MLB · AL East

Richie Palacios

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Tampa Bay Rays2BBats: L · Throws: R
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At a glance

This season

BA

.235

OBP

.343

SLG

.322

OPS

.665

1 HR · 21 RBI · 37 K (21%) · 22 BB · 175 PA

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

Last 10 games

BA

.188

HR

0

RBI

4

K

8

BB

3

6-for-32

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

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.311
18
Avg Exit V
85.2 mph
15
Barrel %
3.5%
16
Hard-Hit %
32.7%
10
Chase %
31.6%
40
Whiff %
20.4%
65
K %
21.1%
53
BB %
12.6%
89

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.

14%LF10%LCF19%CF17%RCF19%RFPull →

43%

Pull

34%

Center

23%

Oppo

Pull-air 29% of BIP · 90.0 mph · 34° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sat Jun 20
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.309
xSLG
.414
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
106.9
EV90
101.1
Launch angle
12.6°
Sweet-spot%
34.5%
Avg distance
272 ft
EV on barrels
103.7
EV on hard-hit
100.3
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
61.7%
O-Contact%
67.2%
Z-Contact%
89.9%
Contact%
79.6%
SwStr%
9.1%
CSW%
27.0%
In-zone%
41.9%
1st-pitch swing%
26.3%
2-strike K%
38.5%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.340
7d K%
8.3%
7d Barrel%
11.1%
7d Whiff%
13.6%
14d xwOBA(con)
.361
14d K%
23.1%
14d Barrel%
5.6%
30d xwOBA(con)
.270
30d K%
19.7%
30d Barrel%
1.9%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.286
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.332
Behind xwOBA(con)
.267
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.312
Ahead Whiff%
19.2%
2-strike Whiff%
20.0%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.288
RISP
.352
Loaded
.225
High leverage
.327
Clutch
.363
Innings 1-3
.345
Innings 4-6
.305
Innings 7+
.293

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

Struggles against both sides this season.

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.250.232
OBP.318.308.349
SLG.404.333.320
OPS.722.641.669
Sample—26 PA149 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.

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3 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPA↑BASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Cutter8.375.750.3405.0%12.5%44.4%11.1%93.7 mph-3.0°
Curveball16.067.133.15341.9%37.5%40.0%0.0%81.8 mph19.6°
Slider28.259.481.32816.4%17.9%22.3%4.5%85.5 mph23.8°