Michael Massey
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 195LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 4, #109, Kansas City Royals | University of Illinois
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 461 428 42 98 15 6 .229 .274 .381 .655
2024 356 332 45 86 14 1 .259 .294 .449 .743
2025 151 141 8 30 2 0 .213 .233 .291 .524
4 Seasons 1,162 1,074 111 256 35 10 .238 .280 .389 .669
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .229 15 6 .655
2024 .259 14 1 .743
2025 .213 2 0 .524
4 Seasons .238 35 10 .669
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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%
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 1330 282 20 7.1 5.6 89.2 110.0 16.8 34.4 .258 .414 .317 .309 .347 36.9 15.7 4.2
2025 27 556 122 5 4.1 3.3 87.5 108.0 23.5 34.4 .237 .340 .230 .260 .294 31.1 15.9 2.6
Player 4446 869 68 7.8 5.9 88.7 110.3 18.8 35.9 .254 .417 .289 .310 .361 37.3 19.4 4.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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 %
2022 38.9 61.1 31.3 22.9 6.9 50.4 31.3 18.3 26.7 8.4 3.8 23.7 22.9 14.5
2023 31.4 68.6 30.5 28.1 9.9 51.8 26.6 21.6 21.6 7.8 2.1 30.2 18.9 19.5
2024 39.7 60.3 33.0 21.3 6.0 51.8 29.1 19.1 28.0 8.9 2.8 23.8 20.2 16.3
2025 32.0 68.0 31.1 23.0 13.9 45.9 29.5 24.6 23.0 7.4 1.6 23.0 22.1 23.0
Player 35.3 64.7 31.5 24.4 8.7 50.7 28.5 20.7 24.6 8.2 2.5 26.1 20.4 18.2
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
2022 9.2 26.7 24.4 21.4 4.6 13.0 8.8
2023 4.2 21.6 32.9 26.0 7.5 7.8 5.6
2024 3.2 28.4 29.4 24.8 7.1 7.1 5.6
2025 3.3 18.9 44.3 23.8 5.7 4.1 3.3
Player 4.5 24.2 32.1 24.6 6.7 7.8 5.9
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -5 198 35.6 52 .188 .271 .227 16.5 11.5 12.2 .235 .354 .278 34.9
2025 Changeup -2.4 -2 89 16.0 34 .219 .313 .218 17.0 14.7 15.2 .225 .338 .244 31.0
2025 Slider -1.1 -1 70 12.6 17 .294 .294 .265 17.5 29.4 22.7 .288 .390 .293 33.3
2025 Curveball 0.5 0 63 11.3 10 .400 .400 .360 10.7 20.0 9.1 .244 .353 .258 37.5
2025 Sinker -1.3 -1 55 9.9 11 .182 .455 .264 20.7 18.2 11.8 .248 .400 .276 33.3
2025 Cutter -5.7 -2 34 6.1 9 .000 .000 .156 11.8 11.1 12.5 .349 .411 .384 16.7
2025 Split-Finger -7.3 -2 30 5.4 11 .100 .100 .082 35.0 18.2 18.2 .222 .248 .186 33.3
2025 Sweeper 2.0 0 14 2.5 6 .333 .500 .358 25.0 16.7 33.3 .074 .100 .074 0.0
2025 Slurve -0.2 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 2 486 36.5 118 .241 .481 .360 15.1 13.6 10.9 .234 .419 .314 37.0
2024 Changeup 1.0 2 166 12.5 58 .250 .464 .303 21.2 17.2 14.7 .280 .455 .317 25.5
2024 Slider -1.7 -3 166 12.5 49 .239 .326 .251 32.0 26.5 23.2 .289 .393 .301 34.3
2024 Sinker -0.2 0 163 12.3 57 .308 .423 .349 5.1 8.8 12.2 .267 .392 .322 46.9
2024 Cutter -0.9 -1 110 8.3 24 .273 .455 .352 9.8 4.2 5.9 .306 .518 .359 50.0
2024 Curveball 2.3 2 103 7.7 16 .375 .625 .428 16.3 18.8 7.9 .291 .370 .284 30.8
2024 Split-Finger -1.8 -1 73 5.5 14 .143 .143 .129 33.3 42.9 18.8 .119 .142 .115 25.0
2024 Sweeper 1.0 1 54 4.1 17 .250 .500 .338 16.7 11.8 10.0 .214 .348 .269 28.6
