Juan Soto Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Soto puts up a 1.036 OPS against right-handers and .549 against left-handers.

76 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Soto is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .461 OPS there against .848 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Soto slugs .615 against right-handers and .310 against left-handers.

76 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

18.8% of Soto's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 97th percentile.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 97th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 13th in MLB.

This is the kind of hitter he is, in one line

Soto does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 97th percentile barrel rate, 82nd percentile strikeout rate.

122 plate appearances in 2026. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2026.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Soto hits the ball hard: 92.6 mph off the bat on average, 92nd percentile in the league.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 33rd in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Soto is slugging .495, 89th percentile in the league.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 47th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Soto is at his best against right-handers, on fastballs: a 1.189 OPS there against .848 overall.

46 plate appearances in that situation.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

49.4% of Soto's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 87th percentile in the league.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 54th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Soto's OPS+ of 138 puts him 87th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 56th in MLB.

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

Soto strikes out in only 16.4% of his trips, 82nd percentile.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 78th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Soto does his damage against fastballs: a .921 OPS against them, against .752 on breaking balls.

71 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 35 on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Soto averages 89.5 mph off the bat, against 92.8 with the bases empty.

59 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 276 without.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Soto should be hitting .264, 72nd percentile in the league.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 118th in MLB.

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

Soto averages 16.3 degrees off the bat: 41% of his contact is in the air and 40.1% of it is on the ground.

329 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Soto walks in 11.5% of his plate appearances, 75th percentile.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 105th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Soto is on base at a .352 clip, 76th percentile in the league.

122 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 101st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Soto hits it hardest to his pull side: 93.8 mph on average there, against 89.6 the other way.

134 batted balls to his pull side, 50 the other way.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Soto strikes out in 14.5% of his trips against right-handers and 19.6% of them against left-handers.

76 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Soto slugs .541 against fastballs and .438 against breaking balls.

71 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Soto's fly balls travel 288 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 449.

157 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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