What you're seeingCentered% measures the share of swings where the bat meets the ball squarely — the strongest single bat-tracking proxy for AVG/OPS. Players above league average tend to outperform their surface stats going forward; players well below tend to regress before BABIP catches up. Sample-size gated to ≥100 swings. Late% shown for context — high late% with high centered% is a power profile; low centered% + high late% is a decline signal.