MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 18, 2026
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371 PA · week 17
this weekHOLD
last weekHOLD

Spencer Torkelson

DET·1B
data as of July 18, 2026·week 17
Hold · steady skill near league average (0.319); strikeout rate 33% is stable and high, caps the floor; hold steady — skill tracks near league, no edge either way.med 0.60
ROSHR 7AVG .202R 15RBI 18SB 0

Torkelson is a hold — league average and trending up.

His expected wOBA is .319, essentially league average at .315, and his actual wOBA matches. His contact quality is above average — 89.9 mph exit velo, 44.1% hard-hit, 14.4% barrels — and the sample is reliable. The problem is his strikeout rate: 32.9%, well above the league norm of 22%. That K% has been stepping up across the sample, which caps his floor even as his xwOBA trajectory is also stepping up. His walk rate is 11.1% and chase rate 22.2%, both better than league, so there is discipline. But the K rate is high enough that the line is what it is. Hold.

VS His Norm

  • Barrel %14.4%—+2.2% ▲vs his ~12.2% career norm

Drivers

  • xwobaSIGNALskill near league average (0.319)
  • k_pctSIGNALstrikeout rate 33% is stable and high — caps the floor
metric · nowrolling trajectoryvs. leaguestabilized?
Avg Exit Velo89.9 mph
89.9 mph*
lg avg 89.0 mph ▲+0.9 mphvs his norm —
202 / 50 BBE
Hard-Hit %44.1%
44.1%*
lg avg 40.0% ▲+4.1%vs his norm —
202 / 50 BBE
Barrel %14.4%
norm14.4%*
lg avg 8.0% ▲+6.4%vs his norm +2.2% ▲
202 / 60 BBE
xwOBA.319
.319*
lg avg .315 ▲+.004vs his norm —
371 / 160 PA
wOBA.316
.316*
lg avg .315 ▲+.001vs his norm —
371 / 200 PA
Strikeout %32.9%
32.9%*
lg avg 22.0% ▲+10.9%vs his norm —
371 / 60 PA
Walk %11.1%
11.1%*
lg avg 8.5% ▲+2.6%vs his norm —
371 / 120 PA
BABIP.274
norm.274*
lg avg .295 ▼−.021vs his norm −.004 ▼BABIP is below his ~.278 norm — expect it to rise.
202 / 800 BIP
Swinging-Strike %13.3%
13.3%*
lg avg 11.0% ▲+2.3%vs his norm —
371 / 50 PA
Chase %22.2%
22.2%*
lg avg 28.5% ▼−6.3%vs his norm —
371 / 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% 14.4%→13.3%signal7 HR — Barrel% 14.4% (signal) tempered to career ~12.2% → projected 13.3%.
BABIP 0.274→0.276 regressednoise.202 AVG — BABIP 0.274 is noise, regressed toward xBA-implied 0.276 (xBA 0.216) → 0.276.
on-base + lineup15 R — his run rate over ~189 projected PA.
slugging + lineup18 RBI — his RBI rate over ~189 projected PA.
run rate / role0 SB — his steal rate (0 in 60 G) over ~189 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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