Didi Gregorius Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Gregorius is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.191 OPS there against .569 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Gregorius has an OPS of .790; with the bases empty it is .499.

56 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 175 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Gregorius hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.5 mph on average there, against 76.9 the other way.

60 batted balls to his pull side, 39 the other way.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 23% of Gregorius's contact reaches 95 mph, 8th percentile.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 554th in MLB.

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

Gregorius trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 19th percentile barrel rate, 89th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Gregorius puts up a .618 OPS against right-handers and .430 against left-handers.

170 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

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

Gregorius strikes out in only 15.6% of his trips, 89th percentile.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 67th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.8% of Gregorius's batted balls are barrelled, 19th percentile.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 483rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Gregorius's fly balls travel 250 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 394.

77 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Gregorius averages 84.1 mph off the bat, 15th percentile in the league.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 511th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Gregorius is on base at a .264 clip, 22nd percentile in the league.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 465th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Gregorius slugs .342 against right-handers and .200 against left-handers.

170 plate appearances against right-handers, 61 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Gregorius's OPS+ of 61 sits 22nd percentile among hitters this season.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 470th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Gregorius's batting average is .211 but the quality of his contact projects .238, a gap of .027 in his favour once the bounces even out.

231 plate appearances in 2022.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Gregorius is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .363 OPS there against .569 overall.

43 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Gregorius is slugging .305, 23rd percentile in the league.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 460th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Gregorius strikes out in 12.5% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.6% with the bases empty.

56 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 175 with the bases empty.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Gregorius walks in only 5.6% of his plate appearances, 27th percentile.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 437th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Gregorius does his damage against fastballs: a .682 OPS against them, against .595 on breaking balls.

136 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 60 on breaking balls.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Gregorius finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.1% of his contact, 69th percentile.

231 plate appearances in 2022. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 188th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Gregorius averages 82.5 mph off the bat, against 84.7 with the bases empty.

46 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 132 without.

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

Gregorius pulls 34.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

61 pulled, 79 up the middle and 39 the other way over 179 located batted balls.

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

Gregorius averages 14.9 degrees off the bat: 36.5% of his contact is in the air and 42.1% of it is on the ground.

178 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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