Zack Short
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 180LBS | Age: 29
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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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%
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 .176 .272 .228 .280 .292 26.5 27.3 15.9
Player 2271 317 23 7.3 4.3 87.8 108.9 22.6 33.8 .183 .316 .251 .274 .320 32.6 28.6 12.3
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
2021 27.2 38.8 19.4 14.6 39.8 33.0 27.2 4.9 21.4 41.7 15.5 11.7 4.9 2.7
2022 0.0 66.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 33.3 50.0 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0 0.0 33.3 15.4
2023 37.1 30.8 18.2 13.8 47.2 32.7 20.1 5.7 24.5 34.6 18.9 6.3 8.8 5.5
2024 34.7 34.7 24.5 6.1 32.7 32.7 34.7 10.2 22.4 36.7 18.4 8.2 4.1 2.3
Player 32.8 34.7 19.6 12.9 42.0 32.8 25.2 6.0 22.7 37.9 17.4 8.2 7.3 4.3
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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -3 172 44.0 43 .125 .156 .261 23.8 25.6 18.6 .177 .263 .311 31.8
2024 Sinker -0.3 0 79 20.2 19 .133 .200 .286 17.2 10.5 15.4 .197 .335 .303 21.4
2024 Slider -1.8 -1 50 12.8 6 .000 .000 .117 42.9 50.0 17.6 .046 .072 .160 0.0
2024 Cutter -1.7 0 25 6.4 7 .000 .000 .117 30.0 28.6 40.0 .252 .506 .385 25.0
2024 Sweeper 9.4 2 23 5.9 5 .600 .800 .610 57.1 40.0 20.0 .353 .437 .347 33.3
2024 Curveball -5.9 -1 18 4.6 5 .000 .000 .000 14.3 40.0 33.3 .085 .103 .081 33.3
2024 Changeup -3.4 0 14 3.6 1 .000 .000 .000 42.9 0.0 0.0 .006 .009 .007 0.0
2024 Knuckleball 0.8 0 5 1.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger -16.6 -1 4 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
2024 Slurve 9.1 0 1 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -4 420 40.9 96 .143 .286 .288 27.1 33.3 26.4 .162 .358 .308 32.6
2023 Slider 4.0 8 187 18.2 48 .364 .636 .449 25.6 18.8 13.2 .305 .486 .369 45.7
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 141 13.7 35 .258 .419 .306 16.9 20.0 26.9 .248 .446 .330 46.2
2023 Curveball -3.0 -2 74 7.2 18 .056 .111 .108 33.3 38.9 22.6 .130 .253 .199 36.4
2023 Changeup -2.0 -1 67 6.5 20 .176 .176 .216 14.8 10.0 13.3 .200 .258 .251 25.0
2023 Cutter -2.5 -2 66 6.4 12 .182 .182 .208 33.3 33.3 33.3 .219 .251 .248 0.0
2023 Sweeper -1.1 -1 54 5.3 18 .235 .294 .258 16.7 16.7 18.8 .243 .307 .265 14.3
2023 Split-Finger -4.3 0 8 0.8 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 33.3 25.0 .093 .096 .086 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -1 21 40.4 5 .000 .000 .140 55.6 60.0 60.0 .105 .309 .280 100.0
2022 Sinker 3.6 0 9 17.3 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2022 Slider -6.3 -1 9 17.3 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .026 .058 .081 0.0
2022 Changeup -2.5 0 6 11.5 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 50.0 .007 .009 .007 0.0
2022 Curveball -9.9 0 4 7.7 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 33.3 .000 .000 .040 100.0
2022 Cutter -17.1 -1 3 5.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .549 1.109 .686 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -3.2 -10 320 40.0 84 .101 .246 .218 29.3 34.5 25.7 .152 .320 .272 44.2
2021 Slider -1.5 -2 154 19.2 31 .148 .222 .184 38.2 45.2 29.8 .082 .099 .128 6.7
2021 Sinker -2.8 -3 110 13.7 24 .227 .273 .260 4.7 4.2 4.5 .247 .368 .301 33.3
2021 Changeup -1.9 -2 83 10.4 19 .111 .278 .153 25.8 31.6 19.4 .108 .166 .142 15.4
2021 Cutter -2.4 -1 61 7.6 11 .000 .000 .255 31.8 18.2 10.5 .107 .131 .319 20.0
2021 Curveball 2.0 1 47 5.9 8 .250 .625 .363 38.5 62.5 29.4 .253 .506 .315 100.0
2021 Sweeper 14.6 2 17 2.1 3 1.000 2.500 1.200 14.3 0.0 0.0 .500 .793 .596 50.0
2021 Split-Finger -5.9 0 5 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 Slurve -1.4 0 4 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .009 .010 .009 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 183 801 -16 -13 8 6 -16
2023 251 1,020 -5 -12 10 4 -3
2024 88 391 -6 -6 5 2 -5
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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 82.0 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
2021 54 81 11 57
2023 28 70 15 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 21.6 6 5.0 1 2 4 3 50.0
2023 22.3 7 7.9 -1 3 5 4 57.1
Player 21.9 13 12.9 0 5 9 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 4 6 6 4 4 6 5 5 6 7 6 4 3 5 5 5 4 5
2023 7 7 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 8 7 8 9 7 9 8 9 7 8 7 8 8 10 8 7 8 7 8 9 8 8
Player 13 14 12 12 12 13 14 12 12 11 11 14 15 11 15 14 13 11 14 12 13 14 17 14 11 11 12 13 14 12 13
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 91.8 4.3 ↑ 87.6 -4.2 ↓ 88.6 1.0 ↑
Launch Angle 24.3 39.8 15.5 ↑ 21.2 -18.6 ↓ 21.2 0.0
Barrel % 4.9 33.3 28.4 ↑ 8.8 -24.5 ↓ 4.1 -4.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.0 50.0 17.0 ↑ 33.5 -16.5 ↓ 26.5 -7.0 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.0 50.0 17.0 ↑ 33.3 -16.7 ↓ 34.7 1.4 ↑
xBA .153 .112 -0.041 ↓ .210 0.098 ↑ .176 -0.034 ↓
BA .141 .000 -0.141 ↓ .204 0.204 ↑ .129 -0.075 ↓
xwOBA .242 .232 -0.010 ↓ .297 0.065 ↑ .280 -0.017 ↓
wOBA .230 .106 -0.124 ↓ .281 0.175 ↑ .228 -0.053 ↓
xSLG .272 .269 -0.003 ↓ .364 0.095 ↑ .272 -0.092 ↓
SLG .282 .000 -0.282 ↓ .339 0.339 ↑ .171 -0.168 ↓
K% 32.1 38.5 6.4 ↑ 26.1 -12.4 ↓ 27.3 1.2 ↑
BB% 12.0 15.4 3.4 ↑ 11.1 -4.3 ↓ 15.9 4.8 ↑
Swing % 41.7 38.5 -3.2 ↓ 41.9 3.4 ↑ 40.4 -1.5 ↓
Whiff% 27.5 45.0 17.5 ↑ 24.9 -20.1 ↓ 26.6 1.7 ↑
In Zone % 50.1 42.3 -7.8 ↓ 53.3 11.0 ↑ 53.7 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.9 57.7 7.8 ↑ 46.7 -11.0 ↓ 46.3 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 18.5 20.0 1.5 ↑ 16.4 -3.6 ↓ 13.3 -3.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 19.0 0.0 -19.0 ↓ 26.9 26.9 ↑ 25.0 -1.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.6 46.2 -11.4 ↓ 62.8 16.6 ↑ 64.8 2.0 ↑
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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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