TJ Friedl
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 28
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 36 31 9 9 1 0 .290 .361 .419 .780
2022 258 225 33 54 8 7 .240 .314 .436 .750
2023 556 488 73 136 18 27 .279 .352 .467 .819
3 Seasons 850 744 115 199 27 34 .267 .341 .456 .797
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .290 1 0 .780
2022 .240 8 7 .750
2023 .279 18 27 .819
3 Seasons .267 27 34 .797
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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%
2021 25 136 30 2 6.7 5.6 88.1 105.0 24.3 26.7 .252 .346 .338 .301 .269 33.3 5.6 11.1
2022 26 996 191 9 4.7 3.5 87.2 107.2 19.8 30.9 .215 .335 .323 .283 .284 29.8 15.5 7.8
2023 27 2194 409 13 3.2 2.3 86.7 107.1 16.1 32.0 .240 .321 .353 .289 .296 27.6 16.2 8.5
Player 3326 630 24 3.8 2.8 86.9 107.2 17.7 31.4 .233 .326 .343 .288 .291 28.6 15.5 8.4
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 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
2021 30.0 30.0 23.3 16.7 46.7 26.7 26.7 3.3 23.3 46.7 20.0 0.0 6.7 5.6
2022 35.1 32.5 20.4 12.0 44.5 31.4 24.1 8.4 23.6 36.1 20.4 6.8 4.7 3.5
2023 42.8 25.9 22.0 9.3 42.3 36.7 21.0 10.3 26.9 30.6 26.9 2.2 3.2 2.3
Player 39.8 28.1 21.6 10.5 43.2 34.6 22.2 9.4 25.7 33.0 24.6 3.5 3.8 2.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 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 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 11 811 37.0 207 .333 .599 .431 8.4 9.7 9.1 .273 .371 .328 28.4
2023 Changeup -0.2 0 310 14.1 77 .230 .324 .270 30.6 18.2 14.3 .215 .277 .235 11.7
2023 Sinker 1.2 3 287 13.1 81 .370 .562 .439 12.0 14.8 21.8 .276 .375 .317 41.9
2023 Slider 0.9 2 251 11.4 58 .241 .481 .347 31.1 29.3 20.0 .227 .315 .265 35.1
2023 Curveball 1.5 3 200 9.1 40 .219 .344 .346 17.2 17.5 10.1 .155 .181 .245 15.4
2023 Cutter 2.3 4 173 7.9 41 .314 .429 .385 16.0 12.2 14.7 .306 .380 .340 31.3
2023 Sweeper -1.7 -1 78 3.6 18 .000 .000 .117 28.0 33.3 20.7 .077 .154 .194 22.2
2023 Split-Finger -4.2 -3 68 3.1 29 .077 .192 .133 35.9 31.0 37.5 .135 .185 .159 26.3
2023 Slurve 0.1 0 9 0.4 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .016 .034 .246 0.0
2023 Screwball 3.4 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -5 366 36.7 104 .241 .379 .310 10.1 7.7 7.5 .228 .334 .296 27.7
2022 Changeup -1.1 -2 174 17.5 37 .147 .206 .184 43.7 24.3 20.0 .164 .201 .173 11.1
2022 Sinker -1.2 -2 166 16.7 50 .222 .400 .308 10.3 14.0 24.1 .191 .280 .252 39.5
2022 Curveball 3.2 4 116 11.6 26 .348 .783 .496 24.4 26.9 15.2 .260 .523 .376 43.8
2022 Slider 5.1 4 87 8.7 20 .294 .824 .495 27.0 20.0 13.3 .269 .559 .405 46.2
2022 Cutter 0.9 1 54 5.4 13 .273 .545 .396 17.4 15.4 15.4 .184 .224 .259 22.2
2022 Split-Finger -3.0 -1 21 2.1 6 .333 .333 .300 50.0 50.0 50.0 .256 .301 .246 0.0
2022 Sweeper -3.6 0 9 0.9 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .170 .494 .279 50.0
