Mark Vientos Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Vientos's batting average is .234 but the quality of his contact projects .292, a gap of .058 in his favour once the bounces even out.

133 plate appearances in 2026.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Vientos strikes out in 23.6% of his trips against right-handers and 13.6% of them against left-handers.

89 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Vientos should be hitting .292, 90th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 43rd in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Vientos hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.0 mph on average there, against 85.8 the other way.

56 batted balls to his pull side, 52 the other way.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14% of Vientos's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 88th percentile.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 52nd in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

48% of Vientos's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 84th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 70th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Vientos puts up a .636 OPS against right-handers and .818 against left-handers.

89 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Vientos hits the ball hard: 90.9 mph off the bat on average, 83rd percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 74th in MLB.

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

Vientos pulls 27.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 25.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

56 pulled, 98 up the middle and 52 the other way over 206 located batted balls.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Vientos walks in only 5.3% of his plate appearances, 20th percentile.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 339th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Vientos is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .488 OPS there against .698 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Vientos swings it at 69.7 mph, 80th percentile bat speed in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 86th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Vientos does his damage against fastballs: a .753 OPS against them, against .593 on offspeed pitches.

68 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 28 on offspeed pitches.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Vientos walks in 2.6% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 6.3% with the bases empty.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 95 with the bases empty.

His home runs almost all go to the same part of the park

9 of Vientos's 13 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 445 feet.

13 tracked home runs in 2026.

He does not get on base enough to help

Vientos is on base at a .278 clip, 29th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 301st in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Vientos slugs .471 against breaking balls and .308 against offspeed pitches.

36 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

He gets the ball in the air at the angle that hurts

Vientos finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.8% of his contact, 78th percentile.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 92nd in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Vientos slugs .378 against right-handers and .500 against left-handers.

89 plate appearances against right-handers, 44 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

43.3% of Vientos's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 50% of it with the bases empty.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 95 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Vientos is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty: a .866 OPS there against .698 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

There is real damage in his bat

Vientos is slugging .419, 70th percentile in the league.

133 plate appearances in 2026. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 128th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Vientos has an OPS of .787; with the bases empty it is .662.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 95 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Vientos's fly balls travel 275 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 445.

89 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Vientos strikes out in 18.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 21.1% with the bases empty.

38 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 95 with the bases empty.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

9 of Vientos's 13 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

13 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

Vientos averages 14.9 degrees off the bat: 39.3% of his contact is in the air and 43.8% of it is on the ground.

201 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Vientos pulls 24.1% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 31.1% of it against left-handers.

116 batted balls against right-handers, 90 against left-handers.

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