Sal Frelick
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 185LBS | Age: 24
Draft: 2021 | Rd: 1, #15, Milwaukee Brewers | Boston College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 223 191 29 47 3 7 .246 .341 .351 .692
2024 346 307 45 82 2 14 .267 .342 .345 .687
2 Seasons 569 498 74 129 5 21 .259 .342 .347 .689
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .246 3 7 .692
2024 .267 2 14 .687
2 Seasons .259 5 21 .689
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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%
2023 23 878 157 4 2.5 1.8 83.3 106.2 8.1 29.3 .235 .304 .309 .296 .291 23.6 16.6 12.6
2024 24 1306 250 3 1.2 0.9 84.5 105.9 7.9 29.2 .244 .309 .308 .286 .292 21.2 16.0 9.3
Player 2184 407 7 1.7 1.2 84.0 106.2 8.0 29.2 .240 .307 .309 .290 .292 22.1 16.3 10.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2023 53.5 15.9 21.7 8.9 29.3 37.6 33.1 5.1 42.0 23.6 24.2 2.5 2.5 1.8
2024 51.2 16.4 24.8 7.6 30.8 42.0 27.2 6.4 42.4 20.8 24.8 4.0 1.2 0.9
Player 52.1 16.2 23.6 8.1 30.2 40.3 29.5 5.9 42.3 21.9 24.6 3.4 1.7 1.2
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 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 1.0 4 453 34.7 127 .357 .429 .393 9.8 11.0 10.3 .299 .385 .341 26.3
2024 Sinker 0.3 0 168 12.9 52 .279 .442 .384 8.8 15.4 29.6 .223 .325 .318 37.1
2024 Slider -0.4 -1 152 11.6 41 .158 .316 .257 25.0 31.7 28.9 .140 .183 .180 16.0
2024 Cutter -0.8 -1 150 11.5 41 .250 .278 .291 15.6 17.1 17.5 .247 .288 .291 17.2
2024 Curveball -0.2 0 146 11.2 21 .211 .211 .238 18.4 19.0 8.3 .219 .243 .249 0.0
2024 Changeup 0.6 1 133 10.2 34 .242 .273 .269 15.0 5.9 5.6 .227 .271 .231 12.9
2024 Sweeper -2.1 -1 63 4.8 15 .000 .000 .187 26.1 33.3 20.8 .119 .134 .267 0.0
2024 Split-Finger 0.7 0 38 2.9 11 .182 .182 .164 6.3 9.1 6.7 .349 .395 .325 10.0
2024 Slurve 6.9 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball 2.1 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 3 292 33.3 71 .305 .475 .387 15.4 21.1 16.9 .274 .369 .340 28.9
2023 Slider -2.0 -3 170 19.4 43 .162 .162 .223 14.1 18.6 16.3 .186 .222 .252 20.7
2023 Changeup -6.3 -6 99 11.3 35 .152 .182 .159 15.7 14.3 14.7 .202 .226 .221 17.2
2023 Sinker 1.6 2 99 11.3 22 .412 .471 .430 7.7 9.1 8.0 .330 .376 .370 12.5
2023 Curveball -2.2 -2 89 10.1 22 .091 .136 .098 17.6 13.6 11.5 .180 .205 .169 21.1
2023 Cutter 2.0 2 83 9.5 24 .471 .882 .608 13.5 12.5 11.5 .278 .511 .440 42.9
2023 Sweeper -1.3 0 35 4.0 4 .250 .250 .225 23.1 25.0 9.1 .218 .243 .202 33.3
2023 Split-Finger -0.5 0 10 1.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .026 .026 .023 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 232 923 -6 -10 4 4 -8
2024 342 1,306 -11 -5 10 8 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 %
2023 878 47.9 58.2 90.2 29.0 75.9 41.9 20.6 43.1 14.6 5.9 63.5
2024 1,306 50.4 54.6 91.6 24.7 73.8 40.0 21.3 39.7 13.9 7.8 59.8
Player 2,184 49.4 56.0 91.1 26.5 74.7 40.7 21.0 41.1 14.2 7.0 61.0
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2023 22 81 87
2024 13 34 2 1 53 1 1 2 20 1 83 63 96 71 91 83 73 3 78
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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 %
2023 22.2 3 3.0 0 3 4 0 0.0
2024 22.6 2 1.9 0 4 3 0 0.0
Player 22.4 5 4.9 0 7 7 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 1 3 4 4 2 3
2024 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 2 4 2 1
Player 5 5 1 7 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 5 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 4 10 7 5 2 4 6 8 4 4
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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 83.3 84.5 1.2
Launch Angle 8.1 7.9 -0.2
Barrel % 2.5 1.2 -1.3
Hard Hit % 23.6 21.2 -2.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.3 29.2 -0.1
xBA .235 .244 0.009
BA .246 .266 0.020
xwOBA .296 .286 -0.010
wOBA .309 .308 -0.001
xSLG .304 .309 0.005
SLG .351 .342 -0.009
K% 16.6 16.0 -0.6
BB% 12.6 9.3 -3.3
Swing % 43.1 39.7 -3.4
Whiff% 14.6 13.9 -0.7
In Zone % 47.9 50.4 2.5
Out of Zone % 52.1 49.6 -2.5
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 24.7 -4.3
First Pitch Swing % 20.6 21.3 0.7
First Pitch Strike % 58.7 60.1 1.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 223 37 16.6 .302 .346
2024 Shades L 342 58 17.0 .297 .368
! 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 %
2023 260 15.0 50.8% 0.8% 163 18.5 5.5% 1.2%
2024 416 15.1 49.3% 0.0% 216 18.5 5.1% 0.9%
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