Yu Chang
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 209LBS | 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
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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 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 51.0 49.0 27.5 19.6 2.0 37.3 37.3 25.5 27.5 15.7 7.8 9.8 21.6 17.6
2020 71.4 28.6 14.3 14.3 0.0 71.4 14.3 14.3 57.1 14.3 0.0 14.3 0.0 14.3
2021 35.5 64.5 27.2 24.3 13.0 34.9 32.5 32.5 18.3 11.8 5.3 16.6 20.7 27.2
2022 41.4 58.6 28.8 25.2 4.5 39.6 39.6 20.7 20.7 17.1 3.6 18.9 22.5 17.1
2023 45.2 54.8 28.8 20.5 5.5 50.7 27.4 21.9 31.5 9.6 4.1 19.2 17.8 17.8
Player 41.4 58.6 27.7 23.1 7.8 39.9 33.8 26.3 23.1 13.4 4.9 16.8 20.4 21.4
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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 3.9 41.2 23.5 21.6 3.9 5.9 3.6
2020 0.0 71.4 14.3 14.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 2.4 25.4 32.0 25.4 7.1 7.1 4.8
2022 4.5 31.5 29.7 19.8 5.4 9.0 5.3
2023 11.0 28.8 24.7 23.3 5.5 5.5 3.6
Player 4.6 30.4 28.7 22.9 5.8 7.1 4.5
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 2.0 2 96 25.3 29 .231 .538 .319 13.2 17.2 20.8 .190 .366 .267 36.4
2023 Slider -2.9 -3 87 23.0 26 .154 .269 .215 52.8 42.3 45.8 .228 .293 .224 40.0
2023 Sinker -0.9 -1 72 19.0 23 .227 .500 .322 30.0 13.0 33.3 .219 .452 .299 36.8
2023 Cutter 4.6 1 32 8.4 7 .167 .667 .386 27.3 14.3 33.3 .450 .959 .604 60.0
2023 Changeup -5.7 -2 32 8.4 11 .000 .000 .000 40.0 45.5 31.3 .154 .179 .146 16.7
2023 Sweeper -3.9 -1 30 7.9 9 .000 .000 .078 57.1 44.4 30.8 .073 .094 .142 25.0
2023 Curveball -4.4 -1 24 6.3 7 .143 .143 .129 43.8 71.4 62.5 .193 .221 .179 100.0
2023 Split-Finger -0.3 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 Slurve -5.7 0 3 0.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 2 243 31.9 70 .313 .453 .354 22.7 25.7 22.5 .272 .461 .339 38.3
2022 Slider -1.2 -2 154 20.2 32 .069 .172 .156 50.8 59.4 31.1 .111 .218 .192 50.0
2022 Sinker -1.7 -2 137 18.0 29 .182 .273 .317 6.9 10.3 14.3 .199 .286 .325 31.6
2022 Changeup 1.0 1 75 9.8 24 .217 .391 .277 41.0 37.5 29.0 .181 .325 .237 28.6
2022 Curveball -3.6 -2 63 8.3 15 .000 .000 .093 33.3 40.0 31.6 .201 .405 .316 57.1
2022 Cutter 2.0 1 44 5.8 12 .364 .364 .358 15.8 0.0 0.0 .332 .430 .365 36.4
