Jonathan Ornelas

Jonathan Ornelas

23-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Texas Rangers
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Ornelas, fresh off an addition to the 40-man roster, opened 2023 at Triple-A Round Rock in the hitter friendly Pacific Coast League. Only it wasn't too friendly for Ornelas, who ranked last in the PCL among qualified hitters with a .727 OPS, down 58 points from a promising 2022 season at Double-A Frisco. He's one of a few infield prospects that have nowhere to go at the major-league level. Either Ornelas or Justin Foscue could be used as a trade piece to acquire bullpen help and/or a designated hitter, the Rangers' most pressing needs. Ornelas spent most of his time at shortstop in 2023 but also saw time at second base and center field. Those positions in the majors, too, are locked in for the next few seasons, so working as a backup infielder might be his ticket to the majors if he remains in the organization. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2024.
Promoted to majors
SSTexas Rangers
May 6, 2024
The Rangers recalled Ornelas from Triple-A Round Rock on Monday.
ANALYSIS
He'll take the 26-man active roster spot vacated by Wyatt Langford (hamstring), who was placed on the 10-day injured list. Ornelas, 23, has posted a .720 OPS with two home runs and one stolen base at Round Rock this season, but the Rangers are bringing him aboard mainly for his capable glove in the middle infield. Though he's played exclusively at second base and shortstop this season, Ornelas also saw action at third base and center field in 2023.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2022vs Right .833 4 2 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023vs Left .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023vs Right 1.167 3 2 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
 
 
-100%
OPS on Road
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2022Away .393 8 2 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023Home .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023Away .452 7 2 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jonathan Ornelas 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.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
0.0%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Hard Hit Rate
0.0%
 
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Recent RotoWire Articles Featuring Jonathan Ornelas See More
Farm Futures: Second Base Tiers
February 3, 2020
James Anderson breaks down his second base prospect tiers, featuring a couple big names at the top plus White Sox prospect Nick Madrigal, who could debut in April.
Minor League Barometer: Risers & Fallers
May 21, 2019
With a bunch of prospects earning recent promotions, Jesse Siegel looks at the next crop of young hotshots set to make the jump.
Farm Futures: The Top 400 Update
May 14, 2019
James Anderson notes the new entrants to his latest top 400 update, as well as highlighting risers, like Toronto's Cavan Biggio, and fallers.
Farm Futures: Third Base Tiers
Farm Futures: Third Base Tiers
February 12, 2019
February 12, 2019
James Anderson reviews the top prospects at the hot corner, where Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sits head and shoulders above the competition.
Farm Futures: AL West: 125 Prospects You Need To Know
February 7, 2019
James Anderson wraps up his look at American League systems and thinks workload could be the only thing holding Forrest Whitley back in 2019.
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Possible promotion coming?
SSTexas Rangers
August 6, 2023
Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News speculates Ornelas could be called up by the Rangers to provide infield depth after Josh Jung sustained a broken thumb Sunday.
ANALYSIS
Ornelas was added to the 40-man roster last November in order to protect him from the Rule 5 draft, though he's been underwhelming at Triple-A Round Rock this season with a .250/.360/.348 slash line in 88 contests. The 23-year-old is unlikely to see significant playing time for the contending Rangers if promoted, so he would offer minimal fantasy appeal.
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Sent to minors
SSTexas Rangers
March 10, 2024
The Rangers optioned Ornelas to Triple-A Round Rock on Sunday, Jeff Wilson of RangersToday.com reports.
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Returns to Triple-A
SSTexas Rangers
September 18, 2023
Ornelas was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday.
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Back in big leagues
SSTexas Rangers
September 9, 2023
Ornelas was recalled by the Rangers on Saturday.
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Heads back to Triple-A
SSTexas Rangers
August 14, 2023
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Officially recalled by Rangers
SSTexas Rangers
August 7, 2023
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