Teammate Mookie Betts may be getting all the headlines after tying an MLB record with his sixth three-home run performance on Thursday night, but Corey Seager is off to a great start for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Seager went deep in his first at-bat in the 11-2 win over the San Diego Padres after returning to the lineup following a five-game absence due to a sore back. Already in his fifth season despite being just 26 years old, the two-time All-Star shortstop leads the Dodgers with a .333 batting average and is second only to Betts with a 1.019 OPS.
He also tops the bigs in Raw Value+ and BIP+ despite only playing 14 games.
Each week throughout this 60-game sprint of a season, we’ll reveal MLB’s offensive leaders in RV+, BIP+, Contact+ and Discipline+ and the pitching leaders in Raw Value-, Command+ and Whiff+. We’ll even show off the game’s best pitch framers in our Framing Runs leaderboard from time to time (like this week).
Headlined by Seager and RV- leader Trevor Bauer, here are Stats Perform’s leaderboards for this week. Batters needed a minimum of 50 plate appearances, while pitchers needed to face at least 60 batters to qualify:
| Rank | Batter | Team | Raw Value+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corey Seager | Dodgers | 278 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Stanton | Yankees | 209 |
| 3 | Mike Trout | Angels | 199 |
| 4 | Ian Happ | Cubs | 190 |
| 5 | Aaron Judge | Yankees | 187 |
| 6 | Jesse Winker | Reds | 187 |
| 7 | Donovan Solano | Giants | 184 |
| 8 | J.T. Realmuto | Phillies | 180 |
| 9 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Padres | 179 |
| 10 | Colin Moran | Pirates | 178 |
| Rank | Batter | Team | BIP+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corey Seager | Dodgers | 286 |
| 2 | Aaron Judge | Yankees | 284 |
| 3 | Willson Contreras | Cubs | 260 |
| 4 | Luke Voit | Yankees | 259 |
| 5 | Nick Castellanos | Reds | 251 |
| 6 | Mike Trout | Angels | 248 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Stanton | Yankees | 247 |
| 8 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Padres | 241 |
| 9 | Colin Moran | Pirates | 241 |
| 10 | Joey Gallo | Rangers | 239 |
| Rank | Batter | Team | Contact+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DJ LeMahieu | Yankees | 118 |
| 2 | Jose Iglesias | Orioles | 117 |
| 3 | Eric Sogard | Brewers | 117 |
| 4 | Mookie Betts | Dodgers | 117 |
| 5 | David Fletcher | Angels | 116 |
| 6 | Eddie Rosario | Twins | 115 |
| 7 | Ketel Marte | D-backs | 113 |
| 8 | Kevin Newman | Pirates | 113 |
| 9 | Hanser Alberto | Orioles | 113 |
| 10 | Yuli Gurriel | Astros | 113 |
| Rank | Batter | Team | Discipline+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon Nimmo | Mets | 156 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana | Indians | 143 |
| 3 | Yandy Diaz | Rays | 141 |
| 4 | Anthony Rendon | Angels | 138 |
| 5 | Mitch Garver | Twins | 135 |
| 6 | Joey Votto | Reds | 134 |
| 7 | Max Muncy | Dodgers | 131 |
| 8 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Padres | 130 |
| 9 | Aaron Hicks | Yankees | 129 |
| 10 | Chris Taylor | Dodgers | 127 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Raw Value- |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevor Bauer | Reds | 16 |
| 2 | Yu Darvish | Cubs | 38 |
| 3 | Dylan Bundy | Angels | 39 |
| 4 | Jacob deGrom | Mets | 44 |
| 5 | Aaron Nola | Phillies | 49 |
| 6 | Yusei Kikuchi | Mariners | 49 |
| 7 | Kyle Hendricks | Cubs | 49 |
| 8 | Zach Plesac | Indians | 52 |
| 9 | Frankie Montas | A's | 55 |
| 10 | Kenta Maeda | Twins | 55 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Command+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Davies | Padres | 128 |
| 2 | Aaron Nola | Phillies | 125 |
| 3 | Zac Gallen | D-backs | 125 |
| 4 | Trevor Williams | Pirates | 122 |
| 5 | Kyle Hendricks | Cubs | 118 |
| 6 | Derek Holland | Pirates | 117 |
| 7 | Wade LeBlanc | Orioles | 115 |
| 8 | Merrill Kelly | D-backs | 115 |
| 9 | Ryan Weber | Red Sox | 115 |
| 10 | Luke Weaver | D-backs | 115 |
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Whiff+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Bieber | Indians | 174 |
| 2 | Luis Castillo | Reds | 152 |
| 3 | Tyler Glasnow | Rays | 150 |
| 4 | Jacob deGrom | Mets | 149 |
| 5 | Aaron Nola | Phillies | 144 |
| 6 | Max Scherzer | Nationals | 141 |
| 7 | Lance Lynn | Rangers | 140 |
| 8 | Trevor Bauer | Reds | 136 |
| 9 | Andrew Heaney | Angels | 133 |
| 10 | Lucas Giolito | White Sox | 133 |
| Rank | Catcher | Team | Framing Runs (thru 8/12) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curt Casali | Reds | 4.7 |
| 2 | Omar Narvaez | Brewers | 3.5 |
| 3 | Austin Barnes | Dodgers | 3.4 |
| 4 | Travis d'Arnaud | Braves | 2.0 |
| 5 | Austin Hedges | Padres | 1.7 |
| 6 | Tucker Barnhart | Reds | 1.7 |
| 7 | Austin Allen | A's | 1.6 |
| 8 | Tyler Heineman | Giants | 1.4 |
| 9 | Roberto Perez | Indians | 1.4 |
| 10 | Yasmani Grandal | White Sox | 1.3 |
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