Franchy Cordero has been a special level of bad so far this year. Not all poor peformance is created equally. Sometimes players are unlucky based on their batted ball profiles (Dalbec), but that is very much not Franchy Cordero. He has very much deserved his putrid results. Allow me to paint a picture of how awful he has been.
As of today, there are
298 batters with at least 50 PAs (using Baseball Savant). Here is where Franchy ranks on some Statcast measurements (298th indicates worst at a given category):
- xBA: 298th
- xSLG: 298th
- xwOBA: 298th
- Barrel %: 298th*
- K %: 292nd
- In-Zone Contact %: 296th
- Out-of-Zone Contact %: 292nd
*tied w/ 17 others who also have zero barrels
Of the
324 players with at least 25 batted-ball events, he ranks:
- Max hit distance: 324th
- Hard-Hit Per Swing %: 319th
- Sweet-Spot %: 320th
He's been bad in every measurable way, making it is almost difficult to analyze him. Every number you look at is one of the worst in MLB. It's not just that his results are bad and he's had a few unlucky line drives caught. No, he is getting bad results, based upon badly hit balls, and that is only on the rare occasions when he is not badly swinging & missing. Bad (I wanted to write that word one more time).
Another table of how his numbers stack-up:
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xBA |
xSLG |
xwOBA |
Franchy Cordero 2021 |
.124 |
.166 |
.161 |
MLB 2021 |
.249 |
.435 |
.328 |
Red Sox Team 2021 |
.271 |
.477 |
.345 |
Jon Lester Career Batting |
.141 |
.221 |
.188 |
Yes, it's only 62 PAs, but these numbers are quickly approaching the absurd. We may soon need an Eric Van-level analysis of his sleep patterns or at least schedule an appointment with Will Middlebrook's (neglected) eye-doctor. In conclusion, bad.