Cody Bellinger’s batting average, slugging, wOBA above normal for quality of his contact

Cody Bellinger (above) has made worse contact than Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson (inset), but Bellinger has seen much better results. (Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)

Exit velocities and launch angles are strong indicators of likely success, but sometimes hitters’ results don’t quite match up with their quality of contact.

At MLB.com’s Baseball Savant pages, “expected” stats tell us what results a player’s exit velocities and launch angles normally would bring.