Even though their record is despicably bad, the Kansas City Royals have developed two exciting young talents on the left side of the infield: Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia. Witt has obviously been a revelation and excels in many Statcast categories metrics; Witt is in the 84th percentile in average exit velocity, the 91st percentile in hard hit percentage, the 84th percentile in whiff rate, and the 89th percentile in chase rate. All four are even better than Garcia’s.
Except...I lied to you. Sorry. Those four aren’t Witt’s Statcast metrics—they’re Garcia’s. That’s right: Garcia hits the ball hard more often than Witt, hits the ball softly less often than Witt, swings and misses less often than Witt, and chases pitches out of the zone less often than Witt.