Yu Chang
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 180LBS | Age: 29
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 251 237 32 54 9 1 .228 .267 .426 .693
2022 190 168 19 35 4 0 .208 .289 .315 .604
2023 112 105 12 17 6 4 .162 .200 .352 .552
5 Seasons 650 594 72 121 20 5 .204 .265 .359 .624
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .228 9 1 .693
2022 .208 4 0 .604
2023 .162 6 4 .552
5 Seasons .204 20 5 .624
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart
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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 23 336 51 3 5.9 3.6 87.9 108.8 9.9 25.5 .207 .368 .254 .299 .344 31.4 26.2 13.1
2020 24 55 7 0 0.0 0.0 81.4 98.4 -2.4 14.3 .209 .234 .243 .273 .307 14.3 30.8 15.4
2021 25 965 169 12 7.1 4.8 87.1 110.6 19.1 37.9 .233 .378 .294 .282 .366 33.7 27.5 4.4
2022 26 762 111 10 9.0 5.3 88.8 111.3 14.3 35.1 .213 .357 .273 .290 .371 36.9 31.1 8.4
2023 27 379 73 4 5.5 3.6 88.8 109.7 9.8 31.5 .208 .351 .236 .258 .352 38.4 30.4 2.7
Player 2497 411 29 7.1 4.5 87.9 111.3 14.7 34.1 .219 .364 .272 .282 .361 34.8 28.9 6.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2019 51.0 27.5 19.6 2.0 37.3 37.3 25.5 3.9 41.2 23.5 21.6 3.9 5.9 3.6
2020 71.4 14.3 14.3 0.0 71.4 14.3 14.3 0.0 71.4 14.3 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 35.5 27.2 24.3 13.0 34.9 32.5 32.5 2.4 25.4 32.0 25.4 7.1 7.1 4.8
2022 41.4 28.8 25.2 4.5 39.6 39.6 20.7 4.5 31.5 29.7 19.8 5.4 9.0 5.3
2023 45.2 28.8 20.5 5.5 50.7 27.4 21.9 11.0 28.8 24.7 23.3 5.5 5.5 3.6
Player 41.4 27.7 23.1 7.8 39.9 33.8 26.3 4.6 30.4 28.7 22.9 5.8 7.1 4.5
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 2 98 25.9 30 .222 .519 .307 13.0 16.7 20.8 .191 .360 .264 39.1
2023 Slider -0.4 0 94 24.8 28 .179 .286 .232 50.0 39.3 42.3 .244 .311 .239 41.2
2023 Sinker -0.7 0 70 18.5 22 .238 .524 .336 25.6 13.6 33.3 .219 .464 .303 33.3
2023 Cutter 4.5 1 32 8.4 7 .167 .667 .386 27.3 14.3 33.3 .450 .959 .604 60.0
2023 Changeup -6.9 -2 32 8.4 11 .000 .000 .000 40.0 45.5 31.3 .154 .179 .146 16.7
2023 Sweeper -3.8 -1 24 6.3 8 .000 .000 .088 70.0 50.0 36.4 .079 .094 .153 33.3
2023 Curveball -6.7 -2 23 6.1 6 .000 .000 .000 46.7 83.3 62.5 .080 .090 .072 100.0
2023 Split-Finger 0.0 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slurve -5.7 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 250 32.8 69 .302 .444 .346 21.9 24.6 21.0 .274 .466 .342 36.2
2022 Slider -1.6 -2 157 20.6 33 .067 .167 .152 50.0 57.6 30.6 .108 .211 .186 45.5
2022 Sinker -0.3 0 130 17.1 30 .217 .304 .337 7.5 13.3 20.0 .198 .281 .319 36.8
2022 Changeup 1.2 1 75 9.8 24 .217 .391 .277 41.0 37.5 29.0 .181 .325 .237 28.6
2022 Curveball -2.9 -2 63 8.3 15 .000 .000 .093 33.3 40.0 31.6 .201 .405 .316 57.1
2022 Cutter 2.5 1 44 5.8 12 .364 .364 .358 15.8 0.0 0.0 .332 .430 .365 36.4
