As most Braves’ fans already know, Ozzie Albies has always been a better right-handed hitter than left-handed hitter. This is nothing new. For his career, Albies has a 146 wRC+ batting right-handed and a 93 wRC+ batting left-handed. The gap has always been there and has always been rather large. From the first day he showed up, right up to this very moment, this has been true.
But in 2023, he’s taken it to levels never before seen. Here’s his updated numbers for this season:
Batting right-handed: 236 wRC+
Batting left-handed: 58 wRC+
Whew.
I know not everyone fully embraces or even fully understands wRC+ as a metric so the enormity of that gap might get lost.