2022 Sweeper -3.2 -1 34 4.5 7 .000 .000 .100 50.0 42.9 30.0 .062 .063 .153 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -7.6 -1 7 0.9 1 .000 .000 .000 42.9 100.0 20.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 Slurve -1.7 0 5 0.7 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 84 336 -4 -5 3 1 -5
2020 13 55 0 -1 0 1 -1
2021 251 965 -4 -6 6 4 -1
2022 190 762 1 -14 5 3 -5
2023 111 378 2 -7 0 1 -4
Player 649 2,496 -5 -33 14 -5 -15
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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 35.3 10.3 82.1
Player 2,497 49.1 70.5 82.5 29.0 44.8 42.3 27.5 49.4 28.6 8.2 77.2
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 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
2019 63 83
2020 5 57
2021 75 80 90 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 21.54 1 1.0 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 21.50 9 8.0 1 2 7 2 22.2
2022 21.20 4 3.8 0 2 2 2 50.0
2023 22.22 6 4.8 1 0 2 3 50.0
Player 21.68 20 17.6 2 5 12 7 35.0
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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 9 8 8 8 10 7 6 11 9 8 7 10 8 7 6 9
2022 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 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 18 14 18 18 18 19 18 14 16 16 20 17 16 18 19 17 18 18 19 16 17 21 19 17 17 20 18 18 16 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

2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023
Results
BA .178 +.004 ↑ .182 +.046 ↑ .228 -.020 ↓ .208 -.046 ↓ .162
xBA .207 +.002 ↑ .209 +.024 ↑ .233 -.020 ↓ .213 -.005 ↓ .208
OBP .286 +.022 ↑ .308 -.041 ↓ .267 +.022 ↑ .289 -.089 ↓ .200
xOBP .311 +.020 ↑ .331 -.059 ↓ .272 +.022 ↑ .294 -.049 ↓ .245
SLG .274 -.092 ↓ .182 +.244 ↑ .426 -.111 ↓ .315 +.037 ↑ .352
xSLG .368 -.134 ↓ .234 +.144 ↑ .378 -.021 ↓ .357 -.006 ↓ .351
ISO .096 -.096 ↓ .000 +.198 ↑ .198 -.091 ↓ .107 +.083 ↑ .190
xISO .161 -.136 ↓ .025 +.121 ↑ .146 -.002 ↓ .144 -.001 ↓ .143
BABIP .240 +.046 ↑ .286 -.005 ↓ .281 +.009 ↑ .290 -.121 ↓ .169
wOBA .254 -.011 ↓ .243 +.051 ↑ .294 -.021 ↓ .273 -.037 ↓ .236
xwOBA .299 -.026 ↓ .273 +.009 ↑ .282 +.008 ↑ .290 -.032 ↓ .258
wOBACON .269 -.017 ↓ .252 +.131 ↑ .383 -.041 ↓ .342 -.026 ↓ .316
xwOBACON .344 -.037 ↓ .307 +.059 ↑ .366 +.005 ↑ .371 -.019 ↓ .352
BACON .255 +.031 ↑ .286 +.034 ↑ .320 -.005 ↓ .315 -.076 ↓ .239
xBACON .296 +.032 ↑ .328 -.001 ↓ .327 -.004 ↓ .323 -.014 ↓ .309
