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Brian O'Grady

Padres Career team 2021
Number #24
Position Left Fielder
Bats Left
Throws Right
Age 34
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Warminster, PA
Born May 17, 1992

Key Insights

2021
There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

O'Grady does his damage against fastballs: a .860 OPS against them, against .594 on breaking balls.

25 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 25 on breaking balls.
He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

O'Grady's batting average is .157 but the quality of his contact projects .207, a gap of .050 in his favour once the bounces even out.

62 plate appearances in 2021.
He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

O'Grady walks in 12.9% of his plate appearances, 93rd percentile.

62 plate appearances in 2021. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 47th in MLB.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

O'Grady averages 19.6 degrees off the bat: 52.8% of his contact is in the air and 38.9% of it is on the ground.

36 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

O'Grady is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a .890 OPS there against .600 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.
A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

44.4% of O'Grady's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 81st percentile in the league.

62 plate appearances in 2021. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 122nd in MLB.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 17, 1992
Birth Place Warminster, PA
Height 6' 2"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Right