MLB Daily DeltaWeek 31 · October 26, 2026
Engraved portrait of Kyle Higashioka
186 PA · week 31
this weekSELL
last weekHOLD

Kyle Higashioka

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data as of October 26, 2026·week 31
flipped from HOLD on October 26, 2026
Sell stable xwOBA 0.295 below league with no luck excuse; move on.med 0.59
ROSHR 0AVG .000R 0RBI 0SB 0

Higashioka is a sell — the bat is below league and it is not luck.

His expected wOBA is .295, .020 under the league average of .315, and he has enough plate appearances for that number to be reliable. Nothing in the profile says it is running cold by accident. His average exit velocity is 88.2 mph, a tick under league, and his hard-hit rate is 38.1% — also under league — on 118 batted balls, so the contact quality is measured and unremarkable. The trajectory is not helping: his expected wOBA is stepping down across the sample. The walk rate of 10.2% and the barrel rate of 8.5% are fine, but a fringe piece around the margins does not lift a below-league bat. He strikes out 25.3% of the time, so the average carries no cushion. There is no luck story waiting to bail him out. Sell. 0 HR / 0 R / 0 RBI / 0 SB / .000 AVG — a zero across the board, so make him waiver-wire fodder and stream the catcher slot instead.

VS His Norm

  • Barrel %8.5%—−1.5% ▼vs his ~10.0% career norm

Drivers

  • xwobaSIGNALstable xwOBA 0.295 below league with no luck excuse
metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?
Avg Exit Velo88.2 mph
88.2 mph*
lg avg 89.0 mph ▼−0.8 mphvs his norm —
118 / 50 BBE
Hard-Hit %38.1%
38.1%*
lg avg 40.0% ▼−1.9%vs his norm —
118 / 50 BBE
Barrel %8.5%
normbelievable since May 318.5%*
lg avg 8.0% ▲+0.5%vs his norm −1.5% ▼
118 / 60 BBE
xwOBA.295
.295*
lg avg .315 ▼−.020vs his norm —
186 / 160 PA
wOBA.303
.303*
lg avg .315 ▼−.012vs his norm —wOBA is below the ~.315 league average — expect it to rise.
186 / 200 PA
Strikeout %25.3%
25.3%*
lg avg 22.0% ▲+3.3%vs his norm —
186 / 60 PA
Walk %10.2%
10.2%*
lg avg 8.5% ▲+1.7%vs his norm —
186 / 120 PA
BABIP.261
norm.261*
lg avg .295 ▼−.034vs his norm −.010 ▼BABIP is below his ~.271 norm — expect it to rise.
118 / 800 BIP
Swinging-Strike %11.6%
11.6%*
lg avg 11.0% ▲+0.6%vs his norm —
186 / 50 PA
Chase %31.1%
31.1%*
lg avg 28.5% ▲+2.6%vs his norm —
186 / 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% 8.5%→9.4%signal0 HR — Barrel% 8.5% (signal) lifted to career ~10.0% → projected 9.4%.
BABIP 0.261→0.273 regressednoise.000 AVG — BABIP 0.261 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.276 (xBA 0.219) → 0.273.
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 (0 in 29 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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