MLB · AL Central

Lane Thomas

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Kansas City RoyalsOFBats: R · Throws: R
FormSteadyPowerBelow avg

At a glance

This season

BA

.232

OBP

.359

SLG

.364

OPS

.723

5 HR · 20 RBI · 38 K (21%) · 29 BB · 184 PA

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

Last 10 games

BA

.250

HR

3

RBI

6

K

9

BB

5

9-for-36

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 184 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.328
27
Avg Exit V
87.2 mph
35
Barrel %
5.2%
27
Hard-Hit %
40.0%
24
Chase %
20.8%
95
Whiff %
16.4%
84
K %
20.6%
57
BB %
15.8%
98

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.

23%LF20%LCF20%CF17%RCF9%RF← Pull

43%

Pull

36%

Center

22%

Oppo

Pull-air 34% of BIP · 95.1 mph · 39° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Advanced — Statcast profilethrough Thu Jun 18
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.309
xSLG
.469
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
107.6
EV90
102.7
Launch angle
22.8°
Sweet-spot%
38.3%
Avg distance
326 ft
EV on barrels
102.4
EV on hard-hit
100.7
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
62.5%
O-Contact%
72.4%
Z-Contact%
88.0%
Contact%
83.7%
SwStr%
6.6%
CSW%
25.2%
In-zone%
46.2%
1st-pitch swing%
29.9%
2-strike K%
36.2%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.415
7d K%
14.3%
7d Barrel%
15.0%
7d Whiff%
4.2%
14d xwOBA(con)
.376
14d K%
21.7%
14d Barrel%
10.3%
30d xwOBA(con)
.362
30d K%
19.5%
30d Barrel%
7.8%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.323
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.305
Behind xwOBA(con)
.350
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.307
Ahead Whiff%
18.5%
2-strike Whiff%
13.3%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.297
RISP
.374
Loaded
1.000
High leverage
.342
Clutch
.382
Innings 1-3
.298
Innings 4-6
.330
Innings 7+
.351

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

Split by opposing hand

League-average against both sides.

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.264.203
OBP.318.393.326
SLG.404.361.367
OPS.722.754.693
Sample89 PA95 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.

5 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Curveball5.000.000.25711.1%20.0%25.0%0.0%72.3 mph20.0°
Changeup17.400.400.44016.7%29.4%27.3%0.0%84.3 mph-1.8°
Slider28.248.248.23925.5%28.6%24.7%0.0%86.1 mph22.6°
Sinker38.200.467.3965.5%10.5%51.5%10.4%89.5 mph22.2°
Four-seam67.213.408.32913.3%22.4%45.9%10.7%90.5 mph28.8°

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