Jonathan Villar Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Villar does his damage against breaking balls: a .705 OPS against them, against .315 on offspeed pitches.

59 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 49 on offspeed pitches.

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

Villar averages -1.4 degrees off the bat: 20.6% of his contact is in the air and 61.7% of it is on the ground.

141 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Villar walks in 14.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.1% with the bases empty.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 178 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Villar is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on offspeed pitches: a .302 OPS there against .562 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Villar's quality of contact only supports a .206 expected average, 21st percentile in the league.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 471st in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Villar averages 84.4 mph off the bat, against 89.5 with the bases empty.

26 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 116 without.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Villar slugs .400 against breaking balls and .152 against offspeed pitches.

59 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He does not get on base enough to help

Villar is on base at a .260 clip, 19th percentile in the league.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 483rd in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.9% of Villar's batted balls are barrelled, 20th percentile.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 481st in MLB.

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

Villar gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 20th percentile barrel rate, 34th percentile strikeout rate.

220 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

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

Villar pulls 26% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

38 pulled, 78 up the middle and 30 the other way over 146 located batted balls.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Villar finds a productive launch angle on only 28.8% of his contact, 12th percentile.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 525th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Villar's OPS+ of 61 sits 21st percentile among hitters this season.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 471st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Villar strikes out in 21.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.1% with the bases empty.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 178 with the bases empty.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

41.5% of Villar's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 71st percentile in the league.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 176th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Villar hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.7 mph on average there, against 85.9 up the middle.

38 batted balls to his pull side, 74 up the middle.

The power is not there this season

Villar is slugging .302, 22nd percentile in the league.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 470th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Villar is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .749 OPS there against .562 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Villar has an OPS of .704; with the bases empty it is .529.

42 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 178 with the bases empty.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Villar strikes out in 26.8% of his trips, 34th percentile.

220 plate appearances in 2022. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 394th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Villar's fly balls travel 298 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 411.

37 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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