Michael Massey
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 4, #109, Kansas City Royals | University of Illinois
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 194 173 16 42 4 3 .243 .307 .376 .683
2023 461 428 42 98 15 6 .229 .274 .381 .655
2024 314 294 42 75 13 1 .255 .285 .449 .734
3 Seasons 969 895 100 215 32 10 .240 .284 .402 .686
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .243 4 3 .683
2023 .229 15 6 .655
2024 .255 13 1 .734
3 Seasons .240 32 10 .686
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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%
2022 24 719 131 17 13.0 8.8 89.3 108.8 16.4 35.1 .243 .450 .302 .332 .402 38.2 23.7 4.6
2023 25 1841 334 26 7.8 5.6 88.6 110.3 19.7 38.0 .260 .432 .283 .319 .381 39.5 21.5 5.2
2024 26 1164 251 18 7.2 5.7 89.5 110.0 16.8 33.5 .258 .422 .312 .307 .348 37.1 15.6 3.8
Player 3724 716 61 8.5 6.3 89.0 110.3 18.1 35.9 .256 .432 .296 .318 .373 38.4 20.0 4.6
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
2022 38.9 31.3 22.9 6.9 50.4 31.3 18.3 9.2 26.7 24.4 21.4 4.6 13.0 8.8
2023 31.4 30.5 28.1 9.9 51.8 26.6 21.6 4.2 21.6 32.9 26.0 7.5 7.8 5.6
2024 40.2 33.5 20.7 5.6 52.2 28.7 19.1 2.4 29.1 29.9 23.9 7.6 7.2 5.7
Player 35.9 31.7 24.6 7.8 51.7 28.2 20.1 4.5 25.1 30.3 24.4 7.0 8.5 6.3
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 -0.9 -4 425 36.5 104 .227 .464 .343 15.9 13.5 10.5 .238 .429 .310 37.3
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 149 12.8 51 .224 .449 .285 17.6 15.7 13.3 .266 .456 .309 26.2
2024 Slider 0.7 1 141 12.1 41 .263 .368 .279 29.2 24.4 20.8 .300 .428 .318 36.7
2024 Sinker 0.2 0 136 11.7 52 .340 .468 .383 3.2 9.6 13.9 .272 .386 .326 45.5
2024 Cutter -1.5 -2 100 8.6 21 .300 .500 .326 10.7 4.8 6.7 .336 .576 .378 55.0
2024 Curveball 1.7 2 94 8.1 14 .286 .500 .336 18.4 28.6 12.1 .221 .283 .217 20.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.7 -1 71 6.1 14 .143 .143 .129 33.3 42.9 18.8 .121 .149 .116 25.0
2024 Sweeper 3.8 2 40 3.4 14 .231 .462 .321 17.4 7.1 7.1 .216 .362 .279 25.0
2024 Slurve 18.4 1 8 0.7 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .561 1.741 .942 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -7 631 34.3 144 .203 .406 .302 19.7 20.1 14.5 .219 .400 .300 34.7
2023 Slider -1.7 -5 271 14.7 71 .186 .314 .210 29.7 26.8 20.7 .232 .360 .256 40.4
2023 Curveball 0.1 0 220 12.0 59 .255 .382 .297 24.2 27.1 20.3 .292 .462 .340 45.0
2023 Changeup -0.3 -1 213 11.6 55 .264 .415 .324 27.7 21.8 13.5 .294 .437 .328 26.8
2023 Sinker -0.3 -1 190 10.3 55 .260 .340 .335 8.0 16.4 19.1 .306 .542 .389 46.3
2023 Cutter 0.9 1 145 7.9 35 .344 .594 .404 13.8 0.0 0.0 .341 .578 .417 48.5
2023 Sweeper -1.4 -1 86 4.7 18 .059 .235 .150 26.3 22.2 10.5 .119 .330 .212 23.1
2023 Split-Finger -0.3 0 83 4.5 23 .261 .261 .235 43.5 43.5 24.4 .315 .381 .304 69.2
2023 Slurve -2.4 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 2 274 38.1 75 .343 .418 .382 21.0 13.3 12.5 .341 .589 .429 41.4
2022 Changeup 0.6 1 96 13.4 29 .259 .481 .291 28.1 24.1 22.6 .278 .549 .347 36.4
2022 Curveball -4.0 -4 92 12.8 23 .000 .000 .105 46.3 52.2 36.4 .055 .071 .111 22.2
