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JJ Wetherholt

Bats L · 2026 player profile

MLB / 2B
Charts through 2026-09-26 · season stats retrieved 2026-10-13
Average.2422026 · MLB season
Home runs172026 · MLB season
RBI512026 · MLB season
OPS.7042026 · MLB season

Quality of contact

10-game rolling xwOBA

.200.300.400.500.60010-game xwOBALEAGUE AVG .302
10-game rolling xwOBA
League Avg

2026-03-26 — 2026-09-26 · 135 recorded dates. Higher xwOBA means stronger expected production.

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Our picks & reasoning

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OddsIndex analysis

Our picks on Wetherholt

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Pick record checked Oct 13, 2026 ET. Local preview uses saved data.

Our past picks

Original reasoning and recorded results.

Showing 3 past picks from 3 linked picks since Jan 1, 2026 ET. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026 ET.

JJ Wetherholt under 0.5 hitsL

Sep 18, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.3200

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Wetherholt is in a complete freeze — L7d OPS 0.000, and his season vR OPS is a mediocre .735. Career vs Cavalli (all 2026): 3 PA, .000 AVG, 0.333 OPS. Facing Cavalli's 10.62 K/9, Wetherholt's current cold streak and specific career futility against this pitcher make the under compelling. The market offers +132 on the under while pricing the over at -189 (65.4% implied) — that gap is too wide given the active hitless stretch and poor BvP numbers.

JJ Wetherholt under 0.5 hitsL

Aug 23, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.3800

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Career vs. Sánchez: 3 PA, .000 AVG, 0.000 OPS (all 2026). Beyond the BvP, Wetherholt went 0-for-5 with 4 strikeouts in his last outing per news intel — a severe cold streak overlapping with a pitcher he has zero career success against. Season OPS of .723 is middling and the L28d drops to .615. At +138 on the under, this is a value play with multiple confirming signals.

JJ Wetherholt under 0.5 hitsW

Aug 15, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.5600

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Wetherholt is 0-for-4 with a 0.000 OPS in all 2026 plate appearances vs Boyd (4 PA, all this season). Boyd is a LHP and Wetherholt's vL OPS is 0.688 vs his vR of 0.745 — platoon split adds to Boyd's edge. Season slash of .243/.349/.376 is pedestrian. The +156 odds offer real value on a batter with zero success vs today's starter this year.

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At the plate

Which pitches he handles and how he makes decisions at the plate.

Where the ball goes

350 FTLeft · PullCenterRight · Pull
Batted Balls435
Hits130
Home Runs17
Pull%58.6
Out
1B
2B/3B
HR

Contact by location

93.324 BIP96.241 BIP86.323 BIP90.138 BIP93.568 BIP90.038 BIP85.741 BIP90.260 BIP94.924 BIP93.1High73.8Away78.9Low83.0InsideCatcher's perspective
73.8mph
96.2mphExit velocity

Heatmap · exit velocity in mph · catcher’s view. Choose a pitch type above to filter measured contact.

Data detail

Season & career

Updated 2026-10-13. Seasons are split by team.

Season / teamGPAHHRRBIAVGOBPSLGOPS
2026 · St. Louis Cardinals1396191301751.242.339.365.704
Career1396191301751.242.339.365.704
Recorded game dates 135 dates

Existing chart-builder observations, grouped by date. Not an official box-score game log; missing values stay blank.

DatePA*xwOBABAEV (mph)Barrel fraction
2026-09-2640.0560.00075.90.000
2026-09-2540.2610.00087.10.000
2026-09-2440.5580.50087.10.250
2026-09-2350.4320.75094.80.000
2026-09-2240.0710.00095.80.000
2026-09-2040.2670.25075.60.000
2026-09-1910.6141.000100.70.000
2026-09-1840.2270.25093.70.000
2026-09-1630.1710.00085.40.000
2026-08-2940.1140.00082.90.000

*PA is the count of appearances with a positive wOBA denominator.

How to read these numbers
xwOBA

Sample: 619 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.

Exit velocity

Sample: 435 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Barrel rate

Sample: 435 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Hard-hit rate

Sample: 435 bip

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 30 batted balls.

Strikeout rate

Sample: 619 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.

Walk rate

Sample: 619 pa

Compared with 2026 batters with a recorded value and at least 50 plate appearances.