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Michael Busch

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Chicago Cubs1BBats: L · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAbove avg

The read

Above-average power.

At a glance

AVG

.245

OBP

.373

SLG

.394

OPS

.766

22%

Last 10: 9-for-36 (.250) · 1 HR · 6 K · 8 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 338 PA.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.382

Avg Exit V

88.2 mph

Barrel %

11.3%

Hard-Hit %

48.0%

Chase %

24.3%

Whiff %

24.2%

K %

21.9%

BB %

15.1%

Where he hits it

40%

Pull

31%

Center

28%

Oppo

Pull-air 19% of BIP · 95.2 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.738OPS102 PA

vs RHP.778OPS236 PA

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

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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This season Last 30 days

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5 pitches · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↓	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Slider	26	.455	.665	.346	35.6%	23.1%	27.4%	4.6%	75.9 mph	5.8°
Changeup	18	.133	.267	.207	56.3%	44.4%	14.3%	14.3%	84.1 mph	13.7°
Sinker	16	.300	.600	.585	6.3%	6.3%	45.0%	22.5%	90.5 mph	5.2°
Curveball	5	.750	.750	.365	11.1%	20.0%	33.3%	0.0%	93.8 mph	6.3°
Cutter	5	.200	.200	.236	15.4%	40.0%	66.7%	0.0%	94.1 mph	-3.7°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sat Jun 20

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.327

xSLG

.580

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

Max EV

108.7

EV90

102.2

Launch angle

14.7°

Sweet-spot%

36.3%

Avg distance

275 ft

EV on barrels

102.7

EV on hard-hit

100.3

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

61.1%

O-Contact%

53.8%

Z-Contact%

86.6%

Contact%

75.8%

SwStr%

9.8%

CSW%

26.5%

In-zone%

44.8%

1st-pitch swing%

31.4%

2-strike K%

43.0%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.299

7d K%

14.3%

7d Barrel%

5.6%

7d Whiff%

23.1%

14d xwOBA(con)

.403

14d K%

16.4%

14d Barrel%

11.4%

30d xwOBA(con)

.394

30d K%

21.1%

30d Barrel%

10.8%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.434

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.426

Behind xwOBA(con)

.322

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.389

Ahead Whiff%

21.7%

2-strike Whiff%

25.6%

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

Bases empty

.353

RISP

.392

Loaded

.465

High leverage

.401

Clutch

.378

Innings 1-3

.355

Innings 4-6

.430

Innings 7+

.360

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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