Zach McKinstry
RF | 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 90 74 13 23 1 1 .311 .416 .459 .875
6 Seasons 1,297 1,166 146 263 26 41 .226 .294 .364 .658
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .231 9 16 .653
2024 .215 4 16 .614
2025 .311 1 1 .875
6 Seasons .226 26 41 .658
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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
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 30 373 57 3 5.3 3.3 87.4 108.7 11.2 49.1 .268 .366 .383 .342 .376 35.1 21.1 15.6
Player 5268 874 54 6.2 4.2 87.5 108.7 16.3 38.6 .239 .374 .289 .301 .354 33.2 23.6 8.3
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.




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 %
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 42.1 57.9 22.8 29.8 5.3 45.6 22.8 31.6 28.1 5.3 8.8 17.5 17.5 22.8
Player 37.0 63.0 30.9 27.3 4.8 36.6 36.2 27.2 19.2 12.9 4.8 17.4 23.2 22.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 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 5.3 31.6 19.3 33.3 5.3 5.3 3.3
Player 4.7 26.2 28.8 27.5 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 1.7 2 135 36.2 31 .370 .593 .427 15.3 12.9 9.3 .378 .548 .440 41.7
2025 Changeup 0.8 1 65 17.4 15 .250 .333 .318 30.8 20.0 13.6 .263 .355 .329 30.0
2025 Sinker 3.5 2 49 13.1 18 .429 .571 .494 8.7 0.0 0.0 .264 .310 .351 28.6
2025 Slider -0.1 0 47 12.6 12 .200 .200 .267 42.1 41.7 20.0 .185 .236 .268 40.0
2025 Curveball -1.9 -1 28 7.5 1 .000 .000 .000 14.3 100.0 12.5 -- -- .000 --
2025 Cutter 3.1 1 23 6.2 5 .333 1.000 .600 20.0 40.0 22.2 .250 .367 .437 100.0
2025 Split-Finger -3.1 -1 17 4.6 6 .167 .167 .150 60.0 50.0 33.3 .035 .042 .034 0.0
2025 Sweeper -3.4 0 8 2.1 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2025 Slurve 0.0 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.4 -11 457 36.6 138 .165 .223 .236 16.0 17.4 16.4 .210 .331 .287 34.7
2024 Slider 0.3 1 183 14.7 37 .200 .486 .305 27.3 24.3 15.5 .190 .369 .262 38.5
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 135 10.8 29 .308 .500 .390 17.2 13.8 13.3 .352 .528 .398 52.2
2024 Changeup -0.7 -1 127 10.2 38 .211 .316 .245 31.8 23.7 23.1 .218 .292 .240 13.8
2024 Curveball 1.1 1 115 9.2 28 .231 .385 .325 21.1 28.6 16.3 .254 .328 .285 16.7
2024 Cutter 0.2 0 114 9.1 28 .308 .462 .359 16.1 14.3 25.0 .303 .417 .339 31.8
2024 Sweeper -2.5 -2 69 5.5 16 .143 .143 .200 46.7 50.0 33.3 .143 .174 .208 16.7
2024 Split-Finger 3.5 1 42 3.4 8 .500 .625 .494 42.1 37.5 21.4 .407 .491 .388 20.0
2024 Screwball -24.3 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .289 .311 .283 100.0
2024 Slurve 4.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! 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 89 373 0 0 3 1 4
Player 1,291 5,250 -30 -50 34 -30 -28
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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 373 49.6 68.1 84.9 23.4 52.3 44.8 36.7 45.6 22.9 6.7 76.0
Player 5,268 49.6 66.6 85.9 27.8 57.8 42.3 27.5 47.0 22.0 7.5 76.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 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 54 84
2024 36 79 81 58
2025 62 64 34 17 88 24 27 22 54 24 53 92 63 75 71 89 79 5 58 96
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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
2025 22.0 1 1.3 0 0 2 0 0.0
Player 21.5 27 25.5 2 28 24 5 18.5
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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
2025 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2
Player 27 28 17 36 24 24 27 25 20 14 19 29 31 20 26 27 22 19 30 31 27 27 45 37 21 17 24 26 32 21 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 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 85.2 3.2 88.4 -2.0 86.4 0.8 87.2 0.8 88.0 -0.6 87.4
Launch Angle -6.1 19.8 13.7 -0.8 12.9 4.9 17.8 0.9 18.7 -7.5 11.2
Barrel % 0.0 8.1 8.1 -3.8 4.3 3.3 7.6 -3.3 4.3 1.0 5.3
Hard Hit % 50.0 -14.9 35.1 -4.9 30.2 3.3 33.5 -0.9 32.6 2.5 35.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 50.0 -14.0 36.0 5.4 41.4 -4.3 37.1 0.7 37.8 11.3 49.1
xBA .271 -0.059 .212 0.017 .229 0.018 .247 -0.009 .238 0.030 .268
BA .286 -0.071 .215 -0.016 .199 0.032 .231 -0.016 .215 0.096 .311
xwOBA .258 0.014 .272 0.016 .288 0.024 .312 -0.018 .294 0.048 .342
wOBA .303 -0.021 .282 -0.002 .280 0.009 .289 -0.019 .270 0.113 .383
xSLG .328 0.044 .372 -0.030 .342 0.053 .395 -0.031 .364 0.002 .366
SLG .429 -0.024 .405 -0.044 .361 -0.010 .351 -0.014 .337 0.122 .459
K% 42.9 -13.8 29.1 -1.0 28.1 -6.3 21.8 -0.6 21.2 -0.1 21.1
BB% 0.0 5.8 5.8 2.8 8.6 -0.1 8.5 -1.1 7.4 8.2 15.6
Swing % 50.0 -3.9 46.1 0.5 46.6 0.7 47.3 0.4 47.7 -2.1 45.6
Whiff% 37.5 -11.5 26.0 -4.9 21.1 -0.6 20.5 1.6 22.1 0.8 22.9
In Zone % 43.8 6.3 50.1 -1.8 48.3 0.9 49.2 1.8 51.0 -1.4 49.6
Out of Zone % 56.3 -6.4 49.9 1.8 51.7 -0.9 50.8 -1.8 49.0 1.4 50.4
Out of Zone Swing % 27.8 3.3 31.1 -2.7 28.4 -1.3 27.1 0.8 27.9 -4.5 23.4
First Pitch Swing % 14.3 7.9 22.2 6.4 28.6 -1.6 27.0 1.0 28.0 8.7 36.7
First Pitch Strike % 57.1 7.2 64.3 -3.2 61.1 -3.6 57.5 5.0 62.5 6.4 68.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/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 89 44 49.4 .303 .464
! 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 %
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 67 15.9 37.3% 0.0% 61 17.6 1.6% 0.0%
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