Carlos Asuaje Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Asuaje puts up a .655 OPS against right-handers and .330 against left-handers.

157 plate appearances against right-handers, 60 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Asuaje is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .244 OPS there against .563 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Asuaje slugs .341 against right-handers and .130 against left-handers.

157 plate appearances against right-handers, 60 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Asuaje strikes out in 26% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 19.8% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 167 with the bases empty.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Asuaje walks in 10.6% of his plate appearances, 83rd percentile.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 107th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 28.5% of Asuaje's contact reaches 95 mph, 23rd percentile.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 493rd in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Asuaje is slugging .280, 23rd percentile in the league.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 491st in MLB.

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

Asuaje finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.2% of his contact, 81st percentile.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 123rd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Asuaje's OPS+ of 56 sits 27th percentile among hitters this season.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 470th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Asuaje walks in 8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 11.4% with the bases empty.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 167 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Asuaje is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .730 OPS there against .563 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Asuaje's batting average is .196 but the quality of his contact projects .216, a gap of .020 in his favour once the bounces even out.

217 plate appearances in 2018.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.9% of Asuaje's batted balls are barrelled, 37th percentile.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 402nd in MLB.

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

Asuaje pulls 35% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

50 pulled, 61 up the middle and 32 the other way over 143 located batted balls.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Asuaje slugs .348 against offspeed pitches and .264 against fastballs.

25 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Asuaje has an OPS of .490; with the bases empty it is .584.

50 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 167 with the bases empty.

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

Asuaje strikes out in only 21.2% of his trips, 64th percentile.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 231st in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Asuaje does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .628 OPS against them, against .550 on breaking balls.

25 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 44 on breaking balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Asuaje's fly balls travel 299 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 402.

52 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not get on base enough to help

Asuaje is on base at a .282 clip, 39th percentile in the league.

217 plate appearances in 2018. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 393rd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Asuaje averages 88.4 mph off the bat, against 87.0 with the bases empty.

26 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 100 without.

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