What's to Come for Jo Adell?
January 27, 2025 - Written by AJ Stone
🗓️ JO IN JUNE 🗓️
— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) June 11, 2025
In 10 June games, Jo Adell has 6 HR and 10 RBI with a 1.186 OPS. The six homers are tied for the MLB lead. pic.twitter.com/wz0RztMWN3
One of the biggest question marks for the Angels going into 2026 is breakout slugger Jo Adell.
Adell, 26, finally lived up to his former top-prospect pedigree in 2025 with a 37-homerun season. Although his season also had plenty of strikeouts and defensive miscues, the power output made up for all other shortcomings.
The big question is: can Adell sustain this production? Or will he regress to his career norms? There are reasons to be optimistic, but also some waning red flags.
Adell was a baseball savant MONSTER in 2025. In all of the following metrics, he ranked in the 85th percentile or higher: xwOBA, xSLG, average exit velocity, barrel %, hard hit %, and bat speed. This leaves no doubt that the power Adell possessed this past season was real. However, the question remains: how can the young bopper maintain his torrid pace?
Adell needs to square up the baseball more often when he makes contact. His squared-up percentage was in the 6th percentile of major leaguers. The reason this is important is due to Adell’s streakiness and inability to perform in the field. His lack of defensive value and baserunning value, paired with a boatload of strikeouts, leave him solely dependent on light-tower power. If he wants to replicate his big year, he’s going to have to hammer pitches in his hot zones. His low squared-up percentage demonstrates that he’s not consistently making high-quality contact when he swings. When it comes to power hitters who exchange Ks for bombs, this is vitally important.
If Adell is unable to improve the consistency of his quality of contact, he could always work on his walk rate. In 2025, the outfielder had a measly 5.8% walk rate. If he’s going to miss, he can at least eliminate chase and find it within himself to stick to a consistent approach that results in a walk or a big fly.
Angels fans should be excited about Adell. After years of promising signs, he finally transformed from a ‘what if’ to a ‘what’s next?’ Adell can cement himself as a perennial power threat with a successful 2026 season.
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