Spencer Torkelson
1B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 220LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: 1, #1, Detroit Tigers | Arizona State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 404 360 38 73 8 0 .203 .285 .319 .604
2023 684 606 88 141 31 3 .233 .313 .446 .759
2024 381 342 45 75 10 0 .219 .295 .374 .669
3 Seasons 1,469 1,308 171 289 49 3 .221 .300 .392 .692
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .203 8 0 .604
2023 .233 31 3 .759
2024 .219 10 0 .669
3 Seasons .221 49 3 .692
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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%
2022 22 1609 263 22 8.4 5.4 90.5 111.5 15.0 35.4 .223 .374 .272 .302 .354 41.8 24.5 9.2
2023 23 2814 440 62 14.1 9.1 91.8 112.7 17.1 33.2 .251 .484 .326 .349 .428 50.9 25.0 9.8
2024 24 1593 238 16 6.7 4.2 89.0 109.0 20.2 31.5 .209 .351 .295 .283 .345 39.7 27.6 8.7
Player 6016 941 100 10.6 6.8 90.7 112.7 17.3 33.4 .232 .419 .303 .319 .386 45.5 25.5 9.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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
2022 40.7 25.9 25.9 7.6 39.2 34.2 26.6 0.8 32.7 27.8 22.1 8.0 8.4 5.4
2023 33.9 31.6 24.5 10.0 46.1 30.7 23.2 1.4 26.4 29.3 21.4 7.0 14.1 9.1
2024 34.5 31.1 21.0 13.4 47.1 31.9 21.0 2.9 27.3 36.6 21.0 5.0 6.7 4.2
Player 35.9 29.9 24.0 10.2 44.4 32.0 23.6 1.6 28.4 30.7 21.5 6.8 10.6 6.8
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 -0.4 -2 463 29.1 112 .223 .436 .339 19.8 21.4 17.0 .209 .399 .324 42.3
2024 Slider 1.4 4 322 20.2 67 .254 .429 .316 33.6 29.9 22.2 .236 .451 .315 39.5
2024 Sinker -2.0 -6 277 17.4 73 .194 .274 .290 14.2 16.4 15.2 .249 .355 .327 48.0
2024 Sweeper 1.8 3 157 9.9 43 .268 .463 .329 37.7 39.5 25.4 .190 .301 .234 16.7
2024 Changeup -4.1 -5 128 8.0 33 .094 .125 .114 41.8 42.4 23.3 .143 .165 .152 33.3
2024 Cutter -1.8 -2 121 7.6 27 .269 .385 .300 17.5 14.8 13.8 .207 .320 .245 36.4
2024 Curveball 3.4 3 85 5.3 14 .308 .692 .436 32.0 50.0 21.9 .200 .343 .264 83.3
2024 Split-Finger -5.4 -1 20 1.3 9 .111 .111 .100 60.0 77.8 53.8 .114 .132 .108 0.0
2024 Slurve -0.5 0 9 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .063 .129 .075 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 5 855 30.4 219 .265 .514 .384 20.5 20.5 19.1 .277 .570 .404 59.4
2023 Slider -0.8 -5 565 20.1 124 .204 .327 .292 30.6 34.7 22.2 .199 .311 .261 35.7
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 431 15.3 122 .255 .418 .359 11.6 13.9 16.0 .313 .560 .401 60.2
2023 Changeup -1.4 -4 322 11.4 77 .125 .292 .198 33.1 28.6 18.2 .211 .412 .282 43.1
2023 Curveball 1.5 3 222 7.9 46 .214 .619 .372 27.8 39.1 22.5 .163 .447 .289 41.7
2023 Cutter 0.0 0 176 6.3 38 .375 .719 .500 20.0 10.5 11.1 .358 .634 .462 50.0
2023 Sweeper 0.3 1 165 5.9 40 .184 .474 .275 42.3 42.5 23.6 .187 .435 .263 36.4
2023 Split-Finger 0.2 0 52 1.8 11 .333 .333 .373 35.5 27.3 11.1 .186 .206 .269 33.3
2023 Screwball 3.6 0 1 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 404 1,609 -11 -27 13 8 -16
2023 678 2,790 -6 -19 14 10 -1
2024 403 1,703 -3 -22 12 5 -8
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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 %
2022 1,609 50.2 67.0 82.1 24.7 53.5 43.0 28.5 45.9 25.6 8.8 79.6
2023 2,814 51.4 67.5 82.4 23.6 54.1 40.4 29.0 46.2 24.7 8.3 77.3
2024 1,593 52.3 66.9 82.3 23.2 45.7 44.1 25.2 46.0 26.6 7.9 78.4
Player 6,016 51.3 67.2 82.3 23.8 51.8 42.1 27.9 46.1 25.4 8.4 78.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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
2022 34 18 35 50 35 38 56 78 78 61 27 63 43 75 63 39 4
2023 77 43 83 86 58 97 89 87 83 94 30 67 53 80 50 6 6
2024 13 5 16 40 11 18 37 49 47 45 16 60 38 84 47 70 4 77 5 29
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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 %
2022 24.3 8 11.5 -4 4 9 4 50.0
2023 23.7 31 34.0 -3 13 23 16 51.6
2024 24.1 10 12.3 -2 7 6 7 70.0
Player 23.9 49 57.7 -9 24 38 27 55.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 8 11 11 10 12 12 12 11 8 7 11 12 13 11 13 12 11 12 12 12 11 11 14 12 8 11 12 14 12 13 13
2023 31 25 28 31 38 34 38 29 36 32 35 41 28 30 38 37 37 29 37 40 31 38 41 41 24 29 35 37 32 37 31
2024 10 11 11 13 13 12 14 10 10 11 12 13 14 11 12 10 10 10 14 17 13 13 17 14 10 12 12 12 13 13 12
Player 49 47 50 54 63 58 64 50 54 50 58 66 55 52 63 59 58 51 63 69 55 62 72 67 42 52 59 63 57 63 56
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.5 91.8 1.3 89.0 -2.8
Launch Angle 15.0 17.1 2.1 20.2 3.1
Barrel % 8.4 14.1 5.7 6.7 -7.4
Hard Hit % 41.8 50.9 9.1 39.7 -11.2
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.4 33.2 -2.2 31.5 -1.7
xBA .223 .251 0.028 .209 -0.042
BA .203 .233 0.030 .219 -0.014
xwOBA .302 .349 0.047 .283 -0.066
wOBA .272 .326 0.054 .295 -0.031
xSLG .374 .484 0.110 .351 -0.133
SLG .319 .446 0.127 .374 -0.072
K% 24.5 25.0 0.5 27.6 2.6
BB% 9.2 9.8 0.6 8.7 -1.1
Swing % 45.9 46.2 0.3 46.0 -0.2
Whiff% 25.6 24.7 -0.9 26.6 1.9
In Zone % 50.2 51.4 1.2 52.3 0.9
Out of Zone % 49.8 48.6 -1.2 47.7 -0.9
Out of Zone Swing % 24.7 23.6 -1.1 23.2 -0.4
First Pitch Swing % 28.5 29.0 0.5 25.2 -3.8
First Pitch Strike % 58.4 60.6 2.2 60.6 0.0
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 404 58 14.4 .269 .288
2023 Shades R 678 71 10.5 .332 .287
2024 Shades R 375 46 12.3 .278 .423
! 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 %
2022 476 18.0 19.3% 1.5% 277 22.2 0.7% 4.3%
2023 771 15.5 43.1% 0.4% 474 19.2 4.4% 0.8%
2024 387 14.9 52.5% 0.0% 300 18.3 7.3% 0.7%
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