Masyn Winn

Masyn Winn

23-Year-Old ShortstopSS
St. Louis Cardinals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Winn was dreadful during a cup of coffee with the big club down the stretch of the 2023 season, but that didn't stop the Cardinals from handing him their starting shortstop gig heading into 2024. The youngster rewarded the club's faith with a quality rookie season, as Winn collected a .730 OPS with 15 home runs and 11 stolen bases while playing 150 games. Ten of Winn's 15 long balls came after the All-Star break after the infielder tweaked his approach to eke out more power, but it came at the expense of 37 points of batting average. Winn was the Cardinals' leadoff hitter from June on, which helped boost his counting stats, but with just a .290 OBP from the leadoff spot, he's no guarantee to stay there, especially not versus righties. The shortstop had an .818 OPS against left-handers in 2024 but just a .691 OPS versus right-handed pitching. Read Past Outlooks
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#162
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in March of 2025.
Returns to Cardinals' lineup
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
May 6, 2025
Winn (ankle) will start at shortstop and bat second in Tuesday's game versus the Pirates.
ANALYSIS
Winn departed the second game of Sunday's doubleheader versus the Mets with a mild left ankle sprain and didn't play in the series opener against Pittsburgh on Monday. However, he's ready to roll now and is back in the No. 2 spot in the batting order, where he's been situated for most of the past week.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
15
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
4
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+169%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+18%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+7%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .722 254 34 9 29 7 .233 .295 .427
Since 2023vs Right .684 622 76 11 50 8 .261 .308 .376
2025vs Left .333 22 3 0 1 1 .105 .227 .105
2025vs Right .896 80 14 3 9 1 .310 .375 .521
2024vs Left .818 195 27 9 27 4 .253 .318 .500
2024vs Right .691 442 58 6 30 7 .274 .312 .379
2023vs Left .445 37 4 0 1 2 .200 .216 .229
2023vs Right .476 100 4 2 11 0 .161 .235 .241
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+6%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+45%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+25%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .714 435 58 10 33 5 .258 .311 .403
Since 2023Away .676 441 52 10 46 10 .248 .297 .378
2025Home .633 50 8 0 3 1 .222 .300 .333
2025Away .918 52 9 3 7 1 .311 .385 .533
2024Home .763 320 45 10 27 4 .269 .319 .444
2024Away .695 317 40 5 30 7 .266 .309 .386
2023Home .523 65 5 0 3 0 .224 .281 .241
2023Away .417 72 3 2 9 2 .125 .183 .234
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Stat Review
How does Masyn Winn 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
0.36
 
BB Rate
8.8%
 
K Rate
24.5%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.167
 
AVG
.267
 
OBP
.343
 
SLG
.433
 
OPS
.776
 
wOBA
.342
 
Exit Velocity
88.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
37.9%
 
Barrels/PA
5.9%
 
Expected BA
.239
 
Expected SLG
.372
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
30.2%
 
Line Drive %
23.8%
 
Fly Ball %
46.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
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The youngest qualified hitter at Triple-A last season, Winn went on a summer-long heater that earned him a call to the majors late enough in the calendar to preserve his rookie status. He had a .553 OPS in his first 21 games at Triple-A and slashed .309/.383/.520 with 17 home runs and nine steals on 11 attempts over his final 83 games before getting the call. Over that stretch, his 14.7 percent strikeout rate and 9.5 percent walk rate were particularly impressive, even considering the automated balls and strikes system at Triple-A. Winn, a former two-way prospect, is probably known best known for his 80-grade arm at shortstop, however he's a great all-around athlete with plus speed and plus bat speed. He will turn 22 during spring training and is a shoo-in to enter the year as the everyday shortstop. Winn won't wow anyone with his exit velocities at this stage of his development, but his 81.7 percent contact rate, steady playing time and speed on the bases portends a fairly high floor. It should have surprised no one that he struggled initially in the majors, given his age, and a .196 BABIP played a role in that as well.
Winn has a couple really loud tools in his plus speed and 80-grade arm, and he comfortably projects as the Cardinals' shortstop of the future, assuming they don't sign one of the big free agents at the position this offseason. He played at multiple levels as a 20-year-old, riding a .431 BABIP to dominance in 33 games at High-A before putting up middling numbers at Double-A (.258/.349/.432) and the Arizona Fall League (.294/.407/.353). He was very young for Double-A and the AFL, but it's pretty clear his BABIP-fueled run at High-A is the outlier. He just needs to hit for double-digit homer power with an OBP in the .330-.350 range to be a roto monster who hits high in the lineup and helps across the board while threatening for 30-steal seasons. However, his 19.8 Hard% suggests there's still some work to do to be that impactful against upper-level pitching. His median outcome might be closer to a bottom-third of the order hitter who is targeted for his stolen-base contributions.
For fantasy, we want Winn, the No. 54 overall pick in last year's draft, to eventually focus full time on being a shortstop. Despite standing just 5-foot-11, 180 pounds, Winn's upper-90s fastball and breaking ball are each plus pitches, and his changeup has a chance to be a 60-grade pitch as well. He is also an elite athlete, which should help him harness his electric arsenal. For these reasons, St. Louis is developing him as a two-way player for now. However, if he were to be developed as a shortstop, his fantasy ceiling would rival that of any high school hitter in his draft class. He has plus raw power and is at least a plus runner, and while he currently chases too many pitches out of the zone, the expectation is that his hit tool would improve if he were focused solely on hitting. Winn continued to develop as a hitter and a pitcher at the alternate site after getting drafted.
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Aiming to return Tuesday
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
Ankle
May 5, 2025
Winn was encouraged by how his sprained left ankle felt Monday and is hoping to return to the Cardinals lineup Tuesday against the Pirates, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
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Absent from Monday's lineup
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
Ankle
May 5, 2025
Winn (ankle) is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates.
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Ankle sprain considered mild
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
Ankle
May 5, 2025
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said that the left ankle sprain that forced Winn from the second game of Sunday's doubleheader versus the Mets is "mild" in nature, Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
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Exits early in Game 2
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
Ankle
May 4, 2025
Winn exited Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Mets in the top of the fifth inning with a left ankle sprain, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
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Sitting out early game
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
May 4, 2025
Winn is out of the lineup for the first game of Sunday's doubleheader with the Mets.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Extension not close
SSSt. Louis Cardinals
January 5, 2025
According to Katie Woo of The Athletic, Winn and the Cardinals have not had "concrete conversations" regarding a contract extension.
ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old delivered an impressive rookie campaign in 2024 with 15 homers, 11 steals and a .730 OPS in 150 games, but there's no rush on extension talks since he won't have his first year of arbitration eligibility until 2027. Winn also flashed his defensive skills and totaled plus-14 Defensive Runs Saved and plus-three Outs Above Average, so he should be a lineup staple for St. Louis for the foreseeable future.
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