Matt Vierling Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Vierling puts up a .546 OPS against right-handers and .857 against left-handers.

75 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Vierling walks in 14.3% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Vierling strikes out in 20% of his trips against right-handers and 8.7% of them against left-handers.

75 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Vierling's batting average is .213 but the quality of his contact projects .266, a gap of .053 in his favour once the bounces even out.

121 plate appearances in 2026.

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

Vierling pulls 26% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 24.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

58 pulled, 111 up the middle and 54 the other way over 223 located batted balls.

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

Vierling trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 31st percentile barrel rate, 84th percentile strikeout rate.

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

His contact is about the same with runners on

30.4% of Vierling's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 42.2% of it with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Vierling is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a .925 OPS there against .661 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Vierling strikes out in only 15.7% of his trips, 84th percentile.

121 plate appearances in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 68th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Vierling's fly balls travel 258 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 408.

106 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Vierling slugs .514 against breaking balls and .327 against fastballs.

39 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Vierling slugs .319 against right-handers and .487 against left-handers.

75 plate appearances against right-handers, 46 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, Vierling should be hitting .266, 73rd percentile in the league.

121 plate appearances in 2026. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 114th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Vierling does his damage against breaking balls: a .821 OPS against them, against .650 on fastballs.

39 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 65 on fastballs.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Vierling strikes out in 20% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 14% with the bases empty.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Vierling is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .460 OPS there against .661 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Vierling is on base at a .281 clip, 30th percentile in the league.

121 plate appearances in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 294th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Vierling hits it hardest up the middle: 89.0 mph on average there, against 83.5 the other way.

110 batted balls up the middle, 51 the other way.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.7% of Vierling's batted balls are barrelled, 31st percentile.

121 plate appearances in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 289th in MLB.

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

Vierling averages 17.3 degrees off the bat: 39.6% of his contact is in the air and 36.4% of it is on the ground.

217 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Vierling has an OPS of .771; with the bases empty it is .618.

35 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 86 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Vierling averages 87.2 mph off the bat, 35th percentile in the league.

121 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 273rd in MLB.

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

Vierling finds the launch angles that produce hits on 38.4% of his contact, 70th percentile.

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

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

3 of Vierling's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 408 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2026.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Vierling swings it at 68.0 mph, 61st percentile bat speed in the league.

121 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 164th in MLB.

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