Tommy La Stella
DH | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 180LBS | Age: 36
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 8, #266, Atlanta Braves | Coastal Carolina
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 242 220 26 55 7 0 .250 .308 .405 .713
2022 195 180 17 43 2 0 .239 .282 .350 .632
2023 24 21 2 4 0 0 .190 .292 .238 .530
10 Seasons 1,957 1,737 209 462 40 5 .266 .337 .397 .734
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .250 7 0 .713
2022 .239 2 0 .632
2023 .190 0 0 .530
10 Seasons .266 40 5 .734
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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%
2015 26 322 61 0 0.0 0.0 88.6 107.8 13.3 37.7 .256 .378 .317 .315 .314 29.5 9.3 6.7
2016 27 698 121 7 5.8 4.1 88.6 105.1 16.3 36.4 .255 .424 .333 .335 .354 31.4 16.0 10.7
2017 28 633 109 3 2.8 2.0 87.5 103.4 14.0 38.5 .261 .400 .368 .342 .331 29.4 12.0 13.3
2018 29 725 142 2 1.4 1.1 86.0 103.9 8.1 33.1 .261 .363 .300 .313 .325 24.6 14.2 8.9
2019 30 1209 264 14 5.3 4.4 88.2 105.9 13.2 34.8 .297 .484 .351 .355 .363 31.2 8.7 6.2
2020 31 940 187 9 4.8 3.9 88.0 108.8 17.1 32.1 .275 .423 .355 .348 .315 28.3 5.3 11.8
2021 32 1034 195 12 6.2 5.0 88.9 106.8 13.5 36.9 .280 .460 .307 .342 .355 33.3 10.7 7.4
2022 33 794 153 3 2.0 1.5 87.9 108.0 14.6 37.3 .232 .329 .277 .267 .286 32.0 15.4 5.6
2023 34 104 16 0 0.0 0.0 86.6 101.2 19.2 25.0 .184 .232 .249 .244 .236 12.5 20.8 12.5
Player 6459 1248 50 4.0 3.1 88.0 108.8 13.9 35.3 .268 .415 .326 .329 .333 30.0 11.3 8.7
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 %
2015 37.7 62.3 26.2 29.5 6.6 39.3 32.8 27.9 24.6 13.1 0.0 14.8 19.7 27.9
2016 35.5 64.5 25.6 33.1 5.8 44.6 28.1 24.0 24.8 7.4 1.7 19.8 20.7 22.3
2017 44.0 56.0 18.3 31.2 6.4 39.4 41.3 19.3 22.0 20.2 1.8 17.4 21.1 17.4
2018 52.8 47.2 9.9 30.3 7.0 41.5 35.9 21.8 31.7 16.9 4.2 9.9 19.0 17.6
2019 45.5 54.9 21.6 25.8 7.6 39.8 34.5 25.8 24.6 14.8 6.1 15.2 19.7 19.7
2020 40.1 59.9 28.3 22.5 9.1 47.1 31.0 21.9 25.7 11.8 2.7 21.4 19.3 19.3
2021 44.1 55.9 26.7 24.1 5.1 41.5 40.5 17.9 23.6 17.9 2.6 17.9 22.6 15.4
2022 39.2 60.8 24.8 28.1 7.8 37.3 39.9 22.9 21.6 15.0 2.6 15.7 24.8 20.3
2023 37.5 62.5 25.0 25.0 12.5 37.5 31.3 31.3 25.0 6.3 6.3 12.5 25.0 25.0
Player 42.9 57.1 22.8 27.2 7.1 41.4 35.6 22.6 24.8 14.7 3.3 16.6 20.9 19.3
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
2015 1.6 32.8 24.6 26.2 14.8 0.0 0.0
2016 1.7 28.1 28.9 21.5 8.3 5.8 4.1
2017 2.8 30.3 30.3 25.7 7.3 2.8 2.0
