Drew Waters
LF | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 1" 185LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #41, Atlanta Braves | Etowah (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 337 302 40 69 8 16 .228 .300 .377 .677
2024 19 16 2 3 0 0 .188 .316 .250 .566
2025 174 165 20 45 1 5 .273 .310 .364 .674
4 Seasons 639 579 76 140 14 21 .242 .307 .387 .694
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .228 8 16 .677
2024 .188 0 0 .566
2025 .273 1 5 .674
4 Seasons .242 14 21 .694
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2022 23 433 56 7 12.5 6.4 84.1 110.6 10.4 41.1 .195 .376 .347 .293 .418 28.6 36.7 11.0
2023 24 1317 198 20 10.1 5.9 87.4 112.2 17.2 38.4 .233 .409 .296 .311 .417 35.9 31.8 8.0
2024 25 94 10 0 0.0 0.0 77.9 95.9 3.8 20.0 .096 .134 .269 .197 .164 20.0 31.6 10.5
2025 26 629 119 5 4.2 2.9 86.4 110.2 8.0 36.1 .252 .342 .299 .279 .356 30.3 26.4 4.0
Player 2473 383 32 8.4 5.0 86.4 112.2 13.0 37.6 .228 .377 .305 .296 .392 32.6 31.1 7.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 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 %
2022 48.2 51.8 28.6 21.4 1.8 39.3 33.9 26.8 17.9 21.4 8.9 21.4 12.5 17.9
2023 34.3 65.7 34.8 26.3 4.5 40.4 35.4 24.2 18.7 13.1 2.5 21.7 22.2 21.7
2024 50.0 50.0 30.0 10.0 10.0 60.0 30.0 10.0 30.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 10.0 10.0
2025 48.7 51.3 22.7 25.2 3.4 37.8 38.7 23.5 24.4 21.8 2.5 13.4 16.8 21.0
Player 41.3 58.7 30.0 24.8 3.9 39.9 36.0 24.0 20.6 17.2 3.4 19.3 18.8 20.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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
2022 7.1 35.7 21.4 19.6 3.6 12.5 6.4
2023 4.5 24.7 25.3 27.8 7.6 10.1 5.9
2024 0.0 50.0 40.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2025 4.2 34.5 18.5 31.9 5.0 4.2 2.9
Player 4.7 30.0 23.0 27.4 6.0 8.4 5.0
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 2 223 35.5 60 .345 .473 .406 30.5 25.0 21.7 .300 .414 .341 30.0
2025 Changeup -2.7 -3 120 19.1 40 .225 .300 .230 40.0 32.5 30.2 .232 .319 .236 25.9
2025 Curveball -1.8 -1 73 11.6 18 .118 .176 .168 26.5 33.3 22.2 .200 .233 .217 45.5
2025 Slider -0.9 -1 67 10.7 14 .154 .308 .229 27.6 35.7 20.0 .179 .233 .215 37.5
2025 Cutter 1.0 0 46 7.3 12 .417 .500 .479 29.6 8.3 14.3 .327 .415 .320 9.1
2025 Sinker 2.8 1 43 6.8 12 .400 .500 .446 12.5 33.3 23.5 .233 .356 .327 66.7
2025 Split-Finger 0.5 0 32 5.1 11 .273 .273 .327 18.2 0.0 0.0 .266 .400 .285 36.4
2025 Sweeper -5.7 -1 18 2.9 6 .167 .167 .150 38.5 33.3 28.6 .126 .141 .115 0.0
2025 Slurve -5.6 0 6 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .103 .114 .096 0.0
2024 Changeup -2.5 -1 27 28.7 5 .200 .200 .180 22.2 0.0 0.0 .213 .255 .207 20.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 0 24 25.5 4 .000 .000 .350 42.9 25.0 16.7 .041 .042 .371 0.0
2024 Sinker 2.0 0 15 16.0 1 1.000 1.000 .900 14.3 0.0 0.0 .179 .181 .174 0.0
2024 Cutter 3.3 0 13 13.8 5 .250 .500 .390 42.9 40.0 50.0 .038 .101 .187 0.0
2024 Slider -5.6 0 5 5.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 20.0 .029 .105 .055 100.0
