Jose Abreu Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Abreu's quality of contact only supports a .162 expected average, 3rd percentile in the league.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 568th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Abreu strikes out in 32.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 20.2% with the bases empty.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 89 with the bases empty.

He does not get on base enough to help

Abreu is on base at a .167 clip, 2nd percentile in the league.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 573rd in MLB.

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

Abreu pulls 22.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 31.4%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

19 pulled, 40 up the middle and 27 the other way over 86 located batted balls.

The power is not there this season

Abreu is slugging .195, 4th percentile in the league.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 561st in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Abreu walks in only 3.3% of his plate appearances, 8th percentile.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 538th in MLB.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Abreu swings it at 70.3 mph, 87th percentile bat speed in the league.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 77th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Abreu's batting average is .124 but the quality of his contact projects .162, a gap of .038 in his favour once the bounces even out.

120 plate appearances in 2024.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Abreu finds a productive launch angle on only 27.4% of his contact, 8th percentile.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 535th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2.4% of Abreu's batted balls are barrelled, 15th percentile.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 497th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Abreu is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .568 OPS there against .361 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Abreu has an OPS of .232; with the bases empty it is .406.

31 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 89 with the bases empty.

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

Abreu averages 7.1 degrees off the bat: 29.8% of his contact is in the air and 54.8% of it is on the ground.

84 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 34.1% of Abreu's contact reaches 95 mph, 33rd percentile.

120 plate appearances in 2024. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 394th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Abreu is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .206 OPS there against .361 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Abreu hits it hardest the other way: 89.8 mph on average there, against 85.9 to his pull side.

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

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Abreu's fly balls travel 289 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 401.

30 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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