444 .775
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .167 2 1 .539
2024 .248 21 2 .775
2025 .316 5 1 .999
3 Seasons .247 28 4 .775
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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%
2023 25 353 46 3 6.5 3.7 89.1 108.3 4.7 15.2 .182 .341 .241 .264 .343 50.0 33.3 9.9
2024 26 2365 338 38 11.2 6.7 89.9 109.3 17.2 36.4 .217 .418 .336 .319 .399 39.9 28.6 11.1
2025 27 309 53 6 11.3 7.5 90.8 107.8 16.6 41.5 .270 .517 .414 .371 .453 43.4 23.8 6.3
Player 3027 437 47 10.8 6.5 89.9 109.3 15.8 34.8 .219 .421 .334 .318 .400 41.4 28.6 10.4
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2023 58.7 41.3 30.4 8.7 2.2 34.8 39.1 26.1 26.1 19.6 13.0 8.7 19.6 13.0
2024 38.8 61.2 32.0 22.8 6.5 40.5 35.2 24.3 20.1 15.7 3.0 20.4 19.5 21.3
2025 35.8 64.2 37.7 22.6 3.8 45.3 35.8 18.9 17.0 13.2 5.7 28.3 22.6 13.2
Player 40.5 59.5 32.5 21.3 5.7 40.5 35.7 23.8 20.4 15.8 4.3 20.1 19.9 19.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 4.3 47.8 21.7 13.0 6.5 6.5 3.7
2024 4.1 28.1 29.0 20.7 6.5 11.2 6.7
2025 5.7 18.9 28.3 28.3 7.5 11.3 7.5
Player 4.3 29.1 28.1 20.8 6.6 10.8 6.5
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
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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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -2 105 34.0 32 .200 .333 .286 15.7 28.1 30.0 .237 .467 .324 42.9
2025 Curveball -0.4 0 50 16.2 11 .222 .333 .323 27.8 27.3 21.4 .177 .292 .293 33.3
2025 Cutter 4.6 2 36 11.7 11 .444 .667 .518 12.5 9.1 25.0 .327 .443 .398 50.0
2025 Changeup 4.4 2 36 11.7 7 .500 .833 .586 42.9 14.3 12.5 .285 .443 .367 40.0
2025 Split-Finger 0.3 0 34 11.0 6 .333 .500 .358 58.8 50.0 18.8 .244 .272 .226 33.3
2025 Slider 19.6 5 23 7.4 5 .750 3.000 1.340 50.0 20.0 12.5 .641 2.402 1.135 100.0
2025 Sinker -1.9 0 12 3.9 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .317 .344 .288 0.0
2025 Sweeper -8.6 -1 9 2.9 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 25.0 .054 .060 .051 50.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 2 866 36.6 205 .216 .433 .350 23.7 25.9 19.6 .226 .477 .359 46.7
2024 Slider -0.2 -1 298 12.6 76 .225 .352 .278 43.4 40.8 29.0 .149 .326 .232 25.0
2024 Changeup 0.8 2 267 11.3 61 .259 .481 .358 34.1 24.6 20.0 .224 .415 .321 41.0
2024 Sinker 1.0 2 247 10.4 69 .288 .458 .375 14.7 23.2 22.5 .282 .484 .382 46.5
2024 Curveball 0.9 2 214 9.0 34 .344 .500 .376 34.2 35.3 19.4 .218 .361 .256 28.6
2024 Cutter 1.4 3 205 8.7 52 .333 .556 .423 18.1 17.3 20.5 .281 .491 .377 36.1
2024 Sweeper 1.5 2 156 6.6 40 .222 .528 .349 32.4 40.0 23.9 .178 .378 .283 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -3.0 -3 101 4.3 25 .125 .167 .122 45.7 40.0 22.2 .084 .107 .092 26.7
2024 Slurve -7.7 0 3 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .177 .353 .229 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 81 352 -1 -9 3 1 -5
2024 566 2,364 -2 -20 22 10 11
2025 80 309 4 -3 2 2 5
Player 727 3,025 1 -31 27 1 11
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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 %
2023 353 45.0 70.4 77.7 29.4 52.6 46.5 33.3 47.9 30.2 6.8 62.5
2024 2,365 48.3 68.6 79.6 23.2 48.2 45.2 32.2 45.2 28.4 7.2 86.5
2025 309 48.2 67.1 82.0 23.1 43.2 44.3 40.0 44.3 27.0 6.5 70.0
Player 3,027 47.9 68.6 79.6 24.0 48.4 45.2 33.1 45.4 28.5 7.1 82.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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
2023 37 38
2024 53 8 60 80 38 72 76 64 52 46 12 85 28 84 48 74 1 24 52 48
2025 78 69 80 82 62 71 67 63 48 55 44 29 38 74 46 7 24 74 61
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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 %
2023 20.3 2 1.2 1 1 2 0 0.0
2024 21.9 21 21.2 0 3 15 11 52.4
2025 21.7 4 2.7 1 3 2 1 25.0
Player 21.7 27 25.1 2 7 19 12 44.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2023 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
2024 21 22 19 20 21 22 23 20 17 17 20 23 24 19 21 19 22 20 18 23 23 19 25 23 24 21 19 24 24 23 21
2025 4 5 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 5 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 5 2 2 3 3 4 2 1
Player 27 29 22 25 26 26 26 24 20 19 22 28 30 23 25 22 26 25 21 28 27 22 30 30 27 23 22 27 30 26 23
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 2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.1 0.8 ↑ 89.9 0.9 ↑ 90.8
Launch Angle 4.7 12.5 ↑ 17.2 -0.6 ↓ 16.6
Barrel % 6.5 4.7 ↑ 11.2 0.1 ↑ 11.3
Hard Hit % 50.0 -10.1 ↓ 39.9 3.5 ↑ 43.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 15.2 21.2 ↑ 36.4 5.1 ↑ 41.5
xBA .182 0.035 ↑ .217 0.053 ↑ .270
BA .167 0.081 ↑ .248 0.058 ↑ .306
xwOBA .264 0.055 ↑ .319 0.052 ↑ .371
wOBA .241 0.095 ↑ .336 0.078 ↑ .414
xSLG .341 0.077 ↑ .418 0.099 ↑ .517
SLG .292 0.148 ↑ .440 0.143 ↑ .583
K% 33.3 -4.7 ↓ 28.6 -4.8 ↓ 23.8
BB% 9.9 1.2 ↑ 11.1 -4.8 ↓ 6.3
Swing % 47.9 -2.7 ↓ 45.2 -0.9 ↓ 44.3
Whiff% 30.2 -1.8 ↓ 28.4 -1.4 ↓ 27.0
In Zone % 45.0 3.3 ↑ 48.3 -0.1 ↓ 48.2
Out of Zone % 55.0 -3.3 ↓ 51.7 0.1 ↑ 51.8
Out of Zone Swing % 29.4 -6.2 ↓ 23.2 -0.1 ↓ 23.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 -1.1 ↓ 32.2 7.8 ↑ 40.0
First Pitch Strike % 56.8 4.2 ↑ 61.0 -4.7 ↓ 56.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 81 44 54.3 .292 .197
2024 Shades L 566 288 50.9 .315 .357
2025 Shades L 80 60 75.0 .357 .434
! 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 %
2023 106 14.8 50.9% 0.0% 47 19.2 4.3% 0.0%
2024 613 15.6 42.4% 0.5% 400 18.4 6.0% 0.5%
2025 58 16.1 27.6% 0.0% 73 18.9 4.1% 0.0%
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