We’re not even two weeks removed from looking at how the disparity between Christopher Morel‘s expected and actual stats signaled a breakout, but it looks like that improvement is already well underway. As of that previous article, Morel had a .301 wOBA against a .379 xwOBA and a .371 slugging percentage against a .503 xSLG. He was hitting the ball hard in the air and getting nothing to show for it, as evidenced by a .205 BABIP that was way too low to maintain.
In the time since, he is slashing .