Rodolfo Castro Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Castro does his damage against fastballs: a .819 OPS against them, against .354 on breaking balls.

142 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 68 on breaking balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Castro strikes out in 35.3% of his trips against right-handers and 21.8% of them against left-handers.

136 plate appearances against right-handers, 119 against left-handers.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Castro puts up a .470 OPS against right-handers and .785 against left-handers.

136 plate appearances against right-handers, 119 against left-handers.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Castro's quality of contact only supports a .188 expected average, 9th percentile in the league.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 540th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Castro is at his worst against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a .252 OPS there against .616 overall.

41 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Castro slugs .205 against right-handers and .457 against left-handers.

136 plate appearances against right-handers, 119 against left-handers.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Castro slugs .452 against fastballs and .133 against breaking balls.

142 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Castro is at his best against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .963 OPS there against .616 overall.

51 plate appearances in that situation.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Castro pulls 17.6% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 46.2% of it against left-handers.

74 batted balls against right-handers, 80 against left-handers.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Castro has an OPS of .463; with the bases empty it is .675.

70 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 185 with the bases empty.

The power is not there this season

Castro is slugging .322, 23rd percentile in the league.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 454th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Castro finds a productive launch angle on only 30.7% of his contact, 18th percentile.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 18th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 484th in MLB.

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

4 of Castro's 6 located home runs have gone to centre field, the longest of them 458 feet.

6 tracked home runs in 2023.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Castro strikes out in 29% of his trips, 25th percentile.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 25th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 444th in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Castro's OPS+ of 69 sits 24th percentile among hitters this season.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 24th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 448th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Castro walks in 5.7% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 9.7% with the bases empty.

70 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 185 with the bases empty.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Castro's batting average is .211 but the quality of his contact projects .188, a gap of .023 he is currently outrunning.

255 plate appearances in 2023.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

2 of Castro's 6 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

6 tracked home runs in 2023.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Castro's fly balls travel 275 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 458.

56 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 35.3% of Castro's contact reaches 95 mph, 36th percentile.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 377th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8% of Castro's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 62nd percentile.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 224th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Castro strikes out in 31.4% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 28.1% with the bases empty.

70 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 185 with the bases empty.

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

Castro averages 7.7 degrees off the bat: 31.1% of his contact is in the air and 54.3% of it is on the ground.

151 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Castro averages 87.2 mph off the bat, 37th percentile in the league.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 375th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Castro is on base at a .294 clip, 36th percentile in the league.

255 plate appearances in 2023. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 380th in MLB.

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

Castro pulls 32.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 31.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

50 pulled, 56 up the middle and 48 the other way over 154 located batted balls.

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

With a runner in scoring position Castro averages 88.2 mph off the bat, against 86.8 with the bases empty.

43 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 110 without.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Castro hits it hardest the other way: 88.4 mph on average there, against 85.4 up the middle.

48 batted balls the other way, 55 up the middle.

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