Alex Rios Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rios does his damage against fastballs: a .761 OPS against them, against .336 on breaking balls.

259 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 97 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rios is at his worst on breaking balls: a .336 OPS there against .640 overall.

97 plate appearances in that situation.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

3 of Rios's 4 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 415 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2015.

His contact is about the same with runners on

26.3% of Rios's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.3% of it with the bases empty.

93 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 318 with the bases empty.

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

Rios trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 33rd percentile barrel rate, 80th percentile strikeout rate.

411 plate appearances in 2015. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2015.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rios slugs .421 against fastballs and .191 against breaking balls.

259 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Rios walks in only 3.6% of his plate appearances, 18th percentile.

411 plate appearances in 2015. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 522nd in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Rios should be hitting .249, 75th percentile in the league.

411 plate appearances in 2015. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 157th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Rios has an OPS of .492; with the bases empty it is .681.

93 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 318 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rios hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.8 mph on average there, against 84.7 the other way.

81 batted balls to his pull side, 65 the other way.

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

Rios strikes out in only 16.3% of his trips, 80th percentile.

411 plate appearances in 2015. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 127th in MLB.

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

Rios pulls 29.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

93 pulled, 154 up the middle and 73 the other way over 320 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rios is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .813 OPS there against .640 overall.

57 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Rios puts up a .668 OPS against right-handers and .570 against left-handers.

295 plate appearances against right-handers, 116 against left-handers.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.1% of Rios's batted balls are barrelled, 33rd percentile.

411 plate appearances in 2015. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 426th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Rios walks in 6.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 2.8% with the bases empty.

93 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 318 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

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

4 tracked home runs in 2015.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Rios slugs .373 against right-handers and .303 against left-handers.

295 plate appearances against right-handers, 116 against left-handers.

He does not get on base enough to help

Rios is on base at a .287 clip, 38th percentile in the league.

411 plate appearances in 2015. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 396th in MLB.

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

Rios averages 15.8 degrees off the bat: 34% of his contact is in the air and 41.4% of it is on the ground.

285 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Rios's OPS+ of 78 sits 39th percentile among hitters this season.

411 plate appearances in 2015. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 385th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rios's fly balls travel 290 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 415.

120 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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