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Player

Taylor Ward

SEADHBats RThrows RActive

Season 2025 · as of 2025-09-28. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

2,791

Chase%

20.6%

Zone swing%

53.9%

Whiff%

21.7%

xwOBA

0.333

Barrel%

13.7%

Hard-hit%

42.7%

Avg EV

90.1 mph

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball79128.3%19.7%13.8%0.403
Slider52818.9%30.8%26.4%0.309
Sinker44315.9%9.0%14.0%0.383
Sweeper33311.9%26.4%19.9%0.205
Cutter2629.4%18.0%19.2%0.284
Changeup1806.4%20.5%28.2%0.285
Curveball1134.0%40.5%27.4%0.352
Splitter732.6%34.3%37.0%0.249
Knuckle Curve421.5%0.0%26.1%0.238
Slurve160.6%16.7%22.2%
Forkball40.1%0.0%
Unknown30.1%
Slow Curve20.1%
Eephus10.0%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.