Miguel Vargas Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Vargas puts up a .703 OPS against right-handers and 1.216 against left-handers.

129 plate appearances against right-handers, 59 against left-handers.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Vargas is at his best against left-handers, on fastballs: a 1.487 OPS there against .866 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Vargas walks in 23.1% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 13.4% with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 149 with the bases empty.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Vargas slugs .362 against right-handers and .776 against left-handers.

129 plate appearances against right-handers, 59 against left-handers.

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

8 of Vargas's 10 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 428 feet.

10 tracked home runs in 2026.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30.8% of Vargas's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 49.5% of it with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 149 with the bases empty.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

14.5% of Vargas's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 89th percentile.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 47th in MLB.

Getting on base is what he does best

Vargas is on base at a .372 clip, 89th percentile in the league.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 49th in MLB.

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

Vargas does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 89th percentile barrel rate, 81st percentile strikeout rate.

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

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Vargas walks in 15.4% of his plate appearances, 93rd percentile.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 31st in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Vargas strikes out in 7.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.8% with the bases empty.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 149 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Vargas hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.7 mph on average there, against 86.2 the other way.

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

There is real damage in his bat

Vargas is slugging .494, 89th percentile in the league.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 48th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Vargas should be hitting .274, 79th percentile in the league.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 88th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Vargas does his damage against fastballs: a .908 OPS against them, against .709 on breaking balls.

117 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 56 on breaking balls.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Vargas has an OPS of 1.094; with the bases empty it is .811.

39 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 149 with the bases empty.

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

Vargas finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.7% of his contact, 89th percentile.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 89th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 47th in MLB.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Vargas's OPS+ of 144 puts him 88th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 88th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 50th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Vargas is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .608 OPS there against .866 overall.

35 plate appearances in that situation.

One of the fastest swings in the league

Vargas swings it at 70.1 mph, 82nd percentile bat speed in the league.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 82nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 76th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

45.6% of Vargas's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 76th percentile in the league.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 100th in MLB.

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

Vargas strikes out in only 16.5% of his trips, 81st percentile.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 81st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 81st in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Vargas's batting average is .247 but the quality of his contact projects .274, a gap of .027 in his favour once the bounces even out.

188 plate appearances in 2026.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Vargas slugs .532 against fastballs and .370 against breaking balls.

117 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

8 of Vargas's 10 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

10 tracked home runs in 2026.

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

Vargas averages 17.2 degrees off the bat: 41.1% of his contact is in the air and 33.1% of it is on the ground.

124 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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

With a runner in scoring position Vargas averages 86.6 mph off the bat, against 90.6 with the bases empty.

26 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 99 without.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Vargas hits the ball hard: 89.7 mph off the bat on average, 64th percentile in the league.

188 plate appearances in 2026. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 151st in MLB.

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

Vargas pulls 33.6% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

42 pulled, 54 up the middle and 29 the other way over 125 located batted balls.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Vargas's fly balls travel 291 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 428.

66 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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