2024 Curveball -8.0 0 5 5.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Sweeper -11.5 0 3 3.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 Split-Finger 4.2 0 2 2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 109 433 4 -5 3 1 2
2023 336 1,317 -2 -20 5 5 -12
2024 19 94 -1 -2 0 1 -1
2025 174 628 -2 -4 2 1 -2
Player 638 2,472 0 -31 10 0 -13
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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 %
2022 433 48.3 69.9 75.3 25.9 46.6 45.5 33.9 47.1 32.8 6.5 85.7
2023 1,317 47.3 73.0 76.9 31.8 47.5 43.9 35.3 51.3 32.5 8.1 86.9
2024 94 43.6 78.0 78.1 22.6 41.7 53.2 15.8 46.8 31.8 4.3 75.0
2025 629 52.1 79.3 79.2 35.2 45.3 39.6 39.1 58.2 30.3 8.3 88.5
Player 2,473 48.6 74.4 77.4 31.2 46.6 43.4 35.5 52.2 31.9 7.7 86.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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
2022 69 83 98
2023 79 84 88 93 66 4 84
2024 2 69
2025 7 39 13 9 12 8 13 7 64 10 21 8 17 12 61 62 77 41 4 97
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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 %
2022 23.25 5 5.0 0 0 1 4 80.0
2023 23.74 8 11.2 -3 3 10 5 62.5
2024 -- 0 0.7 -1 0 1 0 --
2025 24.47 1 1.6 -1 2 1 1 100.0
Player 23.62 14 18.5 -5 5 13 10 71.4
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2023 8 13 7 11 14 12 13 11 10 8 10 13 11 10 14 11 13 11 13 14 10 12 16 12 8 8 12 13 10 10 7
2024 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
2025 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 1
Player 14 20 13 19 22 20 20 18 17 14 17 22 18 18 21 18 20 18 20 22 16 19 24 21 15 14 20 22 18 16 14
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 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 84.1 3.3 87.4 -9.5 77.9 8.5 86.4
Launch Angle 10.4 6.8 17.2 -13.4 3.8 4.2 8.0
Barrel % 12.5 -2.4 10.1 -10.1 0.0 4.2 4.2
Hard Hit % 28.6 7.3 35.9 -15.9 20.0 10.3 30.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 41.1 -2.7 38.4 -18.4 20.0 16.1 36.1
xBA .195 0.038 .233 -0.137 .096 0.156 .252
BA .240 -0.012 .228 -0.040 .188 0.085 .273
xwOBA .293 0.018 .311 -0.114 .197 0.082 .279
wOBA .347 -0.051 .296 -0.027 .269 0.030 .299
xSLG .376 0.033 .409 -0.275 .134 0.208 .342
SLG .479 -0.102 .377 -0.127 .250 0.114 .364
K% 36.7 -4.9 31.8 -0.2 31.6 -5.2 26.4
BB% 11.0 -3.0 8.0 2.5 10.5 -6.5 4.0
Swing % 47.1 4.2 51.3 -4.5 46.8 11.4 58.2
Whiff% 32.8 -0.3 32.5 -0.7 31.8 -1.5 30.3
In Zone % 48.3 -1.0 47.3 -3.7 43.6 8.5 52.1
Out of Zone % 51.7 1.0 52.7 3.7 56.4 -8.5 47.9
Out of Zone Swing % 25.9 5.9 31.8 -9.2 22.6 12.6 35.2
First Pitch Swing % 33.9 1.4 35.3 -19.5 15.8 23.3 39.1
First Pitch Strike % 56.0 7.5 63.5 -16.1 47.4 15.8 63.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 81 44 54.3 .420 .302
2022 Shifts R 28 0 0.0 .326
2023 Shades L 250 134 53.6 .354 .270
2023 Shades R 85 3 3.5 .274 .000
2024 Shades L 18 13 72.2 .314 .273
2024 Shades R 1 0 0.0 .000
2025 Shades L 138 71 51.4 .401 .249
2025 Shades R 36 0 0.0 .207
! 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 %
2022 113 17.6 24.8% 1.8% 71 22.6 1.4% 11.3%
2023 349 15.3 45.8% 0.0% 204 18.4 8.8% 0.0%
2024 33 15.4 42.4% 0.0% 11 19.1 0.0% 0.0%
2025 133 15.3 42.9% 0.0% 84 18.5 6.0% 2.4%
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