Zack Short
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 17, #524, Chicago Cubs | Sacred Heart University
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 13 9 2 0 0 1 .000 .154 .000 .154
2023 253 221 17 45 7 5 .204 .292 .339 .631
2024 88 70 11 9 0 2 .129 .282 .171 .453
4 Seasons 538 456 51 76 13 10 .167 .269 .287 .556
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .000 0 1 .154
2023 .204 7 5 .631
2024 .129 0 2 .453
4 Seasons .167 13 10 .556
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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%
2021 26 801 103 5 4.9 2.7 87.5 108.2 24.3 33.0 .153 .272 .230 .242 .290 33.0 32.1 12.0
2022 27 52 6 2 33.3 15.4 91.8 105.3 39.8 50.0 .112 .269 .106 .232 .273 50.0 38.5 15.4
2023 28 1027 159 14 8.8 5.5 87.6 107.0 21.2 33.3 .210 .364 .281 .297 .351 33.5 26.1 11.1
2024 29 391 49 2 4.1 2.3 88.6 108.9 21.2 34.7 .169 .250 .228 .271 .275 26.5 27.3 15.9
Player 2271 317 23 7.3 4.3 87.8 108.9 22.6 33.8 .182 .313 .251 .272 .318 32.6 28.6 12.3
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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 %
2021 27.2 72.8 38.8 19.4 14.6 39.8 33.0 27.2 16.5 8.7 1.9 23.3 24.3 25.2
2022 0.0 100.0 66.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 33.3 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.7 33.3 50.0
2023 37.1 62.9 30.8 18.2 13.8 47.2 32.7 20.1 23.9 10.1 3.1 23.3 22.6 17.0
2024 34.7 65.3 34.7 24.5 6.1 32.7 32.7 34.7 22.4 8.2 4.1 10.2 24.5 30.6
Player 32.8 67.2 34.7 19.6 12.9 42.0 32.8 25.2 20.8 9.1 2.8 21.1 23.7 22.4
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 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
2021 4.9 21.4 41.7 15.5 11.7 4.9 2.7
2022 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 15.4
2023 5.7 24.5 34.6 18.9 6.3 8.8 5.5
2024 10.2 22.4 36.7 18.4 8.2 4.1 2.3
Player 6.0 22.7 37.9 17.4 8.2 7.3 4.3
MLB 3.9 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -4 171 43.7 43 .125 .156 .261 23.8 25.6 18.6 .172 .248 .305 31.8
2024 Sinker -0.7 -1 80 20.5 19 .133 .200 .286 17.2 10.5 15.4 .180 .296 .286 21.4
2024 Slider -0.6 0 47 12.0 5 .000 .000 .140 36.4 40.0 13.3 .045 .055 .174 0.0
2024 Sweeper 5.3 1 27 6.9 6 .500 .667 .508 60.0 50.0 25.0 .293 .348 .280 33.3
2024 Cutter -3.4 -1 25 6.4 7 .000 .000 .117 30.0 28.6 40.0 .255 .457 .369 25.0
2024 Curveball -5.5 -1 17 4.3 5 .000 .000 .000 14.3 40.0 33.3 .081 .101 .080 33.3
2024 Changeup -2.7 0 14 3.6 1 .000 .000 .000 42.9 0.0 0.0 .003 .006 .004 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 1.8 0 5 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger -15.4 -1 4 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 7.4 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -7 422 41.1 96 .143 .286 .288 27.1 34.4 27.0 .160 .356 .307 31.1
2023 Slider 3.6 7 187 18.2 47 .372 .651 .459 25.9 19.1 13.0 .311 .495 .375 47.1
2023 Sinker -1.4 -2 139 13.5 35 .258 .419 .306 16.9 17.1 24.0 .253 .451 .334 48.1
2023 Curveball -2.4 -2 72 7.0 18 .056 .111 .108 33.3 38.9 23.3 .130 .253 .199 36.4
2023 Changeup -2.4 -2 64 6.2 19 .125 .125 .178 15.4 10.5 15.4 .191 .251 .247 20.0
2023 Cutter -2.8 -2 64 6.2 12 .182 .182 .208 33.3 33.3 36.4 .219 .251 .248 0.0
