MLB · AL West

Kyle Higashioka

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Texas RangersC · SPBats: R · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAverage

At a glance

This season

.222

OBP

.300

SLG

.365

OPS

.665

5 HR · 15 RBI · 38 K (27%) · 13 BB · 140 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

.188

RBI

6-for-32

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player — further right is better on every metric. Based on 140 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

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%

Spray distribution

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

46%

Pull

34%

Center

19%

Oppo

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

Advanced (Statcast)

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.

Split by opposing hand

Hits lefties much harder than righties.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.296	.202
OBP	.318	.345	.288
SLG	.404	.556	.313
OPS	.722	.900	.601
Sample	—	29 PA	111 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

Window

This season Last 30 days

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3 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Cutter	7	.429	1.000	.292	26.3%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	75.0 mph	23.4°
Sinker	40	.358	.627	.423	12.4%	17.5%	46.2%	14.3%	89.1 mph	1.4°
Slider	46	.117	.117	.203	41.9%	37.0%	26.8%	0.0%	86.8 mph	18.7°

Attack zones

Where this pitcher lives in and around the zone. The more saturated a zone, the larger his share of pitches there — Heart (red) is the middle (hittable), Shadow (gold) straddles the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) are progressively further off. The white 3×3 box is the rule-book strike zone; home plate sits below.

15%

Heart

31%

Shadow

Chase

46%

Waste

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

Advanced (Statcast)

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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