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Bobby Dalbec

Bobby Dalbec

30-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Milwaukee Brewers AAA
2025 Stats
AVG
.222
HR
0
RBI
1
R
2
SB
0
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Dalbec was unable to build on the 114 wRC+ he posted in the first 158 games of his career, though he fanned 35.7 percent of the time in that span. He posted an unsightly 37.9 percent strikeout rate in parts of the next three seasons with the Red Sox before the club finally cut bait late last season. Dalbec recorded a palatable .881 OPS over the last three years with Triple-A Worcester, but it came with a 34.6 percent strikeout rate. Dalbec signed a minor league contract with the White Sox where a strong spring could land a job as a reserve corner infielder. However, even if he goes on a spring power surge, a hot March can easily turn into a cold April. That dearth of contact doesn't fix itself overnight. Read Past Outlooks
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#362
ADP
League AAA
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man No
Height 6'4"
Weight 225
DOB 6/29/1995
Born Seattle, WA
College Arizona
Drafted 4th Rd 2016 BOS
Signed a minor-league contract with the Brewers in May of 2025.
Latches on with Brewers
1BMilwaukee Brewers  AAA
May 10, 2025
Dalbec signed a minor-league contract with the Brewers on Saturday, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Analysis
Dalbec became a free agent Tuesday after being designated for assignment by the White Sox, with whom he went 4-for-18 across seven games. Now in the Brewers organization, the 29-year-old will return to Triple-A, where he's slashed .326/.354/.696 over 48 plate appearances this year.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+4%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+135%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+72%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+133%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .476 70 4 0 4 1 .188 .257 .219
Since 2023vs Right .495 97 10 2 6 3 .151 .240 .256
2025vs Left .347 9 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125
2025vs Right .817 12 1 0 1 0 .300 .417 .400
2024vs Left .291 39 1 0 4 0 .111 .179 .111
2024vs Right .501 54 5 1 4 3 .149 .245 .255
2023vs Left .859 22 2 0 0 1 .350 .409 .450
2023vs Right .368 31 4 1 1 0 .103 .161 .207
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+41%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+120%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+75%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .387 63 6 0 5 3 .143 .226 .161
Since 2023Away .547 104 8 2 5 1 .181 .260 .287
2025Home .333 6 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167
2025Away .733 15 1 0 1 0 .250 .400 .333
2024Home .400 43 3 0 5 3 .135 .238 .162
2024Away .417 50 3 1 3 0 .130 .200 .217
2023Home .368 14 2 0 0 0 .154 .214 .154
2023Away .643 39 4 1 1 1 .222 .282 .361
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+15%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+48%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+16%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .986 243 16 33 .288 .391 .595
Since 2023vs Right .856 921 49 165 .260 .352 .504
2025vs Left 1.111 47 4 7 .310 18.000 .690
2025vs Right .753 218 8 42 .269 73.014 .487
2024vs Left .745 85 5 10 .233 28.000 .493
2024vs Right .758 321 15 58 .260 108.003 .481
2023vs Left .941 111 7 16 .322 47.018 .633
2023vs Right .810 382 26 65 .254 128.029 .536
Stat Review
How does Bobby Dalbec 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
0.50
 
BB Rate
14.3%
 
K Rate
28.6%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.056
 
AVG
.222
 
OBP
.333
 
SLG
.278
 
OPS
.611
 
wOBA
.286
 
Exit Velocity
84.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
8.3%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.177
 
