Chase d'Arnaud Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

d'Arnaud does his damage against fastballs: a .837 OPS against them, against .370 on breaking balls.

63 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 27 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

d'Arnaud is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a 1.057 OPS there against .618 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

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

d'Arnaud averages 20.4 degrees off the bat: 45.5% of his contact is in the air and 29.1% of it is on the ground.

55 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

With a runner in scoring position d'Arnaud averages 85.2 mph off the bat, against 90.5 with the bases empty.

14 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 42 without.

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

d'Arnaud gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 35th percentile barrel rate, 13th percentile strikeout rate.

100 plate appearances in 2018. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2018.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

d'Arnaud strikes out in 37% of his trips, 13th percentile.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 557th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

d'Arnaud is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .333 OPS there against .618 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

d'Arnaud slugs .482 against fastballs and .259 against breaking balls.

63 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

d'Arnaud pulls 50% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 27.3% of it against left-handers.

14 batted balls against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

He does not get on base enough to help

d'Arnaud is on base at a .253 clip, 24th percentile in the league.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 490th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

d'Arnaud walks in only 4% of his plate appearances, 20th percentile.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 514th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

d'Arnaud's quality of contact only supports a .206 expected average, 30th percentile in the league.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 447th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

d'Arnaud hits the ball hard: 89.2 mph off the bat on average, 67th percentile in the league.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 215th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.6% of d'Arnaud's batted balls are barrelled, 35th percentile.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 416th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

d'Arnaud's fly balls travel 284 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 410.

29 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He is not producing at the plate this season

d'Arnaud's OPS+ of 69 sits 34th percentile among hitters this season.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 421st in MLB.

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

d'Arnaud finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40% of his contact, 67th percentile.

100 plate appearances in 2018. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 214th in MLB.

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

d'Arnaud pulls 32.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 15.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

19 pulled, 30 up the middle and 9 the other way over 58 located batted balls.

There is one part of the field he lives in

d'Arnaud hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.1 mph on average there, against 88.1 up the middle.

19 batted balls to his pull side, 28 up the middle.

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