Jordan Diaz Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Diaz is at his worst with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a .318 OPS there against .637 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

35% of Diaz's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 46% of it with the bases empty.

61 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 232 with the bases empty.

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

Diaz averages 5.4 degrees off the bat: 23.9% of his contact is in the air and 55.2% of it is on the ground.

201 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not get on base enough to help

Diaz is on base at a .273 clip, 22nd percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 464th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Diaz walks in 9.8% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.7% with the bases empty.

61 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 232 with the bases empty.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

7 of Diaz's 10 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 413 feet.

10 tracked home runs in 2023.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Diaz hits the ball hard: 90.0 mph off the bat on average, 76th percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 141st in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Diaz is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .863 OPS there against .637 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Diaz does his damage against fastballs: a .668 OPS against them, against .527 on offspeed pitches.

138 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 50 on offspeed pitches.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Diaz walks in only 5.8% of his plate appearances, 26th percentile.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 442nd in MLB.

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

Diaz pulls 28.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

58 pulled, 90 up the middle and 56 the other way over 204 located batted balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43.8% of Diaz's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 74th percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 74th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 154th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Diaz's OPS+ of 73 sits 29th percentile among hitters this season.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 419th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Diaz finds a productive launch angle on only 31.8% of his contact, 26th percentile.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 441st in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Diaz's quality of contact only supports a .228 expected average, 36th percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2023. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 377th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Diaz averages 87.9 mph off the bat, against 90.5 with the bases empty.

40 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 163 without.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Diaz slugs .410 against breaking balls and .327 against offspeed pitches.

105 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Diaz's fly balls travel 287 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 413.

62 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Diaz has an OPS of .559; with the bases empty it is .655.

61 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 232 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

7 of Diaz's 10 home runs have gone to his pull side and 2 of them the other way.

10 tracked home runs in 2023.

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