Christian Vazquez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Vazquez does his damage against fastballs: a .870 OPS against them, against .364 on breaking balls.

59 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on breaking balls.

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

7 of Vazquez's 7 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 392 feet.

7 tracked home runs in 2026.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Vazquez is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .300 OPS there against .724 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Vazquez swings it at 60.3 mph, 2nd percentile bat speed in the league.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 411th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Vazquez averages 79.1 mph off the bat, against 84.5 with the bases empty.

37 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 158 without.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.7% of Vazquez's contact reaches 95 mph, 12th percentile.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 369th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Vazquez slugs .519 against fastballs and .182 against breaking balls.

59 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

7 of Vazquez's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2026.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Vazquez's batting average is .253 but the quality of his contact projects .208, a gap of .045 he is currently outrunning.

87 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Vazquez trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 14th percentile barrel rate, 70th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Vazquez's quality of contact only supports a .208 expected average, 20th percentile in the league.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 338th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.6% of Vazquez's batted balls are barrelled, 14th percentile.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 361st in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Vazquez averages 85.2 mph off the bat, 18th percentile in the league.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 344th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Vazquez's fly balls travel 254 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 392.

87 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Vazquez pulls 26.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 28.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

51 pulled, 89 up the middle and 55 the other way over 195 located batted balls.

There is real damage in his bat

Vazquez is slugging .418, 69th percentile in the league.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 131st in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Vazquez finds a productive launch angle on only 30.2% of his contact, 24th percentile.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 322nd in MLB.

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

Vazquez strikes out in only 18.4% of his trips, 70th percentile.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 127th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Vazquez hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.9 mph on average there, against 81.0 the other way.

51 batted balls to his pull side, 55 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Vazquez is at his best on fastballs: a .870 OPS there against .724 overall.

59 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Vazquez walks in only 6.9% of his plate appearances, 34th percentile.

87 plate appearances in 2026. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 277th in MLB.

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

Vazquez averages 15.0 degrees off the bat: 35.3% of his contact is in the air and 43.7% of it is on the ground.

190 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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