MLB Daily Notes - June 27th
A daily automated report of what happened yesterday in Major League Baseball, along with other recent trends and further analysis.
It is debate night, and I am hyped up for it. I pay attention to politics and obviously have my beliefs and opinions, but we won’t get into it now. The point I want to make is that if you remove the emotions from politics, it becomes very interesting and, more importantly in our modern age, very entertaining.
I have also come to believe in the idea that anybody who wants to be President of the United States is immediately unqualified just because they want the job. What kind of psycho would want to do that? It is clearly just a lust for power and fame, which is a damning mindset to have going in. From what I can tell, there hasn’t been much good leadership in this country in my lifetime, and the more you learn about stuff, the more corruption you see. The incentives are all so messed up, and human nature, being what it is, makes it virtually impossible to have a good situation.
The comforting part is that none of this is new.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
~ Ecclesiastes 1:9
Everything I just said has always been true. Every election in US history has been viewed widely as the most important election ever with the future of the country being on the line if it didn’t go a certain way, and yet here we are. We’re still chugging along. The founders set up such a brilliant system and there has been so much economic prosperity in our country that we can all sit here free and comfortable and happy despite decades and decades of horrible and sometimes evil leadership.
This isn’t to say that things are anywhere near as good as they could be, but it is to say that viewing your life through the lens of personal responsibility and taking an optimistic and grateful attitude toward your life will make you a lot happier. Not only that, but it will also make you much more successful along the way.
If you’re watching the debate tonight, enjoy the show, man.
Our church had a little event last night where we all had a cookout and the kids were encouraged to bring their bikes and ride around the parking lot. My daughter is five and rides without training wheels now, and I overheard a couple of the moms commenting on that. They both had older daughters still on the training wheels. I’m over there behind them, smirking and giving myself a high five. Shout out to me. My wife got her going without training wheels, but still - shout out to me. My three-year-old boy has one of those Spencer Strider daddies:
And he rips on that thing, man. It’s really impressive. He’s such a cool little boy. The problem is that he doesn’t like to play ball. I brought a football to the event and got it out of the van a little timid, looking around, trying to make that eye contact with some of the other dads and be like hey, look football. And it worked. So we’re over there ripping it, and my three-year-old wants nothing to do with it. Three is pretty young so I’m hardly giving up on it. I’m not going to be the guy to force him to do sports if he doesn’t want to, but there will be plenty of subtle suggestions and pushing him in that way.
The good news is that Trea baby (why I have revealed the name of my youngest but not the names of my two oldest, I’ll never know) can’t get enough of playing ball. So he was there running around trying to get his hands on the football. He is absolutely mesmerized by spinning things, so if you do that thing where you spin the football on the ground, he is just the happiest person on the planet. It’s awesome.
Pitcher Review
The Pirates also won yesterday behind an algo-leading Luis Ortiz effort, so yeah, it was a pretty good day for your boy.
6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 0 BB, 22.4% SwStr%, 55% Strike%, 28% Ball%
Elite marks all around. But this is unheard of for Ortiz. Since last season:
10.5% SwStr%, 42.0% Strike%, 38.4% Ball%, 16.4% K%, 10.3% BB%
This year:
11.0% SwStr%, 44.2% Strike%, 36.6% Ball%, 19.5% K%, 7.2% BB%
He’s shown better command this year and has seemed to improve even as the year has gone on.
He throws a bunch of sliders with three fastball variations behind it, and I like that approach, but he doesn’t get strikes at a good rate with any of them besides the cutter.
A 44% Strike% is not going to cut it, so as much as I want to say good things about Ortiz, I can’t. The one thing to follow is that maybe he’ll use the cutter more from here on. He did reach a season-high 31% usage with it last night and it returned a 54% Strike%. You can see above that it’s been his best fastball this year, so maybe this was a conscious change. It will only work if the slider is good along with it, and the slider hasn’t been good, so we have a lot of hoops to jump through. I think many people will be talking about picking Ortiz up today, but I am not making that recommendation.
Next is Joey Estes who is suckering us back to the table.
5.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 8 K, 2 BB, 17.2% SwStr%, 58.6% Strike%, 27.6% Ball%
Oh yeah.
The fastball was strong (51% Strike%) and the slider was elite (67% Strike%), and that turned into a very nice outing for him. He has been really inconsistent this year, bt he has now had five strong starts (20+ points).