2024 Slurve 10.1 1 8 0.6 2 .500 2.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .530 1.667 .907 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 194 719 -3 -6 3 2 -4
2023 460 1,841 -3 -23 7 5 -13
2024 355 1,329 7 -11 1 4 2
2025 151 556 -6 -10 2 1 -12
Player 1,160 4,445 -5 -49 14 -5 -28
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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 1,330 48.9 67.3 91.3 37.4 66.1 44.5 20.3 52.0 17.9 7.2 74.0
2025 556 51.8 68.1 85.7 36.2 74.2 44.4 20.5 52.7 17.7 7.9 68.2
Player 4,446 49.6 70.6 85.6 34.8 62.7 42.8 25.2 52.6 21.4 7.6 77.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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
2022 46 44 16 10
2023 38 59 56 51 23 42 43 36 61 41 54 9 67 26 49 81 16 30 61 62
2024 41 68 57 50 18 30 42 52 60 31 84 6 86 6 34 85 12 32 88 62
2025 4 26 13 12 2 18 15 19 42 13 80 2 87 7 35 59 17 21 67 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 %
2022 23.3 4 5.5 -2 8 6 1 25.0
2023 22.9 15 15.2 0 5 6 10 66.7
2024 21.8 14 15.3 -1 5 12 6 42.9
2025 21.6 2 3.3 -1 2 3 1 50.0
Player 22.4 35 39.3 -4 20 27 18 51.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 4 7 3 6 7 6 6 4 4 2 4 8 5 4 7 10 5 4 5 6 4 6 10 8 3 2 9 7 6 2 4
2023 15 15 12 16 17 16 16 15 15 13 14 18 14 14 16 16 16 15 15 17 13 16 18 16 14 13 15 17 15 15 14
2024 14 16 14 20 14 14 17 18 15 11 13 16 18 14 16 17 16 14 17 18 16 9 21 19 13 14 12 16 17 14 11
2025 2 4 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 3 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 2 4 1 2 4 4 3 2 3 5 2 3 3
Player 35 42 30 46 42 40 42 41 38 27 34 47 40 37 43 46 41 37 39 45 34 33 53 47 33 31 39 45 40 34 32
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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 89.3 -0.7 ↓ 88.6 0.6 ↑ 89.2 -1.7 ↓ 87.5
Launch Angle 16.4 3.3 ↑ 19.7 -2.9 ↓ 16.8 6.7 ↑ 23.5
Barrel % 13.0 -5.2 ↓ 7.8 -0.7 ↓ 7.1 -3.0 ↓ 4.1
Hard Hit % 38.2 1.3 ↑ 39.5 -2.6 ↓ 36.9 -5.8 ↓ 31.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.1 2.9 ↑ 38.0 -3.6 ↓ 34.4 0.0 34.4
xBA .243 0.017 ↑ .260 -0.002 ↓ .258 -0.021 ↓ .237
BA .243 -0.014 ↓ .229 0.030 ↑ .259 -0.046 ↓ .213
xwOBA .332 -0.013 ↓ .319 -0.010 ↓ .309 -0.049 ↓ .260
wOBA .302 -0.019 ↓ .283 0.034 ↑ .317 -0.087 ↓ .230
xSLG .450 -0.018 ↓ .432 -0.018 ↓ .414 -0.074 ↓ .340
SLG .376 0.005 ↑ .381 0.068 ↑ .449 -0.158 ↓ .291
K% 23.7 -2.2 ↓ 21.5 -5.8 ↓ 15.7 0.2 ↑ 15.9
BB% 4.6 0.6 ↑ 5.2 -1.0 ↓ 4.2 -1.6 ↓ 2.6
Swing % 54.5 -2.4 ↓ 52.1 -0.1 ↓ 52.0 0.7 ↑ 52.7
Whiff% 27.8 -5.4 ↓ 22.4 -4.5 ↓ 17.9 -0.2 ↓ 17.7
In Zone % 49.9 -0.7 ↓ 49.2 -0.3 ↓ 48.9 2.9 ↑ 51.8
Out of Zone % 50.1 0.7 ↑ 50.8 0.3 ↑ 51.1 -2.9 ↓ 48.2
Out of Zone Swing % 35.6 -3.3 ↓ 32.3 5.1 ↑ 37.4 -1.2 ↓ 36.2
First Pitch Swing % 35.1 -8.9 ↓ 26.2 -5.9 ↓ 20.3 0.2 ↑ 20.5
First Pitch Strike % 63.9 -5.1 ↓ 58.8 6.0 ↑ 64.8 3.4 ↑ 68.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 194 170 87.6 .239 .310
2023 Shades L 459 218 47.5 .325 .236
2024 Shades L 355 169 47.6 .343 .287
2025 Shades L 151 77 51.0 .334 .132
! 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 394 15.1 49.7% 0.0% 180 17.8 10.0% 0.0%
2025 130 14.6 58.5% 0.0% 76 18.5 2.6% 0.0%
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