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Player

Thomas Saggese

STLLFBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. 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

556

Chase%

35.4%

Zone swing%

67.9%

Whiff%

25.1%

xwOBA

0.315

Barrel%

8.6%

Hard-hit%

40.9%

Avg EV

90.4 mph

Swing Decision Value

66

Decision

68

Contact

80

Damage

22

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 Fastball21137.9%26.0%27.0%0.260
Sinker9817.6%6.5%31.9%0.424
Slider6912.4%25.6%39.4%0.313
Cutter488.6%39.1%36.0%0.338
Sweeper458.1%25.0%55.6%0.278
Curveball376.7%38.1%44.0%0.257
Changeup325.8%35.3%36.4%0.198
Splitter71.3%25.0%40.0%
Knuckle Curve71.3%25.0%40.0%
Eephus20.4%
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.