Sam Huff
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 240LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 7, #219, Texas Rangers | Arcadia (AZ) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 33 31 5 11 3 0 .355 .394 .742 1.136
2022 132 121 9 29 4 1 .240 .303 .372 .675
2023 45 43 5 11 3 0 .256 .289 .512 .801
3 Seasons 210 195 19 51 10 1 .262 .314 .462 .776
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .355 3 0 1.136
2022 .240 4 1 .675
2023 .256 3 0 .801
3 Seasons .262 10 1 .776
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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
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2020 22 139 20 5 25.0 15.2 95.7 111.4 12.6 70.0 .338 .640 .469 .426 .633 60.0 33.3 6.1
2022 24 501 79 8 10.1 6.1 88.9 112.9 9.7 35.4 .226 .385 .296 .294 .400 36.7 31.8 8.3
2023 25 159 26 4 15.4 8.9 90.2 110.7 5.4 26.9 .233 .497 .337 .321 .503 50.0 37.8 4.4
Player 799 125 17 13.6 8.1 90.3 112.9 9.3 39.2 .245 .450 .332 .321 .459 43.2 33.3 7.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
2020 30.0 20.0 45.0 5.0 55.0 25.0 20.0 0.0 25.0 15.0 20.0 15.0 25.0 15.2
2022 44.3 24.1 26.6 5.1 48.1 30.4 21.5 3.8 34.2 24.1 25.3 2.5 10.1 6.1
2023 61.5 23.1 15.4 0.0 50.0 15.4 34.6 3.8 38.5 7.7 23.1 11.5 15.4 8.9
Player 45.6 23.2 27.2 4.0 49.6 26.4 24.0 3.2 33.6 19.2 24.0 6.4 13.6 8.1
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 %
2023 Slider -0.3 0 43 27.0 11 .364 .455 .359 65.4 45.5 38.5 .233 .314 .238 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 0 42 26.4 9 .375 .875 .539 38.9 55.6 35.7 .244 .647 .403 66.7
2023 Sinker -9.7 -2 24 15.1 9 .111 .111 .100 16.7 11.1 14.3 .194 .273 .197 37.5
2023 Changeup -6.5 -1 20 12.6 6 .167 .167 .150 33.3 16.7 12.5 .203 .373 .239 40.0
2023 Curveball -8.6 -1 13 8.2 4 .000 .000 .000 71.4 75.0 50.0 .070 .070 .065 0.0
2023 Sweeper 11.6 1 8 5.0 3 .500 2.000 .900 40.0 33.3 25.0 .500 2.000 .900 100.0
2023 Cutter 34.2 1 4 2.5 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .831 3.308 1.665 100.0
2023 Split-Finger -6.7 0 3 1.9 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 3 145 28.9 33 .333 .733 .468 39.2 42.4 29.8 .281 .664 .422 62.5
2022 Slider -1.3 -2 135 26.9 28 .148 .148 .186 51.5 42.9 26.1 .177 .217 .192 46.7
2022 Sinker -2.2 -2 72 14.4 20 .222 .222 .250 17.1 15.0 20.0 .237 .297 .281 20.0
2022 Changeup 2.9 1 45 9.0 15 .333 .400 .323 28.6 13.3 16.7 .270 .348 .269 7.7
2022 Cutter 0.5 0 37 7.4 11 .222 .556 .391 30.4 27.3 27.3 .187 .505 .365 33.3
2022 Sweeper -6.1 -2 37 7.4 12 .000 .000 .117 59.1 50.0 37.5 .115 .231 .241 50.0
2022 Curveball 7.7 2 25 5.0 9 .444 .444 .500 42.9 22.2 28.6 .249 .274 .233 42.9
2022 Split-Finger -9.1 0 5 1.0 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .241 .286 .231 33.3
2020 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 1 56 40.3 13 .273 .818 .485 28.0 23.1 14.3 .315 .785 .489 50.0
2020 Slider 0.6 0 23 16.5 5 .400 .800 .500 45.5 20.0 20.0 .346 .487 .357 75.0
2020 Sinker 4.5 1 18 12.9 3 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .696 .806 .648 66.7
2020 Curveball 3.3 1 17 12.2 4 .250 .250 .225 87.5 75.0 33.3 .198 .248 .193 100.0
2020 Changeup 0.5 0 16 11.5 3 .333 .667 .417 50.0 66.7 33.3 .227 .418 .267 100.0
2020 Cutter -13.5 -1 5 3.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .024 .024 .028 0.0
2020 Sweeper 14.1 1 4 2.9 3 .333 1.333 .667 50.0 33.3 50.0 .555 1.356 .785 50.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 33 139 3 -1 0 1 3
2022 131 501 3 -6 2 2 0
2023 46 160 -2 -2 1 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 %
2020 139 48.9 60.3 68.3 25.4 38.9 38.1 36.4 42.4 40.7 9.4 69.2
2022 501 45.3 75.8 72.7 34.7 40.0 40.7 47.3 53.3 39.0 7.0 77.1
2023 159 49.1 76.9 65.0 37.0 36.7 40.3 51.1 56.6 44.4 8.8 85.7
Player 799 46.7 73.2 70.3 33.6 39.2 40.2 46.4 52.1 40.4 7.8 77.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! 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
2020 82 54
2022 88 41
2023 65 23
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 20.8 3 2.2 1 0 2 1 33.3
2022 21.6 4 3.6 0 4 3 1 25.0
2023 23.9 3 3.0 0 0 0 3 100.0
Player 21.8 10 8.8 1 4 5 5 50.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 2
2022 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 1 3 3 7 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 5 7 3 3 3 6 5 3 3 3
2023 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Player 10 8 8 10 10 10 9 8 7 7 7 12 7 8 8 10 8 8 8 10 8 11 13 9 7 7 12 11 8 8 8
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.9 90.2 1.3
Launch Angle 9.7 5.4 -4.3
Barrel % 10.1 15.4 5.3
Hard Hit % 36.7 50.0 13.3
Sweet Spot % 35.4 26.9 -8.5
xBA .226 .233 0.007
BA .240 .256 0.016
xwOBA .294 .321 0.027
wOBA .296 .337 0.041
xSLG .385 .497 0.112
SLG .372 .512 0.140
K% 31.8 37.8 6.0
BB% 8.3 4.4 -3.9
Swing % 53.3 56.6 3.3
Whiff% 39.0 44.4 5.4
In Zone % 45.3 49.1 3.8
Out of Zone % 54.7 50.9 -3.8
Out of Zone Swing % 34.7 37.0 2.3
First Pitch Swing % 47.3 51.1 3.8
First Pitch Strike % 66.4 68.9 2.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 33 11 33.3 .606 .193
2022 Shifts R 131 35 26.7 .282 .334
2023 Shades R 46 2 4.3 .345 .000
! 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 50 19.7 6.0% 0.0% 25 24.7 0.0% 20.0%
2022 131 18.0 9.9% 2.3% 68 23.8 0.0% 13.2%
2023 30 16.6 13.3% 0.0% 28 20.9 0.0% 0.0%
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