MLB · AL West

Kyle Higashioka

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Texas RangersC · SPBats: R · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAverage

The read

Above-average power, with plenty of swing-and-miss.

At a glance

AVG

.222↓

OBP

.300

SLG

.365

OPS

.665

27%

Last 10: 6-for-32 (.188) · 2 HR · 9 K · 5 BB · MLB avg .247 / .318 / .404

Power & contact quality

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season. The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 140 PA.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.363

Avg Exit V

87.1 mph

Barrel %

10.2%

Hard-Hit %

47.7%

Chase %

28.5%

Whiff %

27.2%

K %

27.1%

BB %

9.3%

Where he hits it

46%

Pull

34%

Center

19%

Oppo

Pull-air 29% of BIP · 98.1 mph · 37° LA

Share of batted balls by field sector. The pull / center / oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below the fan.

Matchups

vs LHP.900OPS29 PA

vs RHP.601OPS111 PA

By pitch type. Filter by pitch, opposing hand, or recency. Green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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This season Last 30 days

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3 pitches · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Cutter	4	.500	.750	.209	14.3%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	81.7 mph	31.3°
Slider	14	.156	.156	.274	37.1%	28.6%	21.4%	0.0%	85.1 mph	14.7°
Sinker	17	.310	.545	.484	4.5%	11.8%	45.7%	20.3%	90.3 mph	3.4°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sun Jun 21

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.328

xSLG

.521

Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above

Max EV

107.1

EV90

102.8

Launch angle

15.6°

Sweet-spot%

39.8%

Avg distance

268 ft

EV on barrels

101.9

EV on hard-hit

100.9

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

56.8%

O-Contact%

46.4%

Z-Contact%

86.8%

Contact%

72.8%

SwStr%

11.5%

CSW%

33.0%

In-zone%

48.7%

1st-pitch swing%

13.6%

2-strike K%

45.2%

Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%

7d xwOBA(con)

.268

7d K%

41.7%

7d Barrel%

0.0%

7d Whiff%

20.8%

14d xwOBA(con)

.264

14d K%

29.6%

14d Barrel%

6.3%

30d xwOBA(con)

.399

30d K%

25.9%

30d Barrel%

11.4%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.145

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.452

Behind xwOBA(con)

.356

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.448

Ahead Whiff%

26.3%

2-strike Whiff%

29.0%

By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning

Bases empty

.293

RISP

.410

Loaded

.000

High leverage

.300

Clutch

.461

Innings 1-3

.328

Innings 4-6

.343

Innings 7+

.424

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Attack zones

15%

Heart

31%

Shadow

Chase

46%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 4.0 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalthrough Tue Jun 16

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above

xwOBA allowed

.567

1st-pitch strike%

66.7%

Recent formlast 5 starts

L5 ERA

18.00

L5 FIP

3.10

L5 K/9

0.0

L5 BB/9

0.0

L5 HR/9

0.0

Pitches/start

13.0

Platoon & times-through

vs LHB xwOBA

.450

vs RHB xwOBA

.625

1st time xwOBA

.567

Inn 7+ ERA

7.37

Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo

7d xwOBA

.567

7d K%

0.0%

7d velo

41.7

14d xwOBA

.567

14d K%

0.0%

30d xwOBA

.567

30d K%

0.0%

30d velo

41.7

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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