Mitch Garver
DH | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 220LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 9, #260, Minnesota Twins | New Mexico
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 215 188 23 39 10 1 .207 .298 .404 .702
2023 344 296 45 80 19 0 .270 .370 .500 .870
2024 52 45 2 7 0 0 .156 .250 .222 .472
8 Seasons 1,681 1,467 220 366 82 2 .249 .339 .475 .814
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .207 10 1 .702
2023 .270 19 0 .870
2024 .156 0 0 .472
8 Seasons .249 82 2 .814
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2017 26 219 31 1 3.2 1.9 86.8 107.8 10.5 25.8 .180 .278 .277 .251 .287 45.2 28.8 11.5
2018 27 1373 232 13 5.6 3.9 89.0 111.0 12.7 31.5 .243 .392 .325 .309 .357 38.8 21.5 8.7
2019 28 1502 226 35 15.5 9.7 91.1 109.7 15.3 33.6 .255 .573 .404 .382 .466 50.0 24.2 11.4
2020 29 385 36 3 8.3 3.7 92.4 109.8 18.6 30.6 .170 .278 .232 .240 .383 50.0 45.7 8.6
2021 30 1032 138 24 17.4 9.9 92.3 111.8 19.0 38.4 .256 .545 .372 .386 .508 53.6 29.2 12.8
2022 31 943 137 12 8.8 5.6 88.9 111.4 18.4 37.2 .222 .405 .308 .319 .374 38.7 24.7 10.7
2023 32 1430 214 27 12.6 7.8 90.0 113.2 20.5 35.5 .255 .493 .374 .365 .434 42.1 23.8 12.8
2024 33 202 30 1 3.3 1.9 89.5 106.4 19.5 36.7 .151 .247 .225 .240 .273 36.7 30.8 9.6
Player 7086 1044 116 11.1 6.9 90.2 113.2 16.8 34.4 .239 .460 .347 .341 .415 44.3 25.8 11.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2017 48.4 22.6 16.1 12.9 35.5 41.9 22.6 3.2 38.7 29.0 19.4 6.5 3.2 1.9
2018 41.4 23.3 25.9 9.5 34.5 36.2 28.9 3.4 32.3 28.0 24.1 6.0 5.6 3.9
2019 38.5 35.4 19.0 7.1 47.8 29.2 23.0 2.2 26.1 26.1 19.5 10.6 15.5 9.7
2020 38.9 25.0 25.0 11.1 58.3 25.0 16.7 2.8 13.9 36.1 33.3 5.6 8.3 3.7
2021 31.2 32.6 25.4 10.9 51.4 28.3 20.3 0.7 25.4 25.4 18.8 12.3 17.4 9.9
2022 34.3 38.0 21.2 6.6 56.2 24.1 19.7 2.2 24.1 32.1 21.2 11.7 8.8 5.6
2023 29.9 33.2 26.2 10.7 47.7 35.0 17.3 1.9 21.5 35.5 20.6 7.9 12.6 7.8
2024 36.7 20.0 23.3 20.0 46.7 33.3 20.0 0.0 23.3 43.3 23.3 6.7 3.3 1.9
Player 36.1 31.0 23.4 9.5 46.4 31.5 22.0 2.2 26.1 30.1 21.5 9.0 11.1 6.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 0.8 0 60 29.7 16 .250 .333 .322 30.0 31.3 27.8 .205 .265 .319 62.5
2024 Slider -5.5 -3 46 22.8 12 .091 .091 .133 50.0 50.0 46.2 .053 .063 .105 20.0
2024 Sinker -7.6 -3 36 17.8 12 .000 .000 .117 6.7 16.7 28.6 .176 .429 .327 50.0
2024 Curveball 0.7 0 20 9.9 -- -- -- 20.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Changeup 0.0 0 9 4.5 3 .333 .667 .417 60.0 33.3 33.3 .294 .463 .320 50.0
2024 Cutter -5.4 0 8 4.0 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 0.0 0.0 .123 .225 .143 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.9 0 8 4.0 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .240 .273 .224 0.0
2024 Slurve -4.1 0 8 4.0 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 0.0 0.0 .054 .113 .072 0.0
2024 Sweeper -10.3 -1 7 3.5 3 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 50.0 .093 .114 .089 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 2.8 10 368 25.7 99 .333 .667 .480 20.4 24.2 21.2 .340 .732 .500 61.1
2023 Slider 0.6 2 340 23.8 77 .236 .389 .296 37.8 36.4 27.5 .203 .348 .265 27.3
