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Player

Zach McKinstry

DETRFBats LThrows 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

1,556

Chase%

28.3%

Zone swing%

67.7%

Whiff%

14.0%

xwOBA

0.286

Barrel%

2.0%

Hard-hit%

22.0%

Avg EV

85.1 mph

Swing Decision Value

70

Decision

72

Contact

87

Damage

13

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 Fastball57637.0%7.9%26.6%0.280
Sinker20813.4%6.7%17.1%0.342
Changeup16610.7%24.4%31.8%0.231
Curveball1439.2%18.0%29.1%0.256
Slider1429.1%20.0%36.7%0.317
Cutter1338.5%13.4%23.6%0.311
Sweeper805.1%25.0%20.8%0.402
Splitter724.6%30.0%42.9%0.179
Knuckle Curve231.5%27.3%40.0%0.141
Eephus80.5%0.0%20.0%
Slurve20.1%
Unknown20.1%
Fastball10.1%
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.