Bregman, Wm. Contreras, Soroka, O'Hearn, Pallante

Bregman has struggled … The Cubs inked Alex Bregman (3B, CHC) to a five-year, $170 million contract following an injury-marred 2025 campaign. Things have not gone to plan thus far. How are things under the hood?

Year	PA	HR	BA	xBA	bb%	ct%	GB/LD/FB	HctX	PX/xPX	Brl%	QBaB	HR/F
2022	656	23	.259	.272	13%	86%	34/19/49	112	116/122	7%	CAd	10%
2023	724	25	.262	.261	13%	86%	36/19/46	121	91/132	5%	CAc	10%
2024	634	26	.260	.268	7%	85%	37/18/46	105	107/99	7%	CAd	11%
2025	495	18	.273	.268	11%	84%	38/18/44	114	110/102	7%	BAc	11%
2026	319	6	.246	.243	10%	81%	39/22/37	105	65/77	5%	DBd	6%

Plate skills are fine, but the power has faded:

• Bregman’s quality of contact has been diminished, as evidenced by career-worst PX/xPX and QBaB. His Brl% has typically been a bit below-average, and it has fallen to the 24th percentile in 2026....

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