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Player

Xander Bogaerts

SDSSBats RThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

2,213

Chase%

22.9%

Zone swing%

61.2%

Whiff%

21.0%

xwOBA

0.319

Barrel%

5.6%

Hard-hit%

41.6%

Avg EV

89.3 mph

Swing Decision Value

69

Decision

72

Contact

82

Damage

22

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Sinker58126.3%11.6%23.0%0.319
Four-seam Fastball49922.5%10.5%25.3%0.395
Slider31114.1%35.6%19.3%0.275
Sweeper22610.2%23.4%21.4%0.356
Changeup2079.4%34.3%30.3%0.214
Curveball1466.6%33.3%18.2%0.154
Cutter1356.1%20.0%18.2%0.385
Splitter462.1%50.0%19.2%0.153
Knuckle Curve381.7%42.1%36.4%0.232
Slurve120.5%50.0%0.0%
Unknown80.4%
Eephus30.1%0.0%
Fastball10.0%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.