Seby Zavala
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 205LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2015 | Rd: 12, #352, Chicago White Sox | San Diego State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 205 178 22 48 2 0 .270 .347 .382 .729
2023 193 175 17 30 7 1 .171 .230 .314 .544
2024 43 39 4 6 1 0 .154 .214 .282 .496
5 Seasons 557 497 59 102 15 1 .205 .271 .342 .613
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .270 2 0 .729
2023 .171 7 1 .544
2024 .154 1 0 .496
5 Seasons .205 15 1 .613
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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%
2019 25 51 3 0 0.0 0.0 78.7 86.1 21.9 33.3 .108 .123 .072 .103 .412 0.0 75.0 0.0
2021 27 420 56 5 8.9 4.8 88.0 106.6 16.2 30.4 .145 .291 .265 .219 .332 34.5 39.4 5.8
2022 28 875 119 11 9.2 5.4 88.8 105.8 22.7 41.2 .207 .326 .323 .283 .362 37.0 31.2 9.3
2023 29 763 109 6 5.5 3.1 87.5 109.8 14.9 34.9 .188 .305 .239 .246 .348 36.7 36.3 6.2
2024 30 171 24 1 4.2 2.3 90.5 105.9 19.9 41.7 .178 .352 .221 .257 .380 41.7 37.2 7.0
Player 2280 311 23 7.4 4.1 88.2 109.8 18.6 37.0 .184 .309 .270 .253 .354 36.5 35.9 7.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 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 %
2019 33.3 66.7 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 0.0 33.3 0.0 33.3
2021 39.3 60.7 33.9 23.2 3.6 35.7 26.8 37.5 19.6 7.1 12.5 16.1 19.6 25.0
2022 29.4 70.6 33.6 29.4 7.6 39.5 30.3 30.3 14.3 12.6 2.5 25.2 17.6 27.7
2023 40.4 59.6 30.3 23.9 5.5 41.3 40.4 18.3 21.1 16.5 2.8 20.2 23.9 15.6
2024 37.5 62.5 29.2 25.0 8.3 70.8 20.8 8.3 29.2 8.3 0.0 41.7 12.5 8.3
Player 35.7 64.3 31.8 26.0 6.4 41.8 32.5 25.7 18.6 12.9 4.2 23.2 19.6 21.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 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
2019 0.0 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 10.7 30.4 25.0 14.3 7.1 8.9 4.8
2022 4.2 17.6 35.3 26.1 6.7 9.2 5.4
2023 8.3 23.9 28.4 25.7 8.3 5.5 3.1
2024 4.2 29.2 20.8 16.7 25.0 4.2 2.3
Player 6.8 23.2 29.9 23.2 8.7 7.4 4.1
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 -2.2 -1 60 35.1 13 .000 .000 .162 25.0 30.8 18.2 .090 .242 .268 66.7
2024 Slider -0.6 0 34 19.9 8 .375 .500 .381 50.0 50.0 36.4 .189 .338 .224 75.0
2024 Sinker -3.1 -1 28 16.4 9 .250 .375 .269 40.0 33.3 50.0 .245 .347 .252 16.7
2024 Sweeper -7.7 -1 19 11.1 7 .000 .000 .000 50.0 42.9 33.3 .165 .192 .153 0.0
2024 Cutter -6.7 -1 13 7.6 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 66.7 100.0 .261 1.029 .530 100.0
2024 Changeup -1.9 0 11 6.4 1 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .283 .311 .256 0.0
2024 Curveball 32.1 2 5 2.9 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 -- .274 1.012 .535 100.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -6 224 29.4 46 .136 .295 .192 36.8 34.8 24.2 .187 .336 .232 58.6
2023 Slider -0.1 0 141 18.5 37 .171 .371 .277 47.5 51.4 30.6 .147 .237 .192 37.5
2023 Sinker -2.6 -3 130 17.0 36 .161 .161 .222 21.7 27.8 29.4 .216 .276 .282 23.8
2023 Cutter -1.7 -1 71 9.3 18 .067 .267 .189 48.8 44.4 33.3 .170 .405 .297 62.5
2023 Changeup 3.3 2 64 8.4 14 .455 .636 .536 30.0 7.1 3.6 .283 .380 .337 9.1
2023 Sweeper 1.0 1 58 7.6 21 .263 .421 .315 40.0 28.6 31.6 .238 .406 .294 28.6
2023 Curveball -0.3 0 57 7.5 14 .154 .385 .257 41.9 42.9 31.6 .126 .199 .177 28.6
