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Richie Palacios

Bats L · 2026 player profile

MLB / 2B
Charts through 2026-10-07 · season stats retrieved 2026-10-13
Average.2352026 · MLB season
Home runs102026 · MLB season
RBI572026 · MLB season
OPS.7042026 · MLB season

Quality of contact

10-game rolling xwOBA

.000.100.200.300.400.50010-game xwOBALEAGUE AVG .302
10-game rolling xwOBA
League Avg

2026-03-26 — 2026-10-07 · 120 recorded dates. Higher xwOBA means stronger expected production.

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Our picks & reasoning

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Our picks on Palacios

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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 2 past picks from 2 linked picks since Jan 1, 2026 ET. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026 ET.

Richie Palacios under 0.5 hitsW

Aug 26, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.0000

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Palacios is 0-for-3 in 2026 career PAs vs Melton with a 0.000 OPS. His season average sits at .230 and his L7d OPS is a dire .158. Melton's 1.70 ERA and 7.6 K/9 in 2026 — supported by going at least 5+ innings in two of his last three starts — makes Palacios at the bottom of the TB order a tough out candidate. Under 0.5 hits at +100 carries real value given the matchup.

Richie Palacios under 0.5 hitsW

Aug 23, 2026 ET · Odds at publication 2.1600

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Career vs Baz: 5 PA (all 2026), .000 AVG, 0.000 OPS — 0-for-5 against him this season. While 5 PA is a small sample, it is the most recent and relevant data available. Palacios is hitting .237 on the year with a .718 OPS vs RHP. Baz's 8.16 K/9 compounds the under case. At +116, market implies only 46% probability of going hitless — BvP trend suggests the true probability is higher.

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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 Balls288
Hits83
Home Runs10
Pull%61.5
Out
1B
2B/3B
HR

Contact by location

92.821 BIP90.433 BIP79.919 BIP85.536 BIP89.334 BIP82.324 BIP89.518 BIP81.917 BIP84.55 BIP87.0High74.2Away78.9Low79.7InsideCatcher's perspective
74.2mph
92.8mphExit 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 · Tampa Bay Rays124399811057.235.330.374.704
2025 · Tampa Bay Rays17481413.333.396.452.848
2024 · Tampa Bay Rays9231659521.223.346.318.664
2023 · St. Louis Cardinals3210224616.258.307.516.823
2022 · Cleveland Guardians5412326010.232.293.286.579
Career31998820422107.238.331.364.695
Recorded game dates 120 dates

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

DatePA*xwOBABAEV (mph)Barrel fraction
2026-10-0730.0180.00077.70.000
2026-10-0540.3310.25087.80.000
2026-10-0330.1780.33388.70.000
2026-09-2740.1040.00068.50.000
2026-09-2650.4450.50097.50.000
2026-09-2420.4271.00077.30.000
2026-09-2340.3010.25078.20.000
2026-09-2230.1970.00090.20.000
2026-09-1940.3100.25084.80.000
2026-09-1740.4700.50091.80.000

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

How to read these numbers
xwOBA

Sample: 399 pa

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

Exit velocity

Sample: 281 bip

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

Barrel rate

Sample: 281 bip

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

Hard-hit rate

Sample: 281 bip

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

Strikeout rate

Sample: 399 pa

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

Walk rate

Sample: 399 pa

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