2023 Sinker 1.2 3 242 16.9 60 .255 .511 .405 9.1 13.3 15.4 .268 .553 .418 56.4
2023 Curveball 0.7 1 161 11.3 24 .217 .609 .354 23.3 29.2 15.6 .165 .326 .226 31.3
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 112 7.8 34 .200 .233 .278 21.1 8.8 7.3 .202 .319 .279 33.3
2023 Cutter 3.1 3 90 6.3 21 .263 .474 .350 20.5 23.8 20.8 .239 .394 .310 21.4
2023 Sweeper 1.8 1 77 5.4 16 .313 .438 .381 18.8 25.0 13.3 .215 .345 .237 25.0
2023 Split-Finger 3.6 1 35 2.4 10 .300 .300 .360 42.1 30.0 23.1 .292 .360 .285 28.6
2023 Slurve -0.1 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 2 311 33.0 74 .190 .483 .359 26.8 25.7 20.9 .222 .468 .373 55.0
2022 Slider -0.6 -1 198 21.0 43 .146 .171 .192 30.2 34.9 17.2 .175 .222 .199 18.5
2022 Sinker 0.4 1 129 13.7 30 .321 .571 .402 12.5 10.0 12.5 .216 .423 .298 40.0
2022 Curveball -1.0 -1 99 10.5 19 .105 .211 .179 41.7 52.6 28.6 .111 .216 .139 22.2
2022 Changeup 4.2 4 88 9.3 19 .267 .667 .547 24.4 15.8 7.7 .298 .568 .441 41.7
2022 Cutter -0.3 0 64 6.8 15 .200 .400 .253 19.4 6.7 5.0 .346 .738 .456 57.1
2022 Sweeper -0.5 0 44 4.7 11 .333 .444 .405 28.6 18.2 13.3 .328 .359 .379 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 8.0 0 5 0.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .311 .348 .296 33.3
2022 Slurve 7.1 0 5 0.5 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 7 342 33.1 77 .371 .855 .547 25.5 24.7 21.6 .350 .878 .544 58.1
2021 Slider -1.6 -4 237 23.0 53 .130 .239 .215 40.7 37.7 26.7 .144 .232 .238 44.4
2021 Sinker 1.5 2 153 14.8 44 .289 .526 .394 12.5 18.2 22.2 .296 .597 .420 66.7
2021 Changeup 3.1 4 124 12.0 39 .270 .514 .350 37.3 30.8 30.0 .255 .508 .339 48.0
2021 Cutter -1.3 -1 96 9.3 17 .231 .308 .303 22.2 11.8 7.7 .295 .467 .372 41.7
2021 Curveball 0.3 0 64 6.2 10 .000 .000 .140 80.0 70.0 38.9 .006 .006 .145 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -6.6 -1 9 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 75.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Sweeper -1.2 0 7 0.7 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.3 -3 132 34.3 29 .115 .231 .210 39.3 48.3 36.8 .162 .291 .219 53.8
2020 Slider -3.0 -3 85 22.1 18 .188 .188 .228 45.8 44.4 27.6 .155 .190 .214 37.5
2020 Sinker -2.1 -1 55 14.3 11 .125 .125 .273 17.6 36.4 33.3 .133 .182 .290 50.0
2020 Changeup -1.8 -1 54 14.0 12 .091 .091 .133 47.6 50.0 24.0 .086 .102 .134 40.0
2020 Curveball -1.2 0 27 7.0 4 .000 .000 .000 80.0 100.0 57.1 -- -- .000 --
2020 Cutter 8.7 2 23 6.0 5 .600 1.400 .830 33.3 20.0 12.5 .457 1.066 .634 75.0
2020 Sweeper -8.9 0 2 0.5 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Split-Finger -8.9 0 2 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .667 .779 .624 100.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 3.0 15 501 33.4 130 .339 .835 .520 16.8 22.3 22.3 .280 .667 .435 65.0
2019 Slider 0.2 1 316 21.0 73 .185 .431 .305 32.7 23.3 17.5 .195 .457 .315 33.3
2019 Sinker 5.4 12 220 14.6 56 .440 1.020 .633 5.3 7.1 9.1 .423 1.020 .598 58.7
2019 Changeup -1.7 -3 164 10.9 44 .179 .256 .232 35.1 29.5 19.7 .205 .324 .263 40.7
