"Everything about Michael Harris II's 2025 season was a study in extreme contrasts. His outputs were horrendously offensively, then scintillating, and then back to horrendous. He massively underhit his xwOBA in four of the season's six calendar months; only four players that got the full suite of 600+ PAs this season underhit it by more than Harris. And yet, he somehow finished in the top 40 in MLB in RBI... despite negative WPA and RE24,"
"On September 26, Harris hit his 20th homer, giving him one of the 510 20-homer, 20-stolen base seasons recorded to date. 510 isn't that impressive in a vacuum, but what it makes it even less notable is that given MLB's recent rule changes surrounding stolen bases (not to mention the relative juiciness of the ball from 2015-onward), the rarity of a 20-20 season is, well, not very rare these days."
Michael Harris II's 2025 season combined extreme streakiness with poor underlying results. He underperformed his expected wOBA in four of six calendar months and underhit xwOBA more than nearly all 600+ PA players. He finished inside MLB's top 40 in RBI despite negative WPA and RE24 and a drop in wRC+ from 97 with bases empty to 66 with men on. Harris reached 20 home runs and 20 steals, joining 510 historical 20-20 campaigns, a recent increase driven by rule changes and a livelier ball. Several recent 20-20 seasons barely qualified, with multiple players finishing exactly 20-20.
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