Alexi Amarista Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Amarista strikes out in 9.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 26% with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Amarista is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .979 OPS there against .623 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Amarista has an OPS of .959; with the bases empty it is .514.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 17.9% of Amarista's contact reaches 95 mph, 11th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 567th in MLB.

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

Amarista finds the launch angles that produce hits on 47.9% of his contact, 96th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 26th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Amarista's batting average is .240 but the quality of his contact projects .201, a gap of .039 he is currently outrunning.

175 plate appearances in 2017.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Amarista walks in 9.1% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 2.3% with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Amarista pulls 36.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 15.4% of it against left-handers.

112 batted balls against right-handers, 13 against left-handers.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Amarista's quality of contact only supports a .201 expected average, 25th percentile in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 475th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.9% of Amarista's batted balls are barrelled, 23rd percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 489th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Amarista walks in only 4% of his plate appearances, 20th percentile.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 509th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Amarista is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .388 OPS there against .623 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Amarista's OPS+ of 58 sits 27th percentile among hitters this season.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 466th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Amarista averages 83.9 mph off the bat, 23rd percentile in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 492nd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Amarista does his damage against fastballs: a .672 OPS against them, against .535 on breaking balls.

107 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 51 on breaking balls.

He does not get on base enough to help

Amarista is on base at a .270 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 457th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Amarista hits it hardest up the middle: 85.3 mph on average there, against 82.1 to his pull side.

50 batted balls up the middle, 36 to his pull side.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Amarista slugs .380 against fastballs and .280 against breaking balls.

107 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

With a runner in scoring position Amarista averages 85.7 mph off the bat, against 83.0 with the bases empty.

31 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 82 without.

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

Amarista pulls 34.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

43 pulled, 55 up the middle and 27 the other way over 125 located batted balls.

The power is not there this season

Amarista is slugging .353, 38th percentile in the league.

175 plate appearances in 2017. 38th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 392nd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

21.2% of Amarista's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 16.7% of it with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 131 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Amarista's fly balls travel 296 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 392.

45 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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