Oswaldo Arcia Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Arcia does his damage against fastballs: a .794 OPS against them, against .365 on breaking balls.

135 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 48 on breaking balls.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Arcia strikes out in 45.5% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 33.9% with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Arcia is at his worst with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .237 OPS there against .640 overall.

30 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Arcia trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 83rd percentile barrel rate, 11th percentile strikeout rate.

221 plate appearances in 2016. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2016.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Arcia slugs .475 against fastballs and .178 against breaking balls.

135 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Arcia strikes out in 36.2% of his trips, 11th percentile.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 11th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 564th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

9.9% of Arcia's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 83rd percentile.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 110th in MLB.

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

Arcia pulls 50.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 18.6%, a pull-side profile a shift is built for.

60 pulled, 36 up the middle and 22 the other way over 118 located batted balls.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Arcia slugs .390 against right-handers and .270 against left-handers.

180 plate appearances against right-handers, 41 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Arcia averages 89.6 mph off the bat, against 85.9 with the bases empty.

16 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 92 without.

He does not get on base enough to help

Arcia is on base at a .271 clip, 27th percentile in the league.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 463rd in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Arcia's quality of contact only supports a .207 expected average, 30th percentile in the league.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 441st in MLB.

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

Arcia finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.3% of his contact, 79th percentile.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 131st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Arcia hits it hardest up the middle: 88.6 mph on average there, against 83.7 the other way.

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

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Arcia is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .827 OPS there against .640 overall.

89 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Arcia puts up a .662 OPS against right-handers and .539 against left-handers.

180 plate appearances against right-handers, 41 against left-handers.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Arcia walks in 11.4% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 7.3% with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Arcia averages 87.0 mph off the bat, 35th percentile in the league.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 409th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Arcia's OPS+ of 70 sits 35th percentile among hitters this season.

221 plate appearances in 2016. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2016, 413th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Arcia strikes out in 35.6% of his trips against right-handers and 39% of them against left-handers.

180 plate appearances against right-handers, 41 against left-handers.

His contact is about the same with runners on

41.2% of Arcia's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 36.2% of it with the bases empty.

44 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 177 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Arcia's fly balls travel 297 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 445.

45 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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