Date	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jul 17	3	1	1	2	1	1	.256
Jul 12	2	0	0	0	2	0	.255
Jul 11	3	1	1	1	1	1	.256
Jul 10	3	1	0	0	1	0	.256
Jul 9	3	1	0	0	1	1	.255
Jul 8	4	2	0	1	1	1	.254
Jul 7	2	0	0	0	2	1	.251
Jul 5	4	2	0	0	0	1	.253
Jul 4	5	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Jul 3	3	1	0	0	1	0	.251

Career · Batting

9 seasons

Year	Team	G	AB	HR	RBI	AVG	OPS	OPS+
2018	—	40	135	6	15	—	—	—
2019	—	20	42	1	2	—	—	—
2020	—	34	94	0	5	—	—	—
2021	—	65	208	8	33	—	—	—
2022	—	135	495	23	65	—	—	—
2023	—	97	356	14	47	—	—	—
2024	—	156	585	25	75	—	—	—
2025	—	157	579	36	103	—	—	—
2026	—	98	364	7	27	—	—	—
Career		802	2858	120	372	—	—	—

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.

2,061 BBE · 2018–2026 · 89.9 mph avg EV · 10.9% barrels

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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