Flanker the ClankerFlanker
Rankings
Leaderboards
  • Projections
    In-house Bayesian model · career prior + aging × stuff/discipline signals
  • Plate Discipline
    Decision+ · chase / passive cost · K% · BB%
  • Command & Stuff
    Pitching+ · Stuff+ · Command+ · meatball rate
  • Pitcher Stuff Lab
    In-zone whiff · xwOBAcon · tunnel · deception · count predictability
  • Stuff Model (diag)
    From-scratch XGBoost training runs, feature importance, pitcher grades
  • Expected Points
    Luck-neutral fantasy points · xSLG / xwOBA · ΔPts
  • Hitter Frontier
    Power × discipline tradeoff · Pareto-frontier hitters
  • Pitcher Frontier
    Process × contact-suppression · pound the zone vs limit damage
  • Hitter Vulnerabilities
    Biggest pitch-trait strengths & weaknesses · vs league or vs own
  • AAA Hitters
    Triple-A bats · xwOBA · contact quality · discipline · frontier
StreamersSign inConnect league →
Position cohort

Hitting value vs. 2B peers

Rank #18 of 45

Each bar is one 2B, ordered left-to-right by Value (blended). Center dot is VORP; whiskers span V⁻ → V⁺. This player is highlighted in blue.

-200-1000+100Cole Young
Cole Young · #18
V⁻ -36VORP -11V⁺ 11
Cole Young

Cole Young

2B·SEA
Compare
Compare
PA
272
H
59
HR
4
AVG
.244
xwOBA
.329
PPG
1.74
Career Seasons
YrGPAAVGOBPSLGISOxwOBAK%BB%K-BB%HRSBPtsPPGxPPG
Proj82356.236.315.358.122.30518.8%9.4%9.4%751611.96—
202668272.244
2026 MLB Percentiles

Hitting Profile

Expected Results
xwOBA
44
.329
xBA
62
.266
xSLG
.317
.343
.099
.329
19.5%
7.4%
12.1%
4
2
118
1.74
—
202574257.211.304.305.094.29918.3%10.9%7.4%411001.35—
34
.399
Quality of Contact
Avg EV
22
87.3
Median EV
0
83.1
90th % EV
4
99.2
Barrel %
18
5.3
Hard-Hit %
25
37.0
Sweet-Spot %
54
37.0
Bat Speed
Avg
41
69.7
Median
40
71.2
90th %
47
76.5
Plate Discipline
Chase %
43
30.8
Whiff %
59
19.6
K %
51
19.5
BB %
25
7.4
Swing Decisions

Plate Discipline · Decision+

Expected-run-value of every swing-or-take decision, against a league-average batter’s optimum. 100 = avg · 110 = 1 SD better.

Decision+
106
≈ 72th pctl
Chase cost
-6.1r
65 swings @ bad pitch
Passive cost
-3.1r
57 takes @ hittable pitch
Swing rate
45.0%
402 pitches seen
Runs per 100
-2.28
lg avg -2.53
Count
View
2+13%84225+10%10+41%22+23%26+18%1754+38%8-26%19-29%21-27%37-11%18+30%10+17%6+75%8-25%24-19%21-36%14-27%11+37%19145+10%10+0%7+22%93213CATCHER'S VIEW
Judgment — swing% vs optimal
−35%−15%0+15%+35%
  • Red cells — swings more than an optimal batter would here (chasing).
  • Blue cells — swings less than optimal (too passive).
  • Number in cell: swing%-delta vs optimal. Top-right: pitches seen.
Total pitches shown: 402