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Kyle Higashioka

Bats R · 2026 player profile

MLB / C
Charts through 2026-07-20 · season stats retrieved 2026-10-13
Average.2182026 · MLB season
Home runs72026 · MLB season
RBI182026 · MLB season
OPS.6762026 · 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 — 2026-07-20 · 53 recorded dates. Higher xwOBA means stronger expected production.

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Our picks & reasoning

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OddsIndex analysis

Our picks on Higashioka

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Our past picks

Original reasoning and recorded results.

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May 31, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 1.8900

Read original reasoning

Higashioka is 0-for-6 (.000 AVG, 0.000 OPS) in 6 career PA vs Wacha (2022 and 2023), with zero hits across both sample years. His 2026 season line is .198/.274/.314 — well below league average — and his L7d OPS sits at a frigid 0.222. Wacha's 2026 ERA of 2.69 across 70.1 IP makes him one of the sharper pitchers on the slate. Under 0.5 at -112 is fair value against this matchup profile.

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At the plate

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

Where the ball goes

350 FTLeftCenterRight
Batted Balls117
Hits36
Home Runs7
Pull%65.0
Out
1B
2B/3B
HR

Contact by location

74.15 BIP93.110 BIP96.47 BIP86.513 BIP94.323 BIP94.911 BIP74.96 BIP89.47 BIP85.615 BIP70.1High90.8Away73.2InsideCatcher's perspective
70.1mph
96.4mphExit 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 · Texas Rangers5818636718.218.306.370.676
2025 · Texas Rangers94327731147.241.291.403.694
2024 · San Diego Padres84263541745.220.263.476.739
2023 · New York Yankees92260571034.236.274.413.687
2022 · New York Yankees83248521031.227.264.389.653
2021 · New York Yankees67211351029.181.246.389.635
2020 · New York Yankees164812410.250.250.521.771
2019 · New York Yankees185712311.214.211.464.675
2018 · New York Yankees29791236.167.241.319.560
2017 · New York Yankees920000.000.100.000.100
Career550169934375231.218.268.406.674
Recorded game dates 53 dates

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

DatePA*xwOBABAEV (mph)Barrel fraction
2026-07-2010.699———
2026-07-1940.1750.25091.50.000
2026-07-1840.4300.00092.00.000
2026-07-1240.4500.25091.30.333
2026-07-1040.0300.00081.20.000
2026-07-0930.2780.333100.60.000
2026-07-0810.4611.00096.90.000
2026-07-0710.8911.00069.90.000
2026-07-0250.2280.00092.50.000
2026-07-0130.4730.00082.00.000

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

How to read these numbers
xwOBA

Sample: 186 pa

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

Exit velocity

Sample: 118 bip

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

Barrel rate

Sample: 118 bip

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

Hard-hit rate

Sample: 118 bip

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

Strikeout rate

Sample: 186 pa

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

Walk rate

Sample: 186 pa

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