Yasmani Grandal Spray Chart MLB Stats & Career Totals

There is one situation he simply cannot handle

Grandal is at his worst against left-handers, with the bases empty, on fastballs: a .348 OPS there against .704 overall.

21 plate appearances in that situation.

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

With a runner in scoring position Grandal averages 85.5 mph off the bat, against 91.4 with the bases empty.

37 tracked batted balls with a runner in scoring position, 136 without.

His power holds up against both hands

The power is one-sided: Grandal slugs .438 against right-handers and .291 against left-handers.

183 plate appearances against right-handers, 60 against left-handers.

When he connects, the ball leaves in a hurry

Grandal hits the ball hard: 90.1 mph off the bat on average, 79th percentile in the league.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 79th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 125th in MLB.

His walks do not change much with runners on

Grandal walks in 14% of his plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, against 8.6% with the bases empty.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

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

6 of Grandal's 9 located home runs have gone to right field, the longest of them 424 feet.

9 tracked home runs in 2024.

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

Grandal does both: top-end barrel rate without the strikeouts that usually come with it: 69th percentile barrel rate, 77th percentile strikeout rate.

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

He hits lefties and righties about the same

Grandal puts up a .747 OPS against right-handers and .579 against left-handers.

183 plate appearances against right-handers, 60 against left-handers.

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

Grandal strikes out in only 18.9% of his trips, 77th percentile.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 77th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 134th in MLB.

His contact is about the same with runners on

35.1% of Grandal's contact with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 44.9% of it with the bases empty.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Grandal is at his best with a runner in scoring position, on fastballs: a .907 OPS there against .704 overall.

29 plate appearances in that situation.

His swing is slower than almost anyone's

Grandal swings it at 65.6 mph, 30th percentile bat speed in the league.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 30th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 407th in MLB.

He hits the ball far harder than his batting average suggests

Judged on how hard and at what angle he hits it, Grandal should be hitting .250, 68th percentile in the league.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 68th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 186th in MLB.

There is one pitch he punishes whenever he sees it

Grandal does his damage against fastballs: a .739 OPS against them, against .615 on breaking balls.

138 plate appearances ending on fastballs, 59 on breaking balls.

He takes his walks and makes pitchers come to him

Grandal walks in 9.9% of his plate appearances, 76th percentile.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 76th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 139th in MLB.

He strikes out about the same against both hands

Grandal strikes out in 17.5% of his trips against right-handers and 23.3% of them against left-handers.

183 plate appearances against right-handers, 60 against left-handers.

A huge share of his contact is the hard kind

42.8% of Grandal's contact leaves the bat at 95 mph or more, 72nd percentile in the league.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 72nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 162nd in MLB.

Which hand is pitching changes where he hits the ball

Grandal pulls 43.5% of what he puts in play against right-handers and 28.6% of it against left-handers.

131 batted balls against right-handers, 42 against left-handers.

He has been unlucky, and the hits should start falling

Grandal's batting average is .228 but the quality of his contact projects .250, a gap of .022 in his favour once the bounces even out.

243 plate appearances in 2024.

He squares the ball up as well as almost anyone

8.8% of Grandal's batted balls are barrelled, the batted-ball class that turns into extra bases more often than not. 69th percentile.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 69th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 179th in MLB.

There is real damage in his bat

Grandal is slugging .400, 65th percentile in the league.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 65th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 205th in MLB.

One pitch is where all his power comes from

Grandal slugs .438 against fastballs and .340 against breaking balls.

138 plate appearances ending on fastballs.

He hits about the same with runners on as without

With a runner in scoring position Grandal has an OPS of .789; with the bases empty it is .680.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

There is one part of the field he lives in

Grandal hits it hardest to his pull side: 91.6 mph on average there, against 88.6 up the middle.

69 batted balls to his pull side, 78 up the middle.

One of the more productive bats in the league

Grandal's OPS+ of 98 puts him 62nd percentile among hitters this season, park and league adjusted.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 62nd percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 223rd in MLB.

Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Grandal's 9 home runs have gone to his pull side and none of them the other way.

9 tracked home runs in 2024.

He beats the ball into the ground too often

Grandal finds a productive launch angle on only 33.9% of his contact, 39th percentile.

243 plate appearances in 2024. 39th percentile among qualified hitters in 2024, 359th in MLB.

The big spots do not change his strikeouts either way

Grandal strikes out in 21.1% of his trips with a runner in scoring position and 18.3% with the bases empty.

57 plate appearances with a runner in scoring position, 186 with the bases empty.

His fly balls travel about as far as anyone's

Grandal's fly balls travel 297 feet on average, and his longest of the season went 424.

66 tracked balls hit at 20 degrees or more.

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