2023 Sweeper -2.0 -1 59 5.7 19 .222 .278 .245 16.0 15.8 16.7 .234 .297 .255 13.3
2023 Split-Finger -1.4 0 10 1.0 4 .250 .250 .225 20.0 25.0 20.0 .154 .163 .141 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 183 801 -13 -13 8 5 -13
2022 13 52 -1 -1 0 0 -2
2023 251 1,020 -11 -13 10 4 -9
2024 88 391 -6 -5 4 2 -5
Player 535 2,264 -31 -32 22 -31 -30
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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 %
2021 801 50.1 64.8 77.7 18.5 54.1 40.8 19.0 41.7 27.5 6.9 87.3
2022 52 42.3 63.6 64.3 20.0 33.3 42.3 0.0 38.5 45.0 5.8 100.0
2023 1,027 53.3 64.2 80.5 16.4 47.4 42.4 26.9 41.9 24.9 7.4 73.3
2024 391 53.7 63.8 73.9 13.3 58.3 44.5 25.0 40.4 26.6 9.2 77.8
Player 2,271 52.0 64.3 78.1 16.7 51.1 42.2 23.2 41.5 26.5 7.5 79.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 30.0 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 54 81 10 57
2023 28 70 14 45
2024 46 35
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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 21.56 6 5.0 1 2 4 3 50.0
2023 22.25 7 7.0 0 4 4 4 57.1
Player 21.93 13 11.9 1 6 8 7 53.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2021 6 7 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 3 4 6 6 3 6 6 4 4 6 5 5 6 7 6 4 3 5 5 5 4 5
2023 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 8 6 8 7 8 7 7 6 7 8 9 7 6 7 6 7 8 7 7
Player 13 13 11 11 11 12 13 11 12 10 10 13 14 9 14 13 12 11 13 11 12 14 16 13 10 10 11 12 13 11 12
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 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Exit Velocity 87.5 4.3 ↑ 91.8 -4.2 ↓ 87.6 1.0 ↑ 88.6
Launch Angle 24.3 15.5 ↑ 39.8 -18.6 ↓ 21.2 0.0 21.2
Barrel % 4.9 28.4 ↑ 33.3 -24.5 ↓ 8.8 -4.7 ↓ 4.1
Hard Hit % 33.0 17.0 ↑ 50.0 -16.5 ↓ 33.5 -7.0 ↓ 26.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.0 17.0 ↑ 50.0 -16.7 ↓ 33.3 1.4 ↑ 34.7
xBA .153 -0.041 ↓ .112 0.098 ↑ .210 -0.041 ↓ .169
BA .141 -0.141 ↓ .000 0.204 ↑ .204 -0.075 ↓ .129
xwOBA .242 -0.010 ↓ .232 0.065 ↑ .297 -0.026 ↓ .271
wOBA .230 -0.124 ↓ .106 0.175 ↑ .281 -0.053 ↓ .228
xSLG .272 -0.003 ↓ .269 0.095 ↑ .364 -0.114 ↓ .250
SLG .282 -0.282 ↓ .000 0.339 ↑ .339 -0.168 ↓ .171
K% 32.1 6.4 ↑ 38.5 -12.4 ↓ 26.1 1.2 ↑ 27.3
BB% 12.0 3.4 ↑ 15.4 -4.3 ↓ 11.1 4.8 ↑ 15.9
Swing % 41.7 -3.2 ↓ 38.5 3.4 ↑ 41.9 -1.5 ↓ 40.4
Whiff% 27.5 17.5 ↑ 45.0 -20.1 ↓ 24.9 1.7 ↑ 26.6
In Zone % 50.1 -7.8 ↓ 42.3 11.0 ↑ 53.3 0.4 ↑ 53.7
Out of Zone % 49.9 7.8 ↑ 57.7 -11.0 ↓ 46.7 -0.4 ↓ 46.3
Out of Zone Swing % 18.5 1.5 ↑ 20.0 -3.6 ↓ 16.4 -3.1 ↓ 13.3
First Pitch Swing % 19.0 -19.0 ↓ 0.0 26.9 ↑ 26.9 -1.9 ↓ 25.0
First Pitch Strike % 57.6 -11.4 ↓ 46.2 16.6 ↑ 62.8 2.0 ↑ 64.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 183 8 4.4 .224 .361
2022 Shifts R 13 1 7.7 .115 .000
2023 Shades R 251 26 10.4 .281 .308
2024 Shades R 88 3 3.4 .222 .418
! 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 %
2021 228 16.5 31.1% 0.4% 170 22.6 0.6% 5.3%
2022 18 16.8 33.3% 0.0% 10 19.1 0.0% 0.0%
2023 316 15.1 47.8% 0.0% 187 18.5 8.0% 0.5%
2024 111 15.1 45.9% 0.0% 79 19.1 6.3% 0.0%
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