1B | Kansas City Royals
Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 3" 220 lbs | Age: 33
Draft: 2014 | Rd. 15, No. 444, Toronto Blue Jays | West Virginia
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 83 75 8 22 0 0 .293 .361 .360 .721
2020 85 81 8 20 6 0 .247 .282 .506 .788
2021 9 8 1 2 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
3 Seasons 177 164 17 44 6 0 .268 .322 .427 .749
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .293 0 0 .721
2020 .247 6 0 .788
2021 .250 0 0 .583
3 Seasons .268 6 0 .749
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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%
2019 27 343 50 4 8.0 4.8 84.9 112.5 7.3 38.0 .253 .429 .318 .325 .428 36.0 30.1 8.4
2020 28 363 51 7 13.7 8.2 89.0 108.2 20.1 29.4 .215 .455 .330 .300 .445 31.4 35.3 4.7
2021 29 39 2 0 0.0 0.0 83.5 91.6 6.1 50.0 .084 .101 .272 .146 .309 0.0 66.7 11.1
Player 745 103 11 10.7 6.2 86.9 112.5 13.6 34.0 .226 .426 .322 .304 .434 33.0 34.5 6.8
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .245 .404 .315 .315 .368 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, Sinker, Cutter Offspeed: Change, Split, 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 %
2019 50.0 50.0 18.0 28.0 4.0 28.0 36.0 36.0 20.0 20.0 10.0 8.0 16.0 26.0
2020 31.4 68.6 39.2 17.6 11.8 25.5 39.2 35.3 13.7 15.7 2.0 11.8 23.5 33.3
2021 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 41.7 58.3 28.2 22.3 7.8 26.2 38.8 35.0 16.5 19.4 5.8 9.7 19.4 29.1
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.0 24.7 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.6 17.6 5.9 16.7 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
2019 10.0 32.0 14.0 32.0 4.0 8.0 4.8
2020 2.0 25.5 35.3 19.6 3.9 13.7 8.2
2021 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 5.8 30.1 24.3 25.2 3.9 10.7 6.2
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! 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 %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 1 26 66.7 6 .400 .400 .417 25.0 50.0 30.0 .134 .161 .220 0.0
2021 Slider -5.7 0 7 17.9 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2021 Changeup 0.9 0 4 10.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper -22.5 0 1 2.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Curveball -6.4 0 1 2.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -3 132 36.5 28 .185 .222 .198 38.3 39.3 25.6 .175 .225 .194 6.3
2020 Slider 4.2 3 70 19.3 20 .278 .944 .515 30.0 20.0 22.2 .266 .866 .481 35.7
2020 Sinker 5.2 2 45 12.4 8 .714 1.286 .831 5.3 0.0 0.0 .395 .740 .509 57.1
2020 Changeup -5.0 -2 39 10.8 13 .077 .308 .154 60.0 61.5 42.1 .102 .338 .178 40.0
2020 Curveball -0.9 0 38 10.5 9 .333 .333 .300 53.8 55.6 38.5 .215 .248 .201 50.0
2020 Cutter 1.2 0 21 5.8 5 .200 .400 .430 41.7 20.0 14.3 .313 .615 .389 50.0
2020 Sweeper -2.9 0 15 4.1 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 33.3 .158 .176 .142 0.0
2020 Split-Finger 3.6 0 2 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 83 342 -2 -5 3 2 -3
2020 85 362 3 -5 0 1 0
2021 9 39 0 -1 0 0 0
Player 177 743 1 -10 3 1 -3
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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 %
2019 343 50.9 59.2 76.7 25.0 69.0 41.5 14.5 42.3 25.5 6.7 78.3
2020 363 43.9 62.9 75.0 31.5 42.2 42.3 15.3 45.5 37.6 9.1 78.8
2021 39 48.7 63.2 83.3 35.0 28.6 35.9 33.3 48.7 36.8 10.3 75.0
Player 745 47.4 61.1 76.3 28.9 51.3 41.6 15.8 44.2 32.2 8.1 78.3
MLB 48.9 67.0 82.5 28.4 58.0 42.7 30.1 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
2019 86 58
2020 52 39
2021 12 20
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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 %
2019 -- 0 0.9 -1 4 1 0 --
2020 23.66 6 6.6 -1 1 1 6 100.0
Player 23.66 6 7.5 -2 5 2 6 100.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0
2020 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 6
