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Zach McKinstry
SS | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 180LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 33, #1001, Los Angeles Dodgers | Central Michigan
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2023 518 464 60 107 9 16 .231 .302 .351 .653
2024 325 297 32 64 4 16 .215 .277 .337 .614
2025 11 8 3 3 0 0 .375 .545 .625 1.170
6 Seasons 1,218 1,100 136 243 25 40 .221 .288 .359 .647
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2023 .231 9 16 .653
2024 .215 4 16 .614
2025 .375 0 0 1.170
6 Seasons .221 25 40 .647
20242024 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value-10NOT QUALIFIEDBaserunning Run Value4NOT QUALIFIEDFielding Run Value3NOT QUALIFIED68BattingxwOBA.294NOT QUALIFIEDxBA.238NOT QUALIFIEDxSLG.364NOT QUALIFIEDAvg Exit Velocity88.0NOT QUALIFIEDBarrel %4.3NOT QUALIFIEDHard-Hit %32.6NOT QUALIFIEDLA Sweet-Spot %37.8NOT QUALIFIEDBat Speed67.2NOT QUALIFIEDSquared-Up %30.8NOT QUALIFIEDChase %27.9NOT QUALIFIEDWhiff %22.1NOT QUALIFIEDK %21.2NOT QUALIFIEDBB %7.4NOT QUALIFIEDFieldingRange (OAA)3NOT QUALIFIED81Arm Strength85.9NOT QUALIFIED58RunningSprint Speed28.4NOT QUALIFIED79
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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%
2020 25 32 4 0 0.0 0.0 85.2 96.2 -6.1 50.0 .271 .328 .303 .258 .452 50.0 42.9 0.0
2021 26 709 111 9 8.1 5.2 88.4 106.2 13.7 36.0 .212 .372 .282 .272 .358 35.1 29.1 5.8
2022 27 791 116 5 4.3 2.7 86.4 104.2 12.9 41.4 .229 .342 .280 .288 .359 30.2 28.1 8.6
2023 28 2114 356 27 7.6 5.2 87.2 108.3 17.8 37.1 .247 .395 .289 .312 .359 33.5 21.8 8.5
2024 29 1249 230 10 4.3 3.1 88.0 108.1 18.7 37.8 .238 .364 .270 .294 .337 32.6 21.2 7.4
2025 30 42 5 0 0.0 0.0 87.2 97.8 2.1 60.0 .253 .317 .477 .334 .392 40.0 27.3 27.3
Player 4937 822 51 6.2 4.2 87.5 108.3 16.6 38.0 .237 .374 .283 .298 .353 33.1 23.8 8.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Created with Highcharts 6.2.0%Chart context menuZach McKinstry Pitch % by SeasonSource: baseballsavant.mlb.comFastballBreakingOffspeed2020202120222023202420250204060
Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Pitch Tracking

Year
Pitch Type
#
%
PA
AB
H
1B
2B
3B
HR
SO
BBE
BA
XBA
SLG
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
EV
LA
Whiff%
PutAway%
2025 Fastball 22 52.4 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 .400 .395 .800 .495 .500 .383 91.2 11 16.7 20.0
2025 Breaking 12 28.6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .460 .460 75.0 14.3
2025 Offspeed 8 19.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .027 .500 .031 .444 .024 71.1 -32 75.0 25.0
2024 Fastball 710 56.8 195 173 36 26 6 2 2 32 143 .208 .245 .301 .373 .264 .310 88.8 22 16.6 16.6
2024 Breaking 371 29.7 82 76 16 7 5 2 2 25 51 .211 .210 .408 .344 .292 .270 86.3 15 29.3 19.1
2024 Offspeed 168 13.5 48 48 12 8 3 1 0 12 36 .250 .258 .354 .364 .258 .269 85.6 9 32.1 23.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2020 50.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 25.0