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 31.4 -17.1 ↓ 14.3 +19.4 ↑ 33.7 +3.2 ↑ 36.9 +1.5 ↑ 38.4
Avg Exit Velocity 87.9 -6.5 ↓ 81.4 +5.7 ↑ 87.1 +1.7 ↑ 88.8 0.0 88.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 25.5 -11.2 ↓ 14.3 +23.6 ↑ 37.9 -2.8 ↓ 35.1 -3.6 ↓ 31.5
Barrel % 5.9 -5.9 ↓ 0.0 +7.1 ↑ 7.1 +1.9 ↑ 9.0 -3.5 ↓ 5.5
Avg Launch Angle 9.9 -12.3 ↓ -2.4 +21.5 ↑ 19.1 -4.8 ↓ 14.3 -4.5 ↓ 9.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 72.6
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 13°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 57.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -5°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.6
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.2 +0.2 ↑ 92.4 +0.3 ↑ 92.7 +0.3 ↑ 93.0 -0.4 ↓ 92.6
Breaking Velocity 82.8 +1.4 ↑ 84.2 -1.1 ↓ 83.1 +0.2 ↑ 83.3 +0.4 ↑ 83.7
Offspeed Velocity 84.7 -2.2 ↓ 82.5 +0.5 ↑ 83.0 +1.3 ↑ 84.3 +0.7 ↑ 85.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 3 -3 ↓ 0 +12 ↑ 12 -2 ↓ 10 -6 ↓ 4
Popup % 2.0 -2.0 ↓ 0.0 +13.0 ↑ 13.0 -8.5 ↓ 4.5 +1.0 ↑ 5.5
Flyball % 27.5 -13.2 ↓ 14.3 +12.9 ↑ 27.2 +1.6 ↑ 28.8 0.0 28.8
Line Drive % 19.6 -5.3 ↓ 14.3 +10.0 ↑ 24.3 +0.9 ↑ 25.2 -4.7 ↓ 20.5
Groundball % 51.0 +20.4 ↑ 71.4 -35.9 ↓ 35.5 +5.9 ↑ 41.4 +3.8 ↑ 45.2
Pull % 37.3 +34.1 ↑ 71.4 -36.5 ↓ 34.9 +4.7 ↑ 39.6 +11.1 ↑ 50.7
Straight Away % 37.3 -23.0 ↓ 14.3 +18.2 ↑ 32.5 +7.1 ↑ 39.6 -12.2 ↓ 27.4
Opposite Field % 25.5 -11.2 ↓ 14.3 +18.2 ↑ 32.5 -11.8 ↓ 20.7 +1.2 ↑ 21.9
Weak Contact % 3.9 -3.9 ↓ 0.0 +2.4 ↑ 2.4 +2.1 ↑ 4.5 +6.5 ↑ 11.0
Pull Airball % 9.8 +4.5 ↑ 14.3 +2.3 ↑ 16.6 +2.3 ↑ 18.9 +0.3 ↑ 19.2
Topped Contact % 41.2 +30.2 ↑ 71.4 -46.0 ↓ 25.4 +6.1 ↑ 31.5 -2.7 ↓ 28.8
Under Contact % 23.5 -9.2 ↓ 14.3 +17.7 ↑ 32.0 -2.3 ↓ 29.7 -5.0 ↓ 24.7
Flare/Burner Contact % 21.6 -7.3 ↓ 14.3 +11.1 ↑ 25.4 -5.6 ↓ 19.8 +3.5 ↑ 23.3
Solid Contact % 3.9 -3.9 ↓ 0.0 +7.1 ↑ 7.1 -1.7 ↓ 5.4 +0.1 ↑ 5.5
HR/FB % 7.1 -7.1 ↓ 0.0 +19.6 ↑ 19.6 -7.1 ↓ 12.5 +16.1 ↑ 28.6
Popups 1 -1 ↓ 0 +22 ↑ 22 -17 ↓ 5 -1 ↓ 4
Flyballs 14 -13 ↓ 1 +45 ↑ 46 -14 ↓ 32 -11 ↓ 21
Line Drives 10 -9 ↓ 1 +40 ↑ 41 -13 ↓ 28 -13 ↓ 15
Groundballs 26 -21 ↓ 5 +55 ↑ 60 -14 ↓ 46 -13 ↓ 33
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 47.9 -6.1 ↓ 41.8 +7.3 ↑ 49.1 -0.1 ↓ 49.0 +2.7 ↑ 51.7
Out of Zone % 52.1 +6.1 ↑ 58.2 -7.3 ↓ 50.9 +0.1 ↑ 51.0 -2.7 ↓ 48.3
Edge % 38.4 +3.4 ↑ 41.8 +0.1 ↑ 41.9 +3.6 ↑ 45.5 -4.9 ↓ 40.6
