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Orlando Arcia

2026
Twins· SS · bats R · throws R· 50 PA
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Grade

How good he's been, and at what
Fbetter than 12% of hitters at creating bases

His season is in line with his established level.

Free-Swinging Contact

Bat-to-ball first, seldom walks, light power.

Still searching for results at the plate

Orlando Arcia keeps the strikeouts in check — strikes out less often than 71% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though — only 12% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. Early-season read — only 50 plate appearances so far.

50 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.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — pick one to see him side by side with Orlando Arcia.

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Hitter type

What kind of hitter he is, next to the league

Hitter type

Weak contact quality.

How to read this chart
Two skills separate hitting styles: not giving away at-bats (walk rate minus strikeout rate) and squaring the ball up when he does put it in play (hard-hit rate). Every dot is a qualified hitter this season; dot size tracks plate appearances. Click any dot to open that hitter's page.
 Orlando ArciaLeague medianPercentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better).432.50812th
Walk rate(higher = better)4%8%19th
Strikeout rate(lower = better)16%23%71st

100th percentile = best in MLB.

Platoon splits

How he fares against lefties and righties

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

Better vs LHP than vs RHP by 0.032 EB/PA (modeled).

50% probable range: +0.011 to +0.050

vs LHP20 PA0.395

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.395 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.367 to 0.424, based on 20 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.349 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.425 EB/PA.

vs RHP30 PA0.363

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.363 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.337 to 0.391, based on 30 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.409 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.436 EB/PA.

0.3250.3560.3860.4170.447
← 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 to the pull side most often, and that's where his hardest contact goes.

Best batted balls

Where every ball Orlando Arcia put in play landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Matt StrahmHome run
EV 96 mph · LA 32° · EB 2.8
06/06 vs Royals
vs Erick FeddeOutRobbed
EV 94 mph · LA 29° · EB 2.6
06/03 vs White Sox
vs Sonny GraySingle
EV 74 mph · LA 15° · EB 1.6
05/24 vs Red Sox
vs Gregory SotoOut
EV 101 mph · LA 24° · EB 1.3
05/30 vs Pirates
vs Bryan KingSingle
EV 80 mph · LA 14° · EB 1.0
05/19 vs Astros

Luck check

Robbed once — a crushed ball the simulator scores as a near-certain hit that died in a glove.

vs Erick FeddeOutRobbed
EV 94 mph · LA 29° · EB 2.6
06/03 vs White Sox

3 lucky hits — balls with a hit probability under 20% that found grass.

vs Brayan BelloSingleLucky
EV 70 mph · LA -21° · EB 0.1 · xBA .052
05/23 vs Red Sox
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.

Swing

How fast he swings, and what he changes with two strikes. League tracking starts in 2024.

Swing at a glance

2026 · data through 2026-08-22
Bat speed · 81 swings
69.5 mph
Lg median 71.1 mph
Slowest: S. Kwan (61.9 mph)Fastest: J. Caminero (78.7 mph)
Lg median

Swings about as fast as most hitters. His swing is longer than most hitters', with a flatter attack angle than most. Cuts his swing down about as much as most hitters with two strikes. His bat travels on a flatter path than most.

Attack angle
6.4°
Lg median 9.4°
Swing length
7.8 ft
Lg median 7.3 ft
Swing path tilt
24.6°
Lg median 31.6°
Middle half of the league
How to read this chart
  • Competitive swings: bunts and checked-type swings under 50 mph are excluded, so these numbers sit a touch below the bat speeds Savant publishes, which use a different cut.
  • League tracking starts in 2024, and early 2024 has small gaps — about 93% of swings that season have a reading.
  • Swing length — how far the sweet spot of the bat travels during the swing.
  • Attack angle — the bat’s upward or downward tilt through the zone.
  • Swing path tilt — how steep the bat’s path is.
  • None of these is better or worse on its own — swing style trades power against contact (the fastest and slowest swings in the league both belong to stars).

Best games

His biggest games this year

Best games

His best games this season by bases above replacement.

Multi-season trends · Orlando Arcia

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

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