Mithrandir Metrics

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Season by season

3D Swing Sim Projections

	PA	R	H	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	224	33	50	8	11	.255	.342	.469	.811
2025	78	9	14	0	3	.206	.286	.294	.580
2026	480	66	110	10	13	.263	.353	.418	.771
5 Seasons	923	127	209	23	36	.258	.343	.425	.768

At a glance

Season percentile report

The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.

2026-09-12

93

Offense
percentile

Offense9 metrics

82

Defense4 metrics

68

Speed4 metrics

80

Plate skills10 metrics

54

Rolling projection

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.

2026-09-12

xwOBA preseason	0.289
xwOBA current pace	0.353
xwOBA rolling p50	0.334
Observed weight	70%

xwOBA

0.307 0.320 0.334 0.348 0.361

wOBA

0.326 0.339 0.353 0.368 0.381

ISO

0.123 0.136 0.151 0.166 0.180

K%

28.3% 29.7% 31.2% 32.7% 34.1%

Live percentile strip

Current traits vs projection tick

100th = best in MLB.

2026-09-12

Hitting · percentile strip

Barrel%6.6%

75 +31 vs proj

Exit velocity93.1

97

Hard-hit%53.0%

97 +51 vs proj

xBA0.419

100

xSLG0.701

95

xwOBA0.353

92 +46 vs proj

BB%10.9%

78 +17 vs proj

Bat speed75.6

98

K%32.0%

9 -15 vs proj

Defense · percentile strip

Arm Runs-1.4 · CF

20

Arm Strength96.0 · CF

69

Outs Above Avg6.0 · CF

97

Range Runs5.2 · CF

88

Baserunning · percentile strip

Base Running Runs3.2 · CF

89

Bolts65.0 · CF

96

SB Success Rate76.9% · CF

38

Sprint Speed29.8 · CF

98

Mithrandir+

Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance

Our research metrics for how this hitter controls the strike zone and handles each pitch family.

2026-09-12

Avoids Bad ChasesST 71.4% · rebadged research

80

Avoids Bad TakesHPT 24.1% · rebadged research

63

Correct Decisions69.1% · rebadged research

80

Resists FastballwOBA 0.313 · validated

90

SEAGER+ Plate Discipline107

84

Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.316 · borderline

12

Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.288 · insufficient sample

25

Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.273 · validated thin sample

69

Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.342 · insufficient sample

18

Resists SinkerwOBA 0.374 · validated

18

Rolling form chart

xwOBA snapshot line

Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs

12 snapshots

Hitter optimization

Swing path and decision map

Garrett Mitchell's tools (86) outpace production (80) by 6 points. Primary finding: groundball-heavy approach with the raw power to drive the ball — leaving fly-ball damage on the table. Also flagged: Contact-Discipline Mismatch. Most actionable fix: elevate bat path to increase average launch angle toward 12-18° range.

See full optimization →

See the swing in 3D →

Launch Angle Too Low

+8.6° Current 7° → Target 16°

Elevate bat path to increase average launch angle toward 12-18° range

Solid = current angle. Dotted = recommended window.

Chase Rate Problem

Hold Hold Hold Hold Attack Hold Hold Hold Hold

Pitch recognition training and two-strike approach adjustment

Protected takes / Chase risk

Spray profile

Field-coordinate spray profile

165 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.

Zone profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.

Bat tracking

Swing path, attack angle, bat speed

Aggregate Savant bat-tracking metrics; not per-swing motion capture. The full swing, with the recommended path overlaid, lives in the 3D Swing Simulator.

Watch the swing in 3D →

2026

Regression watch

Unlucky so far. Better days ahead.

0.0σ gap

wOBA (actual)0.353

xwOBA (deserved)0.353

Mitchell’s wOBA sits at 0.353, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.353 — a gap of 0.000, 0.0 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 503 PA. The results have been worse than the process deserves; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to climb back toward the underlying level.

Comp Engine · 2026 profile shape

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Profile-shape similarity, not results: six weighted feature groups standardized within this season's qualified hitters.

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Module	Cards	Latest	Signal
Hitting	3	2026-09-11	Impact contact carried uneven swing decisions
Fielding	23	2026-09-09	6 chances \| 0 difficult plays \| Run Exp +2.554

Projection links / recent games

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Hitter Projections 20260.301 xwOBA \| 9 HR	Projection
2026-08-15 @ LAD0 HR \| 0 RBI / 1 Ch \| 0 E	0-1 \| K
2026-05-20 @ CHC0 HR \| 0 RBI / 5 Ch \| 0 E	0-2 \| K
2026-04-17 @ MIA0 HR \| 3 RBI / 4 Ch \| 0 E	2-4 \| 2B, BB, 2 K
2026-04-15 vs TOR0 HR \| 0 RBI / 2 Ch \| 0 E	0-2 \| 2 K
2026-04-14 vs TOR0 HR \| 0 RBI / 2 Ch \| 0 E	1-3 \| 2 BB, K

Age	28
Height	6' 2"
Weight	229 lb
Debut	2022-08-27

xwOBA Δ	+0.052
wOBA Δ	+0.052

Hitter Projections 20260.301 xwOBA \| 9 HR	Projection
2026-08-15 @ LAD0 HR \| 0 RBI / 1 Ch \| 0 E	0-1 \| K
2026-05-20 @ CHC0 HR \| 0 RBI / 5 Ch \| 0 E	0-2 \| K
2026-04-17 @ MIA0 HR \| 3 RBI / 4 Ch \| 0 E	2-4 \| 2B, BB, 2 K
2026-04-15 vs TOR0 HR \| 0 RBI / 2 Ch \| 0 E	0-2 \| 2 K
2026-04-14 vs TOR0 HR \| 0 RBI / 2 Ch \| 0 E	1-3 \| 2 BB, K

Garrett Mitchell

Season by season

Season percentile report

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Current traits vs projection tick

Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance

xwOBA snapshot line

Swing path and decision map

Field-coordinate spray profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Swing path, attack angle, bat speed

Current snapshot

Delta / regression

Unlucky so far. Better days ahead.

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