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Raynel Delgado

2026
Astros· 2B · bats L · throws R· 41 plate appearances

Grade

His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Dbetter than 34% of hitters at creating bases
Patient Contact

Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.

A mixed profile at the plate

Raynel Delgado keeps the strikeouts in check. He strikes out less often than 69% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though. Only 34% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. This is an early read, on only 41 plate appearances so far.

41 plate appearances · data through 2026-09-27.

How to read this chart
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size, not a raw season stat, and farther out is better. A ↓ marks a stat where a lower number is better, and its spoke is flipped so farther out still means better. The middle ring marks the league median and the outer ring the league best. EB/PA is estimated bases, HR% home runs, BB% walks and K% strikeouts, each per plate appearance, and Hard-hit% is balls hit 95 mph or harder. Percentiles compare him with 534 qualified hitters, the ones with 50 or more plate appearances. He hasn't reached that bar himself, so he is measured against them rather than counted among them.

Plays like…

Each of these hitters shares his archetype and sits closest to him in EB/PA.

Jared SernaMarlinsAustin MartinTwinsIsaac CollinsRoyalsDane MyersReds

Hitter type

See what kind of hitter he is, next to the rest of the league.

Hitter type

He hits the ball hard less often than most, and he controls the strike zone better than most.

League best:BB% − K% Josue De Paula (14.3%)Hard-hit% Yohandy Morales (62.5%)

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 (hard-hit rate). Up and to the right is better on both. Every dot is a hitter with at least 40 plate appearances this season, and dot size tracks plate appearances. Click any dot to open that hitter's page.
 Raynel DelgadoLeague medianPercentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better).410.511—
Walk rate(higher = better)7%8%53rd
Strikeout rate(lower = better)17%23%69th

A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.

Platoon splits

See how he hits left-handed and right-handed pitchers.

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

He hits righties better than lefties, by 0.064 EB/PA.

50% probable range: +0.037 to +0.090

vs LHP10 PA0.366

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.366 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.335 to 0.400, based on 10 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.703 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.424 EB/PA.

His raw rate vs LHP (0.703) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.

vs RHP31 PA0.430

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.430 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.405 to 0.459, based on 31 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.280 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.433 EB/PA.

His raw rate vs RHP (0.280) is off this scale. Small samples can push a raw rate this far, which is why the dot, the shrunk estimate, is the number to trust.

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

His split is about typical for a lefty bat (median 0.078). Against lefties he sits below the league median, which is a real platoon weakness.

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

How to read this chart
  • Each dot is his estimate against that hand, with its 50% probable range as the bar. Higher is better.
  • The diamond is his raw rate, which small samples make noisy, so the simulator pulls the dot toward a more trustworthy value.
  • The dashed tick is the league median, and the shaded strip is the middle half of hitters with 50 or more plate appearances.
  • Tap or hover a mark for its number. LHP and RHP are left- and right-handed pitchers. More on the About page

How he hits

See what his contact is worth and what pitchers throw him.

He hits the ball to the pull side most often, and that's where he does the most damage.

Best batted balls

Every ball Raynel Delgado put in play this season is drawn where it landed.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Tyler HoltonHome run
99 mph · 30° · worth 3.8 bases
06/28 vs Tigers
vs Shane BieberSingle
76 mph · 22° · worth 1.1 bases
06/23 vs Blue Jays
vs Shane BieberSingle
102 mph · 12° · worth 1.0 bases
06/23 vs Blue Jays
vs Stephen KolekSingle
77 mph · 16° · worth 0.7 bases
06/14 vs Royals
vs Colin HoldermanOut
104 mph · 8° · worth 0.6 bases
06/21 vs Guardians

Luck check

How to read this chart
Dot color is estimated bases (EB), what the contact was worth no matter what the defense did with it. Darker means more bases, 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

See how fast he swings and what he changes with two strikes. League tracking starts in 2024.

Swing at a glance

2026 · data through 2026-09-27
Bat speed · 64 swings
70.3 mph
Lg median 71.1 mph
Slowest: S. Kwan (61.8 mph)Fastest: J. Caminero (78.4 mph)
Lg median

He swings about as fast as most hitters. His swing length and attack angle both sit in the league's middle range. His bat travels on a fairly typical path.

Attack angle
9.3°
Lg median 9.6°
Swing length
7.2 ft
Lg median 7.3 ft
Swing path tilt
32.7°
Lg median 32.4°
Middle half of the league
How to read this chart
  • Bat speed counts competitive swings only, so bunts and check swings under 50 mph are left out.
  • Swing length is how far the sweet spot of the bat travels during the swing. Attack angle is the bat’s upward or downward tilt through the zone.
  • Swing path tilt is how steep the bat’s path is.
  • None of these is better or worse on its own. Swing style trades power against contact, and the fastest and slowest swings in the league both belong to stars. More on the About page

Best games

These are his biggest games this season.

Best games

These are his best games this season, ranked by bases above replacement.