Alcides Escobar Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Escobar pulls 17.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 28.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

16 pulled, 50 up the middle and 26 the other way over 92 located batted balls.

His contact is about the same with runners on

33.3% of Escobar's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 12.7% of it with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 17.4% of Escobar's contact reaches 95 mph, 3rd percentile.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 579th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Escobar does his damage against fastballs: a .658 OPS against them, against .380 on breaking balls.

66 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 46 on breaking balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.1% of Escobar's batted balls are barrelled, 8th percentile.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 553rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Escobar hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.9 mph on average there, against 79.2 the other way.

16 batted balls to his pull side, 26 the other way.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Escobar has an OPS of .746; with the bases empty it is .480.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Escobar averages 81.8 mph off the bat, 7th percentile in the league.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 560th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Escobar walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 11th percentile.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 532nd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Escobar's OPS+ of 53 sits 16th percentile among hitters this season.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 506th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Escobar is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .317 OPS there against .542 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Escobar is slugging .282, 17th percentile in the league.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 496th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Escobar's quality of contact only supports a .210 expected average, 25th percentile in the league.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 450th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Escobar's fly balls travel 231 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 381.

40 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Escobar finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.2% of his contact, 86th percentile.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 85th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Escobar slugs .355 against fastballs and .163 against breaking balls.

66 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Escobar is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .746 OPS there against .542 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Escobar is on base at a .260 clip, 20th percentile in the league.

131 plate appearances in 2022. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 480th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Escobar strikes out in 23.3% of his trips against right-handers and 26.7% of them against left-handers.

86 plate appearances against right-handers, 45 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Escobar strikes out in 26.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 23.8% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 101 with the bases empty.

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

Escobar averages 15.1 degrees off the bat: 37% of his contact is in the air and 39.1% of it is on the ground.

92 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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