2021 44.1 55.9 31.5 20.7 3.6 42.3 36.9 20.7 26.1 13.5 4.5 16.2 23.4 16.2
2022 39.7 60.3 25.0 31.0 4.3 42.2 27.6 30.2 23.3 12.9 3.4 19.0 14.7 26.7
2023 35.7 64.3 34.0 26.1 4.2 30.6 40.4 28.9 14.9 14.6 6.2 15.7 25.8 22.8
2024 32.6 67.4 31.3 29.6 6.5 37.8 37.0 25.2 17.8 12.2 2.6 20.0 24.8 22.6
2025 40.0 60.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 40.0
Player 36.6 63.4 31.4 27.3 4.7 36.0 37.0 27.0 18.7 13.4 4.5 17.3 23.6 22.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 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
2020 25.0 0.0 0.0 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2021 3.6 30.6 26.1 25.2 6.3 8.1 5.2
2022 6.0 26.7 25.9 31.0 6.0 4.3 2.7
2023 4.8 26.1 31.2 23.9 5.9 7.6 5.2
2024 3.9 23.0 30.9 30.0 7.8 4.3 3.1
2025 0.0 40.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 4.6 25.9 29.4 27.1 6.4 6.2 4.2
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 2.5 1 21 50.0 5 .400 .800 .500 16.7 20.0 20.0 .395 .495 .383 50.0
2025 Slider 2.7 0 11 26.2 3 .000 .000 .467 75.0 33.3 16.7 -- -- .467 --
2025 Split-Finger 4.9 0 8 19.0 2 .500 .500 .450 75.0 50.0 25.0 .026 .030 .024 0.0
2025 Sinker 5.5 0 1 2.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Curveball 2.3 0 1 2.4 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -11 457 36.6 138 .165 .223 .236 16.0 17.4 16.3 .210 .331 .287 34.7
2024 Slider 0.4 1 184 14.7 37 .200 .486 .305 27.3 24.3 15.3 .190 .369 .262 38.5
2024 Sinker -0.2 0 140 11.2 29 .308 .500 .390 19.4 13.8 12.9 .352 .528 .398 52.2
2024 Changeup -0.7 -1 127 10.2 38 .211 .316 .245 31.8 23.7 23.1 .218 .291 .240 13.8
2024 Curveball 0.8 1 119 9.5 29 .222 .370 .314 20.5 27.6 16.3 .248 .320 .277 15.8
2024 Cutter 0.2 0 113 9.0 28 .308 .462 .359 16.4 14.3 26.7 .303 .417 .339 31.8
2024 Sweeper -2.3 -1 64 5.1 15 .154 .154 .213 48.3 53.3 34.8 .149 .180 .218 20.0
2024 Split-Finger 4.2 2 38 3.0 8 .500 .625 .494 37.5 37.5 23.1 .407 .491 .388 20.0
2024 Slurve 4.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Screwball -24.3 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .289 .311 .283 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2020 7 32 0 0 0 0 0
2021 171 709 2 -11 5 3 -1
2022 185 791 -6 -6 5 2 -6
2023 514 2,096 -17 -19 14 6 -16
2024 325 1,249 -9 -14 7 5 -10
2025 10 42 1 0 0 1 1
Player 1,212 4,919 -29 -50 31 -29 -31
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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 %
2020 32 43.8 78.6 63.6 27.8 60.0 56.3 14.3 50.0 37.5 3.1 0.0
2021 709 50.1 61.1 84.3 31.1 52.7 43.0 22.2 46.1 26.0 6.6 74.5
2022 791 48.3 66.2 86.6 28.4 60.3 40.6 28.6 46.6 21.1 8.6 72.1
2023 2,114 49.2 68.1 87.3 27.1 59.7 40.8 27.0 47.3 20.5 7.8 75.5
2024 1,249 51.0 66.7 84.9 27.9 57.3 44.5 28.0 47.7 22.1 7.2 82.2
2025 42 45.2 73.7 71.4 26.1 33.3 35.7 63.6 47.6 40.0 7.1 100.0
Player 4,937 49.6 66.5 85.9 28.1 57.9 42.1 27.1 47.1 22.1 7.6 76.3
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
2021 41 75 96
