Connor Wong

Connor Wong

28-Year-Old CatcherC
Boston Red Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Wong enjoyed a breakout in 2024, posting a career-best .280/.333/.425 line with 13 home runs, 52 RBI, eight steals while improving with runners in scoring position. Congratulations to all the fantasy managers who had Wong on their rosters, but they should prepare for a correction in 2025. Much of the catcher's improvement was fueled by a BABIP that hovered in the high 300s for the first half of the season. A correction began in the second half, when his .696 OPS was more in line with his career mark entering the season. The 28-year-old backstop far exceeded his expected line, but there was growth as a hitter; Wong chased fewer balls and made more contact in the zone. He's a good athlete and saw time at second (four starts) and first base (10 starts). Wong could be the long-term No. 1 after Boston traded highly regarded prospect Kyle Teel in the deal to acquire starter Garrett Crochet. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $790,000 contract with the Red Sox in March of 2025.
Resting up Thursday
CBoston Red Sox
May 8, 2025
Wong is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Rangers, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.
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Wong will get some rest for the day game after he went 1-for-4 with a run scored while catching all nine innings of Wednesday's 6-4 win. He'll give way to Carlos Narvaez behind the dish in the series finale.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#5
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#9
3
5
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+88%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+24%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+47%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .720 265 38 5 24 5 .247 .328 .391
Since 2023vs Right .701 663 74 17 64 12 .258 .302 .399
2025vs Left .650 5 2 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250
2025vs Right .345 33 1 0 0 1 .133 .212 .133
2024vs Left .877 152 17 5 18 3 .311 .388 .489
2024vs Right .706 335 37 8 34 5 .266 .308 .397
2023vs Left .501 108 19 0 6 2 .156 .241 .260
2023vs Right .734 295 36 9 30 6 .262 .305 .429
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+218%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+8%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+27%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .767 455 53 13 48 8 .276 .335 .432
Since 2023Away .650 473 59 9 40 9 .235 .285 .364
2025Home .620 17 3 0 0 0 .267 .353 .267
2025Away .195 21 0 0 0 1 .053 .143 .053
2024Home .788 233 25 7 27 2 .281 .341 .448
2024Away .732 254 29 6 25 6 .278 .327 .405
2023Home .754 205 25 6 21 6 .270 .327 .427
2023Away .592 198 30 3 15 2 .199 .247 .344
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Stat Review
How does Connor Wong 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
0.33
 
BB Rate
7.9%
 
K Rate
23.7%
 
BABIP
.200
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.147
 
OBP
.237
 
SLG
.147
 
OPS
.384
 
wOBA
.191
 
Exit Velocity
87.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
40.0%
 
Barrels/PA
5.3%
 
Expected BA
.265
 
Expected SLG
.422
 
Sprint Speed
24.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
58.3%
 
Line Drive %
20.8%
 
Fly Ball %
20.8%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
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2021
It was Reese McGuire starting the first two games of the season at catcher for the Red Sox, but Wong quickly wrestled the job away from him and wound up easily pacing the club with 105 starts behind the plate. Wong had an above-average barrel rate in the 56th percentile and a max exit velocity in the 88th percentile, so he's capable of making hard contact. The 27-year-old is also a terrific athlete for a catcher, moonlighting some at second base while also stealing eight bases to go with a sprint speed in the 76th percentile. Wong's plate discipline (33.3 percent strikeout rate, 5.5 percent walk rate) is dreadful, though, and it's been that way dating back to the minors. Double digits in home runs and stolen bases are possible if he gets regular playing time in 2024, but Wong's xBA of .208, not his actual .235 average, is probably closer to what we should expect.
Wong received some semi-regular playing time down the stretch for the Red Sox and had a .175/.283/.325 slash line in 22 games during the final month of the season. He split playing time with Reese McGuire, who had significantly more offensive success with an .875 OPS during that same stretch. Wong's major-league numbers don't mean much given he has only 70 plate appearances to his name, and he continues to hit well at the Triple-A level with an .832 OPS and 15 home runs in 2022. The departure of Christian Vazquez leaves Boston without a clear No. 1 option behind the plate, but the team is looking to upgrade the position during the offseason. Wong should have a chance to secure a spot on the big-league roster for 2023, though he's unlikely to receive consistent starting opportunities outside of an injury.
When Wong was traded to the Red Sox in the deal that sent Mookie Betts to Los Angeles, he immediately slotted in as Boston's top catching prospect. The backstop was coming off a standout 2019 minor-league campaign during which he slashed .281/.336/.541 with 24 home runs across two levels, and his .349 batting average in a 40-game stint at Double-A helped add buzz to his profile. Wong is not without flaws -- his 30.7 K% over the course of his minor-league career is cause for significant concern -- but he runs well for a catcher and has legitimate 20-homer power. Those skills alone could make him a future starter at the position in fantasy, with the potential for something greater if he can adjust his plate approach to make more contact. Boston is set behind the plate next season, so look for Wong to open at Triple-A, where he'll attempt to prove he can extend his past success to the next level.
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Resting Sunday
CBoston Red Sox
May 4, 2025
Wong is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.
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Returns to action
CBoston Red Sox
May 3, 2025
Wong went 1-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's 6-1 win over Minnesota.
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Activated from 10-day IL
CBoston Red Sox
May 2, 2025
The Red Sox activated Wong (finger) from the 10-day injured list Friday, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.
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Returns to Worcester's lineup
CBoston Red Sox
Finger
May 2, 2025
Wong (finger) started at catcher and went 1-for-4 with a walk, a solo home run and an additional run scored for Triple-A Worcester on Thursday.
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Aiming for weekend return
CBoston Red Sox
Finger
April 30, 2025
Wong (finger) isn't catching on his rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday due to hand soreness, but manager Alex Cora is still hoping for an activation from the injured list this weekend, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Grip on starting role slipping
CBoston Red Sox
August 23, 2024
Wong has a .602 OPS and 31.3 percent strikeout rate through 17 games in August, and he's on the bench Friday against the Diamondbacks for the third time in the Red Sox's past four contests.
ANALYSIS
The 28-year-old started the month strong with a five-game hit streak including a four-hit performance, but he's been in a 7-for-42 slump over the past couple weeks. Wong was one of the most productive catchers in baseball during the first half as he clubbed eight homers with an .809 OPS in 71 games, but he's hitting .236 with just 10 extra-base hits in 28 contests since the All-Star break. Danny Jansen has carved out a larger chunk of playing time as a result, and the two catchers could operate in a timeshare down the stretch if Wong is unable to rediscover that early-season form.
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