And remember the Pitching+ models like this guy a lot. Without the numbers from last night, he’s 17th in the league with a 106+ Pitching+. My guess is that he’ll move up a few spots when yesterday’s data comes in.
A couple of weeks ago, I was recommending him for 12-team leagues. And then I repented and took it back, but I left the door open for me to return on Estes. As I wrote on June 17th:
What I don’t want to do is close the door here. If he goes out there this week and throws a perfect game I still want to be able to take the victory lap. So, as sole owner and operator of these pages on the Internet, I would like to reserve the right to edit these section in the past and pretend I never abandoned my boy Joey These.
For now, I will say he is a solid add in a 15-team lead, and I do view him more favorably than the other streamers of the world, those Tyler Anderson/Kenta Maeda types where you know they’re bad but hope for some good variance in the streaming spot.
Don’t look now, but Matthew Liberatore had a good start.
6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 8 K, 1 BB, 16.5 SwStr%
If you remember, last year, Liberatore was poopin’ on dudes in AAA and then came to the Major Leagues, and the poop direction was reversed.
That was a huge 13-point drop in the strikeout rate from AAA to MLB. The fact that such a thing can happen makes you really scared of any rookie pitcher, namely David Festa today.
The Big Lib has thrown 44.1 innings for the Cardinals this year with a 20.7% K% and 9.2% BB%. The Strike% is 46.2% and the SwStr% is 13.4%. All of these numbers are improvements on last year, but still not enough to get him into the fantasy conversation - but we’ll keep an eye on him. I think he mostly made that start yesterday because it was a double-header, but maybe he earned himself another turn through the rotation with that performance.
Spencer Arrighetti also deserves some attention.
7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 10 K, 0 BB, 14.6% SwStr%, 62.9% Strike%
That was just the 30th start of the season with 10+ strikeouts and zero walks.
10% of those starts have been against the Rockies now, which is who the Spaghetti man sat down yesterday.
It was a huge improvement in the ball rate.
That is so striking that I wonder if it wasn’t a conscious decision to just throw more strikes.
Arsenal update:
He is now at 36% Ball%, which is right at the league average. The Strike% is now a point above the average, and the SwStr% is just a tiny bit above the league average. I’d call him a pretty average pitcher, and that can work in good matchups as we saw yesterday.
These pitchers named Spencer have been popping up all over the place these last few years.
That doesn’t even count misspellings like Spenser Watkins.
And sure enough, the name got really popular from 1995-2010:
Funny how that works, isn’t it? Lately, the name on the hitting side of the game has been Jackson. That name got really popular in the mid-2000s, and is still pretty popular:
The three Jacksons we’ve been dealing with this year are all rookies: Chourio, Holliday, and Merrill.
I remember that, back in my day, Jackson was only a last name! Shout Old Hickory!
The Hayden Birdsong debut wasn’t great.
4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 3 BB, 9.3% SwStr%, 42.3% Strike%
He has good velocity on the fastball, but he did not command it well. His minor league walk rate was 11%, so that’s higher than you want to see. The strikeouts were nice down there (32%), but it didn’t translate last night with the very low SwStr%. But we’ll see, we can’t judge anybody on one start.
Believe it or not, this is not the only pitcher in baseball surnamed Birdsong.
I googled whether these two are brothers, and the results are inconclusive. Nobody has been interested in Elijah Birdsong. That is probably because he has a 2.5% K-BB% in A+ ball for the Pirates. But he’s got his name on these pages now.
DJ Herz lasted just 3.1 innings, giving up four runs on six hits, and the whiffs disappeared (4.5% SwStr%).
I almost forgot to mention Gavin Stone, who threw a complete game shutout. Most complete games don’t come up with a ton of whiffs and strikeouts, because those things tend to add to the pitch count. Stone got just 10 whiffs on his 103 pitches. The key was not walking anybody and not wasting many pitches (29.1% Ball%), and then, of course, seeing good things happen on contact. Good for Stone; he’s looking more and more like a top-50 starter. He is now down to a 2.33 ERA with a 1.10 WHIP but a poor 12.5% K-BB%. Over the last month, the K-BB% is 18.7%, much better, and the ERA is 1.62 with a 0.90 WHIP. If he’s available anywhere, I’d add him.
One more thing: The Twins are starting David Festa today, and I think you should add him in 12-team leagues or deeper. You can check out my thoughts on Twitter here.
Hitter Review
Noelvi Marte is off of suspension and will be playing this weekend. He’s a pretty good upside option if available, and you need an infielder.