2022 15 78 67
2023 30 37 30 32 37 45 40 14 37 16 52 52 75 60 80 85 96 7 55 84
2024 36 79 81 58
2025 20 86 4 58 95
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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 %
2021 19.3 7 4.1 3 6 5 0 0.0
2022 22.5 5 4.5 1 2 2 3 60.0
2023 21.9 9 8.4 1 12 7 2 22.2
2024 22.3 5 7.1 -2 8 8 0 0.0
Player 21.5 26 24.2 2 28 22 5 19.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2021 7 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 0 2 5 5 2 3 6 2 3 6 4 4 7 6 7 2 2 5 5 7 3 2
2022 5 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 5
2023 9 8 3 13 8 7 9 7 8 5 6 10 10 8 10 8 9 6 11 11 9 7 17 14 6 5 7 7 10 7 6
2024 5 7 7 13 7 7 8 7 4 4 6 8 9 5 6 8 6 4 7 11 7 6 14 9 8 5 7 8 8 5 3
Player 26 26 17 35 23 23 26 24 19 13 18 28 29 19 25 26 21 18 28 30 25 25 43 35 20 16 23 25 30 19 16
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
2020
2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
+/-
 
Exit Velocity 85.2 88.4 3.2 86.4 -2.0 87.2 0.8 88.0 0.8 87.2 -0.8
Launch Angle -6.1 13.7 19.8 12.9 -0.8 17.8 4.9 18.7 0.9 2.1 -16.6
Barrel % 0.0 8.1 8.1 4.3 -3.8 7.6 3.3 4.3 -3.3 0.0 -4.3
Hard Hit % 50.0 35.1 -14.9 30.2 -4.9 33.5 3.3 32.6 -0.9 40.0 7.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 50.0 36.0 -14.0 41.4 5.4 37.1 -4.3 37.8 0.7 60.0 22.2
xBA .271 .212 -0.059 .229 0.017 .247 0.018 .238 -0.009 .253 0.015
BA .286 .215 -0.071 .199 -0.016 .231 0.032 .215 -0.016 .375 0.160
xwOBA .258 .272 0.014 .288 0.016 .312 0.024 .294 -0.018 .334 0.040
wOBA .303 .282 -0.021 .280 -0.002 .289 0.009 .270 -0.019 .477 0.207
xSLG .328 .372 0.044 .342 -0.030 .395 0.053 .364 -0.031 .317 -0.047
SLG .429 .405 -0.024 .361 -0.044 .351 -0.010 .337 -0.014 .625 0.288
K% 42.9 29.1 -13.8 28.1 -1.0 21.8 -6.3 21.2 -0.6 27.3 6.1
BB% 0.0 5.8 5.8 8.6 2.8 8.5 -0.1 7.4 -1.1 27.3 19.9
Swing % 50.0 46.1 -3.9 46.6 0.5 47.3 0.7 47.7 0.4 47.6 -0.1
Whiff% 37.5 26.0 -11.5 21.1 -4.9 20.5 -0.6 22.1 1.6 40.0 17.9
In Zone % 43.8 50.1 6.3 48.3 -1.8 49.2 0.9 51.0 1.8 45.2 -5.8
Out of Zone % 56.3 49.9 -6.4 51.7 1.8 50.8 -0.9 49.0 -1.8 54.8 5.8
Out of Zone Swing % 27.8 31.1 3.3 28.4 -2.7 27.1 -1.3 27.9 0.8 26.1 -1.8
First Pitch Swing % 14.3 22.2 7.9 28.6 6.4 27.0 -1.6 28.0 1.0 63.6 35.6
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 64.3 7.2 61.1 -3.2 57.5 -3.6 62.5 5.0 81.8 19.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2020 Shifts L 7 0 0.0 .303
2021 Shifts L 171 74 43.3 .301 .259
2022 Shifts L 185 71 38.4 .267 .302
2023 Shades L 514 194 37.7 .336 .214
2024 Shades L 324 140 43.2 .277 .257
2025 Shades L 10 3 30.0 .582 .230
! 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 Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2020 7 15.8 28.6% 0.0% 8 20.9 12.5% 12.5%
2021 212 17.9 14.2% 3.3% 136 23.8 0.7% 14.0%
2022 248 16.0 37.9% 0.8% 123 21.5 1.6% 7.3%
2023 699 15.2 47.4% 0.0% 295 18.5 4.4% 0.0%
2024 394 14.9 50.8% 0.0% 181 18.2 8.8% 0.0%
2025 8 14.9 50.0% 0.0% 3 19.1 0.0% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings