Pavin Smith
LF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 2" 208LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #7, Arizona Diamondbacks | Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 277 245 24 54 9 1 .220 .300 .367 .667
2023 228 191 26 36 7 1 .188 .317 .325 .642
2024 158 137 26 37 9 1 .270 .348 .547 .895
5 Seasons 1,252 1,108 151 270 37 5 .244 .323 .400 .723
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .220 9 1 .667
2023 .188 7 1 .642
2024 .270 9 1 .895
5 Seasons .244 37 5 .723
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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%
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
Player 4898 860 67 7.8 5.4 88.2 112.1 11.6 32.9 .249 .412 .316 .328 .369 40.8 20.5 10.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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
2020 45.2 12.9 29.0 12.9 38.7 35.5 25.8 9.7 32.3 16.1 29.0 6.5 6.5 4.5
2021 47.8 22.4 23.4 6.4 34.4 40.2 25.4 7.4 34.1 20.6 24.4 8.4 5.1 3.7
2022 43.6 29.8 17.7 8.8 38.1 35.4 26.5 5.0 30.9 29.3 21.5 3.3 9.9 6.5
2023 43.8 26.7 21.9 7.5 32.9 46.6 20.5 1.4 33.6 27.4 21.9 7.5 7.5 4.8
2024 43.1 28.4 22.9 5.5 41.3 41.3 17.4 4.6 30.3 22.0 25.7 2.8 14.7 10.1
Player 45.6 25.1 22.1 7.2 35.9 40.2 23.8 5.6 32.8 23.6 23.7 6.4 7.8 5.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.5 6 173 27.4 45 .378 .811 .538 12.7 13.3 12.2 .357 .747 .494 56.3
2024 Slider 1.2 1 115 18.2 24 .200 .400 .298 25.0 29.2 19.4 .193 .277 .295 35.7
2024 Sinker 1.7 1 76 12.0 17 .357 .786 .518 12.5 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 Curveball -0.7 0 59 9.4 14 .083 .167 .189 37.5 28.6 21.1 .232 .273 .290 37.5
2024 Cutter 2.7 1 53 8.4 11 .455 .636 .473 19.0 18.2 20.0 .354 .418 .338 33.3
2024 Split-Finger 2.1 1 40 6.3 11 .300 .400 .341 41.2 27.3 17.6 .244 .473 .348 57.1
2024 Sweeper -5.4 -2 38 6.0 7 .000 .000 .000 8.3 14.3 8.3 .211 .262 .206 16.7
2024 Screwball 0.4 0 5 0.8 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 24.1 1 3 0.5 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .477 .551 .457 0.0
2024 Slurve 10.9 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 294 31.9 73 .220 .373 .352 11.1 15.1 15.5 .242 .436 .364 56.3
2023 Slider -2.2 -3 138 15.0 35 .100 .133 .193 27.9 28.6 19.2 .168 .217 .243 35.0
2023 Sinker 3.1 4 137 14.8 40 .333 .667 .491 12.3 5.0 8.3 .310 .666 .479 42.9
2023 Changeup 0.8 1 123 13.3 25 .227 .273 .278 38.5 28.0 22.6 .273 .396 .338 20.0
2023 Cutter -5.0 -4 86 9.3 20 .059 .059 .150 26.2 20.0 17.4 .171 .195 .242 38.5
2023 Curveball 2.5 2 81 8.8 18 .222 .500 .300 20.0 33.3 24.0 .232 .465 .291 50.0
2023 Sweeper -1.0 0 33 3.6 6 .000 .000 .117 23.1 33.3 25.0 .055 .065 .160 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -6.3 -2 30 3.3 11 .000 .000 .064 21.4 27.3 23.1 .143 .155 .182 14.3
2023 Slurve 2.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 44 159 -3 0 2 0 -1
2021 544 2,076 0 -22 13 9 0
2022 276 1,109 5 -19 10 4 1
2023 239 966 -5 -10 8 4 -3
2024 158 631 1 2 5 3 11
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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
Player 4,898 49.9 58.6 88.7 22.8 59.1 44.1 21.2 40.6 19.5 7.5 74.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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
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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 8.3 1 1 8 2 22.2
Player 23.6 37 36.9 0 8 24 19 51.4
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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 10 10 7 8 10 9 8 7 8 9 9 10 8
Player 37 34 32 38 39 39 40 37 27 32 36 40 37 31 38 40 36 34 40 40 34 38 45 41 36 33 37 40 40 38 35
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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.6 87.2 0.6 ↑ 87.9 0.7 ↑ 89.9 2.0 ↑ 90.2 0.3 ↑
Launch Angle 8.1 9.0 0.9 ↑ 15.2 6.2 ↑ 13.8 -1.4 ↓ 13.1 -0.7 ↓
Barrel % 6.5 5.1 -1.4 ↓ 9.9 4.8 ↑ 7.5 -2.4 ↓ 14.7 7.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 29.0 42.7 13.7 ↑ 35.9 -6.8 ↓ 41.8 5.9 ↑ 44.0 2.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.3 33.6 1.3 ↑ 28.7 -4.9 ↓ 34.9 6.2 ↑ 34.9 0.0
xBA .290 .258 -0.032 ↓ .216 -0.042 ↓ .228 0.012 ↑ .293 0.065 ↑
BA .270 .267 -0.003 ↓ .220 -0.047 ↓ .188 -0.032 ↓ .270 0.082 ↑
xwOBA .357 .317 -0.040 ↓ .304 -0.013 ↓ .330 0.026 ↑ .395 0.065 ↑
wOBA .320 .318 -0.002 ↓ .294 -0.024 ↓ .293 -0.001 ↓ .377 0.084 ↑
xSLG .436 .402 -0.034 ↓ .379 -0.023 ↓ .391 0.012 ↑ .529 0.138 ↑
SLG .405 .404 -0.001 ↓ .367 -0.037 ↓ .325 -0.042 ↓ .547 0.222 ↑
K% 18.2 19.4 1.2 ↑ 24.2 4.8 ↑ 19.7 -4.5 ↓ 19.6 -0.1 ↓
BB% 11.4 7.7 -3.7 ↓ 10.1 2.4 ↑ 15.4 5.3 ↑ 11.4 -4.0 ↓
Swing % 39.6 42.1 2.5 ↑ 39.5 -2.6 ↓ 40.4 0.9 ↑ 38.4 -2.0 ↓
Whiff% 23.8 17.3 -6.5 ↓ 21.7 4.4 ↑ 20.1 -1.6 ↓ 21.5 1.4 ↑
In Zone % 44.7 51.4 6.7 ↑ 48.4 -3.0 ↓ 49.2 0.8 ↑ 49.4 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.3 48.6 -6.7 ↓ 51.6 3.0 ↑ 50.8 -0.8 ↓ 50.6 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 18.2 23.8 5.6 ↑ 24.1 0.3 ↑ 23.2 -0.9 ↓ 17.9 -5.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 18.2 22.6 4.4 ↑ 21.7 -0.9 ↓ 19.3 -2.4 ↓ 19.0 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 61.3 2.2 ↑ 59.8 -1.5 ↓ 55.3 -4.5 ↓ 55.7 0.4 ↑
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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
! 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%
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