Pavin Smith
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 208LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #7, Arizona Diamondbacks | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 228 191 26 36 7 1 .188 .317 .325 .642
2024 158 137 26 37 9 1 .270 .348 .547 .895
2025 66 55 11 21 3 1 .382 .485 .691 1.176
6 Seasons 1,318 1,163 162 291 40 6 .250 .331 .414 .745
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .188 7 1 .642
2024 .270 9 1 .895
2025 .382 3 1 1.176
6 Seasons .250 40 6 .745
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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%
2020 24 159 31 2 6.5 4.5 86.6 104.8 8.1 32.3 .290 .436 .320 .357 .394 29.0 18.2 11.4
2021 25 2076 393 20 5.1 3.7 87.2 110.8 9.0 33.6 .258 .402 .318 .317 .359 42.7 19.4 7.7
2022 26 1109 181 18 9.9 6.5 87.9 109.2 15.2 28.7 .216 .379 .294 .304 .357 35.9 24.2 10.1
2023 27 923 146 11 7.5 4.8 89.9 110.7 13.8 34.9 .228 .391 .293 .330 .342 41.8 19.7 15.4
2024 28 631 109 16 14.7 10.1 90.2 112.1 13.1 34.9 .293 .529 .377 .395 .459 44.0 19.6 11.4
2025 29 278 35 8 22.9 12.1 92.3 109.3 10.3 48.6 .281 .558 .499 .410 .555 51.4 30.3 16.7
Player 5176 895 75 8.4 5.7 88.3 112.1 11.5 33.5 .251 .419 .325 .332 .377 41.2 21.0 10.5
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 %
2020 45.2 54.8 12.9 29.0 12.9 38.7 35.5 25.8 16.1 19.4 9.7 22.6 16.1 16.1
2021 47.8 52.2 22.4 23.4 6.4 34.4 40.2 25.4 19.6 19.6 8.7 14.8 20.6 16.8
2022 43.6 56.4 29.8 17.7 8.8 38.1 35.4 26.5 22.7 16.6 4.4 15.5 18.8 22.1
2023 43.8 56.2 26.7 21.9 7.5 32.9 46.6 20.5 21.2 19.2 3.4 11.6 27.4 17.1
2024 43.1 56.9 28.4 22.9 5.5 41.3 41.3 17.4 22.0 19.3 1.8 19.3 22.0 15.6
2025 48.6 51.4 22.9 25.7 2.9 51.4 25.7 22.9 31.4 17.1 0.0 20.0 8.6 22.9
Player 45.7 54.3 25.0 22.2 7.0 36.5 39.7 23.8 21.1 18.8 5.8 15.4 20.9 18.0
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
2020 9.7 32.3 16.1 29.0 6.5 6.5 4.5
2021 7.4 34.1 20.6 24.4 8.4 5.1 3.7
2022 5.0 30.9 29.3 21.5 3.3 9.9 6.5
2023 1.4 33.6 27.4 21.9 7.5 7.5 4.8
2024 4.6 30.3 22.0 25.7 2.8 14.7 10.1
2025 0.0 31.4 14.3 31.4 0.0 22.9 12.1
Player 5.4 32.7 23.2 24.0 6.1 8.4 5.7
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 7.6 5 72 25.9 18 .692 1.231 .783 11.1 5.6 6.3 .435 .835 .581 58.3
2025 Curveball 0.2 0 52 18.7 8 .000 .000 .263 69.2 50.0 28.6 .003 .004 .264 0.0
2025 Changeup 5.1 2 49 17.6 15 .333 .750 .500 47.6 40.0 33.3 .274 .618 .439 50.0
2025 Slider -2.3 -1 28 10.1 5 .200 .200 .180 37.5 60.0 37.5 .182 .205 .169 50.0
2025 Cutter 4.4 1 24 8.6 6 .333 1.000 .542 20.0 33.3 22.2 .341 .944 .533 75.0
