Reds Saber-Stars of the First Half

by — July 9, 2019 in Hitting Analysis / Pitching Analysis

The “first half” of the 2019 season is over, so it’s time to reminisce a bit before looking ahead to the stretch run. We thought it would be fun to look at the Reds’ leaders thus far. Since we’re all about Statcast and analytics here at RC+, that naturally means our focus is going beyond RBI and ERA.

Hardest-Hit Balls

  • Yasiel Puig: 113.3 mph
  • Yasiel Puig: 112.8 mph
  • Eugenio Suarez: 112.3 mph
  • Eugenio Suarez: 112.2 mph
  • Derek Dietrich: 111.7 mph

Hardest-Hit Balls by Player

  • Yasiel Puig: 113.3 mph
  • Eugenio Suarez: 112.3 mph
  • Derek Dietrich: 111.7 mph
  • Phillip Ervin: 111.6 mph
  • Jesse Winker: 109.7 mph
  • Scott Schebler: 108.4 mph
  • Jose Iglesias: 107.7 mph
  • Nick Senzel: 107.6 mph
  • Joey Votto: 106.9 mph
  • Jose Peraza: 106.9 mph
  • Josh VanMeter: 106.7 mph
  • Kyle Farmer: 106.7 mph
  • Anthony DeSclafani: 105.8 mph
  • Tucker Barnhart: 105.1 mph
  • Tyler Mahle: 104.9 mph
  • Matt Kemp: 104.7 mph
  • Curt Casali: 104.1 mph
  • Michael Lorenzen: 103.0 mph
  • Luis Castillo: 102.8 mph
  • Tanner Roark: 100.6 mph

Hard-Hit Rate (95+ mph EV)

  • Eugenio Suarez: 41.5%
  • Jesse Winker: 41.4%
  • Yasiel Puig: 39.4%
  • Nick Senzel: 37.6%
  • Kyle Farmer: 35.4%

Highest Average Exit Velocity

  • Yasiel Puig: 89.9 mph
  • Jesse Winker: 89.8 mph
  • Eugenio Suarez: 89.7 mph
  • Josh VanMeter: 88.5 mph
  • Derek Dietrich: 88.5 mph

Furthest-Hit Home Runs

  • Eugenio Suarez: 457 feet
  • Yasiel Puig: 453 feet
  • Eugenio Suarez: 445 feet
  • Yasiel Puig: 445 feet
  • Derek Dietrich: 436 feet

Furthest-Hit Home Runs by Player

  • Eugenio Suarez: 457 feet
  • Yasiel Puig: 453 feet
  • Derek Dietrich: 436 feet
  • Jose Peraza: 432 feet
  • Joey Votto: 425 feet
  • Jose Iglesias: 423 feet
  • Nick Senzel: 422 feet
  • Jesse Winker: 415 feet
  • Kyle Farmer: 414 feet
  • Tucker Barnhart: 413 feet
  • Scott Schebler: 403 feet
  • Curt Casali: 402 feet
  • Phillip Ervin: 385 feet

Most Barreled Balls

  • Yasiel Puig: 28
  • Eugenio Suarez: 24
  • Derek Dietrich: 19
  • Nick Senzel: 16
  • Joey Votto: 14

Barrel Rate Per Batted Ball

  • Yasiel Puig: 8.5%
  • Derek Dietrich: 8.1%
  • Nick Senzel: 6.8%
  • Eugenio Suarez 6.6%
  • Joey Votto: 4.1%

Expected Weighted On-Base Average (xwOBA)

  • Derek Dietrich: .365
  • Jesse Winker: .346
  • Yasiel Puig: .342
  • Joey Votto: .331
  • Nick Senzel: .326
  • Eugenio Suarez: .326

Expected Batting Average (xBA)

  • Jesse Winker: .272
  • Jose Iglesias: .269
  • Yasiel Puig: .257
  • Nick Senzel: .253
  • Joey Votto: .247

Expected Slugging Percentage (xSLG)

  • Yasiel Puig: .493
  • Derek Dietrich: .477
  • Jesse Winker: .449
  • Nick Senzel: .436
  • Eugenio Suarez: .431

Fastest Average Sprint Speed

  • Nick Senzel: 29.2 ft/s
  • Yasiel Puig: 28.1 ft/s
  • Jose Peraza: 28.1 ft/s
  • Kyle Farmer: 27.5 ft/s
  • Scott Schebler: 27.4 ft/s

Highest Fastball Velocity

  • Michael Lorenzen: 96.6 mph
  • Luis Castillo: 96.3 mph
  • Wandy Peralta: 95.3 mph
  • Amir Garrett: 95.3 mph
  • Raisel Iglesias: 95.0 mph

Average Spin Rate

  • Lucas Sims: 2,638 rpm
  • Sonny Gray: 2,585 rpm
  • Robert Stephenson: 2,555 rpm
  • Jimmy Herget: 2,438 rpm
  • Michael Lorenzen: 2,399 rpm

Lowest Average Exit Velocity (Pitchers)

  • Matt Bowman: 84.6 mph
  • Michael Lorenzen: 85.3 mph
  • Amir Garrett: 85.7 mph
  • Luis Castillo: 86.3 mph
  • Sonny Gray: 87.0 mph

Lowest xwOBA

  • Robert Stephenson: .260
  • Amir Garrett: .260
  • Luis Castillo: .270
  • Matt Bowman: .275
  • David Hernandez: .275

Lowest xBA

  • Luis Castillo: .184
  • Amir Garrett: .185
  • Robert Stephenson: .205
  • Sonny Gray: .212
  • Jared Hughes: .219

Lowest xSLG

  • Amir Garrett: .255
  • Luis Castillo: .284
  • Robert Stephenson: .311
  • Matt Bowman: .317
  • Sonny Gray: .338
  • Jared Hughes: .338

Lowest Barrel Rate Per Batted Ball

  • Amir Garrett: 1.3%
  • Luis Castillo: 2.6%
  • Michael Lorenzen: 2.6%
  • David Hernandez: 3.0%
  • Robert Stephenson: 3.0%

Lowest Hard-Hit Rate

  • Robert Stephenson: 27.6%
  • Matt Bowman: 28.6%
  • Amir Garrett: 29.3%
  • Jared Hughes: 32.0%
  • David Hernandez: 33.0%

Highest Whiff Rate

  • Robert Stephenson: 42.3%
  • Amir Garrett: 41.0%
  • Luis Castillo: 37.1%
  • Wandy Peralta: 36.3%
  • Raisel Iglesias: 35.3%

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Matt Wilkes

Matt Wilkes got hooked on Reds baseball after attending his first game in Cinergy Field at 6 years old, and he hasn’t looked back. As a kid, he was often found imitating his favorite players — Ken Griffey Jr., Adam Dunn, Sean Casey, and Austin Kearns — in the backyard. When he finally went inside, he was leading the Reds to 162-0 seasons in MVP Baseball 2005 or keeping stats for whatever game was on TV. He started writing about baseball in 2014 and has become fascinated by analytics and all the new data in the game. Matt is also a graduate of The Ohio State University and currently lives in Chicago. Follow him on Twitter at @_MattWilkes.

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