BATTERS: Batting average and power anomalies, 2018

Our expected batting average (xBA) and expected power (xPX) indicators can serve as useful mid-season barometers for the BA and power produced by bats so far in 2018. Extreme outliers from these expected levels can represent good buy-low or sell-high targets at this point in the season.

These batters have the widest BA-xBA variances so far in 2018:

  • Batting Average Outliers, 2018 YTD*
    
    Name                League  Position       BA    xBA   Diff
    ==================  ======  =============  ====  ====  =====
    Sogard, Eric            NL          2B/SS  .134  .215  -.081
    Guillorme, Luis         NL          2B/3B  .172  .246  -.074
    Maxwell, Bruce          AL              C  .182  .253  -.071
    Perez, Carlos           AL              C  .159 ...

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