Colt Emerson

Emerson is a sell — below-league bat, no luck to give back.

The power is simply not there: 86.7 mph average exit velocity, six mph under league, with a 31.2% hard-hit rate and a 5.0% barrel rate — both well below league — across 141 batted balls, past the point where contact quality becomes reliable. His expected wOBA is .248, .067 under the league average of .315, and his actual wOBA of .256 sits right on top of it, so nothing luck-related is masking a better hitter. The strikeout problem compounds the issue: he whiffs in 34.4% of plate appearances, chases 38.9% of pitches out of the zone, and swings through 18.3% of them, all well above league and stable. Worse, his expected wOBA is stepping down across the sample while his strikeout rate climbs. There is no slump waiting to break here — this is the level he's at. Sell. Projected 0 HR / 0 R / 0 RBI / 0 SB / .000 AVG is deep-league waiver fodder — fade the count line, drop and stream.