Mithrandir Metrics
Diagnostic NYY Refreshed Sep 26 06:00 AM ET
Optimization diagnostic / NYY

José Caballero

José Caballero's production (74) outpaces the tools grade (72) by 3 points. Primary finding: groundball-heavy approach with the raw power to drive the ball — leaving fly-ball damage on the table. Also flagged: Power Efficiency Gap. Most actionable fix: elevate bat path to increase average launch angle toward 12-18° range.

Score
15
Tools
72
Gap
-2.7
Data window 2026-09-11 / 2026-09-25Confidence LOW
Hitter optimization

Swing path and decision map

José Caballero's production (74) outpaces the tools grade (72) by 3 points. Primary finding: groundball-heavy approach with the raw power to drive the ball — leaving fly-ball damage on the table. Also flagged: Power Efficiency Gap. Most actionable fix: elevate bat path to increase average launch angle toward 12-18° range.

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Launch Angle Too Low
+9.0° Current 7° → Target 16°

Elevate bat path to increase average launch angle toward 12-18° range

Solid = current angle. Dotted = recommended window.
Diagnosis

Fixable gaps

SignalCauseFixConfidence
Power Efficiency Gap0.75High exit velocity but low barrel rate — bat-to-ball efficiency is leaving power on the tableOptimize swing path to increase squared-up rate at productive launch anglesEach 2pp barrel rate increase projects to ~0.015 xwOBA improvementLOW
Launch Angle Too Low0.80Groundball-heavy approach with the raw power to drive the ball — leaving fly-ball damage on the tableElevate bat path to increase average launch angle toward 12-18° rangeGroundballs produce .228 wOBA; fly balls produce .462 — each 5° increase is substantialLOW
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Underlying components

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