Jordy Mercer Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

His walks do not change much with runners on

Mercer walks in 16.1% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.2% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 96 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Mercer hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.1 mph on average there, against 83.0 up the middle.

29 batted balls to his pull side, 37 up the middle.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Mercer does his damage against breaking balls: a .793 OPS against them, against .572 on fastballs.

43 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 65 on fastballs.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Mercer finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.9% of his contact, 94th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2021. 94th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 39th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Mercer pulls 24.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 53.3% of it against left-handers.

54 batted balls against right-handers, 30 against left-handers.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.4% of Mercer's batted balls are barrelled, 23rd percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2021. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 505th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Mercer strikes out in 22.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.1% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 96 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Mercer is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .850 OPS there against .671 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Mercer's fly balls travel 265 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 395.

32 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Mercer has an OPS of .553; with the bases empty it is .704.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 96 with the bases empty.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Mercer slugs .421 against breaking balls and .295 against fastballs.

43 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Mercer is at his worst against right-handers, on fastballs: a .524 OPS there against .671 overall.

45 plate appearances in that situation.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Mercer strikes out in 25.6% of his trips against right-handers and 28.9% of them against left-handers.

82 plate appearances against right-handers, 45 against left-handers.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Mercer's batting average is .254 but the quality of his contact projects .238, a gap of .016 he is currently outrunning.

127 plate appearances in 2021.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 33.3% of Mercer's contact reaches 95 mph, 37th percentile.

127 plate appearances in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 414th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Mercer averages 84.7 mph off the bat, against 87.3 with the bases empty.

19 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 65 without.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Mercer averages 86.7 mph off the bat, 39th percentile in the league.

127 plate appearances in 2021. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 399th in MLB.

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

Mercer pulls 34.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

29 pulled, 37 up the middle and 18 the other way over 84 located batted balls.

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