2025 Sweeper -3.4 -1 24 8.6 5 .200 .200 .180 45.5 40.0 40.0 .231 .279 .217 33.3
2025 Sinker 8.7 1 15 5.4 4 .500 .750 .763 0.0 25.0 11.1 .310 .768 .446 66.7
2025 Split-Finger 5.4 1 13 4.7 4 .500 .500 .450 42.9 25.0 16.7 .259 .280 .237 33.3
2025 Slurve -26.4 0 1 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .138 .152 .128 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.4 6 167 26.5 45 .378 .811 .538 13.4 13.3 12.2 .357 .747 .494 56.3
2024 Slider 0.0 0 110 17.4 23 .211 .421 .311 25.0 30.4 20.0 .184 .269 .293 30.8
2024 Sinker 1.4 1 82 13.0 17 .357 .786 .518 10.7 23.5 18.2 .396 .799 .539 50.0
2024 Changeup 3.9 2 63 10.0 26 .174 .522 .338 30.3 15.4 20.0 .257 .510 .377 40.0
2024 Cutter 1.1 1 59 9.4 12 .417 .583 .433 20.0 16.7 16.7 .355 .419 .337 40.0
2024 Curveball -1.9 -1 59 9.4 14 .083 .167 .189 37.5 28.6 21.1 .232 .273 .290 37.5
2024 Split-Finger 1.3 1 40 6.3 11 .300 .400 .341 41.2 27.3 17.6 .244 .473 .348 57.1
2024 Sweeper -4.0 -1 37 5.9 7 .000 .000 .000 8.3 14.3 9.1 .211 .262 .206 16.7
2024 Screwball 1.0 0 5 0.8 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 19.5 1 3 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .477 .551 .457 0.0
2024 Slurve 6.8 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 44 159 -2 1 2 0 1
2021 544 2,076 0 -22 12 10 0
2022 276 1,109 0 -17 11 5 -1
2023 228 923 -8 -10 8 3 -7
2024 158 631 2 -2 5 3 8
2025 66 278 1 4 3 2 9
Player 1,316 5,176 -6 -46 40 -6 10
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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 %
2020 159 44.7 66.2 85.1 18.2 50.0 44.7 18.2 39.6 23.8 4.4 85.7
2021 2,076 51.4 59.5 90.7 23.8 61.3 44.6 22.6 42.1 17.3 7.9 78.0
2022 1,109 48.4 55.9 85.7 24.1 60.9 44.5 21.7 39.5 21.7 6.9 66.2
2023 923 49.2 58.1 89.8 23.2 56.0 44.3 19.3 40.4 20.1 7.8 76.4
2024 631 49.4 59.3 85.9 17.9 54.4 41.4 19.0 38.4 21.5 7.8 69.4
2025 278 50.0 53.2 78.4 22.3 38.7 38.5 25.8 37.8 33.3 7.2 60.0
Player 5,176 49.9 58.3 88.2 22.8 58.0 43.8 21.4 40.5 20.2 7.5 73.5
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
2020 24 49
2021 35 59 36 29 44 30 20 16 76 63 63 33 90 75 41 30 64
2022 51 31 51
2023 65 21 74
2024 82 25 63
2025 93 79 89 90 93 83 99 84 62 83 13 95 12 80 26 47 67 40
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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 %
2020 -- 1 1.6 -1 0 1 1 100.0
2021 23.5 11 11.7 -1 3 8 6 54.5
2022 25.2 9 9.7 -1 2 3 8 88.9
2023 23.3 7 5.6 1 2 4 2 28.6
2024 23.1 9 8.4 1 1 8 2 22.2
2025 23.8 3 3.5 -1 2 4 0 0.0
Player 23.7 40 40.4 0 10 28 19 47.5
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1
