Volpe’s results (.250 AVG, .438 OBP, .250 SLG, .688 OPS, .338 wOBA) don’t jump off the screen, but he had a fantastic series process-wise.
6 of his 11 batted balls had an exit velocity of 100.8 mph or better.
8 of his 11 batted balls had an exit velocity of 96.8 mph or higher.
In playoffs (25+ pitch min.), Volpe has the:
— 3rd-best average exit velocity (98.9 mph), behind Tommy Pham and Fernando Tatis Jr.
— 3rd-best hard-hit rate (72.7%), behind Freddie Freeman and Pham
— 15th-best whiff-rate (13.0%)
— 9th-best adjusted exit velocity (94.9 mph)
Volpe has strong expected numbers, ranking top-10 in xBA (.389) and xwOBA (.483). He also has a .578 xSLG.
It’s a small-sample size (could be a fluke who knows), but he’s underperforming his xwOBA by -0.145, SLG by -0.328, and BA by -0.139.
Volpe could see huge dividends in his results in the ALCS and hopefully beyond if he continues to work with great process at the plate.
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The eye test would go along with this too. One bad play in the field but really solid after that.
This version of him is why you pass on the SS free agent years a few years back.
A few more games like this and we might need to move him up the order a place or two
If anything I’d feel like swapping wells and jazz might help. Stanton has been slugging where he’s at but when jazz gets on base behind him it slows him down.
…And look how happy he makes drunk Cole
This really isn’t about process it’s just about the results that anybody could see. Theres one comment about his average swing speed being down 3mph though, but that could just be a sample size thing. FWIW his stance looked a little different to my eye
In a series where nobody really hit or slugged at all having a 438 OBP is incredible