Mike Ford
31-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Ford was able to earn regular playing time for the first time since his rookie season with the Yankees, and the 31-year-old reached career highs with 16 homers and 34 RBI over his 251 plate appearances with the Mariners. Most of that damage was done over the first half of the 2023 season, as he posted a .944 OPS before the All-Star break. That number dropped to .709 in the second half of the season, and his expected batting average of .199 would have ranked among the worst in baseball had he qualified. Ford's power makes him intriguing if he does get a chance to play on a consistent basis again in 2024, but there's a strong likelihood he'll be nothing more than a bench bat to begin the campaign. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
Parts ways with Cincinnati
The Reds released Ford on Friday, Jon Heyman of the New York Postreports.
ANALYSIS
The 31-year-old was informed Friday that he hadn't made Cincinnati's Opening Day roster, so the organization granted his release. Ford clubbed 16 homers in 84 games for Seattle last season and is now looking for a new team.
The 31-year-old was informed Friday that he hadn't made Cincinnati's Opening Day roster, so the organization granted his release. Ford clubbed 16 homers in 84 games for Seattle last season and is now looking for a new team.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+20%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .851 | 51 | 2 | 3 | .304 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .711 | 349 | 17 | 41 | .207 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023vs Left | .921 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .368 | ||||
2023vs Right | .784 | 227 | 16 | 34 | .215 | ||||
2022vs Left | .778 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .259 | ||||
2022vs Right | .571 | 122 | 1 | 7 | .192 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+16%
OPS at Home
2024
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .796 | 156 | 9 | 21 | .243 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .687 | 244 | 10 | 23 | .206 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | .825 | 102 | 6 | 16 | .258 | ||||
2023Away | .779 | 149 | 10 | 18 | .208 | ||||
2022Home | .740 | 54 | 3 | 5 | .213 | ||||
2022Away | .545 | 95 | 0 | 5 | .202 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Mike Ford 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
0.30BB Rate
9.6%K Rate
32.3%BABIP
.276ISO
.247AVG
.228OBP
.323SLG
.475OPS
.798wOBA
.350Exit Velocity
88.8 mphHard Hit Rate
33.8%Barrels/PA
9.6%Expected BA
.202Expected SLG
.416Sprint Speed
19.6 ft/secGround Ball %
31.7%Line Drive %
18.7%Fly Ball %
49.6%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2021
2020
2018
Ford's scorching close to the 2019 campaign led some hot takers to suggest he could challenge Luke Voit for the Yankees' first-base job in 2020. Instead, Voit blossomed into one of the league's premier home-run hitters while Ford took a huge step back, ultimately spending the final weeks of the regular season at the team's alternate training site. Statcast tells the story; nearly all metrics indicative of power -- including barrel rate, launch angle, average exit velocity and hard-hit percentage -- showed moderate-to-steep drops, leading to an over 100-point dip in Ford's xSLG (from .501 to .395). The lumbering first baseman's flyball rate dropped from 44.3% to 30.5% while his groundball rate rose by over 13 percentage points. Ford doesn't strike out much (19.0 K%), and his low .140 BABIP is bound to come up, but he'll need to rediscover his power stroke to maintain a big-league role.
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Doesn't make Opening Day roster
The Reds reassigned Ford to Triple-A Louisville on Friday, Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Swinging hot stick
Ford went 2-for-3 with a walk and two solo home runs in Thursday's spring game against the Mariners.
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Joins Cincy on MiLB deal
Ford signed a minor-league contract with the Reds on Friday that includes an invite to big-league camp, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Hits free agency
Ford became a free agent Friday after being non-tendered by the Mariners.
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Dropped from 40-man roster
Ford was designated for assignment by the Mariners on Tuesday.
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