Gregor Blanco Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Blanco is at his worst against right-handers, on offspeed pitches: a .273 OPS there against .580 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Blanco does his damage against fastballs: a .607 OPS against them, against .400 on offspeed pitches.

126 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 25 on offspeed pitches.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 26.3% of Blanco's contact reaches 95 mph, 19th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 520th in MLB.

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

Blanco finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.5% of his contact, 87th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 82nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Blanco's fly balls travel 273 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 401.

46 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Blanco averages 84.8 mph off the bat, 21st percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 508th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Blanco is on base at a .262 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 461st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Blanco slugs .373 against breaking balls and .200 against offspeed pitches.

52 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Blanco has an OPS of .478; with the bases empty it is .599.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 171 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Blanco strikes out in 28.6% of his trips, 28th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 462nd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Blanco's OPS+ of 60 sits 29th percentile among hitters this season.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 457th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Blanco is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .742 OPS there against .580 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Blanco hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.9 mph on average there, against 82.8 up the middle.

39 batted balls to his pull side, 45 up the middle.

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

Blanco pulls 32.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

42 pulled, 52 up the middle and 36 the other way over 130 located batted balls.

The power is not there this season

Blanco is slugging .317, 32nd percentile in the league.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 436th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Blanco pulls 34.2% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 21.1% of it against left-handers.

111 batted balls against right-handers, 19 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Blanco averages 83.2 mph off the bat, against 84.9 with the bases empty.

21 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 95 without.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Blanco walks in only 5.9% of his plate appearances, 36th percentile.

203 plate appearances in 2018. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 411th in MLB.

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