Yadiel Hernandez Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Hernandez is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on breaking balls: a 1.080 OPS there against .722 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Hernandez hits it hardest the other way: 93.3 mph on average there, against 84.3 to his pull side.

52 batted balls the other way, 69 to his pull side.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Hernandez does his damage against fastballs: a .834 OPS against them, against .582 on offspeed pitches.

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

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

Hernandez averages 3.5 degrees off the bat: 24.3% of his contact is in the air and 52.6% of it is on the ground.

230 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Hernandez is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .396 OPS there against .722 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Hernandez puts up a .748 OPS against right-handers and .601 against left-handers.

271 plate appearances against right-handers, 56 against left-handers.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.6% of Hernandez's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 75th percentile in the league.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 75th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 151st in MLB.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Hernandez slugs .430 against right-handers and .315 against left-handers.

271 plate appearances against right-handers, 56 against left-handers.

There is real damage in his bat

Hernandez is slugging .410, 70th percentile in the league.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 70th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 178th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Hernandez slugs .458 against fastballs and .304 against offspeed pitches.

173 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Hernandez walks in 3.5% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 6.6% with the bases empty.

85 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 242 with the bases empty.

He has been getting hits he has not really earned

Hernandez's batting average is .269 but the quality of his contact projects .246, a gap of .023 he is currently outrunning.

327 plate appearances in 2022.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Hernandez should be hitting .246, 67th percentile in the league.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 197th in MLB.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Hernandez walks in only 5.8% of his plate appearances, 29th percentile.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 29th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 423rd in MLB.

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

Hernandez pulls 30% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.3%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

70 pulled, 111 up the middle and 52 the other way over 233 located batted balls.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

3 of Hernandez's 9 home runs have gone to his pull side and 4 of them the other way.

9 tracked home runs in 2022.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Hernandez's OPS+ of 102 puts him 67th percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 67th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 201st in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

7.9% of Hernandez's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 64th percentile.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 64th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 214th in MLB.

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

Hernandez finds the launch angles that produce hits on 37.1% of his contact, 68th percentile.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 190th in MLB.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Hernandez hits the ball hard: 88.8 mph off the bat on average, 65th percentile in the league.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 212th in MLB.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Hernandez has an OPS of .785; with the bases empty it is .700.

85 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 242 with the bases empty.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Hernandez strikes out in 24.7% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 21.9% with the bases empty.

85 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 242 with the bases empty.

Getting on base is what he does best

Hernandez is on base at a .312 clip, 62nd percentile in the league.

327 plate appearances in 2022. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2022, 226th in MLB.

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