Ryan Vilade Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Vilade averages 22.7 degrees off the bat: 45.7% of his contact is in the air and 32.6% of it is on the ground.

46 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Vilade hits it hardest up the middle: 90.1 mph on average there, against 78.2 the other way.

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

One of the fastest swings in the league

Vilade swings it at 70.3 mph, 83rd percentile bat speed in the league.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 83rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 71st in MLB.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Vilade's batting average is .281 but the quality of his contact projects .244, a gap of .037 he is currently outrunning.

63 plate appearances in 2026.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Vilade pulls 8.3% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 35.3% of it against left-handers.

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

One of the more productive bats in the league

Vilade's OPS+ of 119 puts him 75th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 107th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Vilade is slugging .439, 75th percentile in the league.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 108th in MLB.

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

Vilade trades damage for contact: he rarely strikes out and rarely barrels one: 29th percentile barrel rate, 67th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Vilade averages 86.8 mph off the bat, 30th percentile in the league.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 296th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Vilade's fly balls travel 261 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 413.

25 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.3% of Vilade's batted balls are barrelled, 29th percentile.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 299th in MLB.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 34.8% of Vilade's contact reaches 95 mph, 30th percentile.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 294th in MLB.

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

Vilade pulls 28.3% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 21.7%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

13 pulled, 23 up the middle and 10 the other way over 46 located batted balls.

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

Vilade strikes out in only 19% of his trips, 67th percentile.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 141st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Vilade is at his worst against left-handers, on fastballs: a .657 OPS there against .777 overall.

32 plate appearances in that situation.

Getting on base is what he does best

Vilade is on base at a .339 clip, 68th percentile in the league.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 137th in MLB.

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

Vilade finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37% of his contact, 62nd percentile.

63 plate appearances in 2026. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 159th in MLB.

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