Walk, JJ, IH, Church, Others Run Value 2026.

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Walk, JJ, IH, Church, Others Run Value 2026.

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J-Walk 2026 has 0 (-) run values verse any pitches. He carries a 0 over sinkers and sliders with his top 3 (change, sweeper, cutter,) (NO Kryptonite)
JJ has been feasting on fastballs run value of 6, with sinker, cutter, slurve and sweeper (no worse than -2)
Burley is kind of wild 7 change, 6 4 seam fastball, 5 curveball. His not so good - sweeper - 4, sinker -2, cutter -2
Winn, +5 change up, but 4 seam fastball - 10 8O . His xw and x are horrendous vs fastballs. Huge problem IMO.
Blaze -2 - 1 across all pitches (SSS) so kind of pointless but wanted to review his distribution vs different pitches.
Herrera very effect vs the slider 5 and change 3. Pretty flat across all other pitches. Doesn't seem to have any kryptonite.
Church has been absolutely awful. He's young and learning but his hit value vs almost all pitches has been negative. I am not sure he is a long term solutions. 4 seam -7, change and sinker -3, slider and sweeper -2, split finger (SSS) -1 and the only positive values are against cutter and curve (2 and 1).

Not only has Walker excelled vs LHP and RHP, but he doesn't seem to have a pitch that completely wipes him out. The more you dig into Walker the more you realize how special he is offensively. He is worth a ton.

On the flip size Winn with - 10 vs 4 seam and Church mostly in the negatives vs pitches is alarming.
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Re: Walk, JJ, IH, Church, Others Run Value 2026.

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Looking at the leaderboard here are some players that really pop out.

Ben Rice - 22 run value vs 4 seam, nuts - Number 1
Willy Con - 19 run value vs Sinkers - Number 2 overall
Sal Steward - 15 4 seam tied with Harper same pitch
ageless wonder Trout 13 4 seam tied with Yordan and Karros

First Cardinal - Burley 7 Change Up 53 overall
Then JJ 64th overall 6 4 seam (same with Burley)