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    In-house Bayesian model · career prior + aging × stuff/discipline signals
  • Plate Discipline
    Decision+ · chase / passive cost · K% · BB%
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    Power × discipline tradeoff · Pareto-frontier hitters
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Will Benson

Will Benson

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PA
329
H
79
HR
11
AVG
.275
xwOBA
.321
PPG
1.72
Career Seasons
YrGPAAVGOBPSLGISOxwOBAK%BB%K-BB%HRSBPtsPPGxPPG
202646112.191.315.340.149.31233.0%14.3%18.7%31300.65—
202587253.226
2023 MLB Percentiles

Hitting Profile

329 PA — below qualified cutoff. Percentiles vs. qualified pool (faded).

Expected Results
xwOBA
26
.321
xBA
7
.226
.279
.435
.209
.353
26.5%
6.3%
20.2%
12
2
129
1.48
—
2024128388.187.275.376.189.27339.7%10.3%29.4%14171240.97—
2023109329.275.366.498.223.32131.3%12.2%19.1%11201871.72—
20223261.182.250.200.018.22931.1%4.9%26.2%00180.56—
xSLG
22
.401
Quality of Contact
Avg EV
61
90.2
Median EV
50
92.2
90th % EV
23
103.9
Barrel %
61
10.3
Hard-Hit %
50
42.2
Sweet-Spot %
95
41.1
Bat Speed
Avg
20
68.5
Median
23
69.9
90th %
18
74.3
Plate Discipline
Chase %
95
19.3
Whiff %
9
29.8
K %
3
31.3
BB %
85
12.2
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+
113
≈ 91th pctl
Chase cost
-15.7r
172 swings @ bad pitch
Passive cost
-12.8r
198 takes @ hittable pitch
Swing rate
42.9%
1,389 pitches seen
Runs per 100
-2.06
lg avg -2.54
Count
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31+0%7+29%7432+8%13+26%31+3%35-6%36+14%28+5%20+0%8+26%38-8%48-44%66-17%69-12%40+26%23+8%12+15%27-4%57-27%56-25%61-17%42+48%21+15%13+11%19+19%21+10%30+14%22+38%26+33%955344311CATCHER'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: 1,000