Ward, Taylor
Veteran bat leaning on contact and approach
Season percentile report
The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.
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Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update
Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.
| xwOBA preseason | 0.315 |
| xwOBA current pace | 0.335 |
| xwOBA rolling p50 | 0.329 |
| Observed weight | 73% |
Actual percentile with projection tick
100th = best in MLB.
SEAGER+ and decision components
SEAGER+ is the promoted plate-discipline index; component rows marked rebadged research are visible diagnostic context, not standalone promoted metrics.
xwOBA snapshot line
Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs
Field-coordinate spray profile
231 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.
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.
Aggregate zone heatmap
Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.
Current-season signal
| xwOBA Δ | +0.014 |
| wOBA Δ | +0.005 |
| Sample | 593 PA |
positive regression
Point projection and range
| Metric | Point | Range | Half-width |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plate Appearances | 615 | -- | -- |
| Home Runs | 26 | -- | -- |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | -- | -- |
| xwOBA | 0.321 | 0.273 to 0.353 | +/- 0.040 |
| ISO | 0.178 | 0.130 to 0.249 | +/- 0.059 |
| Barrel% | 6.7% | 4.9% to 9.0% | +/- 2.1% |
| Hard-Hit% | 43.9% | 36.6% to 49.7% | +/- 6.6% |
| K% | 24.9% | 20.0% to 29.5% | +/- 4.8% |
| BB% | 9.9% | 7.4% to 13.3% | +/- 3.0% |
| BABIP | 0.269 | 0.224 to 0.313 | +/- 0.045 |
747 career PA
| xwOBA | 0.302 |
| K% | 19.7% |
| BB% | 8.2% |
| Barrel | 7.1% |
2229 career PA
| xwOBA | 0.278 |
| K% | 21.9% |
| BB% | 8.8% |
| Barrel | 6.3% |