Peña, Rodón, Ramos, Quantrill, Hicks

Peña succeeds through injuries … It's been an injury-riddled season for Jeremy Peña (SS, HOU) with IL stints in April (hamstring) and June (calf), but the on-field production has been there with a .284 BA, 17 HR, and 9 SB through 380 PA. Have the skills taken a hit at all? 

Season	PA	HR/SB	BA/xBA	ct%	h%	QBaB	GB%/FB%	PX/xPX	HR/F	SB%/SBO	BPX
2023	631	10/13	.263/.256	78%	32%	CFc	54%/27%	75/63	8%	59%/15%	82
2024	650	15/20	.266/.260	82%	30%	CDf	49%/31%	78/73	10%	77%/19%	118
2025	543	17/20	.304/.276	81%	34%	CDf	48%/33%	104/85	12%	90%/16%	190
2026	380	17/9	.284/.272	75%	33%	DCc	45%/32%	121/76	19%	90%/11%	161

Some minor slippage, but nothing to be too concerned about:

• Peña's power skills don't really support this improved HR pace. His contact quality is below average (QBaB, xPX), and 2026 looks like...

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