Martin Prado Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Prado strikes out in 20.9% of his trips against right-handers and 8.5% of them against left-handers.

153 plate appearances against right-handers, 106 against left-handers.

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

Prado pulls 22.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 27.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

47 pulled, 102 up the middle and 57 the other way over 206 located batted balls.

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

Prado trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 14th percentile barrel rate, 90th percentile strikeout rate.

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

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Prado is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .250 OPS there against .554 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

His contact is about the same with runners on

21.9% of Prado's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 33.3% of it with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 215 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 0.5% of Prado's batted balls are barrelled, 14th percentile.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 14th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 557th in MLB.

He puts the ball in play, strikeouts are not his problem

Prado strikes out in only 15.8% of his trips, 90th percentile.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 90th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 63rd in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Prado does his damage against fastballs: a .605 OPS against them, against .400 on breaking balls.

176 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 64 on breaking balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Prado averages 83.4 mph off the bat, against 88.4 with the bases empty.

32 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 156 without.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Prado's OPS+ of 48 sits 22nd percentile among hitters this season.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 508th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.4% of Prado's contact reaches 95 mph, 24th percentile.

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

His walks do not change much with runners on

Prado walks in 9.1% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 3.7% with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 215 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Prado is slugging .291, 22nd percentile in the league.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 509th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Prado walks in only 4.6% of his plate appearances, 22nd percentile.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 508th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Prado puts up a .501 OPS against right-handers and .631 against left-handers.

153 plate appearances against right-handers, 106 against left-handers.

He does not get on base enough to help

Prado is on base at a .263 clip, 25th percentile in the league.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 486th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Prado should be hitting .248, 66th percentile in the league.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 66th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 220th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Prado is at his best against left-handers, on breaking balls: a .702 OPS there against .554 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Prado slugs .321 against fastballs and .197 against breaking balls.

176 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Prado's batting average is .230 but the quality of his contact projects .248, a gap of .018 in his favour once the bounces even out.

259 plate appearances in 2019.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Prado's fly balls travel 287 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 406.

60 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Prado averages 8.7 degrees off the bat: 25.4% of his contact is in the air and 49.2% of it is on the ground.

185 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Prado averages 87.5 mph off the bat, 37th percentile in the league.

259 plate appearances in 2019. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2019, 409th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Prado strikes out in 13.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 16.3% with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 215 with the bases empty.

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