Leo Rivas Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Rivas's quality of contact only supports a .157 expected average, 2nd percentile in the league.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 412th in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Rivas swings it at 58.6 mph, 0th percentile bat speed in the league.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 0th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 419th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Rivas walks in 26.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.1% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 85 with the bases empty.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 12.7% of Rivas's contact reaches 95 mph, 1st percentile.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 1st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 416th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Rivas is slugging .179, 3rd percentile in the league.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 407th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Rivas strikes out in 20% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 34.1% with the bases empty.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 85 with the bases empty.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Rivas's OPS+ of 34 sits 7th percentile among hitters this season.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 390th in MLB.

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

Rivas averages 19.3 degrees off the bat: 46.8% of his contact is in the air and 35.5% of it is on the ground.

62 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

Rivas gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 14th percentile barrel rate, 14th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Rivas is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .731 OPS there against .444 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Rivas averages 75.2 mph off the bat, against 87.2 with the bases empty.

15 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 48 without.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Rivas strikes out in 30.4% of his trips, 14th percentile.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 364th in MLB.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Rivas averages 84.4 mph off the bat, 13th percentile in the league.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 13th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 365th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 1.6% of Rivas's batted balls are barrelled, 14th percentile.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 362nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Rivas's fly balls travel 268 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 382.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Rivas walks in 12.2% of his plate appearances, 80th percentile.

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

He does not get on base enough to help

Rivas is on base at a .265 clip, 22nd percentile in the league.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 327th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Rivas has an OPS of .586; with the bases empty it is .396.

30 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 85 with the bases empty.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Rivas finds a productive launch angle on only 30.6% of his contact, 25th percentile.

115 plate appearances in 2026. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 316th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Rivas hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.4 mph on average there, against 82.5 up the middle.

22 batted balls to his pull side, 29 up the middle.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Rivas's batting average is .137 but the quality of his contact projects .157, a gap of .020 in his favour once the bounces even out.

115 plate appearances in 2026.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Rivas is at his worst against left-handers: a .300 OPS there against .444 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Rivas pulls 38.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 29.2% of it against left-handers.

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

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

Rivas pulls 34.9% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 19%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

22 pulled, 29 up the middle and 12 the other way over 63 located batted balls.

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