MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
152 PA · week 18
this weekBUY-LOW
last weekBUY-LOW

Ke'Bryan Hayes

data as of July 28, 2026·week 18
Buy Low contact quality already past its threshold and intact, the bat is fine — BABIP 0.158 suppressed and unstable, dragging results below the bat; buy the player, not the number.high 0.82 (narrative held for review)
ROSHR 2AVG .238R 10RBI 5SB 1

Hayes is a buy-low — depressed BABIP, contact intact.

Cold results, but stable contact quality and a depressed BABIP say the slump is noise. Buy low.

VS His Norm

  • Barrel %7.7%+2.7%vs his ~5.0% career norm

Drivers

  • babipNOISEBABIP 0.158 suppressed and unstable — dragging results below the bat
  • hard_hit_pctSIGNALcontact quality already past its threshold and intact — the bat is fine
metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?
Avg Exit Velo90.9 mph
90.9 mph*
lg avg 89.0 mph +1.9 mphvs his norm —
117 / 50 BBE
Hard-Hit %39.3%
39.3%*
lg avg 40.0% −0.7%vs his norm —
117 / 50 BBE
Barrel %7.7%
norm7.7%*
lg avg 8.0% −0.3%vs his norm +2.7%
117 / 60 BBE
xwOBA.310
.310*
lg avg .315 −.005vs his norm —xwOBA is below the ~.315 league averageexpect it to rise.
152 / 160 PA
wOBA.201
.201*
lg avg .315 −.114vs his norm —wOBA is below the ~.315 league averageexpect it to rise.
152 / 200 PA
Strikeout %16.4%
16.4%*
lg avg 22.0% −5.6%vs his norm —
152 / 60 PA
Walk %5.9%
5.9%*
lg avg 8.5% −2.6%vs his norm —
152 / 120 PA
BABIP.158
norm.158*
lg avg .295 −.137vs his norm −.136 BABIP is below his ~.294 normexpect it to rise.
117 / 800 BIP
Swinging-Strike %9.0%
9.0%*
lg avg 11.0% −2.0%vs his norm —
152 / 50 PA
Chase %29.2%
29.2%*
lg avg 28.5% +0.7%vs his norm —
152 / 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% 7.7%→6.0%signal2 HR — Barrel% 7.7% (signal) tempered to career ~5.0% → projected 6.0%.
BABIP 0.158→0.272 regressednoise.238 AVG — BABIP 0.158 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.292 (xBA 0.258) → 0.272.
on-base + lineup10 R — his run rate over ~131 projected PA.
slugging + lineup5 RBI — his RBI rate over ~131 projected PA.
run rate / role1 SB — his steal rate (1 in 44 G) over ~131 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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