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His contact is about the same with runners on

35.7% of Rutschman's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 49.2% of it with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rutschman hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.3 mph on average there, against 80.1 the other way.

32 batted balls to his pull side, 19 the other way.

There is real damage in his bat

Rutschman is slugging .528, 94th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 28th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Rutschman strikes out in 9.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.6% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Rutschman does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 66th percentile barrel rate, 82nd percentile strikeout rate.

117 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Rutschman's OPS+ of 139 puts him 87th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 54th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Rutschman should be hitting .270, 76th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 101st in MLB.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Rutschman strikes out in only 16.2% of his trips, 82nd percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 75th in MLB.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Rutschman finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42% of his contact, 87th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 55th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

44.9% of Rutschman's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 74th percentile in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 110th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rutschman slugs .585 against fastballs and .440 against breaking balls.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Rutschman averages 16.8 degrees off the bat: 38.6% of his contact is in the air and 39.8% of it is on the ground.

88 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Rutschman walks in only 6% of his plate appearances, 24th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 322nd in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Rutschman puts up a .891 OPS against right-handers and .794 against left-handers.

71 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rutschman does his damage against fastballs: a .904 OPS against them, against .773 on breaking balls.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 27 on breaking balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Rutschman has an OPS of .957; with the bases empty it is .812.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rutschman is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .986 OPS there against .853 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.1% of Rutschman's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 66th percentile.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 142nd in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Rutschman swings it at 68.4 mph, 66th percentile bat speed in the league.

117 plate appearances in 2026. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 143rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rutschman's fly balls travel 290 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 401.

40 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Rutschman's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2026.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Rutschman averages 89.8 mph off the bat, against 88.4 with the bases empty.

28 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 61 without.

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