Kevan Smith Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Smith strikes out in 35.9% of his trips against right-handers and 20% of them against left-handers.

64 plate appearances against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

The power is not there this season

Smith is slugging .200, 13th percentile in the league.

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

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Smith's quality of contact only supports a .186 expected average, 19th percentile in the league.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 529th in MLB.

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

Smith averages 5.8 degrees off the bat: 25.8% of his contact is in the air and 54.8% of it is on the ground.

62 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.6% of Smith's batted balls are barrelled, 19th percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 531st in MLB.

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

Smith gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 19th percentile barrel rate, 30th percentile strikeout rate.

104 plate appearances in 2021. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2021.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Smith's OPS+ of 22 sits 14th percentile among hitters this season.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 562nd in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Smith finds a productive launch angle on only 27.4% of his contact, 14th percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 560th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Smith is on base at a .233 clip, 17th percentile in the league.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 541st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Smith is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .250 OPS there against .433 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Smith puts up a .483 OPS against right-handers and .348 against left-handers.

64 plate appearances against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Smith is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .607 OPS there against .433 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Smith averages 85.6 mph off the bat, against 88.1 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 49 without.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Smith strikes out in 29.8% of his trips, 30th percentile.

104 plate appearances in 2021. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2021, 455th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Smith's batting average is .168 but the quality of his contact projects .186, a gap of .018 in his favour once the bounces even out.

104 plate appearances in 2021.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Smith slugs .233 against right-handers and .143 against left-handers.

64 plate appearances against right-handers, 40 against left-handers.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Smith pulls 35.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 44.4% of it against left-handers.

37 batted balls against right-handers, 27 against left-handers.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Smith's fly balls travel 293 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 393.

19 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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