Curt Casali Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Casali does his damage against fastballs: a .634 OPS against them, against .284 on breaking balls.

79 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 33 on breaking balls.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Casali swings it at 59.6 mph, 1st percentile bat speed in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 580th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 17% of Casali's contact reaches 95 mph, 2nd percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 571st in MLB.

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

Casali trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 8th percentile barrel rate, 81st percentile strikeout rate.

125 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Casali averages 81.4 mph off the bat, 3rd percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 567th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Casali is slugging .250, 11th percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 519th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Casali hits it hardest to his pull side: 84.3 mph on average there, against 76.5 the other way.

30 batted balls to his pull side, 18 the other way.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Casali is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .248 OPS there against .543 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.1% of Casali's batted balls are barrelled, 8th percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 536th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Casali's quality of contact only supports a .209 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 464th in MLB.

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

Casali averages 19.3 degrees off the bat: 39.8% of his contact is in the air and 33% of it is on the ground.

88 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Casali's OPS+ of 57 sits 17th percentile among hitters this season.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 486th in MLB.

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

Casali strikes out in only 17.6% of his trips, 81st percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 109th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Casali's fly balls travel 244 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 403.

43 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Casali walks in 10.4% of his plate appearances, 79th percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2024. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 122nd in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Casali strikes out in 15.8% of his trips against right-handers and 20.4% of them against left-handers.

76 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Casali averages 79.2 mph off the bat, against 82.0 with the bases empty.

17 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 71 without.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Casali is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a .682 OPS there against .543 overall.

49 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Casali's batting average is .194 but the quality of his contact projects .209, a gap of .015 in his favour once the bounces even out.

125 plate appearances in 2024.

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

Casali pulls 34.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

30 pulled, 40 up the middle and 18 the other way over 88 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Casali pulls 37.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 28.1% of it against left-handers.

56 batted balls against right-handers, 32 against left-handers.

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