Yoán Moncada 2026 Angels · 3B · bats S · throws R · 130 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 37th percentile Power: 45th percentile Discipline: 83rd percentile Contact: 9th percentile Hard Contact: 56th percentile D 37th percentile contact quality
Still Searching Below league average across the board.
Gets on base by working the count Yoán Moncada walks at a near-elite clip — better than 83% of qualified hitters. The strikeouts pile up, though — only 9% of qualified hitters whiff more 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
Yoán Moncada League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .460 .507 37th Walk rate(higher = better) 13% 8% 83rd Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 35% 23% 9th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Yoán Moncada 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 · 64 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*
.615
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.295
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 · Yoán Moncada Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending up: walk rate · Trending down: overall production, power, contact
EB/PAi ▼ declining declining vs last season — Producing less per plate appearance than last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Hitting home runs less 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
