Sal Frelick
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 8" 188LBS | Age: 25
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 524 475 66 123 2 18 .259 .320 .335 .655
2025 385 344 46 101 7 17 .294 .354 .404 .758
3 Seasons 1,132 1,010 141 271 12 42 .268 .335 .361 .696
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .246 3 7 .692
2024 .259 2 18 .655
2025 .294 7 17 .758
3 Seasons .268 12 42 .696
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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%
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 2046 400 3 0.8 0.6 83.4 106.6 9.7 30.0 .246 .304 .292 .278 .288 19.5 14.9 7.4
2025 25 1487 300 9 3.0 2.3 85.4 109.1 11.0 30.7 .272 .353 .335 .309 .316 28.0 12.7 6.8
Player 4411 857 16 1.9 1.4 84.1 109.1 9.9 30.1 .253 .321 .310 .292 .298 23.2 14.5 8.2
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 %
2023 53.5 46.5 15.9 21.7 8.9 29.3 37.6 33.1 18.5 21.0 14.0 10.8 16.6 19.1
2024 48.0 52.0 18.0 24.8 9.3 29.5 43.0 27.5 15.5 22.0 10.5 14.0 21.0 17.0
2025 47.3 52.7 19.3 23.0 10.3 42.3 34.3 23.3 25.3 17.3 4.7 17.0 17.0 18.7
Player 48.8 51.2 18.1 23.6 9.6 34.0 39.0 27.1 19.5 20.2 9.1 14.5 18.8 18.0
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 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
2023 5.1 42.0 23.6 24.2 2.5 2.5 1.8
2024 8.5 38.3 24.0 24.8 3.5 0.8 0.6
2025 7.0 36.3 23.0 26.7 3.3 3.0 2.3
Player 7.4 38.3 23.6 25.3 3.3 1.9 1.4
MLB 4.0 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 -0.4 -2 517 34.8 136 .279 .385 .335 10.1 9.6 9.9 .275 .366 .317 29.1
2025 Sinker -0.7 -2 265 17.8 79 .275 .333 .310 9.7 10.1 14.5 .240 .306 .287 27.0
2025 Slider 0.8 1 176 11.8 51 .277 .447 .340 12.4 15.7 13.6 .334 .457 .369 30.8
2025 Curveball 1.7 2 141 9.5 21 .333 .389 .376 7.3 14.3 7.1 .292 .330 .317 18.8
2025 Cutter -1.6 -2 127 8.5 29 .174 .174 .269 13.2 13.8 19.0 .190 .218 .286 31.6
2025 Changeup 1.5 2 110 7.4 31 .355 .484 .366 25.4 22.6 16.7 .272 .362 .274 25.0
2025 Sweeper 3.3 3 94 6.3 20 .389 .500 .420 11.1 15.0 11.1 .211 .254 .251 13.3
2025 Split-Finger 9.9 5 51 3.4 16 .467 .867 .631 10.7 18.8 10.3 .377 .475 .391 41.7
2025 Slurve 3.5 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -5 711 34.8 193 .282 .345 .326 11.2 10.9 10.2 .259 .328 .294 22.6
2024 Sinker 1.0 3 286 14.0 84 .319 .458 .393 6.3 11.9 15.9 .256 .340 .324 30.6
2024 Slider -1.7 -4 251 12.3 59 .148 .259 .225 17.6 25.4 17.9 .160 .201 .195 12.5
2024 Cutter -0.6 -1 212 10.4 57 .269 .346 .307 15.1 17.5 19.6 .252 .296 .279 19.0
2024 Curveball -0.1 0 207 10.1 32 .233 .233 .241 19.4 28.1 12.5 .187 .215 .212 0.0
2024 Changeup 0.0 0 198 9.7 51 .260 .320 .281 13.3 7.8 7.3 .298 .351 .293 17.4
2024 Sweeper -1.5 -2 112 5.5 29 .160 .200 .233 22.2 24.1 15.9 .217 .243 .272 5.6
2024 Split-Finger -0.8 0 52 2.5 15 .200 .200 .180 4.8 6.7 6.3 .295 .339 .281 7.1
2024 Slurve 2.4 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball 2.3 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 223 878 -7 -7 5 5 -4
2024 523 2,046 -19 -14 13 11 -8
2025 385 1,487 -14 -1 15 7 7
Player 1,131 4,411 -39 -22 34 -39 -5
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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 2,046 50.5 57.0 91.2 25.8 76.2 42.2 19.5 41.5 12.9 7.2 59.9
2025 1,487 54.5 58.7 90.8 25.7 78.2 43.7 18.4 43.7 11.8 9.1 61.8
Player 4,411 51.3 57.8 90.8 26.5 76.8 42.7 19.3 42.6 12.9 7.6 61.2
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 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
2023 22 81 87 4 63 79
2024 8 47 2 1 37 1 1 1 24 1 90 42 98 68 94 91 68 3 92 86
2025 27 68 17 5 59 17 8 5 47 7 92 31 98 61 91 93 64 8 78 68
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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 22.22 3 2.9 0 3 4 0 0.0
2024 23.27 3 3.0 0 5 3 1 33.3
2025 21.69 7 5.2 2 4 5 1 14.3
Player 22.18 13 11.1 2 12 12 2 15.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 1 3 3 4 2 3
2024 3 3 1 5 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 5 2 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 7 4 3 2 2 3 4 3 2
