Michael Massey
Kansas City Royals · No. 19 · 2B

Michael Massey

6' 0", 195 lbs·Age 28·Bats L / Throws R
↑ HotL9 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2022–2026 · 1,136 batted balls
2026 · 68 G
.274
AVG
.752
OPS
7
HR
32
RBI
62
H
13
BB
40
SO
2
SB
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Career Highs
.743
Best OPS · 2024
15
Most HR · 2023
55
Most RBI · 2023
.267
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18310010.268
Jul 17530201.267
Jul 12400000.260
Jul 11310000.265
Jul 10310011.264
Jul 8310000.263
Jul 7420221.262
Jul 5310100.254
Jul 4300003.252
Jul 2400001.256

Career · Batting

5 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202252173417
20231294281555
20241003321445
202577262320
202680236733
Career438143143170
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.

1,138 BBE · 2022–2026 · 87.9 mph avg EV · 7.4% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
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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