Dermis Garcia Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Garcia does his damage against fastballs: a .844 OPS against them, against .468 on breaking balls.

51 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 62 on breaking balls.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Garcia's quality of contact only supports a .168 expected average, 4th percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 574th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Garcia is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .245 OPS there against .652 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Garcia trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 94th percentile barrel rate, 1st percentile strikeout rate.

125 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Garcia hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.3 mph on average there, against 79.5 the other way.

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

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Garcia averages 93.0 mph off the bat, against 84.4 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 46 without.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

13.1% of Garcia's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 94th percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 37th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Garcia strikes out in 44% of his trips, 1st percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 594th in MLB.

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

4 of Garcia's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 467 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2022.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Garcia is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .972 OPS there against .652 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Garcia's batting average is .207 but the quality of his contact projects .168, a gap of .039 he is currently outrunning.

125 plate appearances in 2022.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Garcia slugs .511 against fastballs and .259 against breaking balls.

51 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Garcia finds a productive launch angle on only 27.9% of his contact, 10th percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 541st in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Garcia is on base at a .264 clip, 23rd percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 464th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.6% of Garcia's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 75th percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 150th in MLB.

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

Garcia pulls 52.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 16.4%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

32 pulled, 19 up the middle and 10 the other way over 61 located batted balls.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Garcia's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2022.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Garcia averages 86.5 mph off the bat, 35th percentile in the league.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 392nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Garcia's fly balls travel 275 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 467.

22 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Garcia walks in only 6.4% of his plate appearances, 37th percentile.

125 plate appearances in 2022. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 378th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Garcia pulls 55% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 47.6% of it against left-handers.

40 batted balls against right-handers, 21 against left-handers.

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