Jarred Kelenic ripped a dinger and now has a .287/.326/.464 slash line with a 29.5% K% and 5.4% BB%. He has eight homers, three steals, and a 9.7% Brl%. The main reason to like him for fantasy is that he’s leading off for the Braves. I am not sure how long that can last, especially given the high strikeout rate, but it’s happening that way for now so he can be a good counting stat guy with homer and steal upside.
Francisco Alvarez homered against and now has a 1.232 OPS since returning from the IL. That’s three homers and a great 16.7% K%. He has an 8.1% Brl% for the season with a 20.6% K% and a .904 OPS. Very good hitter and a must-own at the catcher position.
Jackson Chourio is hitting .302/.348/.492 with three homers and one steal in June. The key point is that the K% is 19% in June, down from the 27% mark prior. He has also added several points in contact rate, which is important to see. I recommended him as a steals option and did not expect much elsewhere. The steals haven’t been there in June, but he’s attempting steals at a high rate (16%), and for the year, that is at 21% with eight steals in 243 PAs. He could have a really nice rest of the season if these improvements are for real.
Josh Lowe has been showing signs of life as well since returning from injury. For the season, he has just a .742 OPS with five homers, four steals, and a 28.6% K%. Over the last two weeks, it has been a .882 OPS with three homers, four steals, and a 26.5% K%. So he has done most of his damage recently. He had a great fantasy season last year, and I think he should be owned in most leagues right now, given the homer and steals ability.
There you have it, I’m out of here!
Pitcher Reports
Algo SP Ranks - Yesterday
1. Luis L. Ortiz
2. Spencer Arrighetti
3. Joey Estes
4. Dylan Cease
5. Ryan Pepiot
6. Matthew Liberatore
7. George Kirby
8. Brady Singer
9. Bryce Elder
10. Ryne Nelson
11. Nathan Eovaldi
12. Grayson Rodriguez
13. Gavin Stone
14. Valente Bellozo
15. Simeon Woods Richardson
16. Kyle Gibson
17. Hayden Wesneski
18. Reynaldo Lopez
19. Sean Manaea
20. Hayden Birdsong
21. Erick Fedde
22. Roansy Contreras
23. Carlos Carrasco
24. Luis Gil
25. Ryan Feltner
26. Dallas Keuchel
27. Graham Ashcraft
28. DJ Herz
Fantasy Points Leaders - Yesterday
1. Spencer Arrighetti (vs. COL): 37.95 Points
2. Dylan Cease (vs. WSH): 35.95 Points
3. Gavin Stone (vs. CWS): 35.85 Points
4. Matthew Liberatore (vs. ATL): 31.7 Points
5. George Kirby (vs. TB): 27.1 Points
6. Luis Ortiz - 682847 (vs. CIN): 27.1 Points
7. Ryan Pepiot (vs. SEA): 24.19 Points
8. Joey Estes (vs. LAA): 21.76 Points
9. Brady Singer (vs. MIA): 20.89 Points
10. Grayson Rodriguez (vs. CLE): 20.75 Points
Whiffs Leaders - Yesterday
1. Luis L. Ortiz (PIT): 19 Whiffs (85 Pitches)
2. Keider Montero (DET): 18 Whiffs (94 Pitches)
3. Dylan Cease (SD): 16 Whiffs (102 Pitches)
