Carson Kelly
29-Year-Old
Day-To-Day
Injury Ribs
2024 Stats
AVG
.205
HR
1
RBI
6
R
4
SB
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
After getting released by Arizona during the 2023 season, Kelly came over to Detroit and enjoyed limited offensive success in a reserve role. Across 19 games with the Tigers, the catcher batted just .173 with a .271 on-base percentage. Kelly has never been much of an offensive threat during his career with just a .221 batting average over eight MLB seasons. The 29-year-old has at least displayed some power in the past, as he recorded 13 home runs in 98 games for the Diamondbacks back in 2021. Kelly had a career-high 18 long balls for Arizona in 2019. However, heading into 2024, the veteran seems unlikely to play enough to make much of a fantasy impact. Jake Rogers is entrenched as the top backstop in Detroit, making it likely that Kelly sees a similar workload to last year, when he appeared in 52 games. It's possible that Kelly sees more playing time if Rogers gets hurt, but even in that case, the former may not be a great fantasy target if he's unable to produce at the plate. Read Past Outlooks
Wasn't available after all
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said that Kelly (ribs) wasn't available off the bench after all Friday, Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Kelly was a late scratch from the lineup after his left ribcage "locked up" on him pregame. While the team isn't overly concerned about the injury, Hinch indicated that the injured list is a possibility since the club doesn't want to play short at catcher. Jake Rogers will be the Tigers' primary backstop while Kelly recovers.
Kelly was a late scratch from the lineup after his left ribcage "locked up" on him pregame. While the team isn't overly concerned about the injury, Hinch indicated that the injured list is a possibility since the club doesn't want to play short at catcher. Jake Rogers will be the Tigers' primary backstop while Kelly recovers.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+12%
OPS vs LHP
2024
+19%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .642 | 189 | 4 | 21 | .208 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .572 | 362 | 6 | 33 | .210 | ||||
2024vs Left | .606 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .273 | ||||
2024vs Right | .509 | 34 | 1 | 5 | .182 | ||||
2023vs Left | .801 | 43 | 2 | 4 | .229 | ||||
2023vs Right | .478 | 108 | 0 | 9 | .198 | ||||
2022vs Left | .597 | 134 | 2 | 16 | .197 | ||||
2022vs Right | .629 | 220 | 5 | 19 | .221 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+16%
OPS on Road
2024
+68%
OPS on Road
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .551 | 274 | 4 | 29 | .195 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .639 | 277 | 6 | 25 | .223 | ||||
2024Home | .390 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .150 | ||||
2024Away | .655 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .250 | ||||
2023Home | .407 | 82 | 0 | 5 | .149 | ||||
2023Away | .753 | 69 | 2 | 8 | .274 | ||||
2022Home | .641 | 171 | 4 | 23 | .224 | ||||
2022Away | .594 | 183 | 3 | 12 | .200 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Carson Kelly compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.22BB Rate
4.3%K Rate
19.6%BABIP
.235ISO
.091AVG
.205OBP
.239SLG
.295OPS
.535wOBA
.239Exit Velocity
92.2 mphHard Hit Rate
48.6%Barrels/PA
6.5%Expected BA
.269Expected SLG
.499Sprint Speed
22.4 ft/secGround Ball %
45.7%Line Drive %
11.4%Fly Ball %
42.9%Prospect Rankings History
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Club undecided on option
Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris said Monday that the club is undecided on exercising Kelly's $3.5 million option for 2024, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
ANALYSIS
"That's very much an open question for us," Harris said. "We're going to spend a lot of time on it." Kelly was quickly scooped up by the Tigers in August after being cut loose by the Diamondbacks. The $3.5 million club option for 2024 would be a pay cut after he earned $4.28 million in 2023, but the Tigers must decide whether Kelly is worth it after he had just a .540 OPS for them down the stretch and a .565 OPS overall this season. If Kelly is ultimately retained, it would be as a backup to Jake Rogers.
"That's very much an open question for us," Harris said. "We're going to spend a lot of time on it." Kelly was quickly scooped up by the Tigers in August after being cut loose by the Diamondbacks. The $3.5 million club option for 2024 would be a pay cut after he earned $4.28 million in 2023, but the Tigers must decide whether Kelly is worth it after he had just a .540 OPS for them down the stretch and a .565 OPS overall this season. If Kelly is ultimately retained, it would be as a backup to Jake Rogers.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Kelly once again served as Arizona's primary backstop in 2022, but he had a disappointing offensive campaign .211/.282/.343 slash line, seven home runs and 35 RBI in 104 games. He was still a plus defender but struggled to square up the ball, as evidenced by his 5.2 percent barrel rate. Kelly produced an .826 OPS in 2019 during his first season with the Diamondbacks, but he's been inconsistent at the plate over the past few years. Kelly appeared primed to open 2023 as Arizona's starting backstop once again, but that was before the organization acquired arguably the best catching prospect in baseball, Gabriel Moreno, from Toronto for Daulton Varsho. The pair could split playing time early in 2023, but in practice Kelly should operate as the Diamondbacks' secondary catcher. Still, he should see his fair share of starts with Moreno set for his first full season in the majors.
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Scratched with sore ribcage
Kelly was scratched from the lineup for Friday's game against the Royals due to left ribcage soreness.
ANALYSIS
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Losing work to Jake Rogers
Kelly is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.
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Sits down Saturday
Kelly isn't in the Tigers' lineup for Saturday's game against the Twins.
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Losing work to Rogers
Kelly is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
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Sitting out nightcap
Kelly isn't in the Tigers' lineup for the second game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Twins.
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