Ceddanne Rafaela Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rafaela does his damage against fastballs: a .871 OPS against them, against .538 on breaking balls.

95 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 39 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rafaela is at his best against left-handers: a 1.160 OPS there against .772 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rafaela is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .400 OPS there against .772 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Rafaela's batting average is .277 but the quality of his contact projects .237, a gap of .040 he is currently outrunning.

156 plate appearances in 2026.

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

With a runner in scoring position Rafaela averages 89.9 mph off the bat, against 86.0 with the bases empty.

24 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 79 without.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Rafaela pulls 34.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 14.3% of it against left-handers.

85 batted balls against right-handers, 21 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Rafaela walks in only 5.8% of his plate appearances, 22nd percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 330th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Rafaela is on base at a .346 clip, 73rd percentile in the league.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rafaela's fly balls travel 272 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 379.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Rafaela swings it at 65.6 mph, 30th percentile bat speed in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 293rd in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Rafaela averages 86.9 mph off the bat, 31st percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 291st in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Rafaela's OPS+ of 116 puts him 72nd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 120th in MLB.

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

Rafaela finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.2% of his contact, 75th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 106th in MLB.

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

Rafaela pulls 30.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 24.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

32 pulled, 48 up the middle and 26 the other way over 106 located batted balls.

There is real damage in his bat

Rafaela is slugging .426, 72nd percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 118th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.8% of Rafaela's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 65th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2026. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 150th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rafaela slugs .450 against fastballs and .359 against breaking balls.

95 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His contact is about the same with runners on

41.7% of Rafaela's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38% of it with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 122 with the bases empty.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Rafaela strikes out in 20.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 23% with the bases empty.

34 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 122 with the bases empty.

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

Rafaela averages 9.5 degrees off the bat: 33.3% of his contact is in the air and 43.1% of it is on the ground.

102 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rafaela hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.9 mph on average there, against 85.6 the other way.

32 batted balls to his pull side, 25 the other way.

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