Is Matt Chapman a buy or sell for fantasy baseball?

Sell — metrics are consistently below average with signal behind the decline.

What is Matt Chapman's rest-of-season outlook?

xwOBA .286 undercuts .309 wOBA — modest overperformance hiding weak contact

352 PA · week 31

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last weekSELL

Matt Chapman

SF·3B

data as of October 26, 2026·week 31

ON THE 60-DAY IL

Sell stable xwOBA 0.286 below league with no luck excuse; move on.med 0.61

ROSHR 0AVG .000R 0RBI 0SB 0

Chapman is a sell — the contact is short of league

He is averaging 88.2 mph off the bat, a tick under the league average of 89.0, and his hard-hit rate of 35.8% sits more than four points below the league's 40.0%. Those numbers are past the point where contact quality becomes reliable, and his expected wOBA of .286 is .029 below the league average of .315 over 352 plate appearances. His actual wOBA of .309 tracks close to the expected figure, so nothing on the luck side is dragging him down. His walk rate of 10.5% is a real positive, and his strikeout rate of 23.0% is near league. But his expected wOBA has been stepping down across the sample, so the trend is pointed the wrong way. The bat is what the numbers say it is. Sell. 0 HR / 0 R / 0 RBI / 0 SB / .000 AVG is a drop-tier drag — droppable; the counting stats aren't coming to rescue the fade.

VS His Norm

Barrel %6.6%—−6.6% ▼vs his ~13.2% career norm

Drivers

xwobaSIGNALstable xwOBA 0.286 below league with no luck excuse

metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?

Avg Exit Velo88.2 mph

lg avg 89.0 mph ▼−0.8 mphvs his norm —

229 / 50 BBE

Hard-Hit %35.8%

lg avg 40.0% ▼−4.2%vs his norm —

229 / 50 BBE

Barrel %6.6%

lg avg 8.0% ▼−1.4%vs his norm −6.6% ▼

229 / 60 BBE

xwOBA.286

lg avg .315 ▼−.029vs his norm —

352 / 160 PA

wOBA.309

lg avg .315 ▼−.006vs his norm —

352 / 200 PA

Strikeout %23.0%

lg avg 22.0% ▲+1.0%vs his norm —

352 / 60 PA

Walk %10.5%

lg avg 8.5% ▲+2.0%vs his norm —

352 / 120 PA

BABIP.293

lg avg .295 ▼−.002vs his norm −.002 ▼BABIP is below his ~.295 norm — expect it to rise.

229 / 800 BIP

Swinging-Strike %10.3%

lg avg 11.0% ▼−0.7%vs his norm —

352 / 50 PA

Chase %26.4%

lg avg 28.5% ▼−2.1%vs his norm —

352 / 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% 6.6%→9.7%signal0 HR — Barrel% 6.6% (signal) lifted to career ~13.2% → projected 9.7%.

BABIP 0.293→0.270 regressednoise.000 AVG — BABIP 0.293 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.261 (xBA 0.210) → 0.270.

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 59 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.

VS His Norm

Drivers

5×5 ROS Outlook

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