Ryan Waldschmidt 2026 D-backs · CF · bats R · throws R · 122 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 28th percentile Power: 1st percentile Discipline: 36th percentile Contact: 7th percentile Hard Contact: 34th percentile F 28th percentile contact quality
Still Searching Below league average across the board.
Strikeouts are holding this bat back Nothing stands out yet — even Ryan Waldschmidt's best mark (walk rate) beats only 36% of qualified hitters. The strikeouts pile up — only 7% of qualified hitters whiff more often.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Ryan Waldschmidt League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .556 .507 28th Walk rate(higher = better) 7% 8% 36th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 33% 23% 7th
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage there too.
Best batted balls Where every ball Ryan Waldschmidt put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 72 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.671
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.403
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