2022 Sweeper -3.5 -1 31 4.1 6 .000 .000 .117 52.9 50.0 33.3 .071 .072 .175 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -14.0 -1 7 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 42.9 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Slurve -4.5 0 5 0.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 4 320 33.2 82 .263 .539 .365 20.2 15.9 14.1 .280 .470 .338 32.8
2021 Slider -1.4 -3 224 23.2 62 .167 .367 .242 41.5 46.8 34.9 .177 .355 .238 35.5
2021 Sinker -0.1 0 145 15.0 39 .306 .417 .367 12.0 10.3 12.9 .322 .421 .350 43.8
2021 Changeup 2.4 3 116 12.0 34 .188 .469 .322 35.1 20.6 23.3 .158 .240 .203 28.0
2021 Curveball -0.5 0 73 7.6 14 .214 .214 .193 34.8 57.1 28.6 .166 .196 .158 0.0
2021 Cutter -0.2 0 66 6.8 16 .200 .200 .213 23.3 37.5 42.9 .214 .251 .235 33.3
2021 Sweeper -4.6 -1 17 1.8 3 .000 .000 .000 66.7 66.7 33.3 .296 .977 .517 100.0
2021 Split-Finger 15.1 1 4 0.4 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .226 .396 .248 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -7.1 -2 31 56.4 8 .143 .143 .200 11.1 25.0 22.2 .299 .339 .332 20.0
2020 Slider -2.5 0 12 21.8 3 .000 .000 .233 60.0 66.7 33.3 -- -- .233 --
2020 Sinker 1.3 0 7 12.7 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 -- .103 .104 .099 0.0
2020 Changeup 8.2 0 3 5.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 Curveball 0.4 0 2 3.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 1 120 35.7 27 .238 .524 .402 29.8 37.0 24.4 .167 .447 .348 27.3
2019 Slider -3.6 -2 66 19.6 13 .000 .000 .108 30.0 30.8 19.0 .145 .176 .225 28.6
2019 Sinker 0.6 0 52 15.5 15 .357 .429 .370 13.0 0.0 0.0 .335 .467 .366 42.9
2019 Changeup -6.7 -2 36 10.7 13 .167 .167 .192 21.7 30.8 26.7 .276 .531 .358 50.0
2019 Cutter -3.7 -1 31 9.2 5 .000 .000 .140 23.1 20.0 12.5 .069 .073 .204 0.0
2019 Curveball -6.4 -2 28 8.3 10 .100 .100 .090 25.0 30.0 33.3 .140 .195 .142 14.3
2019 Sweeper -13.5 0 3 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .313 .373 .305 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 84 336 -4 -5 2 1 -6
2021 251 965 -1 -3 4 4 3
2022 190 762 -2 -13 6 3 -5
2023 111 378 2 -6 0 1 -2
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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 336 47.9 70.8 82.5 26.3 54.3 38.4 14.3 47.6 25.6 10.1 79.4
2020 55 41.8 78.3 83.3 25.0 75.0 41.8 30.8 47.3 19.2 7.3 75.0
2021 965 49.1 72.2 84.2 28.3 46.0 41.9 31.9 49.8 26.8 7.0 79.4
2022 762 49.0 67.6 81.0 28.3 47.3 45.5 25.3 47.5 29.3 8.0 70.5
2023 379 51.7 70.9 81.3 35.5 27.7 40.6 31.3 53.8 34.3 10.3 82.1
Player 2,497 49.1 70.5 82.5 29.0 44.8 42.3 27.5 49.4 28.5 8.2 77.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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
2019 63 83
2020 5 57
