Junior Caminero Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Caminero does his damage against fastballs: a 1.113 OPS against them, against .494 on breaking balls.

90 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 66 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Caminero is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.237 OPS there against .795 overall.

24 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Caminero swings it at 74.4 mph, 100th percentile bat speed in the league.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 100th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 3rd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30% of Caminero's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 45.2% of it with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 151 with the bases empty.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Caminero strikes out in 19.7% of his trips against right-handers and 9.3% of them against left-handers.

132 plate appearances against right-handers, 54 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Caminero hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.0 mph on average there, against 83.5 the other way.

46 batted balls to his pull side, 22 the other way.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Caminero strikes out in 28.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 13.9% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 151 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Caminero is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .371 OPS there against .795 overall.

26 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Caminero slugs .658 against fastballs and .313 against breaking balls.

90 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Caminero hits the ball hard: 91.5 mph off the bat on average, 87th percentile in the league.

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

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Caminero has an OPS of .372; with the bases empty it is .887.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 151 with the bases empty.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Caminero should be hitting .275, 81st percentile in the league.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 82nd in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Caminero is slugging .467, 83rd percentile in the league.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 74th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Caminero's fly balls travel 249 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 450.

51 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Caminero does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 71st percentile barrel rate, 80th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Caminero finds a productive launch angle on only 26.9% of his contact, 11th percentile.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 375th in MLB.

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

Caminero strikes out in only 16.7% of his trips, 80th percentile.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 85th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Caminero's OPS+ of 123 puts him 77th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 98th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Caminero's batting average is .248 but the quality of his contact projects .275, a gap of .027 in his favour once the bounces even out.

186 plate appearances in 2026.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.7% of Caminero's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 71st percentile.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 122nd in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Caminero walks in 14.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9.9% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 151 with the bases empty.

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

7 of Caminero's 11 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 450 feet.

11 tracked home runs in 2026.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Caminero walks in 10.8% of his plate appearances, 71st percentile.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 71st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 124th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

43% of Caminero's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 64th percentile in the league.

186 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 152nd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Caminero averages 88.9 mph off the bat, against 91.9 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 115 without.

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

Caminero pulls 34.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 16.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

46 pulled, 67 up the middle and 22 the other way over 135 located batted balls.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Caminero pulls 35.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 30% of it against left-handers.

95 batted balls against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

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