Date	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Apr 28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Apr 25	3	0	0	0	0	2	.267
Apr 24	4	1	1	1	0	1	.278
Apr 23	3	1	0	0	0	0	.279
Apr 22	4	1	0	0	0	0	.277
Apr 21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.279
Apr 19	4	2	0	0	0	1	.293
Apr 18	4	1	0	0	0	0	.278
Apr 17	3	1	0	0	0	0	.280
Apr 16	3	0	0	0	1	2	.277

Career · Batting

15 seasons

Year	Team	G	AB	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS	OPS+
2014	—	52	213	9	20	—	—	—
2015	—	28	76	1	4	—	—	—
2016	—	142	421	14	59	—	—	—
2017	—	145	469	23	75	—	—	—
2018	—	160	606	34	111	—	—	—
2019	—	138	531	29	85	—	—	—
2020	—	59	222	8	24	—	—	—
2021	—	91	335	22	65	—	—	—
2021	—	47	167	9	22	—	—	—
2021	—	138	502	31	87	—	—	—
2022	—	144	555	17	67	—	—	—
2023	—	136	510	9	59	—	—	—
2024	—	80	272	6	37	—	—	—
2025	—	126	417	12	57	—	—	—
2026	—	24	78	2	6	—	—	—
Career		1510	5374	226	778	—	—	—

Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

3,316 BBE · 2015–2026 · 88.8 mph avg EV · 9.0% barrels

LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0

BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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