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 216 179 28 49 6 2 .274 .394 .458 .852
6 Seasons 1,468 1,287 179 319 43 7 .248 .333 .408 .741
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .188 7 1 .642
2024 .270 9 1 .895
2025 .274 6 2 .852
6 Seasons .248 43 7 .741
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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 .285 .431 .320 .353 .389 29.0 18.2 11.4
2021 25 2076 393 20 5.1 3.7 87.2 110.8 9.0 33.6 .253 .397 .318 .312 .353 42.7 19.4 7.7
2022 26 1109 181 18 9.9 6.5 87.9 109.2 15.2 28.7 .213 .375 .294 .301 .353 35.9 24.2 10.1
2023 27 923 146 11 7.5 4.8 89.9 110.7 13.8 34.9 .225 .388 .293 .328 .338 41.8 19.7 15.4
2024 28 631 109 16 14.7 10.1 90.2 112.1 13.1 34.9 .290 .525 .377 .392 .455 44.0 19.6 11.4
2025 29 928 111 12 10.8 5.7 89.9 109.9 9.8 34.2 .220 .393 .367 .328 .414 45.0 31.3 16.1
Player 5826 971 79 8.1 5.4 88.4 112.1 11.4 33.1 .242 .406 .323 .325 .370 41.3 22.1 11.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .316 .369 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 %
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 46.8 53.2 25.2 25.2 2.7 39.6 36.0 24.3 21.6 19.8 5.4 18.0 16.2 18.9
Player 45.7 54.3 25.1 22.5 6.7 36.4 39.8 23.9 20.8 18.9 6.0 15.6 20.8 17.9
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 0.9 35.1 20.7 27.9 4.5 10.8 5.7
Player 5.0 33.1 23.3 24.2 6.2 8.1 5.4
MLB 3.9 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 2.6 7 255 27.5 67 .340 .566 .452 26.7 23.9 20.0 .258 .495 .397 48.6
2025 Curveball 1.0 1 145 15.6 22 .235 .294 .339 41.5 31.8 13.7 .261 .317 .353 40.0
2025 Slider -1.6 -2 129 13.9 22 .105 .158 .193 37.8 31.8 19.4 .160 .212 .234 25.0
2025 Changeup 0.7 1 108 11.6 31 .192 .385 .316 33.3 32.3 23.8 .189 .406 .321 43.8
2025 Sinker 2.1 2 79 8.5 18 .313 .438 .417 19.4 27.8 18.5 .196 .395 .298 54.5
2025 Cutter 2.3 2 75 8.1 15 .462 .846 .573 25.8 33.3 22.7 .399 .887 .560 62.5
2025 Split-Finger -1.6 -1 70 7.5 17 .188 .250 .221 48.6 47.1 29.6 .131 .149 .158 50.0
2025 Sweeper 2.1 1 62 6.7 15 .357 .571 .420 39.3 40.0 42.9 .166 .218 .199 37.5
2025 Slurve -18.5 -1 4 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 50.0 66.7 66.7 .042 .046 .039 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 3.4 6 167 26.5 45 .378 .811 .538 13.4 13.3 12.2 .355 .745 .492 56.3
2024 Slider 0.0 0 107 17.0 23 .211 .421 .311 26.3 30.4 21.9 .182 .267 .292 30.8
2024 Sinker 1.4 1 81 12.8 17 .357 .786 .518 10.7 23.5 18.2 .391 .794 .536 50.0
2024 Changeup 3.9 2 63 10.0 26 .174 .522 .338 30.3 15.4 20.0 .253 .505 .373 40.0
2024 Cutter 1.2 1 60 9.5 12 .417 .583 .433 20.0 16.7 16.7 .351 .414 .333 40.0
2024 Curveball -1.9 -1 59 9.4 14 .083 .167 .189 37.5 28.6 21.1 .226 .267 .286 37.5
2024 Split-Finger 1.3 1 40 6.3 11 .300 .400 .341 41.2 27.3 17.6 .238 .466 .343 57.1
2024 Sweeper -3.6 -1 40 6.3 7 .000 .000 .000 7.1 14.3 7.1 .208 .259 .203 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 210 927 -6 2 8 5 10
