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Gregorio Petit

Astros Career team 2014
Number #40
Position Shortstop
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 5' 10"
Weight 195 lbs
Birth Place Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Born Dec 10, 1984

Key Insights

2018
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Petit pulls 17.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 28.9%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

8 pulled, 24 up the middle and 13 the other way over 45 located batted balls.
There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Petit does his damage against fastballs: a .742 OPS against them, against .542 on breaking balls.

37 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 23 on breaking balls.
Too much of his contact is weak

Just 26.8% of Petit's contact reaches 95 mph, 20th percentile.

67 plate appearances in 2018. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 515th in MLB.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Petit hits it hardest up the middle: 88.4 mph on average there, against 81.5 the other way.

20 batted balls up the middle, 13 the other way.
The power is not there this season

Petit is slugging .279, 23rd percentile in the league.

67 plate appearances in 2018. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 493rd in MLB.
He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.4% of Petit's batted balls are barrelled, 25th percentile.

67 plate appearances in 2018. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2018, 478th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 10, 1984
Birth Place Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Height 5' 10"
Weight 195 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right