2019 Curveball 0.0 0 126 8.4 16 .267 .400 .313 32.0 43.8 18.9 .187 .272 .225 25.0
2019 Cutter 0.3 0 125 8.3 26 .091 .364 .304 30.0 34.6 36.0 .152 .304 .240 28.6
2019 Sweeper 0.5 0 26 1.7 7 .000 .000 .300 80.0 42.9 50.0 .015 .015 .308 0.0
2019 Split-Finger 0.6 0 24 1.6 7 .143 .286 .179 55.6 71.4 35.7 .111 .172 .117 50.0
2018 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 505 36.8 117 .291 .408 .365 19.9 18.8 16.3 .277 .463 .354 51.8
2018 Sinker 0.8 2 277 20.2 71 .299 .537 .387 11.7 11.3 15.1 .290 .503 .359 45.8
2018 Slider 0.6 2 256 18.6 54 .229 .438 .345 43.9 27.8 16.7 .186 .347 .280 21.2
2018 Curveball 3.3 5 138 10.1 30 .276 .379 .298 35.0 43.3 25.5 .182 .242 .200 31.3
2018 Changeup 1.9 2 111 8.1 34 .258 .355 .304 17.0 11.8 11.4 .243 .292 .275 18.5
2018 Cutter -2.4 -1 52 3.8 14 .154 .154 .179 14.8 21.4 18.8 .104 .126 .147 10.0
2018 Sweeper -2.0 0 17 1.2 7 .000 .000 .200 75.0 57.1 50.0 .011 .011 .207 0.0
2018 Split-Finger 2.7 0 15 1.1 5 .400 .400 .360 25.0 40.0 15.4 .443 .540 .422 66.7
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 96 43.8 17 .214 .500 .418 17.1 23.5 15.4 .167 .377 .307 50.0
2017 Sinker -3.0 -1 49 22.4 17 .214 .357 .324 0.0 17.6 37.5 .212 .255 .291 45.5
2017 Slider -0.4 0 33 15.1 8 .125 .250 .156 22.2 25.0 18.2 .234 .330 .239 33.3
2017 Changeup -1.4 0 19 8.7 5 .400 .400 .360 50.0 40.0 50.0 .199 .237 .190 66.7
2017 Curveball -6.0 -1 19 8.7 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 80.0 50.0 .017 .017 .016 0.0
2017 Cutter 2.8 0 3 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 52 219 -3 -1 1 1 -3
2018 333 1,372 -5 -3 11 7 10
2019 372 1,570 10 -8 14 8 24
2020 82 389 -7 -5 3 2 -6
2021 243 1,032 0 -8 10 6 7
2022 215 943 -6 -1 8 4 4
2023 401 1,667 6 -6 18 7 24
2024 52 202 -4 -4 1 1 -6
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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 %
2017 219 53.0 56.0 81.5 20.4 71.4 44.7 15.4 39.3 20.9 9.1 70.0
2018 1,373 53.9 56.0 80.4 18.5 63.2 45.3 14.1 38.7 23.2 9.6 76.5
2019 1,502 48.3 53.7 85.6 17.4 48.1 41.3 14.5 35.0 24.0 8.7 60.3
2020 385 48.1 57.8 71.0 16.0 25.0 42.3 6.2 36.1 39.6 8.3 56.3
2021 1,032 48.1 58.7 77.3 20.3 50.5 45.8 15.2 38.8 30.0 7.1 78.1
2022 943 51.6 61.4 80.3 21.9 58.0 41.7 17.7 42.3 25.3 8.4 69.6
2023 1,430 49.9 61.9 83.9 17.4 49.6 42.3 18.1 39.6 23.7 8.3 71.4
2024 202 52.0 54.3 78.9 27.8 37.0 38.6 19.2 41.6 34.5 7.4 53.3
Player 7,086 50.3 57.9 81.2 18.9 52.1 43.1 15.4 38.5 25.9 8.5 69.4
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2017 58 55
2018 80 38
2019 92 45 94 99 75 67 96 83 69 96 34 81 56 98 38
2020 69 27
2021 83 23
2022 77 28
2023 89 50 87 87 83 45 83 63 86 57 36 90 59 98 13
2024 7 3 6 23 10 9 23 59 41 43 16 59 10 45 13
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 -- 0 0.8 -1 2 1 0 --
2018 22.9 7 7.4 0 6 0 7 100.0
2019 22.8 31 27.2 4 8 17 14 45.2
2020 22.9 2 2.2 0 3 0 2 100.0
2021 25.5 13 15.7 -3 3 10 8 61.5
2022 24.3 10 10.5 -1 5 7 5 50.0
2023 25.4 22 21.5 1 4 16 10 45.5
Player 24.2 85 85.3 0 31 51 46 54.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2017 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
2018 7 8 8 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7
