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

.231

OBP

.352

SLG

.362

OPS

.715

5 HR · 21 RBI · 39 K (20%) · 29 BB · 193 PA

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

Last 10 games

BA

.222

HR

3

RBI

6

K

7

BB

5

8-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 193 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

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

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%LF22%LCF19%CF18%RCF8%RF← Pull

43%

Pull

36%

Center

21%

Oppo

Pull-air 33% of BIP · 95.1 mph · 39° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

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.

Split by opposing hand

Slightly better against lefties than righties.

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.264.204
OBP.318.393.317
SLG.404.361.364
OPS.722.754.681
Sample89 PA104 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 · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Four-seam41.213.517.34610.1%22.0%41.7%12.2%92.4 mph22.0°
Sinker22.243.492.4040.0%4.5%35.2%5.4%88.2 mph13.4°
Slider8.563.719.32724.7%25.0%39.6%0.0%89.3 mph19.6°
Changeup6.333.333.27614.3%33.3%25.0%0.0%82.1 mph-18.5°
Cutter5.200.200.30925.7%0.0%20.0%0.0%86.6 mph26.8°

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