Arismendy Alcantara Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Alcantara's quality of contact only supports a .170 expected average, 15th percentile in the league.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 540th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Alcantara is on base at a .187 clip, 12th percentile in the league.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 562nd in MLB.

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

Alcantara gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 27th percentile barrel rate, 13th percentile strikeout rate.

108 plate appearances in 2017. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2017.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Alcantara does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .500 OPS against them, against .269 on breaking balls.

24 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 26 on breaking balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Alcantara walks in only 1.9% of his plate appearances, 9th percentile.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 579th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Alcantara's fly balls travel 251 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 395.

19 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Alcantara averages 82.8 mph off the bat, 17th percentile in the league.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 528th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Alcantara finds a productive launch angle on only 25% of his contact, 9th percentile.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 576th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Alcantara is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a .667 OPS there against .435 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Alcantara is slugging .248, 17th percentile in the league.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 527th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Alcantara strikes out in 35.2% of his trips, 13th percentile.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 553rd in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 24.1% of Alcantara's contact reaches 95 mph, 19th percentile.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 514th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Alcantara pulls 43.9% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 23.1% of it against left-handers.

41 batted balls against right-handers, 26 against left-handers.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.8% of Alcantara's batted balls are barrelled, 27th percentile.

108 plate appearances in 2017. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2017, 462nd in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Alcantara slugs .333 against offspeed pitches and .154 against breaking balls.

24 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Alcantara is at his worst on breaking balls: a .269 OPS there against .435 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Alcantara averages 8.0 degrees off the bat: 28.6% of his contact is in the air and 57.1% of it is on the ground.

56 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Alcantara hits it hardest up the middle: 85.6 mph on average there, against 81.7 the other way.

21 batted balls up the middle, 15 the other way.

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