4. Ryan Pepiot (TB): 15 Whiffs (88 Pitches)
5. Joey Estes (OAK): 15 Whiffs (87 Pitches)
6. Brady Singer (KC): 14 Whiffs (92 Pitches)
7. Matthew Liberatore (STL): 14 Whiffs (85 Pitches)
8. George Kirby (SEA): 13 Whiffs (87 Pitches)
9. Spencer Arrighetti (HOU): 13 Whiffs (89 Pitches)
10. Grayson Rodriguez (BAL): 12 Whiffs (97 Pitches)
Strike% Leaders - Yesterday
1. Spencer Arrighetti (HOU): 62.9 Strike%, 21.3 Ball%
2. Joey Estes (OAK): 58.6 Strike%, 27.6 Ball%
3. Luis L. Ortiz (PIT): 55.3 Strike%, 28.2 Ball%
4. Michael Soroka (CWS): 54.0 Strike%, 41.3 Ball%
5. George Kirby (SEA): 52.9 Strike%, 31.0 Ball%
6. Dylan Cease (SD): 52.0 Strike%, 36.3 Ball%
7. Carlos Carrasco (CLE): 51.6 Strike%, 30.8 Ball%
8. Ryan Pepiot (TB): 51.1 Strike%, 38.6 Ball%
9. Matthew Liberatore (STL): 50.6 Strike%, 36.5 Ball%
10. Keider Montero (DET): 50.0 Strike%, 38.3 Ball%
11. Nathan Eovaldi (TEX): 49.5 Strike%, 25.7 Ball%
12. Hayden Wesneski (CHC): 48.6 Strike%, 41.7 Ball%
13. Gavin Stone (LAD): 48.5 Strike%, 29.1 Ball%
14. Xzavion Curry (CLE): 48.0 Strike%, 30.0 Ball%
15. Bryce Elder (ATL): 46.9 Strike%, 34.4 Ball%
Pitches/Out (POUT) Leaders - Yesterday
1. Gavin Stone: 103 Pitches, 27 Outs, 3.81 POUT
2. Spencer Arrighetti: 89 Pitches, 21 Outs, 4.24 POUT
3. Brady Singer: 92 Pitches, 20 Outs, 4.6 POUT
4. Ryan Feltner: 83 Pitches, 18 Outs, 4.61 POUT
5. Grayson Rodriguez: 97 Pitches, 21 Outs, 4.62 POUT
6. Luis L. Ortiz: 85 Pitches, 18 Outs, 4.72 POUT
7. Valente Bellozo: 72 Pitches, 15 Outs, 4.8 POUT
8. Nathan Eovaldi: 101 Pitches, 21 Outs, 4.81 POUT
9. George Kirby: 87 Pitches, 18 Outs, 4.83 POUT
10. Dylan Cease: 102 Pitches, 21 Outs, 4.86 POUT
Velo Changes - Yesterday
Grayson Rodriguez's SL velo (19 pitches) UP 2.9mph to 87.0
Ryne Nelson's CU velo (14 pitches) UP 1.9mph to 78.8
George Kirby's SL velo (21 pitches) UP 1.8mph to 88.3
Bryce Elder's SI velo (26 pitches) UP 1.8mph to 91.3
Sean Manaea's SL velo (18 pitches) UP 1.6mph to 84.9
Bryce Elder's FF velo (18 pitches) UP 1.5mph to 92.3
Spencer Arrighetti's ST velo (18 pitches) UP 1.5mph to 82.4
Kyle Gibson's SI velo (29 pitches) DOWN -1.5mph to 90.0
Grayson Rodriguez's CH velo (23 pitches) DOWN -1.8mph to 81.9
Graham Ashcraft's SI velo (10 pitches) DOWN -3.0mph to 92.6
Pitch Mix Changes - Yesterday
Brady Singer's FF usage (18.5%) up 13.7 points
Dallas Keuchel's SI usage (54.9%) up 18.3 points
Gavin Stone's SI usage (31.1%) up 10.1 points
Gavin Stone's SL usage (28.2%) up 15.3 points
Luis Gil's SL usage (28.7%) up 11.7 points
Luis L. Ortiz's FC usage (30.6%) up 22.6 points
Matthew Liberatore's SL usage (35.3%) up 16.6 points
Michael Soroka's FF usage (50.8%) up 19.9 points
Reynaldo Lopez's SL usage (39.1%) up 10.2 points
Ryne Nelson's CU usage (18.2%) up 12.2 points
Sean Manaea's SI usage (49.4%) up 31.8 points
Xzavion Curry's SL usage (52.0%) up 13.2 points
