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Michael Stefanic

2026
Athletics· 2B · bats R · throws R· 29 plate appearances

Grade

His grade shows how good he has been, and at what.
Fbetter than 20% of hitters at creating bases

His season is in line with his established level.

Patient Contact

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

Still searching for results at the plate

Michael Stefanic keeps the strikeouts in check. He strikes out less often than 72% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though. Only 20% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance. This is an early read, on only 29 plate appearances so far.

29 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.

Alex CallDodgersSamad TaylorPadresNate EatonRed SoxMasyn WinnCardinals

Hitter type

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

Platoon splits

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

Platoon splits (EB/PA)

He hits lefties better than righties, by 0.036 EB/PA.

50% probable range: +0.011 to +0.061

vs LHP22 PA0.425

vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.425 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.396 to 0.457, based on 22 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.428 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.424 EB/PA.

vs RHP7 PA0.390

vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.390 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.360 to 0.417, based on 7 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.424 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.433 EB/PA.

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Above league medianBelow50% probable rangeHis raw rateMiddle half of the league

His split is about typical for a righty bat (median 0.035). Against righties he sits below the league median, which is a real platoon weakness.

He sits in the league's middle half vs lefties and the league's bottom quarter 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 up the middle most often, but does his most damage to the pull side.

Best batted balls

Every ball Michael Stefanic put in play this season is drawn where it landed.
hit · out
EBlowhigh
vs Connor PrielippDouble
99 mph · 16° · worth 1.9 bases
08/26 vs Twins
vs Trevor WilliamsSingle
97 mph · 13° · worth 1.0 bases
09/01 vs Rangers
vs Bennett SousaSingle
102 mph · 7° · worth 0.9 bases
09/25 vs Astros
vs Matthew LiberatoreSingle
88 mph · 16° · worth 0.9 bases
05/13 vs Cardinals
vs Adam MackoSingle
92 mph · 6° · worth 0.6 bases
09/01 vs Rangers
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 · 52 swings
64.8 mph
Lg median 71.1 mph
Slowest: S. Kwan (61.8 mph)Fastest: J. Caminero (78.4 mph)
Lg median

He swings slower than most hitters. His swing is shorter than most hitters', with a flatter attack angle than most. With two strikes, he cuts his bat speed about as much as most hitters. His bat travels on a fairly typical path.

Attack angle
1.7°
Lg median 9.6°
Swing length
6.1 ft
Lg median 7.3 ft
Swing path tilt
29.4°
Lg median 31.4°
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.

Multi-season trends · Michael Stefanic

Compared with his previous season, his BB% is up and his K% is up.

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