Ezequiel Tovar Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

With a runner in scoring position Tovar averages 81.1 mph off the bat, against 87.3 with the bases empty.

90 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 255 without.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Tovar's OPS+ of 47 sits 12th percentile among hitters this season.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 370th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Tovar's fly balls travel 267 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 441.

168 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Tovar's batting average is .203 but the quality of his contact projects .238, a gap of .035 in his favour once the bounces even out.

159 plate appearances in 2026.

He does not get on base enough to help

Tovar is on base at a .252 clip, 16th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 354th in MLB.

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

Tovar finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.1% of his contact, 90th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 43rd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Tovar walks in only 5% of his plate appearances, 18th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 347th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Tovar is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .742 OPS there against .535 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Tovar averages 17.8 degrees off the bat: 40.9% of his contact is in the air and 35.3% of it is on the ground.

337 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

The power is not there this season

Tovar is slugging .284, 18th percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 347th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Tovar has an OPS of .421; with the bases empty it is .576.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 118 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Tovar is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .339 OPS there against .535 overall.

36 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Tovar pulls 28.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

100 pulled, 168 up the middle and 78 the other way over 346 located batted balls.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Tovar strikes out in 27.7% of his trips, 26th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 312th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Tovar swings it at 68.5 mph, 68th percentile bat speed in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 137th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

31% of Tovar's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.2% of it with the bases empty.

41 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 118 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Tovar averages 87.0 mph off the bat, 33rd percentile in the league.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 282nd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Tovar hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.9 mph on average there, against 83.4 up the middle.

100 batted balls to his pull side, 167 up the middle.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 36.2% of Tovar's contact reaches 95 mph, 35th percentile.

159 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 275th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Tovar slugs .351 against breaking balls and .269 against fastballs.

60 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

8 of Tovar's 13 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 441 feet.

13 tracked home runs in 2026.

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