Freddy Fermin

28-Year-Old CatcherC

Kansas City Royals

2024 Stats

AVG

.182

RBI

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

Fermin went back-and-forth between the majors and minors in April but was with the big club for good by early May when the Royals decided to no longer use MJ Melendez at catcher. The 28-year-old was quietly very productive, hitting .290/.324/.495 with nine home runs over 205 plate appearances from May-to-August before his season ended in early September with a fractured finger. Fermin is a late bloomer, but he had an .874 OPS with 20 homers in 105 games at the Triple-A level and his hard-hit rate (42.7 percent) and barrel rate (9.9 percent) in 2023 with the Royals were both above-average. His emergence led to Kansas City using Salvador Perez for a career-high 21 starts at first base in addition to 29 starts at designated hitter and it's possible they'll follow a similar setup in 2024. It could be enough for Fermin to carve out some deep-league value again. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#483

ADP

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'10"

Weight 185

DOB 5/16/1995

Born Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela

College None

Drafted 2015 KC

Scores run in win

CKansas City Royals

April 9, 2024

Fermin went 2-for-3 with one double and one run in Sunday's win against the White Sox.

ANALYSIS
Fermin has totaled 15 at-bats with two runs and three hits over five games played as the main backup to starting catcher Salvador Perez. The 28-year-old hasn't built upon his solid .782 OPS from the 2023 campaign, as Fermin has just a .467 OPS through the small sample this year.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

vs Right-Handed Pitchers

vs RHP

vs Left-Handed Pitchers

vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+3%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+14%

OPS vs LHP

2023

+1%

OPS vs RHP

2022

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.729	77	8	3	9	0	.250	.299	.431
Since 2022vs Right	.709	199	23	6	24	0	.265	.298	.411
2024vs Left	.455	11	1	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273
2024vs Right	.399	23	3	0	1	0	.182	.217	.182
2023vs Left	.777	66	7	3	9	0	.262	.318	.459
2023vs Right	.783	169	19	6	23	0	.288	.321	.462
2022vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022vs Right	.000	7	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+8%

OPS on Road

2024

+79%

OPS at Home

2023

+27%

OPS on Road

2022

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.687	139	15	3	16	0	.269	.302	.385
Since 2022Away	.743	137	16	6	17	0	.252	.294	.449
2024Home	.583	12	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333
2024Away	.325	22	2	0	1	0	.143	.182	.143
2023Home	.697	127	13	3	16	0	.271	.307	.390
2023Away	.882	108	13	6	16	0	.293	.336	.545
2022Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022Away	.000	7	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
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Stat Review

How does Freddy Fermin 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

2.9%

K Rate

8.8%

BABIP

.200

ISO

.030

AVG

.182

OBP

.206

SLG

.212

OPS

.418

wOBA

.189

Exit Velocity

87.0 mph

Hard Hit Rate

26.7%

Barrels/PA

0.0%

Expected BA

.201

Expected SLG

.286

Sprint Speed

Ground Ball %

46.7%

Line Drive %

10.0%

Fly Ball %

43.3%

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Fermin is projected to be the Royals' backup catcher to begin 2024, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.