PROPHET 9
We measure whether a hitter’s underlying skill has diverged from his box score — and we publish every call.Four-season public record →
PROPHET 9
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Today’s lead signal

The box score is the last place a breakout shows up.

Gavin WilliamsTrue breakout
Underlying skill99th
Surface results78th
+.073wOBA of divergence
+21 pctile · cohort standing

62.8% of true-breakout flags went on to break out, against 29.8% for the weaker improvement-candidate tier. A historical tier rate, not this player’s probability.

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Held-out effect, measured against players at the same production level.
The effect scales with the gap
Highest-conviction signals+.065
Breakout vs regression+.035
All flagged players+.028

wOBA lift against comparable players at the same production level — not the league. Three held-out constructions, each significant at 90%.

80% interval coverage
80% / 81%
MAE, OPS pts
131 · 101
Calls published
4,439
What we do not claim
The forward record is not evidence yet. It has not reached its pre-registered read threshold.
2026 reads +8.9pp, and its interval crosses zero. Weaker than every prior season and not distinguishable from no effect, on 31 de-replicated calls across 9 closed weeks — most of the season's windows have not matured.
Daily calls carry no figures while the rebuild is scored. The old engine was defective, so its record was withdrawn; the replacement is mid walk-forward.
The pitcher side is an unvalidated axis. Everything here is hitters — expected contact quality against surface results.
Small gaps get no reading at all. The edge is concentrated in the extremes.
Today’s boardAll ▾
Jackson Merrill
Improvement candidate · OF · SD
+.121
Steven Kwan
Improvement candidate · OF · CLE
+.073
Drake Baldwin
Improvement candidate · C · ATL
+.071
Jacob Young
Improvement candidate · OF · WSH
+.071
Lars Nootbaar
No divergence · OF · ARI
no reading
Luis Rengifo
True breakout · OF · SD
+.063

Players holding pace stay on the board. An absence of divergence is a reading, and it is shown as one.

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