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FICTIONAL PLAYER · 2026 SAMPLE SEASON
AT THE PLATE / Chicago Cubs

Lucas

Rhodes.

Available

The swing. The decisions. The production.
There’s more to this player than the stat line.

IFPosition
32Age
RightBats
RightThrows
Team profile
AVG.307Batting average
OBP.374On-base percentage
SLG.504Slugging percentage
OPS0.878On-base + slugging
HR15Home runs
RBI104Runs batted in

Fictional player and sample performance. Season stats match the team roster; the analysis below uses 30 recent sample games.

THE HITTING PROFILE

How the production happens.

Sample league reference
Hard-hit rate37.3%
Higher is betterRef. 39%
Whiff rate13.9%
Lower is betterRef. 25%
Chase rate15.4%
Lower is betterRef. 28%
Average exit velocity89.4 mph
Higher is betterRef. 88.5 mph

Hard-hit rate uses batted balls; whiff rate uses swings; chase rate uses pitches outside the zone. All figures use the same recent sample.

QUALITY OF CONTACT

What happens off the bat.

Beyond a hit or an out.
Exit velocity × launch angle102 batted balls
-20°0°20°40°60°Hard-hit · 95+ mph60708090100110120Exit velocity (mph)Launch angle
THE MATCHUP CHANGES THE STORY

A different angle.

Splits from all 30 recent sample games. Rates use combined counts, rather than averages of game rates.
SPLITPAAVGOBPSLGOPSHRK
vs. RHP93.329.366.506.871318
vs. LHP46.286.326.357.683010
ONE GAME AT A TIME

The recent game log.

The details behind the trend.
2026 sample games · fictional results. AVG is shown per game.
DATEOPPABHHRRBIBBKAVG
Sep 5vsNYY511100.200
Sep 4vsNYY420101.500
Sep 3@NYY410000.250
Sep 2vsBOS500001.000
Sep 1vsBOS420110.500
Aug 31@BOS410001.250
16 of 30 games
A PLAYER IS PART OF A BIGGER PICTURE

Back to the Cubs.

Explore the roster, team leaders, and the form around this player.

CHCFull team profile