Colton Cowser

Colton Cowser had a tough 2025. After returning from a fractured left thumb, he had a hard time getting it going. He made hard contact at a solid 39.2% rate and posted a 14.1% barrel rate, showing the raw power tools are real — but a 35.6% strikeout rate overwhelmed everything else, dragging his wRC+ down to 83. His benchmarks zero in on the contact-versus-power balance: K% at 28% tests whether he can cut strikeouts to a more sustainable level, Barrel% at 12% ensures he's squaring the ball up with authority, and wRC+ at 110 is the bottom-line production number. Cowser doesn't need to be a star. He needs to stop striking out enough to let his hard contact profile play.