MLB Daily DeltaWeek 31 · October 26, 2026
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671 PA · week 31
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Corbin Carroll

data as of October 26, 2026·week 31
Buy stable xwOBA 0.341, +0.026 vs league, production is earned; elite, already-stable contact quality; add now.med 0.65
ROSHR 0AVG .000R 0RBI 0SB 0

Carroll is a buy — elite contact and a bat still climbing

His hard-hit rate sits at 47.6% against a league average of 40.0%, and it has stepped up across the season rather than flattening. That contact quality comes on 439 batted balls, far past the point where it becomes reliable, so this is a real skill and not a hot stretch. His expected wOBA is .341, .026 above the league average of .315, and his actual wOBA matches it exactly at .341 — there is no BABIP fluke inflating the line. The underlying contact agrees: 91.7 mph average exit velocity and 12.1% barrels, both well above league. With a walk rate of 10.9% and a strikeout rate of 22.5%, the plate discipline gives the production a floor. The bat is real, and the trajectory says it is still improving. Buy.

VS His Norm

  • Barrel %12.1%—+2.5% ▲vs his ~9.6% career norm

Drivers

  • xwobaSIGNALstable xwOBA 0.341, +0.026 vs league — production is earned
  • hard_hit_pctSIGNALelite, already-stable contact quality
metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?
Avg Exit Velo91.7 mph
91.7 mph*
lg avg 89.0 mph ▲+2.7 mphvs his norm —
439 / 50 BBE
Hard-Hit %47.6%
47.6%*
lg avg 40.0% ▲+7.6%vs his norm —
439 / 50 BBE
Barrel %12.1%
norm12.1%*
lg avg 8.0% ▲+4.1%vs his norm +2.5% ▲
439 / 60 BBE
xwOBA.341
.341*
lg avg .315 ▲+.026vs his norm —
671 / 160 PA
wOBA.341
.341*
lg avg .315 ▲+.026vs his norm —
671 / 200 PA
Strikeout %22.5%
22.5%*
lg avg 22.0% ▲+0.5%vs his norm —
671 / 60 PA
Walk %10.9%
10.9%*
lg avg 8.5% ▲+2.4%vs his norm —
671 / 120 PA
BABIP.281
norm.281*
lg avg .295 ▼−.014vs his norm −.011 ▼BABIP is below his ~.292 norm — expect it to rise.
439 / 800 BIP
Swinging-Strike %12.4%
12.4%*
lg avg 11.0% ▲+1.4%vs his norm —
671 / 50 PA
Chase %29.7%
29.7%*
lg avg 28.5% ▲+1.2%vs his norm —
671 / 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% 12.1%→11.3%signal0 HR — Barrel% 12.1% (signal) tempered to career ~9.6% → projected 11.3%.
BABIP 0.281→0.284 regressednoise.000 AVG — BABIP 0.281 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.289 (xBA 0.249) → 0.284.
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 (7 in 56 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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