Brandon Marsh Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Marsh does his damage against fastballs: a 1.084 OPS against them, against .561 on offspeed pitches.

80 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 26 on offspeed pitches.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Marsh should be hitting .303, 94th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 25th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

37% of Marsh's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 51.6% of it with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 125 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Marsh is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .490 OPS there against .842 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Marsh slugs .622 against fastballs and .292 against offspeed pitches.

80 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is real damage in his bat

Marsh is slugging .483, 86th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 86th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 59th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48.4% of Marsh's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 85th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 66th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Marsh strikes out in 11.8% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 20% with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 125 with the bases empty.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

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

159 plate appearances in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 373rd in MLB.

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

Marsh finds the launch angles that produce hits on 48.3% of his contact, 97th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 13th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

1 of Marsh's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Marsh is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.134 OPS there against .842 overall.

65 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Marsh's OPS+ of 132 puts him 84th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 68th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Marsh's batting average is .336 but the quality of his contact projects .303, a gap of .033 he is currently outrunning.

159 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Marsh hits it hardest up the middle: 92.7 mph on average there, against 86.5 the other way.

53 batted balls up the middle, 28 the other way.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Marsh has an OPS of 1.003; with the bases empty it is .802.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 125 with the bases empty.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Marsh swings it at 69.2 mph, 73rd percentile bat speed in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 115th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Marsh is on base at a .358 clip, 80th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 83rd in MLB.

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

Marsh strikes out in only 18.2% of his trips, 71st percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 124th in MLB.

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

Marsh pulls 34.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

42 pulled, 53 up the middle and 28 the other way over 123 located batted balls.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Marsh hits the ball hard: 89.5 mph off the bat on average, 62nd percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 162nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Marsh averages 87.9 mph off the bat, against 89.9 with the bases empty.

27 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 95 without.

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