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Luke Maile

2026
Royals· C · bats R · throws R· 26 PA

Grade

How good he's been, and at what
Fbetter than 9% of hitters at creating bases

He's running below his established level this season — there's room to rebound.

Still Searching

Below league average across the board.

Still searching for results at the plate

Nothing stands out yet — even Luke Maile's best mark (walk rate) beats only 33% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags — only 9% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. Early-season read — only 26 plate appearances so far.

26 plate appearances · data through 2026-08-22.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Spokes are the metric itself; ↓ marks a rate where a LOWER number is better. Percentiles vs. 499 qualified hitters — 50+ plate appearances. He hasn't reached that bar himself, so he is measured against them rather than counted among them.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.

Sandy LeónBravesBrenton DoyleWhite SoxDerek HillPhilliesThomas SaggeseCardinals

Hitter type

What kind of hitter he is, next to the league

Platoon splits

How he fares against lefties and righties

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

Better vs LHP than vs RHP by 0.028 EB/PA (modeled).

50% probable range: +0.006 to +0.047

vs LHP20 PA0.400

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.400 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.371 to 0.430, based on 20 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.169 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.425 EB/PA.

Raw vs LHP rate (0.169) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.

vs RHP7 PA0.371

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.371 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.344 to 0.399, based on 7 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.348 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.436 EB/PA.

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← worsebetter →
Above league medianBelow50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

About the typical split for a righty bat (median 0.034). He sits below the league median against both hands.

He sits in the league's middle half vs lefties and the league's bottom quarter vs righties.

How to read this chart
  • Tap or hover any mark for its number, or tab to a row for all of them.
  • His raw rate is the unshrunk number against that hand — small samples make it noisy, which is why the model pulls his estimate toward a more trustworthy value.
  • “Middle half of the league” is the 25th–75th percentile of all hitters against that hand.
  • Shrunk splits beat raw splits decisively at low PA counts and converge with them as playing time builds — individual platoon gaps need roughly 1,000+ PA vs a hand before the raw number alone can be trusted.

How he hits

What happens when he puts a ball in play

He hits the ball up the middle most often, and that's where his hardest contact goes.

Best batted balls

Where every ball Luke Maile put in play landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Matthew BoydSingle
EV 94 mph · LA 16° · EB 1.0
08/09 vs Cubs
vs Framber ValdezDouble
EV 100 mph · LA 0° · EB 1.0
07/26 vs Tigers
vs Germán MárquezSingle
EV 76 mph · LA 21° · EB 1.0
07/19 vs Padres
vs Kyle FreelandSingle
EV 106 mph · LA 8° · EB 0.9
08/02 vs Rockies
vs Cristopher SánchezHome run
EV 99 mph · LA 31° · EB 0.2
07/06 vs Phillies

Luck check

1 lucky hit — a ball with a hit probability under 20% that found grass.

vs Cristopher SánchezHome runLucky
EV 99 mph · LA 31° · EB 0.2 · xBA .078
07/06 vs Phillies
How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB) — what the contact was worth, regardless of what the defense did with it. So a dark hollow ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught. Tap or hover a dot or a row to link the two, and use the ▶ links to watch a play on Baseball Savant.

Best games

His biggest games this year

Best games

His best games this season by bases above replacement.

Multi-season trends · Luke Maile

HR% up, BB% down, K% up vs last season

Actual rates — what happened on the field, season by season.