Brian Serven
28-Year-Old
2023 Stats
AVG
.130
HR
0
RBI
1
R
0
SB
0
2024 Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The catching position is not an everyday job. Even for the best of catchers in baseball that do not play in Kansas City, the position is a 4-5 starts a week role while the backup gets Sunday day games and mid-week getaway games behind the plate. Serven fills the latter role for the Rockies behind Elias Diaz and there is no danger in those two roles changing any time soon. Sure, they did in June of 2022 while Serven caught lightning in a bottle, but the backup catcher has hit .145/.194/.234 since July first of last year while the club extended Diaz to a new contract after being reminded what their fallback option was, or was not. Serven can throw with the best of them, but he has no fantasy viability in any league format unless something were to happen to Diaz and playing time was forced onto him. Read Past Outlooks
Launches third spring homer
Serven went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins.
ANALYSIS
One day after Danny Jansen suffered a broken bone in his wrist, Serven got the start at catcher and took Bailey Ober deep in the first inning for his third long ball of the spring. The former Rockie appears to be in line to back up Alejandro Kirk at catcher to begin the season, batting .313 (5-for-16) in camp with all five hits going for extra bases, but it's highly unlikely that kind of offensive performance will carry forward should he get significant playing time. In 228 big-league plate appearances, more than half of which came at Coors Field, Serven has a meager .195/.248/.314 slash line.
One day after Danny Jansen suffered a broken bone in his wrist, Serven got the start at catcher and took Bailey Ober deep in the first inning for his third long ball of the spring. The former Rockie appears to be in line to back up Alejandro Kirk at catcher to begin the season, batting .313 (5-for-16) in camp with all five hits going for extra bases, but it's highly unlikely that kind of offensive performance will carry forward should he get significant playing time. In 228 big-league plate appearances, more than half of which came at Coors Field, Serven has a meager .195/.248/.314 slash line.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2023
-100%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .582 | 52 | 1 | 3 | .208 | ||||
Since 2021vs Right | .556 | 176 | 5 | 14 | .191 | ||||
2023vs Left | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||||
2023vs Right | .368 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .158 | ||||
2022vs Left | .633 | 48 | 1 | 3 | .227 | ||||
2022vs Right | .580 | 157 | 5 | 13 | .196 | ||||
2021vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2021vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
+141%
OPS at Home
2023
+129%
OPS at Home
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021Home | .770 | 125 | 6 | 15 | .241 | ||||
Since 2021Away | .320 | 103 | 0 | 2 | .143 | ||||
2023Home | .417 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .167 | ||||
2023Away | .182 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .091 | ||||
2022Home | .810 | 113 | 6 | 14 | .250 | ||||
2022Away | .337 | 92 | 0 | 2 | .149 | ||||
2021Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2021Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Brian Serven 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
0.00BB Rate
0.0%K Rate
43.5%BABIP
.231ISO
.043AVG
.130OBP
.130SLG
.174OPS
.304wOBA
.133Exit Velocity
86.5 mphHard Hit Rate
15.4%Barrels/PA
0.0%Expected BA
.127Expected SLG
.170Sprint Speed
23.3 ft/secGround Ball %
30.8%Line Drive %
23.1%Fly Ball %
46.2%Advanced Batting Stats
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Serven received his first big-league promotion in mid-May last season shortly after turning 27. He belted two homers in his second major-league game and wound up with three long balls and an .859 OPS through the end of June as he stole away significant playing time from Elias Diaz. Serven then came crashing back to earth with a .450 OPS across his final 41 games. The Rockies failed to upgrade at catcher over the offseason, so Serven is in line to serve as Diaz's understudy again. He could work his way into a 1A and 1B situation, which might be enough for deep league attention at least for games at Coors Field.
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Sent outright to Triple-A
Serven was outrighted to Triple-A Buffalo on Monday.
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Claimed by Blue Jays
The Blue Jays claimed Serven off waivers from the Cubs on Tuesday, Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic reports.
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DFA'd by Cubs
The Cubs designated Serven for assignment Thursday.
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Claimed by Cubbies
The Cubs claimed Serven off waivers from the Rockies on Friday.
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Optioned to Triple-A
Colorado optioned Serven to Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday.
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