2019 31 35 26 26 28 27 29 30 20 21 24 26 32 28 25 25 26 25 28 29 29 30 34 33 24 25 22 27 35 26 21
2020 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
2021 13 17 15 17 15 15 18 17 11 13 12 16 17 16 16 18 16 15 18 16 15 15 18 16 17 14 18 16 17 14 13
2022 10 8 9 10 12 11 13 7 8 10 10 11 10 10 10 12 9 9 12 11 9 12 13 12 7 9 15 12 12 11 11
2023 22 18 20 16 24 24 24 18 18 20 21 23 23 21 22 22 26 19 19 24 21 25 27 22 19 18 21 26 25 21 19
Player 85 90 82 83 88 86 94 82 66 73 76 88 94 85 83 88 87 77 89 89 84 94 103 94 77 76 85 92 100 82 73
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.8 89.0 2.2 91.1 2.1 92.4 1.3 92.3 -0.1 88.9 -3.4 90.0 1.1 89.5 -0.5
Launch Angle 10.5 12.7 2.2 15.3 2.6 18.6 3.3 19.0 0.4 18.4 -0.6 20.5 2.1 19.5 -1.0
Barrel % 3.2 5.6 2.4 15.5 9.9 8.3 -7.2 17.4 9.1 8.8 -8.6 12.6 3.8 3.3 -9.3
Hard Hit % 45.2 38.8 -6.4 50.0 11.2 50.0 0.0 53.6 3.6 38.7 -14.9 42.1 3.4 36.7 -5.4
Sweet Spot % 25.8 31.5 5.7 33.6 2.1 30.6 -3.0 38.4 7.8 37.2 -1.2 35.5 -1.7 36.7 1.2
xBA .180 .243 0.063 .255 0.012 .170 -0.085 .256 0.086 .222 -0.034 .255 0.033 .151 -0.104
BA .196 .268 0.072 .273 0.005 .167 -0.106 .256 0.089 .207 -0.049 .270 0.063 .156 -0.114
xwOBA .251 .309 0.058 .382 0.073 .240 -0.142 .386 0.146 .319 -0.067 .365 0.046 .240 -0.125
wOBA .277 .325 0.048 .404 0.079 .232 -0.172 .372 0.140 .308 -0.064 .374 0.066 .225 -0.149
xSLG .278 .392 0.114 .573 0.181 .278 -0.295 .545 0.267 .405 -0.140 .493 0.088 .247 -0.246
SLG .348 .414 0.066 .630 0.216 .264 -0.366 .517 0.253 .404 -0.113 .500 0.096 .222 -0.278
K% 28.8 21.5 -7.3 24.2 2.7 45.7 21.5 29.2 -16.5 24.7 -4.5 23.8 -0.9 30.8 7.0
BB% 11.5 8.7 -2.8 11.4 2.7 8.6 -2.8 12.8 4.2 10.7 -2.1 12.8 2.1 9.6 -3.2
Swing % 39.3 38.7 -0.6 35.0 -3.7 36.1 1.1 38.8 2.7 42.3 3.5 39.6 -2.7 41.6 2.0
Whiff% 20.9 23.2 2.3 24.0 0.8 39.6 15.6 30.0 -9.6 25.3 -4.7 23.7 -1.6 34.5 10.8
In Zone % 53.0 53.9 0.9 48.3 -5.6 48.1 -0.2 48.1 0.0 51.6 3.5 49.9 -1.7 52.0 2.1
Out of Zone % 47.0 46.1 -0.9 51.7 5.6 51.9 0.2 51.9 0.0 48.4 -3.5 50.1 1.7 48.0 -2.1
Out of Zone Swing % 20.4 18.5 -1.9 17.4 -1.1 16.0 -1.4 20.3 4.3 21.9 1.6 17.4 -4.5 27.8 10.4
First Pitch Swing % 15.4 14.1 -1.3 14.5 0.4 6.2 -8.3 15.2 9.0 17.7 2.5 18.1 0.4 19.2 1.1
First Pitch Strike % 63.5 57.8 -5.7 56.3 -1.5 49.4 -6.9 56.4 7.0 59.1 2.7 53.6 -5.5 73.1 19.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2017 Shifts R 52 3 5.8 .280 .231
2018 Shifts R 333 13 3.9 .324 .340
2019 Shifts R 359 69 19.2 .396 .441
2020 Shifts R 81 44 54.3 .220 .241
2021 Shifts R 243 118 48.6 .337 .408
2022 Shifts R 215 165 76.7 .261 .323
2023 Shades R 342 42 12.3 .363 .444
2024 Shades R 52 8 15.4 .266 .000
! 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 %
2017 62 17.5 19.4% 0.0% 57 23.2 0.0% 5.3%
2018 468 18.7 11.1% 1.3% 270 24.2 0.0% 12.6%
2019 550 19.9 4.2% 2.7% 283 25.1 0.0% 17.0%
2020 140 20.6 3.6% 3.6% 72 24.9 0.0% 8.3%
2021 329 20.1 0.9% 3.6% 200 25.5 0.0% 16.5%
2022 336 19.7 8.3% 2.7% 143 23.7 0.0% 13.3%
2023 424 15.9 35.6% 0.0% 304 19.4 4.3% 0.3%
2024 61 15.3 45.9% 0.0% 36 19.1 2.8% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings

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