MLB · AL Central

Lane Thomas

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Kansas City RoyalsOFBats: R · Throws: R
FormSteadyPowerBelow avg

The read

Contact-oriented with limited power.

At a glance

AVG

.231

OBP

.352

SLG

.362

OPS

.715

HR

5

K%

20%

Last 10: 8-for-36 (.222) · 3 HR · 7 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 193 PA.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.330
29
Avg Exit V
87.2 mph
34
Barrel %
4.9%
25
Hard-Hit %
39.0%
24
Chase %
20.8%
95
Whiff %
16.3%
85
K %
20.2%
61
BB %
15.0%
97

Where he hits it

23%LF22%LCF19%CF18%RCF8%RF← Pull

43%

Pull

36%

Center

21%

Oppo

Pull-air 33% of BIP · 95.1 mph · 39° 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.754OPS89 PA
vs RHP.681OPS104 PA

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

5 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Four-seam72.211.405.33613.3%20.8%45.2%9.3%90.9 mph26.3°
Sinker43.203.434.3765.0%9.3%44.2%8.8%88.2 mph17.0°
Changeup17.400.400.44016.7%29.4%27.3%0.0%84.3 mph-1.8°
Cutter16.250.313.26426.2%12.5%13.5%0.0%82.6 mph31.4°
Curveball11.091.091.21015.0%27.3%25.0%0.0%80.7 mph20.1°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sun Jun 21
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.312
xSLG
.468
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
107.6
EV90
102.5
Launch angle
21.1°
Sweet-spot%
37.4%
Avg distance
315 ft
EV on barrels
102.4
EV on hard-hit
100.6
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
62.7%
O-Contact%
73.0%
Z-Contact%
87.8%
Contact%
83.7%
SwStr%
6.6%
CSW%
25.3%
In-zone%
46.9%
1st-pitch swing%
29.5%
2-strike K%
36.1%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.393
7d K%
10.3%
7d Barrel%
8.7%
7d Whiff%
7.8%
14d xwOBA(con)
.393
14d K%
17.4%
14d Barrel%
9.4%
30d xwOBA(con)
.366
30d K%
18.8%
30d Barrel%
6.9%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.326
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.299
Behind xwOBA(con)
.366
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.314
Ahead Whiff%
18.0%
2-strike Whiff%
13.6%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.303
RISP
.385
Loaded
1.000
High leverage
.344
Clutch
.380
Innings 1-3
.305
Innings 4-6
.336
Innings 7+
.344

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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