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Ranking the 10 best pitchers in MLB after 2026 All-Star Game (opens the original)
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Don’t solely look at the ERA column, but focus on the advanced metrics that hide underneath. These are the ten best starters in MLB by what Statcast says they’re actually doing: expected ERA, strikeout-minus-walk rate, barrels allowed. The interesting group is the one whose ERA hasn’t paid up yet. For example, Skenes, Fried, and Luzardo are all pitching better than their run column shows, which is the closest thing to a buy-low on a list this good. And one guy shows up here after already making
Ranking the top 10 worst hitters in MLB after the All-Star Game (opens the original)
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Ignore the batting average column when it comes to MLB statistics. Some of these guys are hitting .280-plus, and they’re still here on this list. That is because this list sorts on xwOBA, which measures how hard and how squarely you hit the ball, not whether it found grass. That gap is the story: Ernie Clement is hitting .297 with a .275 xwOBA, a 51-point cushion that isn’t going to hold. One thing to keep in mind is that eight of these ten play center, short, or second. The worst hitter isn’t t
Ranking the top 10 worst pitchers in MLB heading into the All-Star break (opens the original)
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When looking at MLB pitchers’ statistics, read the ERA column last. This is about how guys are actually pitching, based on xERA, strikeout-minus-walk rate, barrels allowed, not what the scoreboard has let them get away with. And seven of these ten have an ERA better than they’ve earned, some by more than two full runs. Those aren’t good pitchers having bad luck. They’re bad pitchers who haven’t been caught yet. If you want proof the model isn’t broken, start with Zac Gallen: 6.36 ERA, 6.27 xERA,
Ranking the top 10 best hitters in MLB entering 2026 All-Star break (opens the original)
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Forget the MLB batting title races. This is a skill list focusing on who’s actually hitting the ball best, ranked on expected wOBA and barrel rate, not on what the box score has coughed up so far. The gap between those two is where it gets interesting. Some of these guys are producing exactly what their contact deserves, while a few are getting robbed. For example, Mike Trout is hitting .233 with a .411 xwOBA, which is its own kind of insane. And one is riding results his contact can’t quite bac
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