Chris Young Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Young does his damage against fastballs: a .786 OPS against them, against .377 on breaking balls.

85 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 26 on breaking balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Young strikes out in 35.1% of his trips against right-handers and 19.6% of them against left-handers.

77 plate appearances against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

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

6 of Young's 6 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 409 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2018.

His contact is about the same with runners on

16.7% of Young's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.3% of it with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 97 with the bases empty.

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

Young averages 24.2 degrees off the bat: 54.2% of his contact is in the air and 30.5% of it is on the ground.

59 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Young strikes out in 16.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 33% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 97 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Young is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .277 OPS there against .615 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Young slugs .480 against fastballs and .217 against breaking balls.

85 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Young averages 84.2 mph off the bat, 17th percentile in the league.

128 plate appearances in 2018. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 535th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Young's quality of contact only supports a .188 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

128 plate appearances in 2018. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 508th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Young is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .918 OPS there against .615 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Young hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.7 mph on average there, against 70.4 the other way.

30 batted balls to his pull side, 10 the other way.

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

With a runner in scoring position Young averages 76.4 mph off the bat, against 87.7 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 41 without.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Young's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2018.

He does not get on base enough to help

Young is on base at a .252 clip, 23rd percentile in the league.

128 plate appearances in 2018. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 495th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Young has an OPS of .431; with the bases empty it is .670.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 97 with the bases empty.

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

Young trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 69th percentile barrel rate, 27th percentile strikeout rate.

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

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Young strikes out in 28.9% of his trips, 27th percentile.

128 plate appearances in 2018. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 468th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Young slugs .318 against right-handers and .426 against left-handers.

77 plate appearances against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.8% of Young's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 69th percentile.

128 plate appearances in 2018. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 200th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Young's fly balls travel 249 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 409.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Young's batting average is .168 but the quality of his contact projects .188, a gap of .020 in his favour once the bounces even out.

128 plate appearances in 2018.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Young puts up a .568 OPS against right-handers and .680 against left-handers.

77 plate appearances against right-handers, 51 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

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

128 plate appearances in 2018. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 425th in MLB.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Young walks in 8.6% of his plate appearances, 65th percentile.

128 plate appearances in 2018. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 226th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Young pulls 38.9% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 52.8% of it against left-handers.

36 batted balls against right-handers, 36 against left-handers.

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

Young pulls 45.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19.4%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

33 pulled, 25 up the middle and 14 the other way over 72 located batted balls.

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