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Michael Busch

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Chicago Cubs1BBats: L · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAverage

The read

Above-average power.

Prop hit rates

How often Michael Busch has cleared each prop line over his last 10 and 30 games and the season.

Hits

share of games cleared

L10L30Season

Over 0.5
60%73%65%
Over 1.5▲ hot
30%30%22%
Over 2.5
0%10%5%

Home runs

share of games cleared

L10L30Season

Over 0.5
10%17%12%

Total bases

share of games cleared

L10L30Season

Over 1.5
30%40%36%
Over 2.5
20%37%24%
Over 3.5
10%23%17%

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At a glance

AVG

.242↓

OBP

.352

SLG

.392

OPS

.744

22%

Last 10: 9-for-44 (.205) · 1 HR · 6 K · 1 BB · MLB avg .247 / .318 / .404

Power & contact quality

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season. The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 514 PA.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.369

Avg Exit V

88.2 mph

Barrel %

9.7%

Hard-Hit %

43.9%

Chase %

25.3%

Whiff %

23.7%

K %

22.4%

BB %

12.8%

Where he hits it

44%

Pull

28%

Center

29%

Oppo

Pull-air 23% of BIP · 95.8 mph · 33° LA

Share of batted balls by field sector. The pull / center / oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below the fan.

Matchups

vs LHP.750OPS156 PA

vs RHP.741OPS358 PA

By pitch type. Filter by pitch, opposing hand, or recency. Green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

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Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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This season Last 30 days

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3 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↓	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Four-seam	169	.219	.376	.326	11.7%	16.6%	39.2%	10.3%	90.5 mph	21.4°
Sinker	89	.275	.473	.448	13.9%	10.1%	43.0%	16.5%	88.2 mph	5.6°
Cutter	29	.269	.684	.440	14.3%	17.2%	50.5%	15.5%	93.7 mph	25.3°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalSeason-to-date

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.319

xSLG

.558

Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above

Max EV

109.2

EV90

102.1

Launch angle

14.6°

Sweet-spot%

36.8%

Avg distance

289 ft

EV on barrels

102.8

EV on hard-hit

100.2

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

64.5%

O-Contact%

54.4%

Z-Contact%

86.1%

Contact%

76.3%

SwStr%

10.3%

CSW%

26.4%

In-zone%

46.8%

1st-pitch swing%

34.2%

2-strike K%

43.2%

Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%

7d xwOBA(con)

.354

7d K%

10.0%

7d Barrel%

7.7%

7d Whiff%

19.3%

14d xwOBA(con)

.345

14d K%

16.4%

14d Barrel%

8.2%

30d xwOBA(con)

.359

30d K%

20.9%

30d Barrel%

5.9%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.398

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.405

Behind xwOBA(con)

.346

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.359

Ahead Whiff%

22.0%

2-strike Whiff%

24.2%

By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning

Bases empty

.344

RISP

.367

Loaded

.425

High leverage

.373

Clutch

.305

Innings 1-3

.382

Innings 4-6

.382

Innings 7+

.345

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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