Juan Yepez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Yepez strikes out in 6.3% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 20.4% with the bases empty.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Yepez does his damage against fastballs: a .861 OPS against them, against .613 on offspeed pitches.

135 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 44 on offspeed pitches.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Yepez walks in 12.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.4% with the bases empty.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Yepez is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .462 OPS there against .764 overall.

40 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Yepez hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.0 mph on average there, against 82.0 the other way.

67 batted balls to his pull side, 53 the other way.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Yepez's OPS+ of 116 puts him 84th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 97th in MLB.

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

Yepez strikes out in only 16.9% of his trips, 85th percentile.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 91st in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Yepez is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a 1.037 OPS there against .764 overall.

27 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

Yepez is on base at a .335 clip, 83rd percentile in the league.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 101st in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Yepez should be hitting .256, 75th percentile in the league.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 148th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Yepez's fly balls travel 264 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 432.

64 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Yepez's batting average is .283 but the quality of his contact projects .256, a gap of .027 he is currently outrunning.

249 plate appearances in 2024.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Yepez slugs .487 against fastballs and .317 against offspeed pitches.

135 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Yepez finds a productive launch angle on only 31% of his contact, 21st percentile.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 463rd in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Yepez averages 86.3 mph off the bat, 30th percentile in the league.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 411th in MLB.

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

4 of Yepez's 6 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 432 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2024.

There is real damage in his bat

Yepez is slugging .429, 77th percentile in the league.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 136th in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Yepez averages 84.2 mph off the bat, against 87.1 with the bases empty.

51 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 136 without.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.9% of Yepez's batted balls are barrelled, 36th percentile.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 377th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Yepez puts up a .738 OPS against right-handers and .812 against left-handers.

161 plate appearances against right-handers, 88 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Yepez has an OPS of .849; with the bases empty it is .739.

63 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

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

Yepez averages 8.4 degrees off the bat: 28.1% of his contact is in the air and 52.4% of it is on the ground.

185 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 35.8% of Yepez's contact reaches 95 mph, 39th percentile.

249 plate appearances in 2024. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 354th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Yepez's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2024.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Yepez pulls 34.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 40% of it against left-handers.

123 batted balls against right-handers, 65 against left-handers.

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