XSTATS REGRESSION BOARD

Lucky & unlucky.
The names regression hasn't caught yet.

Every batter's actual wOBA over the last 365 days vs the expected wOBA Statcast derived from launch speed and angle. The difference isn't skill, it's variance — and it's about to mean-revert. Lucky names are over-performing contact quality (fade them); unlucky names are under-performing (target them).

// AS OF 2026-08-02// 416 BATTERS PASSED THE 100-PA GATE
// LUCKY
Over-performing contact quality — regress DOWN.
#BatterΔ wOBA ptsxwOBAwOBAPA
1Brendan Donovan
SEA · LHB
+81.296.377127
2Joey Wiemer
WSN · RHB
+79.283.362102
3Pedro Ramírez
CHC · SHB
+79.279.358113
4Jorge Barrosa
ARI · SHB
+72.198.270165
5Brandon Lockridge
MIL · RHB
+69.242.311115
6Miguel Amaya
CHC · RHB
+67.267.334198
7Luis Campusano
SDP · RHB
+66.331.397128
8Alika Williams
OAK · RHB
+61.222.283126
9Tyler Callihan
PIT · LHB
+61.233.294117
10Brett Sullivan
COL · LHB
+60.236.296158
11Esmerlyn Valdez
PIT · RHB
+59.360.419164
12Cole Carrigg
COL · SHB
+58.318.376166
13TJ Rumfield
COL · LHB
+55.301.356456
14David Hamilton
MIL · LHB
+53.243.296274
15Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RHB
+52.290.342151
16Zack Gelof
OAK · RHB
+52.269.321257
17Ryan Jeffers
MIN · RHB
+51.323.374216
18Jake McCarthy
COL · LHB
+49.284.333385
19Keibert Ruiz
WSN · SHB
+49.256.305259
20Ceddanne Rafaela
BOS · RHB
+49.271.320454
21Ryan Vilade
TBR · RHB
+48.285.333198
22David Fry
CLE · RHB
+48.239.287182
23Blake Dunn
CIN · RHB
+48.263.311158
24Hunter Goodman
COL · RHB
+48.320.368445
25Jake Mangum
PIT · SHB
+47.268.315326
// UNLUCKY
Under-performing contact quality — regress UP.
#BatterΔ wOBA ptsxwOBAwOBAPA
1Will Smith
LAD · RHB
-46.359.313212
2Edwin Arroyo
CIN · SHB
-45.292.247144
3Blaze Jordan
STL · RHB
-45.297.252127
4Ke'Bryan Hayes
CIN · RHB
-38.283.245177
5Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
ARI · RHB
-34.304.270189
6Leo Jiménez
MIA · RHB
-32.298.266151
7Matt Vierling
DET · RHB
-32.294.262310
8Marcus Semien
NYM · RHB
-29.300.271378
9Cam Smith
HOU · RHB
-28.301.273414
10Trent Grisham
NYY · LHB
-27.341.314377
11Salvador Perez
KCR · RHB
-27.311.284443
12Lenyn Sosa
TOR · RHB
-27.290.263130
13Austin Wells
NYY · LHB
-27.290.263259
14Miguel Vargas
CHW · RHB
-26.373.347494
15Petey Halpin
CLE · LHB
-26.258.232117
16Mark Vientos
NYM · RHB
-25.320.295269
17Logan O'Hoppe
LAA · RHB
-25.249.224272
18Tommy Troy
ARI · RHB
-24.314.290135
19Blake Perkins
MIL · SHB
-24.273.249108
20Rob Refsnyder
SEA · RHB
-24.271.247145
21Josh Bell
MIN · SHB
-24.336.312447
22Jacob Young
WSN · RHB
-23.307.284342
23Yordan Alvarez
HOU · LHB
-23.467.444491
24Ronald Acuña Jr.
ATL · RHB
-23.379.356265
25Nick Castellanos
SDP · RHB
-23.258.235137
The wOBA-points delta is the regression signal, not a tier promise. A batter can stay lucky for weeks before contact luck normalizes — read it as a tilt on the model's base rate, not a directional bet on its own.
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