2018 1.4 42.3 16.2 32.4 6.3 1.4 1.1
2019 1.9 34.1 23.5 29.5 4.9 5.3 4.4
2020 1.6 27.8 35.3 26.2 3.7 4.8 3.9
2021 3.1 31.3 27.2 26.2 6.2 6.2 5.0
2022 0.7 34.6 32.0 24.2 6.5 2.0 1.5
2023 0.0 31.3 50.0 18.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 1.8 32.7 27.6 26.8 6.3 4.0 3.1
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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.8 0 38 36.5 6 .400 .400 .417 7.7 0.0 0.0 .369 .427 .407 20.0
2023 Cutter -2.5 0 16 15.4 4 .250 .250 .225 33.3 25.0 100.0 .146 .160 .135 0.0
2023 Curveball 0.8 0 14 13.5 5 .200 .400 .250 16.7 20.0 12.5 .198 .262 .193 25.0
2023 Slider -2.7 0 12 11.5 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 66.7 50.0 -- -- .233 --
2023 Sinker -3.9 0 11 10.6 3 .000 .000 .233 50.0 0.0 0.0 .065 .196 .304 0.0
2023 Changeup -6.1 -1 9 8.7 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .155 .203 .156 0.0
2023 Split-Finger -6.4 0 3 2.9 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2023 Sweeper 2.4 0 1 1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 1 290 36.5 76 .324 .441 .363 13.4 11.8 13.4 .279 .406 .330 33.3
2022 Sinker -1.3 -1 116 14.6 28 .269 .500 .352 13.5 14.3 22.2 .225 .390 .293 54.5
2022 Slider -0.7 -1 104 13.1 20 .176 .176 .205 22.5 20.0 11.4 .186 .245 .228 14.3
2022 Changeup -2.4 -2 95 12.0 19 .105 .211 .132 17.5 5.3 3.7 .185 .229 .180 22.2
2022 Cutter -3.2 -3 85 10.7 18 .167 .278 .189 16.2 16.7 17.6 .178 .225 .174 20.0
2022 Curveball -1.4 -1 81 10.2 24 .208 .292 .246 22.6 25.0 26.1 .242 .314 .271 33.3
2022 Split-Finger 3.0 0 12 1.5 5 .250 .250 .320 20.0 20.0 25.0 .288 .323 .351 33.3
2022 Sweeper -6.4 -1 10 1.3 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 25.0 25.0 .004 .009 .026 33.3
2022 Slurve -17.6 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 358 1,481 -3 -21 9 6 -9
2015 75 322 -4 2 2 2 2
2016 168 693 -2 -4 4 3 2
2017 149 633 -2 -3 8 3 7
2018 189 725 -3 -6 4 3 -2
2019 320 1,207 2 -7 11 5 10
2020 228 940 -7 -3 12 4 5
2021 241 1,034 -12 -5 9 5 -3
2022 195 794 -8 -7 6 2 -7
2023 24 104 -2 -2 2 0 -1
Player 1,947 7,933 -41 -55 67 -41 3
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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 %
2015 322 51.2 61.2 94.1 22.9 77.8 48.8 8.0 42.5 9.5 7.8 64.0
2016 698 49.7 65.5 83.2 26.6 62.4 43.9 16.0 45.7 21.9 5.8 75.0
2017 633 53.6 65.8 87.4 20.1 74.6 41.9 16.0 44.5 14.5 9.0 73.7
2018 725 51.7 65.6 88.6 23.7 62.7 47.0 23.7 45.4 17.3 6.3 71.7
