Daniel Descalso Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Descalso does his damage against fastballs: a .814 OPS against them, against .213 on breaking balls.

103 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 58 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Descalso is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.266 OPS there against .521 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

23.8% of Descalso's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 39.5% of it with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Descalso has an OPS of .836; with the bases empty it is .438.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Descalso walks in 11.9% of his plate appearances, 89th percentile.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 72nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Descalso is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .200 OPS there against .521 overall.

46 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Descalso is slugging .250, 16th percentile in the league.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 548th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Descalso's quality of contact only supports a .188 expected average, 20th percentile in the league.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 521st in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Descalso's OPS+ of 44 sits 20th percentile among hitters this season.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 522nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Descalso averages 85.5 mph off the bat, against 90.2 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 74 without.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.1% of Descalso's batted balls are barrelled, 28th percentile.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 467th in MLB.

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

Descalso gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 28th percentile barrel rate, 31st percentile strikeout rate.

194 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Descalso hits it hardest up the middle: 90.6 mph on average there, against 86.4 to his pull side.

40 batted balls up the middle, 31 to his pull side.

He does not get on base enough to help

Descalso is on base at a .271 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 469th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Descalso strikes out in 29.4% of his trips, 31st percentile.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 446th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Descalso's fly balls travel 289 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 421.

32 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Descalso's batting average is .173 but the quality of his contact projects .188, a gap of .015 in his favour once the bounces even out.

194 plate appearances in 2019.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Descalso hits the ball hard: 89.2 mph off the bat on average, 61st percentile in the league.

194 plate appearances in 2019. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 255th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Descalso walks in 9.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 12.4% with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 153 with the bases empty.

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

Descalso pulls 35.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

39 pulled, 46 up the middle and 26 the other way over 111 located batted balls.

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