Mithrandir Metrics
Diagnostic SD Refreshed Jun 2 06:00 AM ET
Optimization diagnostic / SD

Nick Castellanos

Nick Castellanos's tools (94) outpace production (77) by 17 points. Primary finding: excessive fly-ball angle — producing popups instead of line drives.

Score
26
Tools
94
Gap
+16.8
Data window 2026-05-18 / 2026-06-01Confidence LOW
Hitter optimization

Swing path and decision map

Nick Castellanos's tools (94) outpace production (77) by 17 points. Primary finding: excessive fly-ball angle — producing popups instead of line drives.

Launch Angle Too High
-17.5° Current 38° → Target 20°

Flatten swing plane to bring average LA into the 15-22° window

Solid = current angle. Dotted = recommended window.
Diagnosis

Fixable gaps

SignalCauseFixConfidence
Launch Angle Too High0.55Excessive fly-ball angle — producing popups instead of line drivesFlatten swing plane to bring average LA into the 15-22° windowTurning popups into line drives has outsized wOBA impactLOW
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Underlying components

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