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Maikel Garcia

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Kansas City Royals3BBats: R · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerBelow avg

The read

Above-average power, with a low-strikeout, contact-first approach.

At a glance

AVG

.261↓

OBP

.320

SLG

.373

OPS

.693

15%

Last 10: 9-for-39 (.231) · 0 HR · 9 K · 3 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 294 PA.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.339

Avg Exit V

89.5 mph

Barrel %

4.9%

Hard-Hit %

43.6%

Chase %

22.7%

Whiff %

13.8%

K %

15.3%

BB %

8.2%

Where he hits it

39%

Pull

32%

Center

28%

Oppo

Pull-air 27% of BIP · 89.8 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.917OPS60 PA

vs RHP.637OPS234 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 Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

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6 pitches · this season · vs right-handed pitchers

Pitch	PA↓	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Four-seam	73	.298	.373	.295	12.6%	13.7%	37.9%	5.2%	89.4 mph	15.9°
Sinker	68	.197	.311	.328	7.5%	14.7%	50.9%	3.8%	92.6 mph	-2.8°
Slider	51	.170	.192	.232	26.4%	25.5%	17.1%	0.0%	82.5 mph	15.4°
Cutter	20	.200	.300	.269	14.6%	10.0%	50.0%	5.6%	89.8 mph	7.1°
Changeup	12	.250	.333	.237	26.3%	8.3%	27.3%	0.0%	84.7 mph	12.6°
Curveball	10	.667	1.222	.468	8.3%	10.0%	50.0%	0.0%	91.0 mph	14.1°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalSeason-to-date

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.327

xSLG

.449

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

Max EV

110.6

EV90

104.9

Launch angle

9.4°

Sweet-spot%

34.7%

Avg distance

257 ft

EV on barrels

102.3

EV on hard-hit

101.7

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

55.6%

O-Contact%

70.3%

Z-Contact%

92.7%

Contact%

86.2%

SwStr%

5.4%

CSW%

28.6%

In-zone%

50.1%

1st-pitch swing%

21.8%

2-strike K%

31.0%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.182

7d K%

9.1%

7d Barrel%

0.0%

7d Whiff%

9.1%

14d xwOBA(con)

.335

14d K%

21.6%

14d Barrel%

11.1%

30d xwOBA(con)

.316

30d K%

17.8%

30d Barrel%

5.5%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.367

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.342

Behind xwOBA(con)

.332

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.351

Ahead Whiff%

14.0%

2-strike Whiff%

15.3%

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

Bases empty

.337

RISP

.381

Loaded

.229

High leverage

.281

Clutch

.298

Innings 1-3

.342

Innings 4-6

.368

Innings 7+

.306

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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