Jarrod Dyson Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Dyson averages 1.4 degrees off the bat: 17.1% of his contact is in the air and 61% of it is on the ground.

105 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Dyson averages 78.6 mph off the bat, 11th percentile in the league.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 582nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Dyson averages 75.0 mph off the bat, against 79.7 with the bases empty.

25 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 81 without.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1% of Dyson's batted balls are barrelled, 16th percentile.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 546th in MLB.

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

Dyson trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 16th percentile barrel rate, 69th percentile strikeout rate.

153 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

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

Dyson pulls 24.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 14.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

26 pulled, 65 up the middle and 15 the other way over 106 located batted balls.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Dyson does his damage against fastballs: a .568 OPS against them, against .381 on offspeed pitches.

90 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 22 on offspeed pitches.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Dyson's OPS+ of 49 sits 22nd percentile among hitters this season.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 512th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Dyson hits it hardest to his pull side: 84.2 mph on average there, against 76.5 up the middle.

26 batted balls to his pull side, 65 up the middle.

His contact is about the same with runners on

20% of Dyson's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 29.6% of it with the bases empty.

37 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 116 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Dyson is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .748 OPS there against .534 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.4% of Dyson's contact reaches 95 mph, 22nd percentile.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 512th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Dyson is slugging .281, 22nd percentile in the league.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 512th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Dyson's fly balls travel 249 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 367.

28 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He does not get on base enough to help

Dyson is on base at a .253 clip, 24th percentile in the league.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 495th in MLB.

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

Dyson strikes out in only 21.6% of his trips, 69th percentile.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 204th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Dyson is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .380 OPS there against .534 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Dyson's batting average is .201 but the quality of his contact projects .220, a gap of .019 in his favour once the bounces even out.

153 plate appearances in 2021.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Dyson slugs .300 against breaking balls and .190 against offspeed pitches.

41 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Dyson finds a productive launch angle on only 32.4% of his contact, 35th percentile.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 425th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Dyson pulls 27.4% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 13.6% of it against left-handers.

84 batted balls against right-handers, 22 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Dyson walks in only 6.5% of his plate appearances, 37th percentile.

153 plate appearances in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 409th in MLB.

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