Player 1,460 5,825 -13 -48 45 -13 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 928 51.2 56.2 73.0 21.2 50.0 43.1 21.9 39.2 33.2 6.8 66.7
Player 5,826 50.1 58.2 86.2 22.6 57.8 43.9 21.3 40.4 21.6 7.4 73.1
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 47.3 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 30 50 33 29 38 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 45 9 28 49 67 34 66 49 58 60 3 98 6 87 25 51 27 51
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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 23.47 11 11.7 -1 3 8 6 54.5
2022 25.20 9 9.7 -1 2 3 8 88.9
2023 23.31 7 5.6 1 2 4 2 28.6
2024 23.06 9 8.4 1 1 8 2 22.2
2025 24.06 5 5.8 -1 2 5 2 40.0
Player 23.70 42 42.7 -1 10 29 21 50.0
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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 5 8 4 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 5 5 7 5 6 4 6 6 5 5 3
Player 42 42 36 44 45 45 46 44 32 36 42 47 44 38 45 46 43 40 44 46 39 44 52 46 42 37 44 46 45 43 38
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 -0.3 ↓ 89.9
Launch Angle 8.1 0.9 ↑ 9.0 6.2 ↑ 15.2 -1.4 ↓ 13.8 -0.7 ↓ 13.1 -3.3 ↓ 9.8
Barrel % 6.5 -1.4 ↓ 5.1 4.8 ↑ 9.9 -2.4 ↓ 7.5 7.2 ↑ 14.7 -3.9 ↓ 10.8
Hard Hit % 29.0 13.7 ↑ 42.7 -6.8 ↓ 35.9 5.9 ↑ 41.8 2.2 ↑ 44.0 1.0 ↑ 45.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.3 1.3 ↑ 33.6 -4.9 ↓ 28.7 6.2 ↑ 34.9 0.0 34.9 -0.7 ↓ 34.2
xBA .285 -0.032 ↓ .253 -0.040 ↓ .213 0.012 ↑ .225 0.065 ↑ .290 -0.070 ↓ .220
BA .270 -0.003 ↓ .267 -0.047 ↓ .220 -0.032 ↓ .188 0.082 ↑ .270 0.001 ↑ .271
xwOBA .353 -0.041 ↓ .312 -0.011 ↓ .301 0.027 ↑ .328 0.064 ↑ .392 -0.064 ↓ .328
wOBA .320 -0.002 ↓ .318 -0.024 ↓ .294 -0.001 ↓ .293 0.084 ↑ .377 -0.010 ↓ .367
xSLG .431 -0.034 ↓ .397 -0.022 ↓ .375 0.013 ↑ .388 0.137 ↑ .525 -0.132 ↓ .393
SLG .405 -0.001 ↓ .404 -0.037 ↓ .367 -0.042 ↓ .325 0.222 ↑ .547 -0.106 ↓ .441
K% 18.2 1.2 ↑ 19.4 4.8 ↑ 24.2 -4.5 ↓ 19.7 -0.1 ↓ 19.6 11.7 ↑ 31.3
BB% 11.4 -3.7 ↓ 7.7 2.4 ↑ 10.1 5.3 ↑ 15.4 -4.0 ↓ 11.4 4.7 ↑ 16.1
Swing % 39.6 2.5 ↑ 42.1 -2.6 ↓ 39.5 0.9 ↑ 40.4 -2.0 ↓ 38.4 0.8 ↑ 39.2
Whiff% 23.8 -6.5 ↓ 17.3 4.4 ↑ 21.7 -1.6 ↓ 20.1 1.4 ↑ 21.5 11.7 ↑ 33.2
In Zone % 44.7 6.7 ↑ 51.4 -3.0 ↓ 48.4 0.8 ↑ 49.2 0.2 ↑ 49.4 1.8 ↑ 51.2
Out of Zone % 55.3 -6.7 ↓ 48.6 3.0 ↑ 51.6 -0.8 ↓ 50.8 -0.2 ↓ 50.6 -1.8 ↓ 48.8
Out of Zone Swing % 18.2 5.6 ↑ 23.8 0.3 ↑ 24.1 -0.9 ↓ 23.2 -5.3 ↓ 17.9 3.3 ↑ 21.2
First Pitch Swing % 18.2 4.4 ↑ 22.6 -0.9 ↓ 21.7 -2.4 ↓ 19.3 -0.3 ↓ 19.0 2.9 ↑ 21.9
First Pitch Strike % 59.1 2.2 ↑ 61.3 -1.5 ↓ 59.8 -4.5 ↓ 55.3 0.4 ↑ 55.7 -2.4 ↓ 53.3
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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 210 134 63.8 .357 .373
! 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 274 15.6 42.7% 0.7% 170 18.8 5.3% 0.6%
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