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Bat-to-ball first, seldom walks, light power.
Rikuu Nishida keeps the strikeouts in check — strikes out less often than 52% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft, though — only 3% of qualified hitters hit the ball with less authority. Early-season read — only 30 plate appearances so far.
Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
vs LHP: shrunk estimate 0.300 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.266 to 0.331, based on 4 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.285 EB/PA. League median vs LHP: 0.424 EB/PA.
vs RHP: shrunk estimate 0.382 EB/PA, 50% probable range 0.351 to 0.412, based on 26 plate appearances. Raw (unshrunk) rate: 0.234 EB/PA. League median vs RHP: 0.436 EB/PA.
Raw vs RHP rate (0.234) is off this scale — small samples like this are exactly why the shrunk estimate (the dot) is the trustworthy number, not the raw one.
About the typical split for a lefty bat (median 0.082). He sits below the league median against both hands.
He sits in the league's bottom quarter vs both lefties and righties.
He hits the ball to the opposite field most often, and that's where his hardest contact goes.
3 lucky hits — balls with a hit probability under 20% that found grass.
His best games this season by bases above replacement.
