Lorenzo Cain Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Cain puts up a .549 OPS against right-handers and .277 against left-handers.

107 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Cain's OPS+ of 34 sits 9th percentile among hitters this season.

156 plate appearances in 2022. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 543rd in MLB.

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

Cain averages 3.9 degrees off the bat: 24.1% of his contact is in the air and 61.1% of it is on the ground.

108 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Cain's quality of contact only supports a .201 expected average, 18th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2022. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 490th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Cain is slugging .234, 9th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2022. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 545th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Cain slugs .287 against right-handers and .114 against left-handers.

107 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Cain finds a productive launch angle on only 25% of his contact, 5th percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2022. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 567th in MLB.

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

Cain pulls 26.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

29 pulled, 55 up the middle and 26 the other way over 110 located batted balls.

He does not get on base enough to help

Cain is on base at a .231 clip, 10th percentile in the league.

156 plate appearances in 2022. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 539th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Cain does his damage against offspeed pitches: a .583 OPS against them, against .414 on breaking balls.

20 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches, 42 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Cain is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .261 OPS there against .465 overall.

40 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Cain walks in only 5.1% of his plate appearances, 22nd percentile.

156 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 466th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Cain strikes out in 25.2% of his trips against right-handers and 18.4% of them against left-handers.

107 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Cain walks in 2.6% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 5.9% with the bases empty.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 118 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Cain's fly balls travel 269 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 387.

29 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Cain's batting average is .179 but the quality of his contact projects .201, a gap of .022 in his favour once the bounces even out.

156 plate appearances in 2022.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Cain slugs .333 against offspeed pitches and .200 against breaking balls.

20 plate appearances ending on offspeed pitches.

His contact is about the same with runners on

32.1% of Cain's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 37.8% of it with the bases empty.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 118 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Cain hits it hardest to his pull side: 89.4 mph on average there, against 84.2 the other way.

29 batted balls to his pull side, 26 the other way.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Cain is at his best on offspeed pitches: a .583 OPS there against .465 overall.

20 plate appearances in that situation.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Cain strikes out in 21.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 23.7% with the bases empty.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 118 with the bases empty.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Cain pulls 24% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.4% of it against left-handers.

75 batted balls against right-handers, 35 against left-handers.

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