Kris Negron Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Negron pulls 11.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 39.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

6 pulled, 25 up the middle and 20 the other way over 51 located batted balls.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Negron averages 84.0 mph off the bat, 12th percentile in the league.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 574th in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Negron's batting average is .247 but the quality of his contact projects .204, a gap of .043 he is currently outrunning.

81 plate appearances in 2019.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 24.5% of Negron's contact reaches 95 mph, 12th percentile.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 12th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 568th in MLB.

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

Negron gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 34th percentile barrel rate, 21st percentile strikeout rate.

81 plate appearances in 2019. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2019.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Negron is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .396 OPS there against .622 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Negron's quality of contact only supports a .204 expected average, 26th percentile in the league.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 482nd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Negron strikes out in 32.1% of his trips, 21st percentile.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 21st percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 510th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Negron walks in only 4.9% of his plate appearances, 24th percentile.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 492nd in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Negron is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty: a .802 OPS there against .622 overall.

36 plate appearances in that situation.

The power is not there this season

Negron is slugging .338, 31st percentile in the league.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 446th in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Negron pulls 18.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 4.2% of it against left-handers.

27 batted balls against right-handers, 24 against left-handers.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Negron finds a productive launch angle on only 34.7% of his contact, 27th percentile.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 471st in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.1% of Negron's batted balls are barrelled, 34th percentile.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 429th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Negron's OPS+ of 68 sits 32nd percentile among hitters this season.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 440th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Negron is on base at a .284 clip, 34th percentile in the league.

81 plate appearances in 2019. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 430th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Negron hits it hardest the other way: 84.7 mph on average there, against 81.5 up the middle.

19 batted balls the other way, 24 up the middle.

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