Mike Yastrzemski Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Yastrzemski strikes out in 40.6% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 20.6% with the bases empty.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 97 with the bases empty.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Yastrzemski walks in 3.1% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.2% with the bases empty.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 97 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Yastrzemski's fly balls travel 276 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 384.

34 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Yastrzemski's OPS+ of 71 sits 28th percentile among hitters this season.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 304th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Yastrzemski is slugging .314, 28th percentile in the league.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 305th in MLB.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.8% of Yastrzemski's batted balls are barrelled, 32nd percentile.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 285th in MLB.

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

Yastrzemski gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 32nd percentile barrel rate, 33rd percentile strikeout rate.

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

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Yastrzemski's quality of contact only supports a .227 expected average, 35th percentile in the league.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 272nd in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Yastrzemski is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .469 OPS there against .600 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Yastrzemski pulls 47.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.8%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

40 pulled, 29 up the middle and 16 the other way over 85 located batted balls.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Yastrzemski strikes out in 25.6% of his trips, 33rd percentile.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 281st in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Yastrzemski is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .728 OPS there against .600 overall.

57 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Yastrzemski is on base at a .287 clip, 33rd percentile in the league.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 33rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 281st in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Yastrzemski walks in only 7% of his plate appearances, 35th percentile.

129 plate appearances in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 275th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Yastrzemski has an OPS of .540; with the bases empty it is .621.

32 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 97 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Yastrzemski hits it hardest up the middle: 90.0 mph on average there, against 87.6 the other way.

29 batted balls up the middle, 16 the other way.

He puts the ball in play when the run is there to drive

With a runner in scoring position Yastrzemski averages 90.7 mph off the bat, against 89.0 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 67 without.

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