2022 Slurve -1.3 0 2 0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 1 69 50.7 21 .353 .588 .426 3.7 4.8 10.0 .215 .345 .295 35.3
2021 Curveball -4.4 -1 19 14.0 3 .333 .333 .300 20.0 0.0 0.0 .473 .529 .441 66.7
2021 Changeup -3.2 -1 18 13.2 7 .000 .000 .100 37.5 14.3 20.0 .185 .235 .257 20.0
2021 Slider -3.1 0 15 11.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .006 .007 .006 0.0
2021 Cutter -4.1 0 9 6.6 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .317 .369 .307 0.0
2021 Sinker 5.3 0 4 2.9 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .674 .741 .623 100.0
2021 Split-Finger -1.3 0 2 1.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 36 136 0 -3 2 0 -1
2022 258 995 0 -13 8 3 -1
2023 555 2,194 3 -10 19 7 20
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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 %
2021 136 50.0 67.6 91.3 13.2 44.4 44.1 13.9 40.4 14.5 8.1 63.6
2022 996 49.8 63.1 85.0 24.0 60.8 43.4 14.7 43.5 19.9 7.4 71.6
2023 2,194 50.9 59.0 86.7 24.6 61.9 42.7 18.0 42.2 18.2 8.2 68.7
Player 3,326 50.6 60.6 86.4 24.0 61.2 43.0 16.8 42.5 18.5 7.9 69.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2021 37 61
2022 30 71 54
2023 11 28 2 2 37 9 7 11 29 5 85 52 88 76 74 89 54
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 22.4 1 1.1 0 1 1 0 0.0
2022 23.2 8 6.6 1 7 6 2 25.0
2023 22.0 18 11.9 6 4 9 4 22.2
Player 22.4 27 19.6 7 12 16 6 22.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2022 8 7 5 11 7 5 5 6 5 6 4 8 10 6 6 11 6 5 6 5 6 5 13 8 5 5 7 6 9 5 6
2023 18 13 8 16 13 13 13 12 12 10 12 13 13 9 13 13 12 12 12 15 8 10 17 12 11 10 13 13 12 12 6
Player 27 21 15 29 21 19 19 20 18 17 17 23 24 15 20 26 19 18 19 21 14 16 31 21 17 16 21 20 22 18 12
! 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 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.1 87.2 -0.9 86.7 -0.5
Launch Angle 24.3 19.8 -4.5 16.1 -3.7
Barrel % 6.7 4.7 -2.0 3.2 -1.5
Hard Hit % 33.3 29.8 -3.5 27.6 -2.2
Sweet Spot % 26.7 30.9 4.2 32.0 1.1
xBA .252 .215 -0.037 .240 0.025
BA .290 .240 -0.050 .279 0.039
xwOBA .301 .283 -0.018 .289 0.006
wOBA .338 .323 -0.015 .353 0.030
xSLG .346 .335 -0.011 .321 -0.014
SLG .419 .436 0.017 .467 0.031
K% 5.6 15.5 9.9 16.2 0.7
BB% 11.1 7.8 -3.3 8.5 0.7
Swing % 40.4 43.5 3.1 42.2 -1.3
Whiff% 14.5 19.9 5.4 18.2 -1.7
In Zone % 50.0 49.8 -0.2 50.9 1.1
Out of Zone % 50.0 50.2 0.2 49.1 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 13.2 24.0 10.8 24.6 0.6
First Pitch Swing % 13.9 14.7 0.8 18.0 3.3
First Pitch Strike % 41.7 57.8 16.1 60.7 2.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 36 17 47.2 .258 .428
2022 Shifts L 258 98 38.0 .300 .362
2023 Shades L 553 109 19.7 .375 .260
! 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 %
2021 47 18.6 14.9% 0.0% 23 21.3 0.0% 0.0%
2022 360 17.0 23.3% 1.1% 135 22.3 0.7% 4.4%
2023 671 15.2 47.1% 0.1% 405 18.7 5.7% 0.2%
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