Kyle Isbel
Kansas City Royals · No. 28 · CF

Kyle Isbel

5' 10", 190 lbs·Age 29·Bats L / Throws R
10-DayInjured 10-Day
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2021–2026 · 1,213 batted balls
2026 · 52 G
.248
AVG
.652
OPS
3
HR
11
RBI
40
H
10
BB
38
SO
4
SB
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Career Highs
.662
Best OPS · 2023
8
Most HR · 2024
42
Most RBI · 2024
.255
Best AVG · 2025
Career Arc · OPS
6 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jun 9210010.244
Jun 6300002.241
Jun 5410000.245
Jun 4420011.245
Jun 3200000.238
Jun 1500001.243
May 31210000.252
May 30210000.248
May 29300000.245
May 26300001.250

Career · Batting

6 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2021287617
2022106256528
202391292534
2024136384842
2025135368433
202656164311
Career552154026155
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,210 BBE · 2021–2026 · 86.0 mph avg EV · 3.7% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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