Zone Swing % 70.8 +7.5 ↑ 78.3 -6.1 ↓ 72.2 -4.6 ↓ 67.6 +3.3 ↑ 70.9
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 -1.3 ↓ 25.0 +3.3 ↑ 28.3 0.0 28.3 +7.2 ↑ 35.5
In Zone Contact % 82.5 +0.8 ↑ 83.3 +0.9 ↑ 84.2 -3.2 ↓ 81.0 +0.3 ↑ 81.3
Out of Zone Contact % 54.3 +20.7 ↑ 75.0 -29.0 ↓ 46.0 +1.3 ↑ 47.3 -19.6 ↓ 27.7
Whiff % 25.6 -6.4 ↓ 19.2 +7.6 ↑ 26.8 +2.5 ↑ 29.3 +6.0 ↑ 35.3
First Strike % 54.8 +6.7 ↑ 61.5 +0.3 ↑ 61.8 -2.9 ↓ 58.9 +6.3 ↑ 65.2
First Pitch Swing % 14.3 +16.5 ↑ 30.8 +1.1 ↑ 31.9 -6.6 ↓ 25.3 +6.0 ↑ 31.3
Swing % 47.6 -0.3 ↓ 47.3 +2.5 ↑ 49.8 -2.3 ↓ 47.5 +6.3 ↑ 53.8
Meatball Swing % 79.4 -4.4 ↓ 75.0 +4.4 ↑ 79.4 -8.9 ↓ 70.5 +11.6 ↑ 82.1
Meatball % 10.1 -2.8 ↓ 7.3 -0.3 ↓ 7.0 +1.0 ↑ 8.0 +2.3 ↑ 10.3
Zone Swing & Miss % 17.5 -0.8 ↓ 16.7 -0.9 ↓ 15.8 +3.2 ↑ 19.0 -1.0 ↓ 18.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 45.7 -20.7 ↓ 25.0 +29.0 ↑ 54.0 -1.3 ↓ 52.7 +19.6 ↑ 72.3
In Zone 161 -138 ↓ 23 +451 ↑ 474 -101 ↓ 373 -177 ↓ 196
Out of Zone 175 -143 ↓ 32 +459 ↑ 491 -102 ↓ 389 -206 ↓ 183
Edge 129 -106 ↓ 23 +381 ↑ 404 -57 ↓ 347 -193 ↓ 154
In Zone Swings 114 -96 ↓ 18 +324 ↑ 342 -90 ↓ 252 -113 ↓ 139
Out of Zone Swings 46 -38 ↓ 8 +131 ↑ 139 -29 ↓ 110 -45 ↓ 65
In Zone Swing & Misses 20 -17 ↓ 3 +51 ↑ 54 -6 ↓ 48 -23 ↓ 25
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 21 -19 ↓ 2 +73 ↑ 75 -17 ↓ 58 -11 ↓ 47
Basic
Pitches 336 -281 ↓ 55 +910 ↑ 965 -203 ↓ 762 -383 ↓ 379
PA 84 -71 ↓ 13 +238 ↑ 251 -61 ↓ 190 -78 ↓ 112
AB 73 -62 ↓ 11 +226 ↑ 237 -69 ↓ 168 -63 ↓ 105
Hits 13 -11 ↓ 2 +52 ↑ 54 -19 ↓ 35 -18 ↓ 17
Singles 9 -7 ↓ 2 +26 ↑ 28 -3 ↓ 25 -16 ↓ 9
Doubles 2 -2 ↓ 0 +14 ↑ 14 -8 ↓ 6 -4 ↓ 2
Triples 1 -1 ↓ 0 +3 ↑ 3 -3 ↓ 0 0 0
Home Runs 1 -1 ↓ 0 +9 ↑ 9 -5 ↓ 4 +2 ↑ 6
Walks 11 -9 ↓ 2 +9 ↑ 11 +5 ↑ 16 -13 ↓ 3
Strikeouts 22 -18 ↓ 4 +65 ↑ 69 -10 ↓ 59 -25 ↓ 34
K% 26.2 +4.6 ↑ 30.8 -3.3 ↓ 27.5 +3.6 ↑ 31.1 -0.7 ↓ 30.4
BB% 13.1 +2.3 ↑ 15.4 -11.0 ↓ 4.4 +4.0 ↑ 8.4 -5.7 ↓ 2.7
HBP 0 0 0 +2 ↑ 2 +2 ↑ 4 -2 ↓ 2
Batted Balls 51 -44 ↓ 7 +162 ↑ 169 -58 ↓ 111 -38 ↓ 73
Number of Fastballs 203 -165 ↓ 38 +493 ↑ 531 -107 ↓ 424 -224 ↓ 200
Number of Offspeed 36 -33 ↓ 3 +117 ↑ 120 -38 ↓ 82 -47 ↓ 35
Number of Breaking 94 -80 ↓ 14 +278 ↑ 292 -75 ↓ 217 -106 ↓ 111
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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 9 8.1 .244 .175
! 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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