Player 6 9 8 7 7 8 9 8 6 6 6 7 10 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 10 8 9 9 8 6 7 8 10 6 6
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's batted balls 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

2021 +/-   2020 +/-   2019
Results
BA .250 +.003 .247 -.046 .293
xBA .084 -.131 .215 -.038 .253
OBP .333 +.051 .282 -.079 .361
xOBP .186 -.066 .252 -.073 .325
SLG .250 -.256 .506 +.146 .360
xSLG .101 -.354 .455 +.026 .429
ISO .000 -.259 .259 +.192 .067
xISO .017 -.223 .240 +.064 .176
BABIP 1.000 +.689 .311 -.129 .440
wOBA .272 -.058 .330 +.012 .318
xwOBA .146 -.154 .300 -.025 .325
wOBACON .879 +.383 .496 +.079 .417
xwOBACON .309 -.136 .445 +.017 .428
BACON 1.000 +.608 .392 -.048 .440
xBACON .336 -.006 .342 -.038 .380
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 0.0 -31.4 31.4 -4.6 36.0
Avg Exit Velocity 83.5 -5.5 89.0 +4.1 84.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 50.0 +20.6 29.4 -8.6 38.0
Barrel % 0.0 -13.7 13.7 +5.7 8.0
Avg Launch Angle 6.1 -14.0 20.1 +12.8 7.3
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Angle -- -- -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 0.0 -- -- -- --
Attack Direction -- -- -- --
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- --
Swing Length 0.0 -- -- -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.6 +1.0 91.6 -1.6 93.2
Breaking Velocity 79.7 -0.9 80.6 -2.6 83.2
Offspeed Velocity 84.2 +1.7 82.5 -0.8 83.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 0 -7 7 +3 4
Popup % 0.0 -11.8 11.8 +7.8 4.0
Flyball % 0.0 -39.2 39.2 +21.2 18.0
Line Drive % 0.0 -17.6 17.6 -10.4 28.0
Groundball % 100.0 +68.6 31.4 -18.6 50.0
Pull % 0.0 -25.5 25.5 -2.5 28.0
Straight Away % 100.0 +60.8 39.2 +3.2 36.0
Opposite Field % 0.0 -35.3 35.3 -0.7 36.0
Weak Contact % 0.0 -2.0 2.0 -8.0 10.0
Pull Airball % 0.0 -11.8 11.8 +3.8 8.0
Topped Contact % 100.0 +74.5 25.5 -6.5 32.0
Under Contact % 0.0 -35.3 35.3 +21.3 14.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 0.0 -19.6 19.6 -12.4 32.0
Solid Contact % 0.0 -3.9 3.9 -0.1 4.0
HR/FB % 0.0 -- 30.0 +30.0 0.0
Popups 0 -6 6 +4 2
Flyballs 0 -20 20 +11 9
Line Drives 0 -9 9 -5 14
Groundballs 2 -14 16 -9 25
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.7 +4.8 43.9 -7.0 50.9
Out of Zone % 51.3 -4.8 56.1 +7.0 49.1
Edge % 35.9 -6.4 42.3 +0.8 41.5
Zone Swing % 63.2 +0.3 62.9 +3.7 59.2
Out of Zone Swing % 35.0 +3.5 31.5 +6.5 25.0
In Zone Contact % 83.3 +8.3 75.0 -1.7 76.7
Out of Zone Contact % 28.6 -13.6 42.2 -26.8 69.0
Whiff % 36.8 -0.8 37.6 +12.1 25.5
First Strike % 100.0 +42.4 57.6 -12.3 69.9
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 +18.0 15.3 +0.8 14.5
Swing % 48.7 +3.2 45.5 +3.2 42.3
Meatball Swing % 75.0 -3.8 78.8 +0.5 78.3
Meatball % 10.3 +1.2 9.1 +2.4 6.7
Zone Swing & Miss % 16.7 -8.3 25.0 +1.7 23.3
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 71.4 +13.6 57.8 +26.8 31.0
In Zone 19 -140 159 -15 174
Out of Zone 20 -183 203 +35 168
Edge 14 -139 153 +11 142
In Zone Swings 12 -88 100 -3 103
Out of Zone Swings 7 -57 64 +22 42
In Zone Swing & Misses 2 -23 25 +1 24
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 5 -32 37 +24 13
Basic
Pitches 39 -324 363 +20 343
PA 9 -76 85 +2 83
AB 8 -73 81 +6 75
Hits 2 -18 20 -2 22
Singles 2 -9 11 -6 17
Doubles 0 -3 3 -2 5
Triples 0 0 0 0 0
Home Runs 0 -6 6 +6 0
Walks 1 -3 4 -3 7
Strikeouts 6 -24 30 +5 25
K% 66.7 +31.4 35.3 +5.2 30.1
BB% 11.1 +6.4 4.7 -3.7 8.4
HBP 0 0 0 -1 1
Batted Balls 2 -49 51 +1 50
Number of Fastballs 26 -172 198 +20 178
Number of Offspeed 4 -37 41 +2 39
Number of Breaking 8 -100 108 0 108
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 83 8 9.6 .301 .478
2020 Shifts R 85 16 18.8 .247 .691
2021 Shifts R 9 0 0.0 .272
! 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 %
2019 95 18.0 21.1% 1.1% 74 22.2 0.0% 12.2%
2020 106 17.1 28.3% 1.9% 70 23.0 2.9% 5.7%
2021 10 17.0 10.0% 0.0% 7 23.5 0.0% 28.6%
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