Emmanuel Rivera Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Rivera pulls 15.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 32.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

15 pulled, 50 up the middle and 31 the other way over 96 located batted balls.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.1% of Rivera's batted balls are barrelled, 4th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 562nd in MLB.

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

Rivera trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 4th percentile barrel rate, 75th percentile strikeout rate.

127 plate appearances in 2025. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2025.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Rivera strikes out in 25% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.5% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 91 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Rivera does his damage against fastballs: a .633 OPS against them, against .394 on breaking balls.

83 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 36 on breaking balls.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rivera hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.5 mph on average there, against 85.5 the other way.

15 batted balls to his pull side, 31 the other way.

The power is not there this season

Rivera is slugging .283, 17th percentile in the league.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 491st in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Rivera swings it at 63.3 mph, 14th percentile bat speed in the league.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 504th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Rivera walks in only 4.7% of his plate appearances, 16th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 496th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 32.3% of Rivera's contact reaches 95 mph, 20th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 472nd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rivera is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .790 OPS there against .575 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Rivera finds the launch angles that produce hits on 40.9% of his contact, 87th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 77th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Rivera walks in 8.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 3.3% with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 91 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Rivera's OPS+ of 64 sits 24th percentile among hitters this season.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 449th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rivera's fly balls travel 265 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 372.

37 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rivera is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .385 OPS there against .575 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Rivera strikes out in only 18.9% of his trips, 75th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 146th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Rivera averages 86.7 mph off the bat, 30th percentile in the league.

127 plate appearances in 2025. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2025, 413th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

37.5% of Rivera's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 30.6% of it with the bases empty.

36 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 91 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Rivera slugs .308 against fastballs and .200 against breaking balls.

83 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

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