Nate Eaton
RF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 200LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 21, #632, Kansas City Royals | Virginia Military Institute
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 122 106 16 28 1 11 .264 .331 .387 .718
2023 56 53 2 4 0 3 .075 .125 .075 .200
2 Seasons 178 159 18 32 1 14 .201 .266 .283 .549
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .264 1 11 .718
2023 .075 0 3 .200
2 Seasons .201 1 14 .549
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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%
2022 25 479 80 4 5.0 3.3 85.8 107.0 13.6 43.8 .233 .352 .313 .297 .350 27.5 24.6 8.2
2023 26 208 32 0 0.0 0.0 84.3 102.6 10.4 25.0 .177 .217 .101 .200 .287 28.1 37.5 3.6
Player 687 112 4 3.6 2.2 85.4 107.0 12.7 38.4 .214 .308 .246 .267 .332 27.7 28.7 6.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 35.0 27.5 31.3 6.3 28.7 42.5 28.7 5.0 25.0 35.0 22.5 7.5 5.0 3.3
2023 53.1 9.4 21.9 15.6 34.4 34.4 31.3 6.3 34.4 25.0 28.1 3.1 0.0 0.0
Player 40.2 22.3 28.6 8.9 30.4 40.2 29.5 5.4 27.7 32.1 24.1 6.3 3.6 2.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -7.5 -4 57 27.4 15 .067 .067 .060 33.3 40.0 27.3 .182 .219 .174 22.2
2023 Sinker -6.0 -3 46 22.1 14 .154 .154 .192 36.8 21.4 30.0 .296 .358 .317 30.0
2023 Slider -4.8 -2 37 17.8 10 .000 .000 .160 42.9 40.0 33.3 .089 .098 .145 20.0
2023 Cutter -5.5 -1 23 11.1 6 .167 .167 .150 16.7 33.3 40.0 .244 .360 .254 50.0
2023 Sweeper -6.4 -1 14 6.7 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 33.3 25.0 .163 .175 .151 50.0
2023 Changeup -8.0 -1 12 5.8 4 .000 .000 .000 33.3 75.0 60.0 .018 .020 .018 0.0
2023 Curveball -4.8 0 10 4.8 3 .000 .000 .233 40.0 33.3 25.0 .040 .043 .259 0.0
2023 Slurve -4.6 0 7 3.4 1 .000 .000 .000 40.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Split-Finger -0.5 0 2 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -4 220 45.9 43 .182 .242 .262 25.2 18.6 13.8 .198 .362 .314 28.6
2022 Slider 3.3 2 60 12.5 20 .263 .263 .305 30.0 40.0 26.7 .251 .290 .265 18.2
2022 Sinker 0.7 0 56 11.7 17 .429 .500 .462 11.1 11.8 14.3 .316 .435 .394 41.7
2022 Cutter -1.7 -1 41 8.6 12 .182 .273 .238 23.1 25.0 27.3 .217 .358 .286 25.0
2022 Curveball -0.4 0 41 8.6 11 .273 .273 .245 28.6 36.4 23.5 .219 .267 .213 28.6
2022 Changeup 5.3 2 37 7.7 11 .273 .727 .409 21.7 18.2 12.5 .240 .448 .299 22.2
2022 Sweeper 2.2 0 14 2.9 3 .500 1.500 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .034 .042 .098 0.0
2022 Slurve -13.0 -1 4 0.8 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2022 Split-Finger -14.2 0 2 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 122 479 0 -6 4 2 -1
2023 56 208 -4 -9 0 1 -13
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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 479 46.3 73.0 82.7 28.4 54.8 43.8 32.8 49.1 23.8 6.7 75.0
2023 208 52.4 66.1 70.8 31.3 41.9 47.6 33.9 49.5 35.9 7.2 86.7
Player 687 48.2 70.7 79.1 29.2 51.0 45.0 33.1 49.2 27.5 6.8 78.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2022 28 97 100
2023 8 96
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 21.5 1 1.2 0 2 0 1 100.0
Player 21.5 1 1.2 0 2 0 1 100.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
! 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 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.8 84.3 -1.5
Launch Angle 13.6 10.4 -3.2
Barrel % 5.0 0.0 -5.0
Hard Hit % 27.5 28.1 0.6
Sweet Spot % 43.8 25.0 -18.8
xBA .233 .177 -0.056
BA .264 .075 -0.189
xwOBA .297 .200 -0.097
wOBA .313 .101 -0.212
xSLG .352 .217 -0.135
SLG .387 .075 -0.312
K% 24.6 37.5 12.9
BB% 8.2 3.6 -4.6
Swing % 49.1 49.5 0.4
Whiff% 23.8 35.9 12.1
In Zone % 46.3 52.4 6.1
Out of Zone % 53.7 47.6 -6.1
Out of Zone Swing % 28.4 31.3 2.9
First Pitch Swing % 32.8 33.9 1.1
First Pitch Strike % 58.2 62.5 4.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 122 7 5.7 .319 .229
2023 Shades R 56 0 0.0 .101
! 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 142 16.3 40.1% 0.0% 68 20.8 2.9% 4.4%
2023 47 15.5 40.4% 0.0% 44 18.7 2.3% 0.0%
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