Jordan Luplow Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Luplow is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.037 OPS there against .639 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Luplow does his damage against fastballs: a .774 OPS against them, against .462 on breaking balls.

53 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 23 on breaking balls.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Luplow's quality of contact only supports a .194 expected average, 12th percentile in the league.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 523rd in MLB.

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

Luplow pulls 24% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

12 pulled, 28 up the middle and 10 the other way over 50 located batted balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Luplow averages 84.3 mph off the bat, 12th percentile in the league.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 521st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Luplow slugs .435 against fastballs and .158 against breaking balls.

53 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Luplow walks in 12.4% of his plate appearances, 88th percentile.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 70th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Luplow hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.0 mph on average there, against 82.0 the other way.

12 batted balls to his pull side, 10 the other way.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Luplow finds a productive launch angle on only 26.5% of his contact, 6th percentile.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 555th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Luplow's fly balls travel 255 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 410.

21 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The power is not there this season

Luplow is slugging .325, 25th percentile in the league.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 445th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Luplow is at his worst against right-handers: a .421 OPS there against .639 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Luplow strikes out in 30.3% of his trips, 20th percentile.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 472nd in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 32% of Luplow's contact reaches 95 mph, 25th percentile.

89 plate appearances in 2023. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 443rd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

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

89 plate appearances in 2023. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 420th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Luplow pulls 33.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 18.8% of it against left-handers.

18 batted balls against right-handers, 32 against left-handers.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Luplow's batting average is .208 but the quality of his contact projects .194, a gap of .014 he is currently outrunning.

89 plate appearances in 2023.

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

Luplow averages 15.8 degrees off the bat: 40.8% of his contact is in the air and 44.9% of it is on the ground.

49 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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