2022 Cutter 0.3 0 71 9.9 22 .300 .850 .557 27.0 22.7 33.3 .242 .595 .382 73.3
2022 Slider -1.2 -1 63 8.8 13 .167 .167 .192 41.2 23.1 10.7 .157 .361 .257 22.2
2022 Sinker -1.6 -1 57 7.9 13 .300 .400 .396 11.1 15.4 13.3 .230 .406 .374 25.0
2022 Sweeper -4.7 -2 33 4.6 12 .091 .091 .133 35.7 33.3 40.0 .040 .068 .100 14.3
2022 Split-Finger -4.0 -1 25 3.5 5 .000 .000 .000 43.8 60.0 27.3 .137 .164 .129 0.0
2022 Slurve 1.3 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 194 719 -3 -8 4 2 -5
2023 460 1,841 2 -25 6 5 -12
2024 313 1,164 5 -9 0 3 -1
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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 %
2022 719 49.9 73.5 75.4 35.6 59.4 42.6 35.1 54.5 27.8 7.4 86.8
2023 1,841 49.2 72.5 85.9 32.3 57.6 41.2 26.2 52.1 22.4 7.8 78.5
2024 1,164 48.9 66.4 92.3 37.8 65.8 44.8 20.4 51.8 17.6 7.0 73.2
Player 3,724 49.3 70.8 85.6 34.7 60.8 42.6 26.1 52.5 22.0 7.5 78.5
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
2022 46 44 16 10
2023 38 59 56 51 22 42 43 36 61 41 54 9 66 26 49 82 16
2024 34 64 59 53 13 31 45 57 61 32 83 5 85 6 34 83 13
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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 %
2022 23.3 4 6.7 -3 6 8 1 25.0
2023 22.9 15 15.3 0 5 6 10 66.7
2024 21.5 13 14.2 -1 5 11 5 38.5
Player 22.4 32 36.3 -4 16 25 16 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 4 9 5 8 8 7 7 5 5 3 5 9 6 5 8 12 7 5 6 7 5 6 12 9 5 3 11 8 7 3 6
2023 15 15 12 16 17 16 16 15 15 14 14 18 15 14 16 16 17 15 15 17 13 16 18 16 14 13 15 17 16 15 14
2024 13 14 13 19 13 13 14 16 13 11 11 14 17 13 14 16 14 14 16 17 15 9 19 17 12 13 13 15 18 13 10
Player 32 38 30 43 38 36 37 36 33 28 30 41 38 32 38 44 38 34 37 41 33 31 49 42 31 29 39 40 41 31 30
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.3 88.6 -0.7 ↓ 89.5 0.9 ↑
Launch Angle 16.4 19.7 3.3 ↑ 16.8 -2.9 ↓
Barrel % 13.0 7.8 -5.2 ↓ 7.2 -0.6 ↓
Hard Hit % 38.2 39.5 1.3 ↑ 37.1 -2.4 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.1 38.0 2.9 ↑ 33.5 -4.5 ↓
xBA .243 .260 0.017 ↑ .258 -0.002 ↓
BA .243 .229 -0.014 ↓ .255 0.026 ↑
xwOBA .332 .319 -0.013 ↓ .307 -0.012 ↓
wOBA .302 .283 -0.019 ↓ .312 0.029 ↑
xSLG .450 .432 -0.018 ↓ .422 -0.010 ↓
SLG .376 .381 0.005 ↑ .449 0.068 ↑
K% 23.7 21.5 -2.2 ↓ 15.6 -5.9 ↓
BB% 4.6 5.2 0.6 ↑ 3.8 -1.4 ↓
Swing % 54.5 52.1 -2.4 ↓ 51.8 -0.3 ↓
Whiff% 27.8 22.4 -5.4 ↓ 17.6 -4.8 ↓
In Zone % 49.9 49.2 -0.7 ↓ 48.9 -0.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.1 50.8 0.7 ↑ 51.1 0.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 35.6 32.3 -3.3 ↓ 37.8 5.5 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 35.1 26.2 -8.9 ↓ 20.4 -5.8 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 58.8 -5.1 ↓ 65.8 7.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 194 171 88.1 .219 .313
2023 Shades L 459 218 47.5 .325 .236
2024 Shades L 313 163 52.1 .332 .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 %
2022 197 17.0 28.4% 3.0% 85 21.8 2.4% 4.7%
2023 471 15.4 43.3% 0.4% 286 19.0 8.0% 0.0%
2024 353 15.2 48.4% 0.0% 151 17.7 11.3% 0.0%
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