Taylor Motter Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Motter's quality of contact only supports a .187 expected average, 8th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 8th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 543rd in MLB.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Motter's OPS+ of 23 sits 4th percentile among hitters this season.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 570th in MLB.

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

Motter gets neither side of the trade: bottom-end barrel rate and bottom-end strikeout rate: 30th percentile barrel rate, 4th percentile strikeout rate.

82 plate appearances in 2023. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2023.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Motter hits it hardest to his pull side: 92.4 mph on average there, against 74.2 the other way.

18 batted balls to his pull side, 10 the other way.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Motter strikes out in 37.8% of his trips, 4th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 570th in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Motter is slugging .211, 5th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 5th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 565th in MLB.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

46.7% of Motter's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 85th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 89th in MLB.

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

Motter averages 19.7 degrees off the bat: 40.9% of his contact is in the air and 40.9% of it is on the ground.

44 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Motter does his damage against fastballs: a .482 OPS against them, against .285 on breaking balls.

50 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 25 on breaking balls.

He does not get on base enough to help

Motter is on base at a .232 clip, 7th percentile in the league.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 553rd in MLB.

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

Motter finds the launch angles that produce hits on 43.2% of his contact, 93rd percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 93rd percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 43rd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Motter's fly balls travel 221 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 385.

20 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

He rarely catches the ball flush

Only 4.5% of Motter's batted balls are barrelled, 30th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 413th in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Motter is at his worst on breaking balls: a .285 OPS there against .442 overall.

25 plate appearances in that situation.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Motter walks in only 6.1% of his plate appearances, 29th percentile.

82 plate appearances in 2023. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 419th in MLB.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Motter's batting average is .171 but the quality of his contact projects .187, a gap of .016 in his favour once the bounces even out.

82 plate appearances in 2023.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

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

82 plate appearances in 2023. 35th percentile among qualified hitters in 2023, 388th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Motter is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .558 OPS there against .442 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Motter slugs .222 against fastballs and .125 against breaking balls.

50 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Motter pulls 37.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 46.2% of it against left-handers.

32 batted balls against right-handers, 13 against left-handers.

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