Will Benson
CF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 5" 230LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #14, Cleveland Indians | Westminster (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 61 55 8 10 0 0 .182 .250 .200 .450
2023 329 287 51 79 11 19 .275 .365 .498 .863
2024 80 70 7 13 2 5 .186 .288 .400 .688
3 Seasons 470 412 66 102 13 24 .248 .337 .442 .779
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .182 0 0 .450
2023 .275 11 19 .863
2024 .186 2 5 .688
3 Seasons .248 13 24 .779
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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%
2022 24 229 37 0 0.0 0.0 84.2 107.6 10.4 18.9 .181 .228 .212 .224 .276 27.0 31.1 4.9
2023 25 1368 185 19 10.3 5.8 90.2 108.1 14.6 40.5 .230 .398 .369 .321 .417 42.2 31.3 12.2
2024 26 334 40 6 15.0 7.5 90.5 110.7 13.6 40.0 .216 .364 .307 .302 .429 47.5 37.5 12.5
Player 1931 262 25 9.5 5.3 89.4 110.7 13.9 37.4 .221 .370 .339 .306 .399 40.8 32.3 11.3
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
2022 48.6 18.9 18.9 13.5 40.5 40.5 18.9 10.8 32.4 24.3 27.0 5.4 0.0 0.0
2023 38.4 28.1 27.0 6.5 38.4 43.2 18.4 3.8 25.9 23.2 27.6 9.2 10.3 5.8
2024 40.0 32.5 27.5 0.0 55.0 27.5 17.5 2.5 30.0 22.5 25.0 5.0 15.0 7.5
Player 40.1 27.5 26.0 6.5 41.2 40.5 18.3 4.6 27.5 23.3 27.1 8.0 9.5 5.3
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 0 102 30.5 25 .278 .556 .446 36.5 36.0 22.5 .198 .317 .353 66.7
2024 Sinker -5.5 -4 69 20.7 16 .143 .357 .269 25.0 37.5 31.6 .143 .287 .245 12.5
2024 Slider -1.7 -1 42 12.6 7 .143 .286 .179 52.9 57.1 25.0 .196 .370 .233 66.7
2024 Cutter -3.3 -1 31 9.3 9 .000 .000 .078 25.0 33.3 33.3 .266 .508 .365 100.0
2024 Curveball 4.0 1 28 8.4 6 .333 .500 .358 40.0 33.3 20.0 .346 .434 .338 50.0
2024 Changeup 3.1 1 26 7.8 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 12.5 .252 .296 .242 50.0
2024 Split-Finger -0.7 0 25 7.5 11 .091 .364 .182 41.2 45.5 35.7 .143 .335 .197 16.7
2024 Sweeper 8.8 1 9 2.7 3 .333 .667 .417 0.0 0.0 -- .543 .652 .519 33.3
2024 Slurve 4.4 0 2 0.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 3 474 34.6 108 .297 .527 .406 28.1 27.8 21.4 .257 .465 .367 53.2
2023 Curveball -0.2 0 190 13.9 39 .250 .389 .308 36.9 35.9 24.1 .175 .289 .234 27.3
2023 Slider 0.5 1 186 13.6 56 .208 .453 .298 35.6 37.5 30.0 .155 .272 .209 31.3
2023 Sinker -0.6 -1 161 11.8 45 .297 .351 .360 24.3 24.4 31.4 .309 .462 .396 50.0
2023 Changeup 1.0 1 136 9.9 28 .261 .478 .414 39.6 32.1 21.4 .251 .366 .344 28.6
2023 Cutter 0.7 1 117 8.6 23 .333 .762 .476 30.8 26.1 21.4 .251 .558 .367 46.7
2023 Sweeper 1.5 1 52 3.8 16 .154 .308 .288 29.4 50.0 34.8 .114 .152 .224 40.0
2023 Split-Finger 8.7 4 45 3.3 12 .417 1.000 .588 40.7 33.3 16.7 .286 .583 .365 37.5
2023 Slurve 1.7 0 6 0.4 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2023 Screwball 39.8 0 1 0.1 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .849 1.006 .807 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -2 82 35.8 25 .136 .182 .223 29.3 44.0 45.8 .114 .198 .181 25.0
