Kyle Isbel Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Isbel does his damage against breaking balls: a .956 OPS against them, against .381 on offspeed pitches.

29 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 22 on offspeed pitches.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Isbel strikes out in 30% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 20.4% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 93 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Isbel hits it hardest to his pull side: 88.2 mph on average there, against 77.6 up the middle.

25 batted balls to his pull side, 41 up the middle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Isbel averages 82.4 mph off the bat, 7th percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 392nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Isbel is at his worst on offspeed pitches: a .381 OPS there against .719 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Isbel slugs .577 against breaking balls and .190 against offspeed pitches.

29 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Isbel averages 77.6 mph off the bat, against 83.7 with the bases empty.

19 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 67 without.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Isbel is at his best with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a 1.041 OPS there against .719 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Isbel's fly balls travel 235 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 406.

31 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Isbel walks in only 4.9% of his plate appearances, 17th percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 350th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 30.2% of Isbel's contact reaches 95 mph, 17th percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 17th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 350th in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Isbel swings it at 64.7 mph, 23rd percentile bat speed in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 326th in MLB.

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

Isbel pulls 29.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

25 pulled, 41 up the middle and 20 the other way over 86 located batted balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Isbel has an OPS of .824; with the bases empty it is .686.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 93 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.7% of Isbel's batted balls are barrelled, 32nd percentile.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 288th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Isbel should be hitting .257, 63rd percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 157th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Isbel is slugging .400, 63rd percentile in the league.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 63rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 158th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Isbel's OPS+ of 105 puts him 61st percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

123 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 166th in MLB.

Kyle Isbel

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