Expected SLG
.236
 
Sprint Speed
26.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
41.7%
 
Line Drive %
16.7%
 
Fly Ball %
41.7%
 
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The Red Sox appeared to have moved on from Dalbec, a one-time top prospect that failed to deliver in more than 900 at-bats in the majors, as they handed first base to Triston Casas. There was a late-season uprising in 2021, but Dalbec took a step back in 2022 - his inability to consistently hit right-handers made it impossible for the club to consider him as a full-time starter. Deeming Casas ready, the organization placed Dalbec at Triple-A Worcester, where he spent most of the 2023 season. For the WooSox, he made everyone ignore an habitually high strikeout rate; the power-hitting corner infielder mashed with a .938 OPS and 33 home runs over 114 games. In three separate stints in the majors, however, Dalbec reverted to MLB-version of himself. Surprisingly, the Red Sox haven't traded him yet, despite interest from other teams during the winter meetings. With Justin Turner in free agency, Boston needs a right-handed hitting backup, and Dalbec received a vote of confidence from manager Alex Cora and new chief baseball officer Craig Breslow during the offseason.
Dalbec closed 2021 on such a high note that many thought he was on his way to a big 2022. Alas, that never materialized as Dalbec once again struggled to make contact and struggled mightily against righties leading to a demotion to Triple-A and the short side of platoons until injuries forced him into more playing time. Dalbec can still sting a baseball with the best of them, but his infrequent contact with the baseball limit the moments his bat can make a fantasy impact and he instead serves as a drag on your batting average. Doubling down on the issues is he hits down in the lineup which limits his overall run production. You do not give up on power like his in fantasy, but Boston is rumored to be looking to move on from him and that change of scenery may be just what he needs to push up the run production. Of course, excessive playing time could turn his numbers into another Joey Gallo situation.
On Aug. 7, Dalbec was slashing a season-low .214/.261/.390, with a 38.1 K% and 4.8 BB%. After, he posted a .299/.378/.732 line with a 26.6 K% and 9.1 BB%. While the change was obviously gradual, the difference before and after the nadir was pitch recognition. Dalbec's numbers against fastballs were consistent all season, but he markedly improved against breaking balls and offspeed stuff. His contact rate on curves and sliders increased to go along with a 5.6-mph bump in average exit velocity while his avgEV on changeups spiked 7.6 mph. Clearly, Dalbec can't maintain the power level exhibited in his final 42 games, but handling curves, sliders and changeups better is a great sign. Playing time, however, is unclear as Dalbec's defense at first base is a work in progress. Buy into Dalbec taking the next step but be leery of regular playing time.
Dalbec either struck out, walked or homered in 62 percent of his first 92 plate appearances in the majors. If he had enough PA to qualify, he would have ranked second in the majors behind Miguel Sano in Barrel% (22.0) and K% (42.4). Sano rode that profile to a .204 batting average, which is around where Dalbec would have ended up if he had played enough for his numbers to stabilize. He is a couple years younger than Sano, so we shouldn't think of him as a finished product, but he clearly needs to cut down on the strikeouts to avoid being a net negative in fantasy. The 25-year-old is a natural third baseman, but he is blocked by Rafael Devers and he will soon be blocked at first base by top prospect Triston Casas. Even so, Boston will find a spot for him if he makes the necessary adjustments and gets to his massive all-fields pop without striking out over 35 percent of the time.
A good prospect, yet a flawed one, Dalbec could be a plus defender at third base who hits for plus power, but he may not hit enough for those strengths to matter. He mastered Double-A (143 wRC+) in a return trip, but his version of mastering a level is a .234/.371/.454 line. His 15.5 BB% at Double-A is exactly what his OBP/points-league managers had in mind, but that mark shriveled to 4.1% in 30 games at Triple-A while his AVG jumped closer to his career .261 mark. A three-true-outcomes profile will work fine in real life, given his power and defense, but if his walk rate doesn't bounce back to at least 10%, there is little evidence he will be able to provide enough offensive value to occupy a corner-infield spot on a contending team. He is a better defender than Rafael Devers, but Devers may be so entrenched that Dalbec moves to first base (where his 70-grade arm would be wasted) or the outfield.
Position players get graded on five tools, but those tools do not count the same. Take Dalbec, whose power, arm and glove are at least 60-grade, and possibly 70-grade tools. But if he ends up with a 30-grade hit tool, those sixes and sevens may not matter. He has never been young for his level, yet his strikeout rate has never been below 31% in full-season ball, and was above 37% at Low-A and Double-A. He also led the Arizona Fall League with 32 strikeouts in 20 games. Prior to his promotion to Double-A, he at least paired those whiffs with a ton of walks, but his BB% fell from 14.3% at High-A to 4.8% at Double-A. Dalbec's swing is geared for the type of contact we want -- line drives and flyballs -- but he needs to make contact at an acceptable clip. One comp comes to mind, if we want to take a glass-half-full outlook: Matt Chapman. However, Chapman's contact rates were always slightly better, and his walk rate never plummeted like Dalbec's did in 2018.
Dalbec was a fourth-round draft pick out of the University of Arizona, where he played third base and pitched. On a positional track in the Red Sox's organization, Dalbec was Babe Ruth reincarnated last summer, bashing seven homers while hitting .386 with a 1.101 OPS in 34 games for short-season Lowell. So, how was it that a player with this much power potential, an anticipated first-rounder after mashing in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2015, slipped to the fourth round? Dalbec slugged just .429 with seven homers while striking out 36.7 percent of the time in 68 games during his junior year at Arizona. The knock that he was an all-or-nothing hitter with a high K-rate. But something changed between the end of his junior year and his summer in Lowell. Dalbec went back to an open stance -- the same one used during the previous summer. His strikeout rate dropped to a manageable 25 percent, but the question remains if Dalbec can hit enough to overcome the strikeouts.
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Enters free agency
1BFree Agent  AAA
May 6, 2025
Dalbec cleared waivers Tuesday and elected free agency, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports.
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DFA'd by White Sox
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
May 4, 2025
The White Sox designated Dalbec for assignment on Sunday.
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Draws first start
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
April 22, 2025
Dalbec went 1-for-2 with a double and a walk Tuesday against the Twins.
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Added to roster
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
April 21, 2025
The White Sox selected Dalbec's contract from Triple-A Charlotte on Monday.
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Reassigned to minors camp
1BChicago White Sox  AAA
March 26, 2025
The White Sox reassigned Dalbec to minor-league camp Wednesday.
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Moving at deadline?
1BBoston Red Sox  AAA
July 30, 2024
Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com believes the Red Sox should trade Dalbec ahead of Tuesday's deadline in order to give him a fresh start.
Analysis
Dalbec has a .410 OPS in 37 big-league games this season but has a .254/.328/.507 slash line with 14 homers in 53 contests for Triple-A Worcester. The 29-year-old is still on the 40-man roster, but he seems unlikely to receive another opportunity with the Red Sox. A change of scenery could certainly help, though there's unlikely to be a significant trade market for Dalbec.
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