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Player profile / Cleveland Guardians

Austin Hedges

C · Bats/Throws R/R · 6' 0", 220 lb · Age 34

Cards
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Modules
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Live Δ
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Club Cleveland Guardians Position C Roster Current MLB team Status Healthy / active roster
Traditional line

Season by season

3D Swing Sim Projections
PARHHRSBAVGOBPSLGOPS
2024146122022.152.203.220.423
2025180132551.161.250.277.527
2026209204751.255.322.375.697
12 Seasons27482324697917.190.250.317.567
At a glance

Season percentile report

The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.

2026-09-01
19
Offense
percentile
Offense9 metrics
30
Defense4 metrics
39
Speed1 metrics
2
Plate skills13 metrics
48
Rolling projection

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.

Pending

Rolling player projection appears after current-season Statcast and projection joins refresh.

Live percentile strip

Current traits vs projection tick

100th = best in MLB.

2026-09-01
Hitting · percentile strip
Barrel%3.2%
26
Exit velocity84.6
16
Hard-hit%31.6%
22
xBA0.283
16
xSLG0.396
12
xwOBA0.275
22
BB%9.7%
65
Bat speed65.7
10
K%17.5%
80
Defense · percentile strip
Blocking Runs-1.1 · C
17
Catcher Throwing-2.2 · C
8
Framing Runs1.9 · C
73
Pop Time1.9 · C
57
Baserunning · percentile strip
Sprint Speed24.4 · C
2
SB Success Rate100.0% · C
Small sample
Mithrandir+

Stuff+ and arsenal context

How nasty this pitcher's stuff grades in our pitch-level model. Missing coverage is shown explicitly.

2026-09-01
Avoids Bad ChasesST 69.8% · rebadged research
72
Avoids Bad TakesHPT 27.2% · rebadged research
31
Changeup Stuff+86
1
Correct Decisions67.2% · rebadged research
62
Fastball Stuff+81
1
Mithrandir Stuff+81
5
Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.271 · borderline
84
Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.263 · insufficient sample
88
Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.279 · validated thin sample
47
Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.354 · insufficient sample
10
Resists FastballwOBA 0.326 · validated
73
Resists SinkerwOBA 0.333 · validated
90
SEAGER+ Plate Discipline103
62
Rolling form chart

xwOBA snapshot line

Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs

12 snapshots
Mithrandir Metrics ROLLING XWOBA LINE Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Rolling xwOBA Hedges, Austin · Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs LG AVG 0.303 0.275 2026-08-21: 0.2882026-08-22: 0.2882026-08-23: 0.2882026-08-24: 0.2882026-08-25: 0.2872026-08-26: 0.2872026-08-27: 0.2832026-08-28: 0.2832026-08-29: 0.2832026-08-30: 0.2802026-08-31: 0.2752026-09-01: 0.275 2026-08-21 2026-09-01 xwOBA MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Optimization map

Arsenal optimization map

Pitch-shape context from this pitcher’s current arsenal snapshot. Hover a pitch to inspect usage, movement, and bat-missing context.

2Pitches 2025Season 88%Top usage
ride armside gloveside +Arsenal gap +Shape contrast
Zone profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.

Mithrandir Metrics ZONE HEATMAP Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. season=2026 Swing Zone Profile Hedges, Austin · Aggregate zone metrics; not pitch-by-pitch locations Zone: 48%48%Chase: 26%26%Whiff: 22%22%Zone contact: 88%88%Contact: 78%78%Hard hit: 32%32% Dashed border = aggregate mixed-batter zone proxy MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Pitch arsenal

Usage mix, movement map, and Stuff+ composition

2025 pitch-level arsenal aggregates; current season takes over after 100 tracked pitches across at least 2 pitch types. Descriptive pitch-type Stuff+ composition. Not a promoted predictive metric.

Watch the pitches in 3D →

2025
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH ARSENAL DONUT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Hedges, Austin · 2025 arsenal snapshot Other: 87.5%Eephus: 12.5% FA88% · 73 mphprimary pitch FA 88%EP 12% MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
Mithrandir Metrics PITCH MOVEMENT Parameterized Mithrandir chart rendered as SVG for templates and exports. Pitch Arsenal Hedges, Austin · 2025 arsenal snapshot 21″42″63″84″ Other: 88% usage, 1″ horizontal break, 41″ drop, 73.0 mphFA73 mphEephus: 12% usage, 5″ horizontal break, 77″ drop, 55.3 mphEP55 mph less drop ↑ more drop ↓ · horizontal break ↔ · dot size = usage · break incl. gravity MITHRANDIR · CHARTS
PitchUsagePitchesStuff+Status
CH 54.5% 12 86 limited sample
FB 45.5% 10 81 limited sample
Method note

Renamed from the attempted Kirby Index after audit; true Kirby requires release-angle trajectory data.

Reference layer

Current snapshot

Age34
Height6' 0"
Weight220 lb
Debut2015-05-04
Live layer

Delta / regression

xwOBA Δ--
wOBA Δ--

negative regression

Regression watch

Running hot. Expect some cooling.

-2.3σ gap
wOBA (actual)0.349
xwOBA (deserved)0.275

Hedges’s wOBA sits at 0.349, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.275 — a gap of 0.073, -2.3 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 217 PA. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.

Mithrandir coverage

Module shelf

ModuleCardsLatestSignal
Hitting12026-07-24Impact contact was the main driver
Fielding62026-08-261 chances | 0 difficult plays | Run Exp -0.218
Projection links / recent games

Available detail

Hitter Projections 20260.245 xwOBA | 7 HRProjection
2026-04-13 @ STL0 HR | 1 RBI / 6 Ch | 0 E0-2 | BB, RBI, R
2026-04-12 @ ATL0 HR | 0 RBI / 0 Ch | 0 E0 H in 0 AB
2026-04-11 @ ATL0 HR | 0 RBI / 9 Ch | 0 E1-3 | BB
2026-04-08 vs KC0 HR | 0 RBI / 16 Ch | 0 E1-4 | 2 K, R
2026-04-07 vs KC0 HR | 0 RBI / 14 Ch | 0 E1-3 | R