Nolan Arenado 2026 D-backs · 3B · bats R · throws R · 330 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 62nd percentile Power: 53rd percentile Discipline: 33rd percentile Contact: 80th percentile Hard Contact: 21st percentile B 62nd percentile contact quality
Free-Swinging Contact Bat-to-ball first, seldom walks, light power.
One of the toughest bats to strike out Nolan Arenado rarely strikes out — less often than 80% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft, though — only 21% of qualified hitters hit the ball with less authority.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Nolan Arenado League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .504 .507 62nd Walk rate(higher = better) 8% 8% 33rd Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 21% 23% 80th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Nolan Arenado put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 223 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.728
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.286
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Nolan Arenado Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending up: power, walk rate · Trending down: contact
EB/PAi — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▲ improving improving vs last season — Hitting home runs more often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i ▲ improving improving vs last season — Walking more often than last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Striking out more than last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
