Atlanta Braves
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4 hours agoBraves look for series win in Philly finale
The Braves aim to extend their winning streak against the Phillies, who seek revenge after a recent sweep.
If there's one thing that definitely feels like it needs correcting over and over, it's the idea that Michael Harris II has declined consistently since his rookie year. He hasn't, but his results have. Harris won the 2022 NL Rookie of the Year award with 4.7 fWAR in 441 PAs... because he outhit his .335 xwOBA by an egregious amount. Only 12 other hitters with more PAs than Harris outhit their xwOBA by more that year. In 2023, his xwOBA went up but the wOBA went down, so 3.7 fWAR in 539 PAs.
Everything about Michael Harris II's 2025 season was a study in extreme contrasts. His outputs were horrendously offensively, then scintillating, and then back to horrendous. He massively underhit his xwOBA in four of the season's six calendar months; only four players that got the full suite of 600+ PAs this season underhit it by more than Harris. And yet, he somehow finished in the top 40 in MLB in RBI... despite negative WPA and RE24,