Welcome back to another year of “Did I rank this guy low enough to let you know how much I don’t want to draft him? No, I didn’t, did I? Hmm, why does only Michael Harris II’s rankings really show how much I don’t like a guy?” Here’s where I think I’m the overrated whisperer:
This is where I realize I don’t have a player ranked low enough:
I did my best to rank Wyatt Langford low enough this year, but there’s a bit of this going on: “I’ve got Wyatt Langford ranked around where I’m drafting my first starter (between 40 and 60), so there’s no way I’m drafting Wyatt and that’s as low as it needs to be.” Listen, you don’t get BS in Landscaping U.’s Hedge Management by playing it footloose like Kevin Bacon and fancy free like a cloth store going out of business. (Are there rug stores near you? I don’t know, Google “rug stores near me” and find out! If not, you should open one. Hopefully you never have to make your rug store fancy free with a GOOB sale.) You think to yourself, “This em-effer just spoke 200 words and said nothing.” Yeah, yeah, chillax, homey. So, what can Wyatt Langford do for 2026 fantasy baseball and what makes him overrated?
Arlington sucks balls. The past year on home runs:
That’s not all about Wyatt Langford’s game, there’s more to him than home runs. [a long pause] Right? [another long pause, realizing I have to answer myself] Yes! There is speed! He stole only 22 sacks and was caught only six times. No less than 79%. I’m not going to harp on this aspect of his game. He has a steal rate of over 40, but if we’re throwing pennies into the wishing fountain, how about wishing for Byron Buxton to stay healthy for 162 games or cure world hunger (wishes in that order)? I don’t wish Langford to steal.
Wyatt Langford’s K% went from 20.6% to 26.4% year over year, and I’m not sure anyone has had that kind of increase in Ks year over year and is included in the top 50. I did a quick review of the top 50 worst K% (Wyatt ranked 44th worst over the past two years), and I didn’t find anyone who came close to that awful K%. Devers’ strikeout rate went up, but not nearly 6%. What’s even more alarming is that Langford’s Chase Rate has fallen. Yes, you heard that right, he struck out a lot more, but chased a lot less. Any ideas on how to get that horrible little quirk done? His O-Contact went from 60.6% to 45.6%. I laugh at how awful that is. O-Contact is the number of pitches a batter hits outside the zone. (His contact in the zone also deteriorated.) So here’s a scenario for you: the pitcher sees Wyatt chasing on the first pitch, and on his second pitch the pitcher throws the ball so far outside Langford that the bristle side of a broom won’t do it, and on the third pitch the pitcher tries to hit a nearby barn, but not the strike zone.
Wyatt Langford hit .194 vs. bills. His K% was 52.9%. The next lowest was Nick Kurtz at 39.1%. Langford’s was over 13% worse than that of a power hitter with many strikeouts! If you could make a change, you could get out of Langford. Ryan McMahon had a 38.5 K% change rate. Ryan McMahon can’t punch. It took me about 45 seconds to come up with a game plan to pitch to Langford. How long do you think it will last for MLB pitchers? Oh, I know! It took them about one season, and why his second season was significantly worse for his peripherals. I didn’t even bother to mention that Wyatt Langford has glass obliques and is incapable of playing a full season other than this unmentioned thing. It’s always risky to bet against someone with speed and power, but where does Wyatt Langford go in checkers? Stamp him schmohawk and move on!
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