Yoendrys Gomez's ST usage (41.9%) up 14.7 points
Pitch Mix Changes - Last 3 Starts
Lance Lynn 4-Seam Fastball: +18.0%
Sean Manaea Slider: +17.3%
Tyler Glasnow 4-Seam Fastball: -16.6%
Hunter Brown Sinker: +16.0%
Paul Skenes Curveball: +14.6%
Andrew Heaney Slider: +13.4%
Graham Ashcraft Sinker: -13.2%
Randy Vasquez 4-Seam Fastball: -12.8%
Hunter Brown Split-Finger: -12.6%
Lance Lynn Cutter: -12.3%
Garrett Crochet Slider: -12.1%
CSW% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Ronel Blanco - 74 TBF, 38.5% CSW%
Tyler Glasnow - 74 TBF, 37.3% CSW%
Tarik Skubal - 103 TBF, 36.3% CSW%
Garrett Crochet - 97 TBF, 36.0% CSW%
Kutter Crawford - 74 TBF, 35.3% CSW%
Logan Gilbert - 80 TBF, 34.7% CSW%
Yusei Kikuchi - 77 TBF, 34.5% CSW%
Chris Sale - 72 TBF, 34.4% CSW%
Bailey Ober - 76 TBF, 34.1% CSW%
Tanner Bibee - 92 TBF, 33.5% CSW%
K% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Tyler Glasnow - 74 TBF, 41.9% K%
Tanner Bibee - 92 TBF, 40.2% K%
Garrett Crochet - 97 TBF, 38.1% K%
Chris Sale - 72 TBF, 34.7% K%
Dylan Cease - 94 TBF, 34.0% K%
Michael King - 94 TBF, 33.0% K%
Kutter Crawford - 74 TBF, 32.4% K%
Cole Ragans - 99 TBF, 31.3% K%
Paul Skenes - 74 TBF, 31.1% K%
Taj Bradley - 94 TBF, 30.9% K%
K-BB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Tyler Glasnow - 74 TBF, 39.2% K-BB%
Tanner Bibee - 92 TBF, 35.9% K-BB%
Garrett Crochet - 97 TBF, 33.0% K-BB%
Paul Skenes - 74 TBF, 28.4% K-BB%
Logan Gilbert - 80 TBF, 27.5% K-BB%
Kutter Crawford - 74 TBF, 27.0% K-BB%
Chris Sale - 72 TBF, 26.4% K-BB%
Dylan Cease - 94 TBF, 25.5% K-BB%
Michael King - 94 TBF, 25.5% K-BB%
Bailey Ober - 76 TBF, 25.0% K-BB%
GB% Leaders - Last 3 Weeks
Logan Webb - 106 TBF, 59.5% GB%
Tanner Houck - 105 TBF, 58.3% GB%
Framber Valdez - 105 TBF, 58.1% GB%
Chris Sale - 72 TBF, 55.0% GB%
Tyler Glasnow - 74 TBF, 55.0% GB%
Ranger Suarez - 103 TBF, 54.4% GB%
Seth Lugo - 103 TBF, 53.6% GB%
Sonny Gray - 95 TBF, 53.2% GB%
Carlos Carrasco - 84 TBF, 52.4% GB%
Casey Mize - 88 TBF, 52.2% GB%
Magic Formula Qualifiers - Pitchers - Last 3 Weeks
Garrett Crochet - 97 TBF, 38.1 K%, 5.2 BB%, 45.3% GB%
Hunter Brown - 97 TBF, 29.9 K%, 7.2 BB%, 48.3% GB%
Logan Gilbert - 80 TBF, 28.8 K%, 1.2 BB%, 46.4% GB%
Sonny Gray - 95 TBF, 27.4 K%, 7.4 BB%, 53.2% GB%
Tyler Glasnow - 74 TBF, 41.9 K%, 2.7 BB%, 55.0% GB%
SIERA vs. ERA Comp, Last 30 Days
Unluckiest
Ryan Feltner: 7.96 ERA, 3.65 SIERA
Austin Gomber: 9.39 ERA, 5.1 SIERA
Brayan Bello: 7.76 ERA, 4.43 SIERA
Shota Imanaga: 7.46 ERA, 4.21 SIERA
Triston McKenzie: 7.72 ERA, 4.72 SIERA
Chris Paddack: 7.43 ERA, 4.44 SIERA
Reese Olson: 6.34 ERA, 3.53 SIERA
Alec Marsh: 6.66 ERA, 3.98 SIERA
DJ Herz: 5.49 ERA, 2.82 SIERA
JP Sears: 7.99 ERA, 5.33 SIERA
Luckiest
Tyler Anderson: 2.83 ERA, 6.16 SIERA
Hogan Harris: 2.28 ERA, 4.74 SIERA
Matt Waldron: 1.6 ERA, 3.87 SIERA
Gavin Stone: 1.62 ERA, 3.68 SIERA
Michael Lorenzen: 2.51 ERA, 4.56 SIERA