2019 1,209 53.3 58.5 91.2 23.8 76.1 46.6 20.6 42.3 11.9 7.3 69.3
2020 940 51.1 54.2 91.2 21.3 82.7 43.0 13.6 38.1 11.2 7.8 56.2
2021 1,034 54.1 55.8 89.4 20.8 79.8 46.0 12.0 39.7 12.2 7.9 65.9
2022 794 51.3 53.1 89.8 27.6 69.2 44.2 12.8 40.7 16.7 6.8 59.3
2023 104 49.0 49.0 80.0 28.3 66.7 42.3 16.7 38.5 25.0 7.7 50.0
Player 6,459 52.1 59.0 89.1 23.4 72.9 45.0 16.1 42.0 14.6 7.3 66.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 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
2015 59 41
2016 41 44
2017 35 35
2018 37 44
2019 43 26 27
2020 68 78 49 35 82 41 24 36 57 9 100 76 99 82 20 7 1
2021 45 16 68 2
2022 40 7
2023 6 3
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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 %
2016 20.9 2 2.6 -1 5 3 0 0.0
2017 21.7 5 3.0 2 2 4 0 0.0
2018 23.1 1 1.6 -1 1 1 1 100.0
2019 21.6 16 10.8 5 2 12 2 12.5
2020 23.0 6 4.9 1 6 6 0 0.0
2021 23.1 7 8.9 -2 2 8 3 42.9
2022 26.0 2 1.5 1 1 1 1 50.0
Player 22.3 39 33.3 6 19 35 7 17.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 2 2 2 5 3 3 3 2 3 1 3 7 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 4 2 2 2 5 1 3 1
2017 5 2 1 5 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 5 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2
2018 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2019 16 12 7 12 11 11 13 9 8 8 9 11 14 9 11 12 10 9 12 12 10 11 14 13 10 10 10 13 16 10 8
2020 6 5 7 8 5 4 5 4 3 3 4 6 5 3 5 5 6 6 4 6 5 6 7 4 3 3 4 6 7 4 3
2021 7 10 5 12 11 9 10 9 7 6 6 10 9 7 8 12 9 9 10 11 7 8 12 10 9 8 10 11 7 8 7
2022 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Player 39 35 24 47 36 35 39 32 26 22 26 43 36 27 35 39 34 34 34 37 28 29 46 37 29 27 32 39 36 31 24
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 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023
Exit Velocity 88.6 0.0 88.6 -1.1 ↓ 87.5 -1.5 ↓ 86.0 2.2 ↑ 88.2 -0.2 ↓ 88.0 0.9 ↑ 88.9 -1.0 ↓ 87.9 -1.3 ↓ 86.6
Launch Angle 13.3 3.0 ↑ 16.3 -2.3 ↓ 14.0 -5.9 ↓ 8.1 5.1 ↑ 13.2 3.9 ↑ 17.1 -3.6 ↓ 13.5 1.1 ↑ 14.6 4.6 ↑ 19.2
Barrel % 0.0 5.8 ↑ 5.8 -3.0 ↓ 2.8 -1.4 ↓ 1.4 3.9 ↑ 5.3 -0.5 ↓ 4.8 1.4 ↑ 6.2 -4.2 ↓ 2.0 -2.0 ↓ 0.0
Hard Hit % 29.5 1.9 ↑ 31.4 -2.0 ↓ 29.4 -4.8 ↓ 24.6 6.6 ↑ 31.2 -2.9 ↓ 28.3 5.0 ↑ 33.3 -1.3 ↓ 32.0 -19.5 ↓ 12.5
LA Sweet-Spot % 37.7 -1.3 ↓ 36.4 2.1 ↑ 38.5 -5.4 ↓ 33.1 1.7 ↑ 34.8 -2.7 ↓ 32.1 4.8 ↑ 36.9 0.4 ↑ 37.3 -12.3 ↓ 25.0
xBA .256 -0.001 ↓ .255 0.006 ↑ .261 0.000 .261 0.036 ↑ .297 -0.022 ↓ .275 0.005 ↑ .280 -0.048 ↓ .232 -0.048 ↓ .184
