Stephen Piscotty Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Piscotty does his damage against fastballs: a .679 OPS against them, against .358 on offspeed pitches.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 20 on offspeed pitches.

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

4 of Piscotty's 5 located home runs have gone to left field, the longest of them 431 feet.

5 tracked home runs in 2022.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Piscotty is at his worst against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .245 OPS there against .588 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Piscotty slugs .405 against right-handers and .214 against left-handers.

89 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

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

With a runner in scoring position Piscotty averages 94.5 mph off the bat, against 89.1 with the bases empty.

20 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 60 without.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

46.3% of Piscotty's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 87th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 87th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 79th in MLB.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Piscotty strikes out in 34.8% of his trips, 9th percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 9th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 546th in MLB.

He does not get on base enough to help

Piscotty is on base at a .246 clip, 15th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 15th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 512th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Piscotty is at his best with a runner in scoring position: a .905 OPS there against .588 overall.

28 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Piscotty finds the launch angles that produce hits on 44.3% of his contact, 95th percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 95th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 29th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Piscotty slugs .415 against fastballs and .158 against offspeed pitches.

72 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Piscotty hits the ball hard: 90.4 mph off the bat on average, 85th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 93rd in MLB.

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

Piscotty pulls 27.5% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 17.5%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

22 pulled, 44 up the middle and 14 the other way over 80 located batted balls.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Piscotty strikes out in 37.1% of his trips against right-handers and 30.6% of them against left-handers.

89 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Piscotty's batting average is .190 but the quality of his contact projects .220, a gap of .030 in his favour once the bounces even out.

138 plate appearances in 2022.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

4 of Piscotty's 5 home runs have gone to his pull side and 1 of them the other way.

5 tracked home runs in 2022.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Piscotty's OPS+ of 67 sits 27th percentile among hitters this season.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 27th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 440th in MLB.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Piscotty puts up a .629 OPS against right-handers and .500 against left-handers.

89 plate appearances against right-handers, 49 against left-handers.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Piscotty walks in only 5.8% of his plate appearances, 28th percentile.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 431st in MLB.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Piscotty's quality of contact only supports a .220 expected average, 36th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 36th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 383rd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Piscotty pulls 32.7% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 17.9% of it against left-handers.

52 batted balls against right-handers, 28 against left-handers.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Piscotty hits it hardest up the middle: 91.7 mph on average there, against 87.8 to his pull side.

44 batted balls up the middle, 22 to his pull side.

The power is not there this season

Piscotty is slugging .341, 37th percentile in the league.

138 plate appearances in 2022. 37th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 376th in MLB.

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