Carlos Cortes Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Cortes should be hitting .329, 98th percentile in the league.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 8th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Cortes does his damage against fastballs: a 1.106 OPS against them, against .788 on offspeed pitches.

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

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

4 of Cortes's 4 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 409 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Cortes strikes out in 20% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 5% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 80 with the bases empty.

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

Cortes does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 73rd percentile barrel rate, 99th percentile strikeout rate.

110 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Cortes's OPS+ of 175 puts him 98th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 9th in MLB.

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

Cortes strikes out in only 9.1% of his trips, 99th percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 7th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Cortes is on base at a .400 clip, 95th percentile in the league.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 21st in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Cortes's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2026.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Cortes hits the ball hard: 91.1 mph off the bat on average, 85th percentile in the league.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 64th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Cortes is slugging .556, 95th percentile in the league.

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

His contact is about the same with runners on

52.4% of Cortes's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.8% of it with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 80 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Cortes is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.184 OPS there against .956 overall.

43 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Cortes averages 94.5 mph off the bat, against 90.0 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 67 without.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.2% of Cortes's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 73rd percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 113th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Cortes slugs .640 against fastballs and .458 against breaking balls.

58 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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

Cortes averages 6.1 degrees off the bat: 23.9% of his contact is in the air and 52.3% of it is on the ground.

88 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Cortes finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.8% of his contact, 79th percentile.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 91st in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

44.3% of Cortes's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 71st percentile in the league.

110 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 121st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Cortes is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .788 OPS there against .956 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Cortes pulls 31.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 24.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

28 pulled, 40 up the middle and 22 the other way over 90 located batted balls.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Cortes's batting average is .343 but the quality of his contact projects .329, a gap of .014 he is currently outrunning.

110 plate appearances in 2026.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Cortes walks in 10% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.5% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 80 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Cortes hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.3 mph on average there, against 89.1 the other way.

28 batted balls to his pull side, 22 the other way.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Cortes has an OPS of 1.021; with the bases empty it is .933.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 80 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Cortes's fly balls travel 299 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 409.

28 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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