Overall, when taking a closer look at Beck’s underlying numbers during the 2025 season, you can begin to see the early groundwork for a breakout. With his encouraging batted ball data, success against fastballs, and his speed, Beck showcased a versatile set of strengths this season.
The Rough Edges of Beck’s Game
While there’s a lot to be excited about surrounding Beck’s 2025 season, he’s still a very incomplete player overall. But with some small adjustments and refining of his approach, we could be looking at a legitimate breakout candidate next season.
Beck’s plate discipline is where he’s going to need to improve the most if he wants to succeed next season. He struck out neatly 30% of the time this season while whiffing over 31% of the time as well. While this is concerning enough on the surface, there are more levels to his plate discipline struggles.
For instance, Beck’s plate discipline struggles are largely due to his struggles against breaking balls. Beck whiffed over 40% of the time against them while posting an xwOBA of just .230 against them, which is a massive red flag to say the least.
Beck’s struggles with spin don’t end there, as he struggled to post high exit velocities against breaking balls also. His average exit velocity of 84.1 was super alarming, as Beck truly struggled to find the barrel when facing spin.
His overall approach needs some work as well, as he simultaneously struggles to make contact and limit how much he expands the strike zone. He was just above league average when it came to swings out of the strike zone, as his o-swing rate sat just above 29%. However, there’s still a lot of room to grow here.