Joshua Fuentes Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Fuentes does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .849 OPS against them, against .554 on fastballs.

36 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 166 on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Fuentes is at his best against left-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .955 OPS there against .619 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Fuentes slugs .571 against offspeed pitches and .288 against fastballs.

36 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

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

5 of Fuentes's 7 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 429 feet.

7 tracked home runs in 2021.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Fuentes walks in only 3.8% of his plate appearances, 13th percentile.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 568th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Fuentes is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .323 OPS there against .619 overall.

38 plate appearances in that situation.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 2% of Fuentes's batted balls are barrelled, 20th percentile.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 520th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Fuentes has an OPS of .745; with the bases empty it is .570.

81 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 207 with the bases empty.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 27.5% of Fuentes's contact reaches 95 mph, 22nd percentile.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 510th in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Fuentes's quality of contact only supports a .202 expected average, 25th percentile in the league.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 488th in MLB.

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

Fuentes averages 18.5 degrees off the bat: 46% of his contact is in the air and 39.6% of it is on the ground.

202 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Fuentes's batting average is .232 but the quality of his contact projects .202, a gap of .030 he is currently outrunning.

288 plate appearances in 2021.

He does not get on base enough to help

Fuentes is on base at a .260 clip, 27th percentile in the league.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 477th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Fuentes's fly balls travel 263 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 429.

99 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Fuentes's OPS+ of 60 sits 27th percentile among hitters this season.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 478th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Fuentes finds a productive launch angle on only 30.5% of his contact, 24th percentile.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 495th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Fuentes averages 85.2 mph off the bat, 28th percentile in the league.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 470th in MLB.

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

Fuentes pulls 29.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

61 pulled, 93 up the middle and 52 the other way over 206 located batted balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Fuentes strikes out in 21.7% of his trips against right-handers and 24.7% of them against left-handers.

203 plate appearances against right-handers, 85 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30.5% of Fuentes's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 26.4% of it with the bases empty.

81 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 207 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Fuentes hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.3 mph on average there, against 83.3 the other way.

61 batted balls to his pull side, 52 the other way.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Fuentes strikes out in only 22.6% of his trips, 63rd percentile.

288 plate appearances in 2021. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 244th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Fuentes walks in 2.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 4.3% with the bases empty.

81 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 207 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

5 of Fuentes's 7 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

7 tracked home runs in 2021.

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