Jonathan Herrera Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Herrera's batting average is .230 but the quality of his contact projects .168, a gap of .062 he is currently outrunning.

132 plate appearances in 2015.

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

With a runner in scoring position Herrera averages 78.1 mph off the bat, against 86.0 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 62 without.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 18.1% of Herrera's contact reaches 95 mph, 8th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 586th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Herrera's quality of contact only supports a .168 expected average, 16th percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 16th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 532nd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Herrera walks in only 1.5% of his plate appearances, 8th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 586th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Herrera hits it hardest to his pull side: 86.4 mph on average there, against 79.4 the other way.

29 batted balls to his pull side, 19 the other way.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Herrera averages 83.8 mph off the bat, 15th percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 541st in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Herrera is on base at a .242 clip, 21st percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 502nd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Herrera is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .792 OPS there against .576 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Herrera's fly balls travel 268 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 390.

37 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Herrera averages 17.6 degrees off the bat: 38.8% of his contact is in the air and 42.5% of it is on the ground.

80 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Herrera's OPS+ of 61 sits 28th percentile among hitters this season.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 457th in MLB.

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

Herrera strikes out in only 17.4% of his trips, 74th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 167th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Herrera finds a productive launch angle on only 33.3% of his contact, 28th percentile.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 460th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Herrera is at his worst against right-handers, on fastballs: a .452 OPS there against .576 overall.

70 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Herrera slugs .333 against fastballs and .250 against breaking balls.

95 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The power is not there this season

Herrera is slugging .333, 36th percentile in the league.

132 plate appearances in 2015. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2015, 409th in MLB.

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

Herrera pulls 34.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

36 pulled, 47 up the middle and 21 the other way over 104 located batted balls.

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