Luis Lara
2026
Grade
Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
A mixed profile at the plate
Luis Lara makes solid contact more often than 67% of qualified hitters. The overall production lags, though. Only 35% of qualified hitters create fewer estimated bases per plate appearance.
212 plate appearances · data through 2026-09-27.
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Plays like…
Each of these hitters shares his archetype and sits closest to him in EB/PA. Pick one to see him side by side with Luis Lara.
Hitter type
Hitter type
He hits the ball hard more often than most.
League best:BB% − K% Josue De Paula (14.3%)Hard-hit% Yohandy Morales (62.5%)
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| Luis Lara | League median | Percentile | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bases per ball in play(higher = better) | .468 | .511 | — |
| Walk rate(higher = better) | 8% | 8% | 54th |
| Strikeout rate(lower = better) | 22% | 23% | 58th |
A higher percentile is better, and the 99th is the top of the league.
Platoon splits
Platoon splits (EB/PA)
He hits righties better than lefties, by 0.020 EB/PA.
50% probable range: -0.004 to +0.043
That interval crosses zero, so the simulator can’t confidently say which side he’s actually better against.
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.402 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.377 to 0.428, based on 72 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.414 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.424 EB/PA.
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.422 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.400 to 0.443, based on 141 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.412 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.433 EB/PA.
His split is about typical for a switch hitter (median 0.023). He sits below the league median against both hands.
He sits in the league's middle half vs both lefties and righties.
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- 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.
- Luis Lara switch-hits, so he can choose the platoon-advantaged side almost every plate appearance. A small gap is expected.
- 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
He hits the ball up the middle most often, but does his most damage to the opposite field.
Best batted balls
Luck check
One of his outs came on a ball the simulator values at 1.5 bases or more.
3 of his hits had less than a 20% chance of being hits.
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Performance by pitch type
Each row shows the bases he adds per 100 pitches of one type, against the league.
+8.2 bases per 100 · no single-type league comparison
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Deserved vs. actual
Luis Lara's contact has earned about 7 more bases than he has been credited with. His results have run unlucky so far.
Both bars count only his 147 balls in play, so walks and strikeouts are left out.
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Swing
Swing at a glance
Batting left
He swings about as fast as 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. From both sides, his bat travels on a flatter path than most.
- Attack angle
- 0.2°
- Lg median 9.6°
- Swing length
- 6.8 ft
- Lg median 7.3 ft
- Swing path tilt
- 29.0°
- Lg median 32.4°
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- 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
His two swings
- Bat speed
- 70.4 mph batting left
- 71.2 mph batting right
- Lg median 71.1 mph
Batting left
- Attack angle
- −0.1°
- Lg median 9.6°
- Swing length
- 6.8 ft
- Lg median 7.3 ft
- Swing path tilt
- 29.0°
- Lg median 32.4°
Batting right
- Attack angle
- 0.8°
- Lg median 9.6°
- Swing length
- 6.8 ft
- Lg median 7.3 ft
- Swing path tilt
- 25.0°
- Lg median 31.4°
About 72% of switch hitters swing faster right-handed, among the 36 with enough swings from both sides to tell. His left-handed swing travels on a 3.9° steeper path.
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- Both sides need at least 100 competitive swings for this card. Below that, the difference between them is mostly measurement noise.
- Swing path tilt is compared with the league median for that batting side. Bat speed, swing length and attack angle are compared with the league median for all hitters.
- The card only names a difference when it is more than three times its own margin of error and big enough to matter. For a few switch hitters nothing clears that bar, and the card cannot tell the two sides apart.
Timing
Timing at a glance
He squares the ball up more often than most hitters. When his timing is off, it's usually late, about 11 ms behind perfect timing. When he misses vertically, it's more often under the ball than over it. More of his mishits come from reaching at pitches away from him than from getting tied up inside.
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- Perfect contact is a swing that is centered, on time and lined up, all at once. On-time swings land within 7 milliseconds of ideal timing. Higher is better on both.
- Miss distance counts swings and misses only. It is how far the barrel half of the bat passed from the ball, in inches, and lower is better.
- League comparisons cover hitters with 100 or more tracked swings this season. Switch hitters have both sides combined.
- More on the About page
How he sets up
How he sets up
He sets up 23° open, while the average hitter is 13° open.
Each point is his average setup for one month this season, about a second before each pitch.
He closed his stance 14° in August, and it has held since.
He bats both ways, and his right-handed setup is 19° more closed.
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- This is an overhead view of the batter’s box. The dots are his feet about one second before the pitch, and the rings are the league-average setup.
- Open means his front foot is pulled off the line to the plate, and closed means it steps toward it. Neither is better or worse.
- The chart is his monthly average this season. The band and dashed line are the middle half and the median of hitters over the whole season.
- On the angle chart, below zero is open and above zero is closed.
- Data through 2026-09-27. More on the About page
Best games
Best games
These are his best games this season, ranked by bases above replacement.
- vs RockiesJul 25, 2026
2-2 · 2B, BB
- Bases created
- 4.3
- Above replacement
- +2.9
- vs MarinersAug 18, 2026
3-6 · HR
- Bases created
- 4.9
- Above replacement
- +2.8
- vs DodgersAug 14, 2026
1-4 · 2B
- Bases created
- 3.2
- Above replacement
- +1.8
- vs RockiesJul 26, 2026
2-4 · 2B ×2
- Bases created
- 3.0
- Above replacement
- +1.6
- vs CubsAug 31, 2026
1-2 · 2B
- Bases created
- 2.3
- Above replacement
- +1.5