Joey Ortiz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Ortiz pulls 19.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 15.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

14 pulled, 48 up the middle and 11 the other way over 73 located batted balls.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Ortiz walks in 12.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.6% with the bases empty.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 71 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Ortiz is slugging .242, 8th percentile in the league.

103 plate appearances in 2026. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 386th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Ortiz averages 83.2 mph off the bat, 9th percentile in the league.

103 plate appearances in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 385th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Ortiz hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.4 mph on average there, against 75.1 the other way.

14 batted balls to his pull side, 11 the other way.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Ortiz's OPS+ of 43 sits 10th percentile among hitters this season.

103 plate appearances in 2026. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 377th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Ortiz finds a productive launch angle on only 20.5% of his contact, 3rd percentile.

103 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 409th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Ortiz has an OPS of .658; with the bases empty it is .435.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 71 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.7% of Ortiz's batted balls are barrelled, 19th percentile.

103 plate appearances in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 341st in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.1% of Ortiz's contact reaches 95 mph, 19th percentile.

103 plate appearances in 2026. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 341st in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Ortiz's fly balls travel 234 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 395.

27 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Ortiz strikes out in 25% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.3% with the bases empty.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 71 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ortiz is at his best against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .686 OPS there against .499 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Ortiz's batting average is .198 but the quality of his contact projects .226, a gap of .028 in his favour once the bounces even out.

103 plate appearances in 2026.

He does not get on base enough to help

Ortiz is on base at a .257 clip, 18th percentile in the league.

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

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

Ortiz averages 5.6 degrees off the bat: 32.9% of his contact is in the air and 57.5% of it is on the ground.

73 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

With a runner in scoring position Ortiz averages 80.3 mph off the bat, against 84.2 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 54 without.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Ortiz's quality of contact only supports a .226 expected average, 35th percentile in the league.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Ortiz is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .368 OPS there against .499 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Ortiz pulls 21.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 14.8% of it against left-handers.

46 batted balls against right-handers, 27 against left-handers.

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