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 360 323 40 95 6 15 .294 .350 .399 .749
3 Seasons 1,107 989 135 265 11 40 .268 .334 .359 .693
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .246 3 7 .692
2024 .259 2 18 .655
2025 .294 6 15 .749
3 Seasons .268 11 40 .693
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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 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 1391 282 9 3.2 2.5 85.6 109.1 11.0 30.1 .273 .356 .332 .309 .319 28.4 12.8 6.7
Player 4315 839 16 1.9 1.4 84.1 109.1 9.8 29.9 .253 .321 .308 .291 .299 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 47.5 52.5 19.9 22.7 9.9 42.2 34.4 23.4 25.2 17.4 5.0 17.0 17.0 18.4
Player 48.9 51.1 18.2 23.5 9.4 33.7 39.1 27.2 19.3 20.3 9.3 14.4 18.8 17.9
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 6.7 36.2 23.0 27.0 3.2 3.2 2.5
Player 7.3 38.3 23.6 25.4 3.2 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 -0.3 -1 472 33.9 125 .283 .398 .339 10.0 8.8 9.1 .277 .373 .318 29.1
2025 Sinker -0.8 -2 254 18.3 73 .270 .333 .310 9.3 9.6 13.0 .230 .298 .284 27.6
2025 Slider 1.2 2 161 11.6 48 .295 .477 .361 12.3 16.7 15.1 .355 .486 .390 33.3
2025 Curveball 0.9 1 128 9.2 19 .294 .294 .306 7.9 15.8 7.7 .282 .318 .289 20.0
2025 Cutter -1.6 -2 121 8.7 29 .174 .174 .269 11.8 13.8 19.0 .190 .218 .286 31.6
2025 Changeup 1.6 2 106 7.6 30 .367 .500 .378 25.9 23.3 17.5 .278 .371 .280 26.1
2025 Sweeper 2.8 3 93 6.7 19 .389 .500 .405 11.1 15.8 11.5 .211 .254 .228 13.3
2025 Split-Finger 7.8 4 50 3.6 15 .429 .643 .540 11.1 20.0 10.3 .380 .462 .390 36.4
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 360 1,391 -12 -1 14 5 6
Player 1,106 4,315 -38 -22 32 -38 -7
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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 1,391 54.3 58.6 90.5 26.5 79.2 44.0 18.9 43.9 11.8 9.2 61.7
Player 4,315 51.2 57.8 90.8 26.7 77.0 42.7 19.5 42.6 12.9 7.6 61.2
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
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 67 17 5 54 18 8 5 47 8 92 31 98 55 90 90 63 7 82 70
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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 22.01 6 5.0 1 3 5 1 16.7
Player 22.38 12 10.9 1 11 12 2 16.7
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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 6 6 4 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 4 4 6 9 6 4 6 6 5 6 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 3 3
Player 12 12 6 15 11 12 11 12 8 8 9 10 13 14 11 10 12 12 11 13 11 9 18 13 11 7 10 10 13 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

Metric 2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 83.3 0.1 83.4 2.2 85.6
Launch Angle 8.1 1.6 9.7 1.3 11.0
Barrel % 2.5 -1.7 0.8 2.4 3.2
Hard Hit % 23.6 -4.1 19.5 8.9 28.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 29.3 0.7 30.0 0.1 30.1
xBA .235 0.011 .246 0.027 .273
BA .246 0.013 .259 0.035 .294
xwOBA .296 -0.018 .278 0.031 .309
wOBA .309 -0.017 .292 0.040 .332
xSLG .304 0.000 .304 0.052 .356
SLG .351 -0.016 .335 0.064 .399
K% 16.6 -1.7 14.9 -2.1 12.8
BB% 12.6 -5.2 7.4 -0.7 6.7
Swing % 43.1 -1.6 41.5 2.4 43.9
Whiff% 14.6 -1.7 12.9 -1.1 11.8
In Zone % 47.9 2.6 50.5 3.8 54.3
Out of Zone % 52.1 -2.6 49.5 -3.8 45.7
Out of Zone Swing % 29.0 -3.2 25.8 0.7 26.5
First Pitch Swing % 20.6 -1.1 19.5 -0.6 18.9
First Pitch Strike % 58.7 2.4 61.1 -5.0 56.1
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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 360 71 19.7 .322 .372
! 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 436 15.1 49.3% 0.0% 228 18.3 7.5% 0.4%
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