Mithrandir Metrics

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Season by season

3D Swing Sim Projections

	PA	R	H	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	194	32	42	9	3	.236	.294	.438	.732
2025	337	42	78	8	8	.251	.300	.389	.689
2026	375	36	79	7	10	.244	.341	.380	.721
3 Seasons	906	110	199	24	21	.245	.316	.396	.712

At a glance

Season percentile report

The headline weighs outcome stats (xwOBA, barrels); each bar averages its full strip group below. 100 = best in MLB.

2026-09-26

53

Offense
percentile

Offense9 metrics

50

Defense4 metrics

45

Speed3 metrics

61

Plate skills10 metrics

60

Rolling projection

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Rolling bands shrink current-season signal toward the preseason prior until the sample earns more weight.

2026-09-26

xwOBA preseason	0.325
xwOBA current pace	0.307
xwOBA rolling p50	0.314
Observed weight	64%

xwOBA

0.286 0.299 0.314 0.328 0.341

wOBA

0.318 0.333 0.349 0.365 0.380

ISO

0.120 0.137 0.155 0.173 0.189

K%

24.7% 26.0% 27.4% 28.8% 30.0%

Live percentile strip

Current traits vs projection tick

100th = best in MLB.

2026-09-26

Hitting · percentile strip

Barrel%5.2%

55 -18 vs proj

Exit velocity87.4

44

Hard-hit%36.4%

41

xBA0.325

58

xSLG0.545

65

xwOBA0.307

55

BB%10.3%

73 +47 vs proj

Bat speed68.9

39

K%28.4%

22

Defense · percentile strip

Arm Runs-0.0 · 1B

28

Arm Strength85.0 · 1B

32

Outs Above Avg2.0 · 1B

80

Range Runs-1.5 · 1B

39

Baserunning · percentile strip

Base Running Runs1.0 · 1B

63

SB Success Rate81.8% · 1B

54

Sprint Speed28.0 · 1B

65

Mithrandir+

Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance

Our research metrics for how this hitter controls the strike zone and handles each pitch family.

2026-09-26

Avoids Bad ChasesST 67.5% · rebadged research

62

Avoids Bad TakesHPT 21.7% · rebadged research

83

Correct Decisions70.4% · rebadged research

89

SEAGER+ Plate Discipline106

78

Resists Breaking - horizontalwOBA 0.321 · borderline

10

Resists Breaking - verticalwOBA 0.264 · insufficient sample

89

Resists ChangeupwOBA 0.276 · validated thin sample

65

Resists Cutters + splitterswOBA 0.324 · insufficient sample

49

Resists FastballwOBA 0.329 · validated

68

Resists SinkerwOBA 0.384 · validated

9

Rolling form chart

xwOBA snapshot line

Live snapshot series; true 50/100 PA windows require PA-level logs

12 snapshots

Hitter optimization

Swing path and decision map

Connor Norby's production (77) outpaces the tools grade (72) by 5 points. Primary finding: elite raw contact quality undermined by swing decisions — the bat is dangerous when it connects.

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See the swing in 3D →

Chase Rate Problem

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Pitch recognition training and two-strike approach adjustment

Protected takes / Chase risk

Contact-Discipline Mismatch

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Shorten swing against breaking balls while maintaining bat speed on fastballs

Protected takes / Chase risk

Spray profile

Field-coordinate spray profile

186 Statcast batted-ball coordinates from the pitch-event feed (2026). Direction profile remains as the v1 context layer when coordinate density is limited.

Zone profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Aggregate zone metrics from seasonal Statcast leaderboards.

Bat tracking

Swing path, attack angle, bat speed

Aggregate Savant bat-tracking metrics; not per-swing motion capture. The full swing, with the recommended path overlaid, lives in the 3D Swing Simulator.

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2026

Regression watch

Running hot. Expect some cooling.

-1.5σ gap

wOBA (actual)0.349

xwOBA (deserved)0.307

Norby’s wOBA sits at 0.349, but the quality of contact underneath says it should be 0.307 — a gap of 0.042, -1.5 standard deviations from the MLB norm over 387 PA. The results have outrun the underlying process; as the sample grows, expect the numbers to drift back toward the deserved level.

Comp Engine · 2026 profile shape

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Module shelf

Module	Cards	Latest	Signal
Hitting	4	2026-09-24	Impact contact carried uneven swing decisions
Fielding	16	2026-09-20	2 chances \| 0 difficult plays \| Run Exp +0.087

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Hitter Projections 20260.321 xwOBA | 13 HR

Projection

xwOBA Δ	-0.014
wOBA Δ	+0.028

Connor Norby

Season by season

Season percentile report

Preseason / current pace / Bayesian update

Current traits vs projection tick

Plate skills: swing decisions and pitch-type resistance

xwOBA snapshot line

Swing path and decision map

Field-coordinate spray profile

Aggregate zone heatmap

Swing path, attack angle, bat speed

Current snapshot

Delta / regression

Running hot. Expect some cooling.

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