2025 7 6 4 6 7 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 7 10 6 4 6 6 5 6 4 3 7 6 5 4 5 4 6 3 3
Player 13 12 6 15 12 12 11 12 8 8 9 10 14 15 11 10 12 12 11 13 11 8 19 14 11 7 10 10 14 8 8
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

2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .246 +.013 .259 +.035 .294
xBA .235 +.011 .246 +.026 .272
OBP .341 -.021 .320 +.034 .354
xOBP .336 -.028 .308 +.028 .336
SLG .351 -.016 .335 +.069 .404
xSLG .304 .000 .304 +.049 .353
ISO .105 -.029 .076 +.034 .110
xISO .069 -.011 .058 +.023 .081
BABIP .286 +.020 .306 +.018 .324
wOBA .309 -.017 .292 +.043 .335
xwOBA .296 -.018 .278 +.031 .309
wOBACON .311 -.005 .306 +.044 .350
xwOBACON .291 -.003 .288 +.028 .316
BACON .299 +.010 .309 +.031 .340
xBACON .293 +.001 .294 +.023 .317
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 23.6 -4.1 19.5 +8.5 28.0
Avg Exit Velocity 83.3 +0.1 83.4 +2.0 85.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 29.3 +0.7 30.0 +0.7 30.7
Barrel % 2.5 -1.7 0.8 +2.2 3.0
Avg Launch Angle 8.1 +1.6 9.7 +1.3 11.0
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 67.1 -0.8 66.3 +2.1 68.4
Attack Angle -1° +3°
Ideal Attack Angle % 44.3 -3.3 41.0 +12.7 53.7
Attack Direction -3° -2°
Swing Path - Tilt 27° +3° 30° -2° 28°
Swing Length 7.0 -0.1 6.9 +0.2 7.1
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.4 -0.3 93.1 +0.4 93.5
Breaking Velocity 82.9 +0.2 83.1 0.0 83.1
Offspeed Velocity 85.7 +0.7 86.4 +0.8 87.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 -1 3 +6 9
Popup % 8.9 +0.4 9.3 +1.0 10.3
Flyball % 15.9 +2.1 18.0 +1.3 19.3
Line Drive % 21.7 +3.1 24.8 -1.8 23.0
Groundball % 53.5 -5.5 48.0 -0.7 47.3
Pull % 29.3 +0.2 29.5 +12.8 42.3
Straight Away % 37.6 +5.4 43.0 -8.7 34.3
Opposite Field % 33.1 -5.6 27.5 -4.2 23.3
Weak Contact % 5.1 +3.4 8.5 -1.5 7.0
Pull Airball % 10.8 +3.2 14.0 +3.0 17.0
Topped Contact % 42.0 -3.7 38.3 -2.0 36.3
Under Contact % 23.6 +0.4 24.0 -1.0 23.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 24.2 +0.6 24.8 +1.9 26.7
Solid Contact % 2.5 +1.0 3.5 -0.2 3.3
HR/FB % 12.0 -9.2 2.8 +9.3 12.1
Popups 14 +23 37 -6 31
Flyballs 25 +47 72 -14 58
Line Drives 34 +65 99 -30 69
Groundballs 84 +108 192 -50 142
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.9 +2.6 50.5 +4.0 54.5
Out of Zone % 52.1 -2.6 49.5 -4.0 45.5
Edge % 41.9 +0.3 42.2 +1.5 43.7
Zone Swing % 58.2 -1.2 57.0 +1.7 58.7
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 -3.2 25.8 -0.1 25.7
In Zone Contact % 90.2 +1.0 91.2 -0.4 90.8
Out of Zone Contact % 75.9 +0.3 76.2 +2.0 78.2
Whiff % 14.6 -1.7 12.9 -1.1 11.8
First Strike % 58.7 +2.4 61.1 -6.0 55.1
First Pitch Swing % 20.6 -1.1 19.5 -1.1 18.4
Swing % 43.1 -1.6 41.5 +2.2 43.7
Meatball Swing % 63.5 -3.6 59.9 +1.9 61.8
Meatball % 5.9 +1.3 7.2 +1.9 9.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 9.4 -1.3 8.1 +0.5 8.6
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 24.1 -0.3 23.8 -3.1 20.7
In Zone 421 +612 1,033 -222 811
Out of Zone 458 +555 1,013 -337 676
Edge 368 +496 864 -214 650
In Zone Swings 245 +344 589 -113 476
Out of Zone Swings 133 +128 261 -87 174
In Zone Swing & Misses 23 +25 48 -7 41
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 32 +30 62 -26 36
Basic
Pitches 878 +1,168 2,046 -559 1,487
PA 223 +301 524 -139 385
AB 191 +284 475 -131 344
Hits 47 +76 123 -22 101
Singles 34 +61 95 -15 80
Doubles 9 +13 22 -11 11
Triples 1 +3 4 -1 3
Home Runs 3 -1 2 +5 7
Walks 28 +11 39 -13 26
Strikeouts 37 +41 78 -29 49
K% 16.6 -1.7 14.9 -2.2 12.7
BB% 12.6 -5.2 7.4 -0.6 6.8
HBP 1 +3 4 +3 7
Batted Balls 157 +243 400 -100 300
Number of Fastballs 474 +735 1,209 -300 909
Number of Offspeed 109 +142 251 -90 161
Number of Breaking 255 +203 458 -142 316
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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 523 67 12.8 .279 .384
2025 Shades L 385 76 19.7 .330 .356
! 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 689 15.1 48.9% 0.0% 344 18.5 7.3% 0.6%
2025 491 15.1 48.3% 0.0% 231 18.3 7.8% 0.4%
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