Miguel Sano Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Sano does his damage against fastballs: a .965 OPS against them, against .203 on breaking balls.

50 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 35 on breaking balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Sano is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a 1.092 OPS there against .608 overall.

31 plate appearances in that situation.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Sano hits the ball hard: 93.8 mph off the bat on average, 99th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 99th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 6th in MLB.

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

Sano trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 83rd percentile barrel rate, 3rd percentile strikeout rate.

95 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Sano swings it at 72.0 mph, 96th percentile bat speed in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 96th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 26th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Sano is at his worst on breaking balls: a .203 OPS there against .608 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Sano strikes out in 37.9% of his trips, 3rd percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 3rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 565th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

54.2% of Sano's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 98th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 98th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 15th in MLB.

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

Sano finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.5% of his contact, 95th percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 30th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Sano's batting average is .205 but the quality of his contact projects .241, a gap of .036 in his favour once the bounces even out.

95 plate appearances in 2024.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.9% of Sano's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 83rd percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 102nd in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Sano is slugging .313, 24th percentile in the league.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 443rd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Sano's OPS+ of 72 sits 28th percentile among hitters this season.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 419th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Sano hits it hardest up the middle: 94.9 mph on average there, against 91.1 the other way.

22 batted balls up the middle, 10 the other way.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Sano walks in 9.5% of his plate appearances, 73rd percentile.

95 plate appearances in 2024. 73rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 158th in MLB.

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

Sano pulls 33.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 20.8%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

16 pulled, 22 up the middle and 10 the other way over 48 located batted balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Sano's fly balls travel 293 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 406.

15 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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

Sano averages 9.4 degrees off the bat: 26.1% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

46 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Sano pulls 35.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 28.6% of it against left-handers.

34 batted balls against right-handers, 14 against left-handers.

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