2021 11 12 10 13 12 12 13 13 8 10 11 13 11 9 12 15 11 11 12 12 10 11 14 14 13 10 13 13 11 10 11
2022 9 9 11 10 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 12 9 9 10 9 9 9 9 10 11 13 9 9 9 9 11 11 10 11
2023 7 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 7 5 4 6 6 6 5 7 7 5 7 6 7 4 5 6 6 7 6 4
2024 9 7 6 8 11 10 10 8 5 7 10 9 7 7 9 8 8 7 9 10 7 9 10 9 8 7 9 9 9 10 8
2025 3 5 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 2
Player 40 39 34 42 43 43 44 40 30 35 37 44 42 35 42 44 40 37 41 44 37 42 49 46 39 36 42 44 43 42 37
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 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 86.6 0.6 87.2 0.7 87.9 2.0 89.9 0.3 90.2 2.1 92.3
Launch Angle 8.1 0.9 9.0 6.2 15.2 -1.4 13.8 -0.7 13.1 -2.8 10.3
Barrel % 6.5 -1.4 5.1 4.8 9.9 -2.4 7.5 7.2 14.7 8.2 22.9
Hard Hit % 29.0 13.7 42.7 -6.8 35.9 5.9 41.8 2.2 44.0 7.4 51.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.3 1.3 33.6 -4.9 28.7 6.2 34.9 0.0 34.9 13.7 48.6
xBA .290 -0.032 .258 -0.042 .216 0.012 .228 0.065 .293 -0.012 .281
BA .270 -0.003 .267 -0.047 .220 -0.032 .188 0.082 .270 0.112 .382
xwOBA .357 -0.040 .317 -0.013 .304 0.026 .330 0.065 .395 0.015 .410
wOBA .320 -0.002 .318 -0.024 .294 -0.001 .293 0.084 .377 0.122 .499
xSLG .436 -0.034 .402 -0.023 .379 0.012 .391 0.138 .529 0.029 .558
SLG .405 -0.001 .404 -0.037 .367 -0.042 .325 0.222 .547 0.144 .691
K% 18.2 1.2 19.4 4.8 24.2 -4.5 19.7 -0.1 19.6 10.7 30.3
BB% 11.4 -3.7 7.7 2.4 10.1 5.3 15.4 -4.0 11.4 5.3 16.7
Swing % 39.6 2.5 42.1 -2.6 39.5 0.9 40.4 -2.0 38.4 -0.6 37.8
Whiff% 23.8 -6.5 17.3 4.4 21.7 -1.6 20.1 1.4 21.5 11.8 33.3
In Zone % 44.7 6.7 51.4 -3.0 48.4 0.8 49.2 0.2 49.4 0.6 50.0
Out of Zone % 55.3 -6.7 48.6 3.0 51.6 -0.8 50.8 -0.2 50.6 -0.6 50.0
Out of Zone Swing % 18.2 5.6 23.8 0.3 24.1 -0.9 23.2 -5.3 17.9 4.4 22.3
First Pitch Swing % 18.2 4.4 22.6 -0.9 21.7 -2.4 19.3 -0.3 19.0 6.8 25.8
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 2.2 61.3 -1.5 59.8 -4.5 55.3 0.4 55.7 1.9 57.6
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 44 11 25.0 .278 .446
2021 Shifts L 544 193 35.5 .347 .266
2022 Shifts L 276 145 52.5 .305 .284
2023 Shades L 226 65 28.8 .342 .178
2024 Shades L 157 56 35.7 .334 .450
2025 Shades L 66 37 56.1 .323 .637
! 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 %
2020 52 15.4 46.2% 0.0% 28 22.8 0.0% 3.6%
2021 732 17.0 27.7% 2.3% 328 23.4 0.3% 13.1%
2022 387 16.8 30.7% 0.8% 186 21.9 1.6% 5.4%
2023 286 14.7 53.1% 0.0% 167 19.1 7.2% 0.0%
2024 187 15.3 43.3% 0.0% 133 18.0 13.5% 0.8%
2025 81 15.7 42.0% 2.5% 41 18.7 9.8% 0.0%
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