Sheldon Neuse Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

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

Neuse pulls 17.8% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 35.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

34 pulled, 89 up the middle and 68 the other way over 191 located batted balls.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Neuse is at his best against right-handers, with a runner in scoring position: a 1.023 OPS there against .561 overall.

37 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Neuse has an OPS of .838; with the bases empty it is .495.

56 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 237 with the bases empty.

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

Neuse averages 1.5 degrees off the bat: 17.6% of his contact is in the air and 65.8% of it is on the ground.

187 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Neuse puts up a .641 OPS against right-handers and .430 against left-handers.

184 plate appearances against right-handers, 109 against left-handers.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Neuse does his damage against fastballs: a .638 OPS against them, against .429 on offspeed pitches.

151 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 35 on offspeed pitches.

The power is not there this season

Neuse is slugging .288, 19th percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 19th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 487th in MLB.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Neuse finds a productive launch angle on only 26.7% of his contact, 8th percentile.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 553rd in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Neuse's quality of contact only supports a .209 expected average, 23rd percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 23rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 462nd in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

30.6% of Neuse's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 41.1% of it with the bases empty.

56 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 237 with the bases empty.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 3.2% of Neuse's batted balls are barrelled, 22nd percentile.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 468th in MLB.

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

Neuse gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 22nd percentile barrel rate, 32nd percentile strikeout rate.

293 plate appearances in 2022. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2022.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Neuse is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .304 OPS there against .561 overall.

23 plate appearances in that situation.

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

3 of Neuse's 4 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 418 feet.

4 tracked home runs in 2022.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Neuse's OPS+ of 62 sits 22nd percentile among hitters this season.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 22nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 469th in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Neuse slugs .331 against right-handers and .219 against left-handers.

184 plate appearances against right-handers, 109 against left-handers.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Neuse hits the ball hard: 89.1 mph off the bat on average, 68th percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 192nd in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Neuse strikes out in 27.3% of his trips, 32nd percentile.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 32nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 405th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Neuse is on base at a .273 clip, 28th percentile in the league.

293 plate appearances in 2022. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 429th in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Neuse's 4 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

4 tracked home runs in 2022.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Neuse strikes out in 28.8% of his trips against right-handers and 24.8% of them against left-handers.

184 plate appearances against right-handers, 109 against left-handers.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Neuse strikes out in 25% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 27.8% with the bases empty.

56 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 237 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Neuse's fly balls travel 285 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 418.

39 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Neuse slugs .300 against fastballs and .229 against offspeed pitches.

151 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Neuse hits it hardest to his pull side: 90.3 mph on average there, against 88.1 the other way.

34 batted balls to his pull side, 67 the other way.

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