MLB · NL Central

Michael Busch

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Chicago Cubs1BBats: L · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerAbove avg

At a glance

This season

.245

OBP

.373

SLG

.394

OPS

.766

8 HR · 47 RBI · 74 K (22%) · 51 BB · 338 PA

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

Last 10 games

.250

RBI

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

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.382

Avg Exit V

88.2 mph

Barrel %

11.3%

Hard-Hit %

48.0%

Chase %

24.3%

Whiff %

24.2%

K %

21.9%

BB %

15.1%

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.

40%

Pull

31%

Center

28%

Oppo

Pull-air 19% of BIP · 95.2 mph · 33° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sat Jun 20

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.327

xSLG

.580

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

Max EV

108.7

EV90

102.2

Launch angle

14.7°

Sweet-spot%

36.3%

Avg distance

275 ft

EV on barrels

102.7

EV on hard-hit

100.3

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

61.1%

O-Contact%

53.8%

Z-Contact%

86.6%

Contact%

75.8%

SwStr%

9.8%

CSW%

26.5%

In-zone%

44.8%

1st-pitch swing%

31.4%

2-strike K%

43.0%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.299

7d K%

14.3%

7d Barrel%

5.6%

7d Whiff%

23.1%

14d xwOBA(con)

.403

14d K%

16.4%

14d Barrel%

11.4%

30d xwOBA(con)

.394

30d K%

21.1%

30d Barrel%

10.8%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.434

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.426

Behind xwOBA(con)

.322

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.389

Ahead Whiff%

21.7%

2-strike Whiff%

25.6%

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

Bases empty

.353

RISP

.392

Loaded

.465

High leverage

.401

Clutch

.378

Innings 1-3

.355

Innings 4-6

.430

Innings 7+

.360

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 righties than lefties.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.244	.246
OBP	.318	.372	.373
SLG	.404	.366	.405
OPS	.722	.738	.778
Sample	—	102 PA	236 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 Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

Window

This season Last 30 days

Sort by

PA ↓BA SLG xwOBA Whiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%

Clear filters

1 pitch · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↓	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Cutter	5	.200	.200	.236	15.4%	40.0%	66.7%	0.0%	94.1 mph	-3.7°

Recent SkegBets picks

Michael Busch OVER 1.5 Total Bases

Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago Cubs · Jun 19, 2026 · +178

LOSS

Browse the full archive →