David Lesky at Inside the Crown writes about the complicated debut season of Bobby Witt Jr.
The overall line - .254/.294/.428 with a 99 wRC+ and 102 OPS+ - screams average. The broadcast, when hyping him up, stayed away from rate stats because rate stats don’t put him toward the top of the rookie class. Only Steven Kwan from the Guardians had more plate appearances than him and no rookie played more games. So the counting stats added up.
That isn’t a knock on Witt. For one thing, actually being on the field is very important.