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Ronny Simon

2026
Pirates· RF · bats S · throws R· 52 PA
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Grade

How good he's been, and at what
Fbetter than 28% of hitters at creating bases

He's running above his established level this season — a cooler stretch wouldn't be a surprise.

Free-Swinging Contact

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

One of the toughest bats to strike out

Ronny Simon rarely strikes out — less often than 87% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft, though — only 23% of qualified hitters hit the ball with less authority. Early-season read — only 52 plate appearances so far.

52 plate appearances · data through 2026-09-19.

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. The middle ring marks the league median and the outer ring the league best. Percentiles vs. 528 qualified hitters — 50+ plate appearances.

Plays like…

Same archetype, nearest by rate — pick one to see him side by side with Ronny Simon.

Miguel RojasDodgersTommy EdmanDodgersDaniel SusacGiantsJosé FermínCardinals

Hitter type

What kind of hitter he is, next to the league

Hitter type

Weak contact quality; draws more walks than most.

League best:BB% − K% Will Wagner (6.7%)Hard-hit% Nelson Velázquez (63.5%)

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 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.
 Ronny SimonLeague medianPercentile
Bases per ball in play(higher = better).567.51028th
Walk rate(higher = better)6%8%32nd
Strikeout rate(lower = better)13%23%87th

100th percentile = best in MLB.

Platoon splits

How he fares against lefties and righties

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

Better vs RHP than vs LHP by 0.007 EB/PA (modeled).

50% probable range: -0.020 to +0.033

That interval crosses zero, so the simulator can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.

vs LHP19 PA0.406

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.406 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.373 to 0.435, based on 19 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.701 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.426 EB/PA.

Raw vs LHP rate (0.701) 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 RHP33 PA0.413

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.413 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.385 to 0.438, based on 33 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.409 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.435 EB/PA.

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

A narrower split than the typical switch hitter's (median 0.022). He sits below the league median against both hands.

He sits in the league's middle half vs both lefties and 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 simulator pulls his estimate toward a more trustworthy value.
  • “Middle half of the league” is the 25th–75th percentile of all hitters against that hand.
  • Ronny Simon switch-hits — he can choose the platoon-advantaged side almost every plate appearance, so a small gap here is expected. It is not missing data or a modeling error.
  • 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 Ronny Simon put in play landed this season.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Noah CameronHome run
EV 105 mph · LA 25° · EB 3.7
09/19 vs Royals
vs Zac ThorntonOutRobbed
EV 89 mph · LA 33° · EB 1.8
08/07 vs Mets
vs Randy DobnakDouble
EV 90 mph · LA 10° · EB 1.8
09/18 vs Royals
vs Sean ManaeaSingle
EV 106 mph · LA 11° · EB 1.7
08/09 vs Mets
vs Jake BennettOut
EV 99 mph · LA 27° · EB 1.3
08/14 vs Red Sox

Luck check

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

vs Zac ThorntonOutRobbed
EV 89 mph · LA 33° · EB 1.8
08/07 vs Mets
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.

Performance by pitch type

2026 · 189 pitches

Bases he adds per 100 pitches of each type, against the league.

← below leagueabove league →
Four-Seam Fastball (68 pitches)
−1.1
Lg median −0.4Lg best +9.3
Other (121 pitches)

+3.3 bases per 100 · no single-type league comparison

Above league medianBelowMiddle half of the leagueLg medianLg best
How to read this chart
Bases added per 100 pitches of each type — the same scale as the pitcher pages’ “saved/cost per 100”, from the hitter’s side. Every pitch counts: taking a ball adds value, whiffing loses it, and the pitch that ends the plate appearance scores its outcome against the count’s expectation. Values are bases vs the league count-average: +3.5 means his results against that pitch have been worth about 3.5 extra bases per 100 seen. Types with fewer than 50 pitches seen pool into “Other”.

Swing

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

Swing at a glance

2026 · data through 2026-09-19
Bat speed · 93 swings
71.5 mph
Lg median 71.1 mph
Slowest: S. Kwan (61.8 mph)Fastest: J. Caminero (78.5 mph)

Batting left

Lg median

Swings about as fast as most hitters. His swing length is typical, but his attack angle is flatter than most. Shortens up more than most hitters with two strikes. From both sides, his bat travels on a flatter path than most.

Attack angle
1.6°
Lg median 9.6°
Swing length
7.1 ft
Lg median 7.3 ft
Swing path tilt
25.8°
Lg median 32.5°
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 · Ronny Simon

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

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