Advanced Stat question
I have a rookie catcher who is having an INSANE year - he got injured and missed a month, but in the 80 games he has played he's hitting .293 with 21 HR, an OBP of .342, slugging .586, and only struck out 56 times.
Some of the stuff I don't understand is wOBA of .387, ISO .293, & wRC+ of 152.
All the blue in his advanced stats I think is telling me that this season isn't a fluke - but do I have a good hitting catcher, or a dude on track for the hall?
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Just from a rating perspective 55 babip/70 power is going to play EXTREMELY well. In my experience those two (power > babip) are the two ratings that actually have the most impact on performance while eye has significantly less. In the 2026 sim I currently have up Will Smith has 50 babib/60 power/65 eye. I would take your guy ratings wise over him and your guy is also a great defender.
Edit: Also, if you don't feel like its cheesing the AI this is exactly the kind of guy I extend right away to buy out a couple FA years.
thisusedyet [OP] 3 points · Apr 2026
Don’t think it’s cheesing at all, but I gotta wait a season.
Offered him an extension early because I thought it was ridiculous he’s putting up those numbers making league minimum, and all he wanted was 1 year 1.46 million.
Will try another extension early next year, see if he’ll go long term
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thisusedyet [OP] 2 points · Apr 2026
Locked him up - 10 years, ends at 37.5 million.
He was also rookie of the year
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