Greene, Crawford, McNeil, Kirby, Springs

Greene delivering value in a different way … Riley Greene (OF, DET) blasted 36 homers in 2025 but has just six thus far in 2026. Meanwhile, he has bumped his BA up to .315, easily a career-best mark. What has changed, and is it likely to continue?

Year	PA	HR/SB	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	G/L/F	h%/HctX/Brl%	PX/xPX	HR/F	Spd/SBO%
2023	420	11/7	.285/.257	8%/70%	49/27/25	38%/114/11%	102/117	17%	125/6%
2024	583	24/4	.262/.259	11%/70%	44/22/35	33%/95/13%	143/114	19%	121/4%
2025	655	36/2	.258/.252	7%/67%	41/21/39	33%/95/17%	160/119	23%	90/2%
2026	263	6/1	.316/.240	12%/68%	38/25/36	44%/103/12%	117/116	10%	104/2%

Greene's BA looks a little fluky:

• He is striking out just as much as he did a season ago, but has an insanely high h%. He is hitting a lot of line drives and typically records an elevated h%, but...

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