2021 75 80 89 16
2022 75 79 81 36
2023 53 74 24
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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 %
2019 21.5 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 21.5 9 8.1 1 0 9 2 22.2
2022 21.2 4 3.8 0 2 1 3 75.0
2023 22.2 6 4.8 1 0 2 3 50.0
Player 21.7 20 17.7 2 3 13 8 40.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0
2021 9 11 4 9 8 8 9 9 5 6 7 10 7 7 8 10 9 8 8 10 7 6 11 9 9 7 10 8 7 7 9
2022 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
2023 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Player 20 19 14 18 17 18 19 18 14 16 16 21 17 16 18 20 18 18 18 19 16 17 21 19 18 17 19 18 18 17 18
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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.9 81.4 -6.5 ↓ 87.1 5.7 ↑ 88.8 1.7 ↑ 88.8 0.0
Launch Angle 9.9 -2.4 -12.3 ↓ 19.1 21.5 ↑ 14.3 -4.8 ↓ 9.8 -4.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.9 0.0 -5.9 ↓ 7.1 7.1 ↑ 9.0 1.9 ↑ 5.5 -3.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.4 14.3 -17.1 ↓ 33.7 19.4 ↑ 36.9 3.2 ↑ 38.4 1.5 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.5 14.3 -11.2 ↓ 37.9 23.6 ↑ 35.1 -2.8 ↓ 31.5 -3.6 ↓
xBA .207 .209 0.002 ↑ .233 0.024 ↑ .213 -0.020 ↓ .208 -0.005 ↓
BA .178 .182 0.004 ↑ .228 0.046 ↑ .208 -0.020 ↓ .162 -0.046 ↓
xwOBA .299 .273 -0.026 ↓ .282 0.009 ↑ .290 0.008 ↑ .258 -0.032 ↓
wOBA .254 .243 -0.011 ↓ .294 0.051 ↑ .273 -0.021 ↓ .236 -0.037 ↓
xSLG .368 .234 -0.134 ↓ .378 0.144 ↑ .357 -0.021 ↓ .351 -0.006 ↓
SLG .274 .182 -0.092 ↓ .426 0.244 ↑ .315 -0.111 ↓ .352 0.037 ↑
K% 26.2 30.8 4.6 ↑ 27.5 -3.3 ↓ 31.1 3.6 ↑ 30.4 -0.7 ↓
BB% 13.1 15.4 2.3 ↑ 4.4 -11.0 ↓ 8.4 4.0 ↑ 2.7 -5.7 ↓
Swing % 47.6 47.3 -0.3 ↓ 49.8 2.5 ↑ 47.5 -2.3 ↓ 53.8 6.3 ↑
Whiff% 25.6 19.2 -6.4 ↓ 26.8 7.6 ↑ 29.3 2.5 ↑ 34.3 5.0 ↑
In Zone % 47.9 41.8 -6.1 ↓ 49.1 7.3 ↑ 49.0 -0.1 ↓ 51.7 2.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 52.1 58.2 6.1 ↑ 50.9 -7.3 ↓ 51.0 0.1 ↑ 48.3 -2.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 25.0 -1.3 ↓ 28.3 3.3 ↑ 28.3 0.0 35.5 7.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 14.3 30.8 16.5 ↑ 31.9 1.1 ↑ 25.3 -6.6 ↓ 31.3 6.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 54.8 61.5 6.7 ↑ 61.8 0.3 ↑ 58.9 -2.9 ↓ 65.2 6.3 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts R 84 26 31.0 .302 .147
2020 Shifts R 13 4 30.8 .176 .395
2021 Shifts R 251 20 8.0 .298 .245
2022 Shifts R 190 25 13.2 .271 .287
2023 Shades R 111 10 9.0 .247 .158
! 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 98 16.8 25.5% 1.0% 54 20.8 5.6% 5.6%
2020 15 17.5 20.0% 0.0% 11 19.1 18.2% 0.0%
2021 286 16.8 32.5% 1.0% 132 21.7 1.5% 6.8%
2022 217 16.4 35.5% 1.8% 124 21.2 1.6% 2.4%
2023 83 14.8 53.0% 0.0% 66 19.4 3.0% 0.0%
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