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Taylor Ward

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Baltimore OriolesOFBats: R · Throws: R

FormSteadyPowerBelow avg

At a glance

This season

.251

OBP

.390

SLG

.344

OPS

.734

3 HR · 22 RBI · 69 K (20%) · 62 BB · 346 PA

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

Last 10 games

.231

RBI

9-for-39

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

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.363

Avg Exit V

89.5 mph

Barrel %

4.8%

Hard-Hit %

42.4%

Chase %

13.1%

100

Whiff %

15.6%

K %

19.9%

BB %

17.9%

100

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.

33%

Pull

36%

Center

31%

Oppo

Pull-air 11% of BIP · 97.7 mph · 33° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Advanced — Statcast profilethrough Thu Jun 18

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.341

xSLG

.507

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

Max EV

111.2

EV90

103.6

Launch angle

14.9°

Sweet-spot%

36.3%

Avg distance

344 ft

EV on barrels

103.8

EV on hard-hit

101.0

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

72.1%

O-Contact%

54.7%

Z-Contact%

87.1%

Contact%

76.4%

SwStr%

11.5%

CSW%

25.3%

In-zone%

45.2%

1st-pitch swing%

23.1%

2-strike K%

35.8%

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

7d xwOBA(con)

.532

7d K%

22.2%

7d Barrel%

12.5%

7d Whiff%

18.2%

14d xwOBA(con)

.399

14d K%

17.5%

14d Barrel%

8.3%

30d xwOBA(con)

.391

30d K%

19.0%

30d Barrel%

8.0%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.304

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.438

Behind xwOBA(con)

.355

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.352

Ahead Whiff%

19.6%

2-strike Whiff%

19.3%

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

Bases empty

.324

RISP

.384

Loaded

.227

High leverage

.315

Clutch

.340

Innings 1-3

.383

Innings 4-6

.299

Innings 7+

.393

Statcast-derived from our 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.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.273	.244
OBP	.318	.423	.379
SLG	.404	.364	.338
OPS	.722	.787	.717
Sample	—	85 PA	261 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

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3 pitches · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	6	.000	.000	.298	30.0%	33.3%	100.0%	0.0%	97.0 mph	21.7°
Slider	28	.086	.086	.191	17.3%	25.0%	39.7%	0.0%	86.1 mph	12.2°
Sinker	31	.386	.426	.496	7.5%	9.7%	54.8%	9.7%	92.0 mph	8.7°

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