Data-driven articles on Japanese MLB players — Statcast breakdowns, pitch arsenals, season trends — plus one-tap access to each player’s pitch-level deep-dive section.
Long-form reads — Statcast deep dives, season recaps, and player features. Data-driven writing on Japanese MLB players.
A 15.8% barrel rate, 54.6% hard-hit rate, and a 1.79 ERA on the mound — the four data layers of the most complete two-way season yet.
Read the article →Grading Ohtani, Yamamoto, Murakami, Okamoto and more through August 2. Contact quality vs. surface results separates the real from the flawed.
Read the article →The four-pitch mix is now six pitches deep. A 0.88 WHIP, .187 average against, symmetrical platoon splits, and a flipped ERA-FIP relationship.
Read the article →The walks got fixed; the four-seam got hit. A .389 average against the fastball, an elite splitter, and the slider that changes the redesign.
Read the article →24 homers in 76 games, a .924 OPS, and a 17.1% barrel rate — grading the Triple Crown translation honestly, missed prediction included.
Read the article →From 6.35 to 3.18 to 5.57 to 4.00 — the monthly pendulum, the fixed walk rate, the home-run problem, and the Cy Young verdict.
Read the article →Every pitch, every at-bat, spray charts, zone heatmaps, Barrel rate, xwOBA, pitch-type splits, and an AI season recap.
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Based on exit velocity and distance data, Ohtani excels against high fastballs and hanging sliders. See the pitch zone distribution and exit velocity data below.
Check the Exit Velocity Distribution section on this page for season-by-season and overall averages. His numbers consistently exceed the MLB average of ~88 mph.
See the Pitcher Matchups table for batting average, OPS, and strikeout rates vs each pitcher.
The home page and game log pages on this site show full at-bat data for the most recent games, including pitch type, exit velocity, and result — updated in near-real time.
Use the Season-by-Season Stats table at the bottom of this page to compare batting average, home runs, SLG, and average exit velocity across 2025 and 2026. You can also switch years in the strike zone map to compare zone-by-zone batting averages.
We cover all 14 active Japanese MLB players: Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki, Seiya Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto, Shota Imanaga, Yu Darvish, Yusei Kikuchi, Kodai Senga, Tatsuya Imai, Yuki Matsui, and Tomoyuki Sugano. Each player page offers latest stats, Statcast metrics, and an AI season recap — all free.
Data is updated within 1–2 hours after each game. Same-day stats are finalized by the following morning. Statcast metrics such as xwOBA and barrel rate may have a 1–2 day delay.
We use the official MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) and Statcast tracking data. All data is sourced from official MLB sources — processed and visualized for free on this site.