2022 Changeup -3.7 -2 41 17.9 10 .200 .200 .180 26.3 0.0 0.0 .316 .352 .298 20.0
2022 Curveball -2.1 -1 30 13.1 9 .000 .000 .078 41.7 44.4 40.0 .062 .063 .129 50.0
2022 Slider 8.2 2 30 13.1 6 .800 .800 .717 25.0 16.7 10.0 .542 .596 .540 50.0
2022 Sinker -6.1 -1 22 9.6 6 .000 .000 .117 37.5 16.7 16.7 .133 .143 .220 25.0
2022 Cutter -5.6 -1 12 5.2 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 33.3 .038 .059 .044 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -3.2 0 7 3.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2022 Sweeper 3.0 0 3 1.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .291 .294 .269 0.0
2022 Slurve -1.9 0 2 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 62 234 -4 -3 1 2 -4
2023 329 1,368 5 -13 13 5 10
2024 80 334 -1 -5 2 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 %
2022 229 52.4 60.0 79.2 23.9 38.5 41.9 31.1 42.8 30.6 8.3 84.2
2023 1,368 50.2 65.9 76.2 19.4 41.7 42.6 28.9 42.8 31.5 7.9 80.6
2024 334 51.8 69.4 72.5 23.0 43.2 41.3 37.5 47.0 34.4 7.5 84.0
Player 1,931 50.8 65.8 75.8 20.5 41.5 42.3 30.6 43.5 31.9 7.9 81.6
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
2022 35 93 46
2023 36 88 20 67
2024 38 21 37 52 41 75 89 72 82 79 2 80 8 73 87 79
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 22.6 11 10.2 1 2 10 2 18.2
2024 23.5 2 1.8 0 1 1 1 50.0
Player 22.7 13 12.0 1 3 11 3 23.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 11 9 7 8 10 11 11 10 7 10 10 9 11 11 11 10 12 10 11 10 10 10 12 12 10 9 11 12 11 10 10
2024 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2
Player 13 11 8 9 11 13 13 12 8 11 12 11 14 13 13 12 14 12 13 12 12 12 14 14 12 11 12 13 14 12 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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 84.2 90.2 6.0 90.5 0.3
Launch Angle 10.4 14.6 4.2 13.6 -1.0
Barrel % 0.0 10.3 10.3 15.0 4.7
Hard Hit % 27.0 42.2 15.2 47.5 5.3
Sweet Spot % 18.9 40.5 21.6 40.0 -0.5
xBA .181 .230 0.049 .216 -0.014
BA .182 .275 0.093 .186 -0.089
xwOBA .224 .321 0.097 .302 -0.019
wOBA .212 .369 0.157 .307 -0.062
xSLG .228 .398 0.170 .364 -0.034
SLG .200 .498 0.298 .400 -0.098
K% 31.1 31.3 0.2 37.5 6.2
BB% 4.9 12.2 7.3 12.5 0.3
Swing % 42.8 42.8 0.0 47.0 4.2
Whiff% 30.6 31.5 0.9 34.4 2.9
In Zone % 52.4 50.2 -2.2 51.8 1.6
Out of Zone % 47.6 49.8 2.2 48.2 -1.6
Out of Zone Swing % 23.9 19.4 -4.5 23.0 3.6
First Pitch Swing % 31.1 28.9 -2.2 37.5 8.6
First Pitch Strike % 65.6 56.8 -8.8 63.7 6.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 61 58 95.1 .000 .219
2023 Shades L 328 187 57.0 .379 .364
2024 Shades L 80 37 46.3 .366 .238
! 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 43 15.7 39.5% 4.7% 65 21.3 7.7% 6.2%
2023 391 15.8 37.3% 0.5% 254 19.1 6.3% 1.2%
2024 91 16.1 33.0% 1.1% 50 18.8 8.0% 0.0%
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