Andruw Monasterio Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Monasterio does his damage against fastballs: a .766 OPS against them, against .440 on breaking balls.

44 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 21 on breaking balls.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Monasterio hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.6 mph on average there, against 81.0 the other way.

15 batted balls to his pull side, 12 the other way.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Monasterio is at his worst on breaking balls: a .440 OPS there against .734 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Monasterio should be hitting .282, 83rd percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 72nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Monasterio averages 84.3 mph off the bat, against 89.2 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 37 without.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Monasterio swings it at 64.1 mph, 17th percentile bat speed in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 350th in MLB.

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

Monasterio finds the launch angles that produce hits on 46.2% of his contact, 95th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 23rd in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

46.2% of Monasterio's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 78th percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 92nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Monasterio's fly balls travel 266 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 388.

24 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Monasterio is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .945 OPS there against .734 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Monasterio slugs .425 against fastballs and .250 against breaking balls.

44 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is real damage in his bat

Monasterio is slugging .424, 72nd percentile in the league.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 120th in MLB.

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

Monasterio pulls 28.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

15 pulled, 25 up the middle and 12 the other way over 52 located batted balls.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Monasterio's batting average is .258 but the quality of his contact projects .282, a gap of .024 in his favour once the bounces even out.

71 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Monasterio averages 17.2 degrees off the bat: 32.7% of his contact is in the air and 40.4% of it is on the ground.

52 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Monasterio walks in only 7% of his plate appearances, 35th percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 272nd in MLB.

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

Monasterio strikes out in only 19.7% of his trips, 62nd percentile.

71 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 160th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Monasterio pulls 31.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 25% of it against left-handers.

32 batted balls against right-handers, 20 against left-handers.

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