MLB Daily DeltaWeek 31 · October 26, 2026
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202 PA · week 31
this weekHOLD
last weekHOLD

Brent Rooker

ATH·DH
data as of October 26, 2026·week 31
ON THE 60-DAY IL
Hold · steady skill near league average (0.312); strikeout rate 32% is stable and high, caps the floor; hold steady — skill tracks near league, no edge either way.med 0.60
ROSHR 0AVG .000R 0RBI 0SB 0

Rooker is a hold — average skill, capped by strikeouts

His expected wOBA is .312, which is three points below the league average of .315, and he has enough plate appearances for that number to be reliable. His actual wOBA is .294, so the stat line is running a bit worse than the contact suggests — but only a bit. The contact is genuinely good: 15.4% barrels against a league average of 8.0%, and a 41.9% hard-hit rate, both on enough batted balls to trust. The problem is that his 31.7% strikeout rate is stable and nearly ten points above league, and it has been climbing across the sample while his expected wOBA has been stepping down. That caps the floor on his batting average whatever the contact quality says. The skill is real and it is average, and there is no luck stat dragging the line in either direction. Hold. 0 HR / 0 R / 0 RBI / 0 SB / .000 AVG is a fringe hold at best — deep-league counting only, not a roster-anywhere asset.

VS His Norm

  • Barrel %15.4%—+0.3% ▲vs his ~15.1% career norm

Drivers

  • xwobaSIGNALskill near league average (0.312)
  • k_pctSIGNALstrikeout rate 32% is stable and high — caps the floor
metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?
Avg Exit Velo89.9 mph
89.9 mph*
lg avg 89.0 mph ▲+0.9 mphvs his norm —
117 / 50 BBE
Hard-Hit %41.9%
41.9%*
lg avg 40.0% ▲+1.9%vs his norm —
117 / 50 BBE
Barrel %15.4%
norm15.4%*
lg avg 8.0% ▲+7.4%vs his norm +0.3% ▲
117 / 60 BBE
xwOBA.312
.312*
lg avg .315 ▼−.003vs his norm —
202 / 160 PA
wOBA.294
.294*
lg avg .315 ▼−.021vs his norm —
202 / 200 PA
Strikeout %31.7%
31.7%*
lg avg 22.0% ▲+9.7%vs his norm —
202 / 60 PA
Walk %9.4%
9.4%*
lg avg 8.5% ▲+0.9%vs his norm —
202 / 120 PA
BABIP.243
norm.243*
lg avg .295 ▼−.052vs his norm −.082 ▼BABIP is below his ~.325 norm — expect it to rise.
117 / 800 BIP
Swinging-Strike %19.1%
19.1%*
lg avg 11.0% ▲+8.1%vs his norm —
202 / 50 PA
Chase %31.0%
31.0%*
lg avg 28.5% ▲+2.5%vs his norm —
202 / 50 PA

5×5 ROS Outlook

rest of season

Where each category goes the rest of the way, and the skill that drives it. Tap a row to expand the full derivation.

statytdrosdriverconf
Barrel% 15.4%→15.2%signal0 HR — Barrel% 15.4% (signal) tempered to career ~15.1% → projected 15.2%.
BABIP 0.243→0.247 regressednoise.000 AVG — BABIP 0.243 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.248 (xBA 0.208) → 0.247.
on-base + lineup0 R — his run rate over ~0 projected PA.
slugging + lineup0 RBI — his RBI rate over ~0 projected PA.
run rate / role0 SB — his steal rate (2 in 41 G) over ~0 projected PA.
rosterdroprotational counting only

Every projection traces to a sabermetric input. The driver and confidence shown per row are always visible; tap any row to expand the full derivation.

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