Nick Castellanos 2026 Padres · RF · bats R · throws R · 122 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 81st percentile Power: 70th percentile Discipline: 10th percentile Contact: 24th percentile Hard Contact: 39th percentile A 81st percentile contact quality
Aggressive Power Big pop, rarely takes a walk.
Big production, big swing-and-miss Nick Castellanos creates bases at a near-elite clip — better than 81% of qualified hitters. Walks are scarce, though — only 10% of qualified hitters draw them less often.
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
Nick Castellanos League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .670 .507 81st Walk rate(higher = better) 4% 8% 10th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 28% 23% 24th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Nick Castellanos 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 · 83 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*
.555
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.228
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 · Nick Castellanos Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending up: power · Trending down: walk rate, 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 ▼ declining declining vs last season — Walking less 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