BA .269 0.001 ↑ .270 0.018 ↑ .288 -0.022 ↓ .266 0.029 ↑ .295 -0.014 ↓ .281 -0.031 ↓ .250 -0.011 ↓ .239 -0.049 ↓ .190
xwOBA .315 0.020 ↑ .335 0.007 ↑ .342 -0.029 ↓ .313 0.042 ↑ .355 -0.007 ↓ .348 -0.006 ↓ .342 -0.075 ↓ .267 -0.023 ↓ .244
wOBA .317 0.016 ↑ .333 0.035 ↑ .368 -0.068 ↓ .300 0.051 ↑ .351 0.004 ↑ .355 -0.048 ↓ .307 -0.030 ↓ .277 -0.028 ↓ .249
xSLG .378 0.046 ↑ .424 -0.024 ↓ .400 -0.037 ↓ .363 0.121 ↑ .484 -0.061 ↓ .423 0.037 ↑ .460 -0.131 ↓ .329 -0.097 ↓ .232
SLG .403 0.002 ↑ .405 0.067 ↑ .472 -0.141 ↓ .331 0.155 ↑ .486 -0.037 ↓ .449 -0.044 ↓ .405 -0.055 ↓ .350 -0.112 ↓ .238
K% 9.3 6.7 ↑ 16.0 -4.0 ↓ 12.0 2.2 ↑ 14.2 -5.5 ↓ 8.7 -3.4 ↓ 5.3 5.4 ↑ 10.7 4.7 ↑ 15.4 5.4 ↑ 20.8
BB% 6.7 4.0 ↑ 10.7 2.6 ↑ 13.3 -4.4 ↓ 8.9 -2.7 ↓ 6.2 5.6 ↑ 11.8 -4.4 ↓ 7.4 -1.8 ↓ 5.6 6.9 ↑ 12.5
Swing % 42.5 3.2 ↑ 45.7 -1.2 ↓ 44.5 0.9 ↑ 45.4 -3.1 ↓ 42.3 -4.2 ↓ 38.1 1.6 ↑ 39.7 1.0 ↑ 40.7 -2.2 ↓ 38.5
Whiff% 9.5 12.4 ↑ 21.9 -7.4 ↓ 14.5 2.8 ↑ 17.3 -5.4 ↓ 11.9 -0.7 ↓ 11.2 1.0 ↑ 12.2 4.5 ↑ 16.7 8.3 ↑ 25.0
In Zone % 51.2 -1.5 ↓ 49.7 3.9 ↑ 53.6 -1.9 ↓ 51.7 1.6 ↑ 53.3 -2.2 ↓ 51.1 3.0 ↑ 54.1 -2.8 ↓ 51.3 -2.3 ↓ 49.0
Out of Zone % 48.8 1.5 ↑ 50.3 -3.9 ↓ 46.4 1.9 ↑ 48.3 -1.6 ↓ 46.7 2.2 ↑ 48.9 -3.0 ↓ 45.9 2.8 ↑ 48.7 2.3 ↑ 51.0
Out of Zone Swing % 22.9 3.7 ↑ 26.6 -6.5 ↓ 20.1 3.6 ↑ 23.7 0.1 ↑ 23.8 -2.5 ↓ 21.3 -0.5 ↓ 20.8 6.8 ↑ 27.6 0.7 ↑ 28.3
First Pitch Swing % 8.0 8.0 ↑ 16.0 0.0 16.0 7.7 ↑ 23.7 -3.1 ↓ 20.6 -7.0 ↓ 13.6 -1.6 ↓ 12.0 0.8 ↑ 12.8 3.9 ↑ 16.7
First Pitch Strike % 48.0 4.1 ↑ 52.1 -0.8 ↓ 51.3 4.5 ↑ 55.8 6.2 ↑ 62.0 -4.5 ↓ 57.5 -0.2 ↓ 57.3 -4.0 ↓ 53.3 -15.8 ↓ 37.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 156 13 8.3 .342 .371
2017 Shifts L 149 3 2.0 .366 .472
2018 Shifts L 189 18 9.5 .310 .205
2019 Shifts L 320 124 38.8 .332 .385
2020 Shifts L 228 106 46.5 .404 .300
2021 Shifts L 241 161 66.8 .313 .304
2022 Shifts L 195 157 80.5 .254 .282
2023 Shades L 24 5 20.8 .232 .316
! 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 %
2014 475 15.3 46.1% 1.3% 257 22.2 1.2% 6.2%
2015 101 15.5 45.5% 2.0% 71 21.1 8.5% 19.7%
2016 193 15.9 43.5% 3.1% 129 22.5 8.5% 17.1%
2017 182 15.4 43.4% 0.5% 121 21.3 3.3% 3.3%
2018 196 16.3 37.2% 0.0% 146 21.5 2.1% 6.2%
2019 341 17.1 22.0% 1.5% 283 23.9 0.0% 8.8%
2020 323 17.2 24.8% 0.9% 203 21.6 0.5% 5.4%
2021 411 18.6 11.9% 2.2% 154 25.2 0.0% 16.2%
2022 284 18.6 10.2% 2.5% 146 23.6 0.0% 15.8%
2023 30 14.9 50.0% 0.0% 27 18.7 0.0% 0.0%
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