Tyler Freeman Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He cannot get the bat on the ball in the big spots

With a runner in scoring position Freeman averages 67.9 mph off the bat, against 85.9 with the bases empty.

18 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 59 without.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Freeman averages 81.7 mph off the bat, 6th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 6th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 394th in MLB.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Freeman swings it at 62.0 mph, 7th percentile bat speed in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 390th in MLB.

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

Freeman pulls 24.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 23.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

19 pulled, 41 up the middle and 18 the other way over 78 located batted balls.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Freeman should be hitting .284, 85th percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 85th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 63rd in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Freeman walks in only 3% of his plate appearances, 7th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 7th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 391st in MLB.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Freeman is at his worst against right-handers, on breaking balls: a .381 OPS there against .675 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

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

Freeman strikes out in only 12.9% of his trips, 92nd percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 92nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 35th in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Freeman hits it hardest to his pull side: 87.0 mph on average there, against 79.5 up the middle.

19 batted balls to his pull side, 40 up the middle.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Freeman's batting average is .253 but the quality of his contact projects .284, a gap of .031 in his favour once the bounces even out.

101 plate appearances in 2026.

Too much of his contact is weak

Just 31.2% of Freeman's contact reaches 95 mph, 20th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 20th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 339th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Freeman does his damage against fastballs: a .758 OPS against them, against .607 on breaking balls.

56 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 29 on breaking balls.

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

Freeman finds the launch angles that produce hits on 39.5% of his contact, 77th percentile.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 98th in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Freeman's fly balls travel 281 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 405.

27 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

Getting on base is what he does best

Freeman is on base at a .330 clip, 61st percentile in the league.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 61st percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 165th in MLB.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Freeman is at his best with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .770 OPS there against .675 overall.

42 plate appearances in that situation.

He is not producing at the plate this season

Freeman's OPS+ of 83 sits 39th percentile among hitters this season.

101 plate appearances in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2026, 257th in MLB.

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

Freeman averages 9.4 degrees off the bat: 23.7% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

76 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Freeman pulls 26.8% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 18.2% of it against left-handers.

56 batted balls against right-handers, 22 against left-handers.

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