Eric Sogard Providing Cubs Negative Value as Statistically Worst Hitter in MLB

This is a post about Eric Sogard the baseball player, who is the worst hitter in MLB according to Statcast. I know baseball is tough and if someone were writing a post about me being the worst at my job, I’d give the biggest “F you” possible. But the Chicago Cubs are in first place and they need a second baseman, so we have to discuss Sogard’s monumental struggles.

Going into Friday’s game against the Cardinals, Sogard is batting .237 with one homer, a .256 wOBA, and 62 wRC+ over 128 plate appearances. Even though a handful of players have a lower wRC+ and have been worth less than Sogard’s -0.2 fWAR, no other hitter in MLB has a worse expected wOBA than the .226 posted by the Cubs…