MLB · Third Baseman · Pittsburgh Pirates
5' 8", 193 lbs · age 27 · profile line from ESPN, best-effort
Rolling form against the season-to-date baseline, game by game. Computed with the same windowed primitives the models backtest with, gates included: the shaded band is where the window had no real sample yet, so no value is drawn there rather than a guess.
Batting average
Each outcome is fit as logit P = μ + βbatter + πpitcher across every plate appearance in the season, so hitter and pitcher skill are solved together rather than one being assumed. The adjusted column is this player against a league-average opponent; the run value is that rate priced by its wOBA weight (a walk is worth .690 runs, a home run 2.015), and those values sum to the adjusted wOBA above.
| Outcome | Actual | Adjusted | League | Run value | Regressed, PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walk / HBP | 8.4% | 9.0% | 9.8% | 0.0624 | 137 |
| season | team | g | ab | r | h | hr | rbi | bb | k | avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PIT | 98 | 369 | 58 | 115 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 72 | .312 |
| 2025 | PIT | 96 | 381 | 39 | 99 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 73 | .260 |
| Strikeout | 17.8% | 17.8% | 22.2% | 0.0000 | 50 |
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| Single | 22.5% | 19.5% | 14.0% | 0.1713 | 246 |
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| Double | 4.2% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 0.0515 | 3972 |
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| Triple | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0049 | 922 |
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| Home run | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2.9% | 0.0418 | 232 |
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| Adjusted wOBA | .342 | .332 | .303 | 0.3319 |
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Regressed is how many plate appearances of league-average performance are blended in before a rate is believed — estimated from the spread of the league itself, not chosen. Strikeout rate separates hitters quickly and is barely touched; doubles are mostly noise and are pulled hard toward average. It is why a hot 30-PA cameo does not top this list.
The opponent effect is usually small over a full season, and that is a finding rather than a shortcoming: individual pitchers differ enormously (wOBA allowed spans roughly .263 to .342), but across hundreds of plate appearances almost everyone faces a near-representative sample. The adjustment moves part-time players far more than regulars.
| Season | Role | PA | Raw | Adjusted | Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | batter | 404 | .342 | .332 | 109 |
| 2025 | batter | 408 | .287 | .288 | 96 |
| 2024 | batter | 385 | .305 | .297 | 100 |
| 2024 |
| PIT |
| 94 |
| 359 |
| 42 |
| 97 |
| 7 |
| 49 |
| 18 |
| 74 |
| .270 |
Aggregated from the per-game rows, so a season total always equals the sum of the games behind it. Seasons before the coverage window are absent rather than partial.
