Yan Gomes Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Gomes's batting average is .154 but the quality of his contact projects .215, a gap of .061 in his favour once the bounces even out.

96 plate appearances in 2024.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Gomes is at his best against right-handers, with the bases empty, on breaking balls: a .818 OPS there against .421 overall.

22 plate appearances in that situation.

He does not get on base enough to help

Gomes is on base at a .179 clip, 2nd percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 570th in MLB.

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

Gomes pulls 21.1% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 24.6%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

12 pulled, 31 up the middle and 14 the other way over 57 located batted balls.

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

Gomes trades contact for damage: top-end barrel rate, bottom-end strikeout rate: 80th percentile barrel rate, 4th percentile strikeout rate.

96 plate appearances in 2024. both percentiles among qualified hitters in 2024.

He almost never walks, which limits how he helps

Gomes walks in only 2.1% of his plate appearances, 2nd percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 2nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 571st in MLB.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Gomes hits it hardest to his pull side: 94.2 mph on average there, against 82.9 up the middle.

12 batted balls to his pull side, 31 up the middle.

The strikeouts are the thing holding his season back

Gomes strikes out in 37.5% of his trips, 4th percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 4th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 562nd in MLB.

The power is not there this season

Gomes is slugging .242, 10th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 10th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 527th in MLB.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

10.5% of Gomes's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 80th percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 80th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 118th in MLB.

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

Gomes finds the launch angles that produce hits on 42.1% of his contact, 91st percentile.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 91st percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 53rd in MLB.

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

With a runner in scoring position Gomes averages 83.6 mph off the bat, against 87.3 with the bases empty.

16 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 41 without.

He is not hitting the ball with any authority this season

Gomes's quality of contact only supports a .215 expected average, 26th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 26th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 435th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Gomes does his damage against breaking balls: a .513 OPS against them, against .372 on fastballs.

39 plate appearances ending on breaking balls, 53 on fastballs.

He does not hit the ball hard, and it shows

Gomes averages 86.2 mph off the bat, 28th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 28th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 420th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Gomes slugs .333 against breaking balls and .184 against fastballs.

39 plate appearances ending on breaking balls.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.1% of Gomes's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 69th percentile in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 182nd in MLB.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Gomes's fly balls travel 278 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 410.

28 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Gomes swings it at 65.9 mph, 34th percentile bat speed in the league.

96 plate appearances in 2024. 34th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 388th in MLB.

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

Gomes averages 15.5 degrees off the bat: 40.4% of his contact is in the air and 38.6% of it is on the ground.

57 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

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