Tobias Myers: 2.12 ERA, 4.17 SIERA
Corbin Burnes: 1.85 ERA, 3.88 SIERA
Cal Quantrill: 3.42 ERA, 5.3 SIERA
Chris Bassitt: 2.32 ERA, 3.88 SIERA
Cristopher Sanchez: 1.8 ERA, 3.28 SIERA
Hot Pitcher Tracker - Last 3 Weeks vs. Career
Justin Steele - +4.2% CSW%, -2.0 BB%
Joe Ryan - +2.6% CSW%, -1.7 BB%
Ryan Feltner - +2.7% CSW%, -3.3 BB%
Logan Gilbert - +6.5% CSW%, -4.1 BB%
Ty Blach - +2.6% CSW%, -1.6 BB%
Kutter Crawford - +6.8% CSW%, -2.1 BB%
Ronel Blanco - +9.3% CSW%, -1.7 BB%
Tyler Glasnow - +4.1% CSW%, -4.5 BB%
Tanner Bibee - +5.1% CSW%, -2.7 BB%
Kyle Hendricks - +2.6% CSW%, -2.4 BB%
Andre Pallante - +4.6% CSW%, -2.1 BB%
Slade Cecconi - +3.3% CSW%, -3.9 BB%
Adrian Houser - +5.2% CSW%, -5.0 BB%
Mason Englert - +3.5% CSW%, -1.5 BB%
Keegan Akin - +8.0% CSW%, -1.7 BB%
Hitter Reports
Multiple Barrels
Alec Burleson (STL) 8 PA, 22 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Jose Miranda (MIN) 4 PA, 8 Swings, 2 Barrels, 0 HR
Kyle Higashioka (SD) 4 PA, 8 Swings, 2 Barrels, 2 HR
Matt Vierling (DET) 4 PA, 6 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
Willi Castro (MIN) 5 PA, 10 Swings, 2 Barrels, 1 HR
New Max Launch Velos
Hardest Hit Balls
Kyle Schwarber (PHI) - 114.8mph - nan
Shohei Ohtani (LAD) - 113.9mph - home_run
Aaron Judge (NYY) - 112.3mph - home_run
Rowdy Tellez (PIT) - 112.2mph - field_out
Carlos Correa (MIN) - 112.1mph - single
Trevor Larnach (MIN) - 111.9mph - double
Matt Chapman (SF) - 111.5mph - single
Aaron Judge (NYY) - 111.2mph - single
Miguel Andujar (OAK) - 110.5mph - nan
Jake Burger (MIA) - 110.2mph - field_out
Last 3 Weeks - wOBA vs. xwOBA Comparison
Top 10
Otto Lopez - 56 PA, 0.191 wOBA, 0.333 xwOBA, 0.142 Diff
Shea Langeliers - 58 PA, 0.218 wOBA, 0.336 xwOBA, 0.118 Diff
Leody Taveras - 54 PA, 0.175 wOBA, 0.287 xwOBA, 0.112 Diff
D.J. LeMahieu - 57 PA, 0.195 wOBA, 0.291 xwOBA, 0.096 Diff
Adam Duvall - 64 PA, 0.159 wOBA, 0.252 xwOBA, 0.093 Diff
Ke'Bryan Hayes - 64 PA, 0.168 wOBA, 0.26 xwOBA, 0.092 Diff
Andres Gimenez - 73 PA, 0.191 wOBA, 0.28 xwOBA, 0.089 Diff
Julio Rodriguez - 81 PA, 0.247 wOBA, 0.335 xwOBA, 0.088 Diff
Maikel Garcia - 84 PA, 0.162 wOBA, 0.246 xwOBA, 0.084 Diff
Luis Arraez - 86 PA, 0.243 wOBA, 0.326 xwOBA, 0.083 Diff
Bottom 10
Carlos Correa - 85 PA, 0.473 wOBA, 0.347 xwOBA, -0.126 Diff
C.J. Abrams - 77 PA, 0.483 wOBA, 0.361 xwOBA, -0.122 Diff
Steven Kwan - 77 PA, 0.487 wOBA, 0.367 xwOBA, -0.12 Diff
Bryan Reynolds - 84 PA, 0.469 wOBA, 0.358 xwOBA, -0.111 Diff
Michael Busch - 63 PA, 0.39 wOBA, 0.283 xwOBA, -0.107 Diff
Bryce Harper - 76 PA, 0.54 wOBA, 0.436 xwOBA, -0.104 Diff
Josh Smith - 57 PA, 0.432 wOBA, 0.33 xwOBA, -0.102 Diff
Isiah Kiner-Falefa - 70 PA, 0.348 wOBA, 0.25 xwOBA, -0.098 Diff
Gunnar Henderson - 89 PA, 0.492 wOBA, 0.395 xwOBA, -0.097 Diff
Ceddanne Rafaela - 68 PA, 0.365 wOBA, 0.276 xwOBA, -0.089 Diff
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