2023 Split-Finger -9.2 -1 13 1.7 6 .000 .000 .000 75.0 66.7 40.0 .157 .178 .149 0.0
2023 Slurve 0.8 0 4 0.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 12 51 -2 -1 0 0 -3
2021 100 406 -2 -8 1 2 -7
2022 205 875 -7 1 4 3 1
2023 193 763 -3 -11 1 2 -10
2024 43 171 -2 -3 1 0 -4
Player 553 2,266 -15 -23 8 -15 -22
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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 51 54.9 71.4 45.0 52.2 25.0 43.1 58.3 62.7 62.5 11.8 83.3
2021 420 51.0 75.8 68.8 28.1 23.2 47.0 39.4 52.1 42.5 8.1 97.0
2022 875 47.8 77.3 73.4 31.7 37.9 42.6 45.4 53.5 37.6 8.1 84.5
2023 763 51.3 71.2 72.8 36.3 36.3 41.5 42.5 54.3 38.4 7.3 76.8
2024 171 53.2 62.6 73.7 33.8 40.7 40.9 46.5 49.1 36.9 6.4 45.5
Player 2,280 50.1 73.6 71.7 33.2 34.9 42.9 43.6 53.4 39.4 7.8 81.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 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
2021 43 26
2022 22 20
2023 55 26
2024 20 18
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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 %
2021 25.5 5 4.6 0 2 3 2 40.0
2022 24.1 2 3.4 -1 2 3 1 50.0
2023 25.1 7 4.2 3 5 2 2 28.6
2024 24.3 1 1.4 0 2 2 0 0.0
Player 25.0 15 13.6 1 11 10 5 33.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2021 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 3 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
2022 2 1 3 3 5 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 4
2023 7 2 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 5
2024 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
Player 15 8 14 15 16 14 15 13 11 11 13 15 15 13 14 16 14 12 13 16 13 11 16 13 13 12 15 14 13 14 15
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 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Exit Velocity 88.0 0.8 ↑ 88.8 -1.3 ↓ 87.5 3.0 ↑ 90.5
Launch Angle 16.2 6.5 ↑ 22.7 -7.8 ↓ 14.9 5.0 ↑ 19.9
Barrel % 8.9 0.3 ↑ 9.2 -3.7 ↓ 5.5 -1.3 ↓ 4.2
Hard Hit % 34.5 2.5 ↑ 37.0 -0.3 ↓ 36.7 5.0 ↑ 41.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 30.4 10.8 ↑ 41.2 -6.3 ↓ 34.9 6.8 ↑ 41.7
xBA .145 0.062 ↑ .207 -0.019 ↓ .188 -0.010 ↓ .178
BA .183 0.087 ↑ .270 -0.099 ↓ .171 -0.017 ↓ .154
xwOBA .219 0.064 ↑ .283 -0.037 ↓ .246 0.011 ↑ .257
wOBA .265 0.058 ↑ .323 -0.084 ↓ .239 -0.018 ↓ .221
xSLG .291 0.035 ↑ .326 -0.021 ↓ .305 0.047 ↑ .352
SLG .376 0.006 ↑ .382 -0.068 ↓ .314 -0.032 ↓ .282
K% 39.4 -8.2 ↓ 31.2 5.1 ↑ 36.3 0.9 ↑ 37.2
BB% 5.8 3.5 ↑ 9.3 -3.1 ↓ 6.2 0.8 ↑ 7.0
Swing % 52.1 1.4 ↑ 53.5 0.8 ↑ 54.3 -5.2 ↓ 49.1
Whiff% 42.5 -4.9 ↓ 37.6 0.8 ↑ 38.4 -1.5 ↓ 36.9
In Zone % 51.0 -3.2 ↓ 47.8 3.5 ↑ 51.3 1.9 ↑ 53.2
Out of Zone % 49.0 3.2 ↑ 52.2 -3.5 ↓ 48.7 -1.9 ↓ 46.8
Out of Zone Swing % 28.1 3.6 ↑ 31.7 4.6 ↑ 36.3 -2.5 ↓ 33.8
First Pitch Swing % 39.4 6.0 ↑ 45.4 -2.9 ↓ 42.5 4.0 ↑ 46.5
First Pitch Strike % 67.3 0.0 67.3 1.6 ↑ 68.9 7.8 ↑ 76.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 12 0 0.0 .072
2021 Shifts R 100 1 1.0 .251 .000
2022 Shifts R 205 22 10.7 .305 .478
2023 Shades R 193 22 11.4 .252 .137
2024 Shades R 43 4 9.3 .226 .172
! 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 9 21.0 0.0% 11.1% 9 24.4 0.0% 0.0%
2021 111 19.1 7.2% 1.8% 49 24.9 0.0% 22.4%
2022 198 18.4 7.6% 1.0% 142 22.7 3.5% 7.0%
2023 204 15.6 46.6% 0.5% 88 19.3 5.7% 0.0%
2024 35 15.4 42.9% 0.0% 38 18.3 5.3% 0.0%
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