Luis Rengifo News

Luis Rengifo

23-Year-Old Second Baseman2B

Los Angeles Angels

2020 Stats

AVG

.156

RBI

2021 Projections

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2021 Fantasy Outlook

Rengifo was said to be traded to the Dodgers along with Andy Pages in exchange for Joc Pederson, but Angels owner Arte Moreno nixed the deal. That was just the beginning of a tumultuous 2020 for Rengifo. He was placed on the IL in early July for undisclosed reasons and then battled hamstring tightness later in the month, costing him a spot on the Opening Day roster. His season was bookended by more hamstring trouble, and Rengifo also battled a thumb sprain in September. In 106 PA around all the injuries, Rengifo was awful and even demoted at one point due to poor performance. There are some glimmers of light including a 13.4 BB% and three steals on four attempts. Rengifo was also playing in the Dominican Winter League, so he's ostensibly healthy again. Jose Iglesias was brought in this winter to play shortstop, which leaves Rengifo to likely fill a utility role to begin 2021. Read Past Outlooks

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Overall

League Majors

Bats B

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'10"

Weight 195

DOB 2/26/1997

Born Naguanagua, Venezuela

College None

Drafted 2014 SEA

Cleared for winter ball

2BLos Angeles Angels

November 30, 2020

Dominican Winter League club Leones del Escogido announced Monday that Rengifo (hamstring) will be included on the team's roster.

ANALYSIS
Rengifo finished the 2020 campaign on the 10-day injured list after suffering a right hamstring strain in late September, but the fact that he's on a winter ball roster implies that he's back to full strength. Unless the Angels bring in a replacement for free agent Andrelton Simmons this offseason, Rengifo and David Fletcher tentatively slot in as Los Angeles' projected regulars in the middle infield in 2021.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2018

+25%

OPS vs RHP

2020

+55%

OPS vs RHP

2019

+19%

OPS vs RHP

2018

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2018vs Left	.551	172	20	3	11	0	.197	.251	.299
Since 2018vs Right	.691	339	36	5	25	5	.235	.341	.349
2020vs Left	.352	39	5	1	1	0	.111	.158	.194
2020vs Right	.546	66	7	0	2	3	.189	.338	.208
2019vs Left	.609	133	15	2	10	0	.223	.278	.331
2019vs Right	.723	273	29	5	23	2	.246	.342	.381
2018vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2018

+11%

OPS on Road

2020

+3%

OPS on Road

2019

+13%

OPS on Road

2018

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2018Home	.607	242	21	1	17	3	.241	.290	.317
Since 2018Away	.674	270	35	7	19	2	.202	.328	.345
2020Home	.461	49	3	0	1	1	.167	.271	.190
2020Away	.476	57	9	1	2	2	.146	.268	.208
2019Home	.641	193	18	1	16	2	.258	.295	.346
2019Away	.727	213	26	6	17	0	.217	.344	.383
2018Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Stat Review

How does Luis Rengifo 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.

BB/K

0.54

BB Rate

13.2%

K Rate

24.5%

BABIP

.206

ISO

.044

AVG

.156

OBP

.269

SLG

.200

OPS

.469

wOBA

.228

Exit Velocity

80.2 mph

Hard Hit Rate

27.3%

Barrels/PA

1.9%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

2020

2019

Rengifo played most of the season at the big-league level before a hamate injury ended his season. The impressive thing for Rengifo is that he played the season as a 22-year-old, so we can somewhat forgive his below-average production. Throughout the minors, he was a high-contact hitter who was willing to accept his walks and take bases when opportunities presented themselves. Last year, he was still able to get on base at a decent clip even though he struggled to hit for average adjusting to major-league pitching. The switch hitter has the athleticism to play both second and short as he did last year, but only qualifies at his true home (second base) on draft day. We can see Rengifo hitting for a better average in 2020, but the fact he was thrown out stealing in five of his seven attempts last year is going to make it tough to project a spike in steals, and he faces more obstacles to playing time now following a trade to the Dodgers.

Future utility players do not typically climb from High-A to Double-A to Triple-A at 21 while being above league average at every stop. Yet, many evaluators still see Rengifo as a high-end utility player due to his glove fitting best at second base and doubts about his ability to make enough impact offensively to profile there. It would be a mistake to close the book on him being a valuable fantasy asset for several reasons. His 75:75 K:BB in 590 PA suggests he has a high batting average floor and high OBP ceiling. While not a true plus runner, Rengifo's instincts are so good that he was able to swipe 41 bags on 57 attempts. Even if we dial back the attempts, he could steal 20 bases in the majors. If the switch hitter's hit tool turns out to be as good as he showed at High-A and Double-A, he could be a leadoff hitter with sneaky pop. He might already be better than the big-league options at the keystone, so we should see him this summer.

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