Adonis Garcia Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Garcia does his damage against fastballs: a .766 OPS against them, against .417 on breaking balls.

92 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 60 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Garcia is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.086 OPS there against .620 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Garcia strikes out in only 12.6% of his trips, 96th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 29th in MLB.

He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Garcia pulls 24.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

36 pulled, 80 up the middle and 31 the other way over 147 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Garcia has an OPS of .763; with the bases empty it is .574.

45 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 138 with the bases empty.

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

Garcia averages 5.1 degrees off the bat: 22.4% of his contact is in the air and 58.4% of it is on the ground.

125 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Garcia slugs .429 against fastballs and .217 against breaking balls.

92 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Garcia is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .382 OPS there against .620 overall.

55 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Garcia walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 18th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 520th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Garcia hits it hardest the other way: 89.5 mph on average there, against 82.9 to his pull side.

28 batted balls the other way, 28 to his pull side.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Garcia finds a productive launch angle on only 31% of his contact, 18th percentile.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 522nd in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Garcia is on base at a .273 clip, 29th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 449th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Garcia strikes out in 8.9% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 13.8% with the bases empty.

45 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 138 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Garcia's OPS+ of 66 sits 31st percentile among hitters this season.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 441st in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Garcia should be hitting .243, 62nd percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 243rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Garcia's fly balls travel 283 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 402.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Garcia averages 85.8 mph off the bat, against 88.0 with the bases empty.

32 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 96 without.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Garcia hits the ball hard: 87.8 mph off the bat on average, 61st percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 246th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Garcia is slugging .347, 37th percentile in the league.

183 plate appearances in 2017. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 403rd in MLB.

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