Isaac Paredes

Isaac Paredes

25-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Tampa Bay Rays
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Paredes had a wonderful breakout season becoming a full-time threat in the Tampa Bay lineup while playing three of the four infield positions. Paredes has a simple approach in that he is up there to pull baseballs, ideally over the fence since he is not the fleetest of foot. Paredes hit all 31 of his homers to left field, and in fact has hit all 53 of his career major league homers to left field. Not only does he pull a lot of baseballs, he also hits a high volume of flyballs which limits his batting average upside despite that he is both accepting of walks and does not strike out as much as one would imagine. His 98 RBI season appeared with him hitting .295 with runners in scoring position after hitting just .175 in those same situations in 2022. RISP production is not a skill so this could evaporate as quickly as it appeared which means the variability of his potential fantasy value in 2024 is rather wide. 2022 is a reminder of his downside. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $3.4 million contract with the Rays in January of 2024.
Plates four in rout
3BTampa Bay Rays
July 25, 2024
Paredes went 2-for-5 with a walk, a double, four RBI and two runs during Thursday's 13-0 win over the Blue Jays.
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Paredes had gone hitless in six of his previous seven starts but snapped out of the cold spell with Thursday's multi-hit performance. His four RBI marked a season high, bringing his 2024 total to 55. Through 416 plate appearances, Paredes is slashing .250/.353/.444 with 16 home runs.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
23
34
8
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
22
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+20%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+20%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .835 341 45 15 56 0 .259 .361 .474
Since 2022vs Right .787 1027 114 52 142 1 .230 .332 .455
2024vs Left .913 100 10 4 16 0 .291 .390 .523
2024vs Right .760 316 30 12 39 0 .237 .342 .419
2023vs Left .773 136 16 4 26 0 .259 .368 .405
2023vs Right .860 435 55 27 72 1 .247 .347 .513
2022vs Left .840 105 19 7 14 0 .231 .324 .516
2022vs Right .701 276 29 13 31 0 .196 .297 .404
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+18%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+12%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+17%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+24%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .868 647 79 38 103 1 .244 .355 .513
Since 2022Away .738 721 80 29 95 0 .232 .325 .414
2024Home .843 212 21 9 27 0 .249 .368 .475
2024Away .752 204 19 7 28 0 .251 .338 .413
2023Home .913 266 35 18 53 1 .261 .368 .544
2023Away .778 305 36 13 45 0 .241 .338 .440
2022Home .830 169 23 11 23 0 .210 .320 .510
2022Away .670 212 25 9 22 0 .202 .292 .378
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Stat Review
How does Isaac Paredes 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
0.72
 
BB Rate
11.8%
 
K Rate
16.3%
 
BABIP
.266
 
ISO
.194
 
AVG
.250
 
OBP
.353
 
SLG
.444
 
OPS
.797
 
wOBA
.351
 
Exit Velocity
85.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.1%
 
Barrels/PA
3.8%
 
Expected BA
.217
 
Expected SLG
.355
 
Sprint Speed
21.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
29.0%
 
Line Drive %
20.7%
 
Fly Ball %
50.3%
 
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The fact that Paredes's .205/.304/.435 triple-slash line translated into a 116 wRC+ on the season speaks to where the overall offensive environment was for the 2022 season. His 20 homers in part-time play was a surprise and that total would have led the Tigers had they not traded him to the Rays for Austin Meadows during the offseason. Despite the low average, Paredes is a very disciplined hitter who accepts his walks and is 90th percentile or better in contact as well as chase rate. His extreme pull tendencies get him into trouble when he doesn't loft the ball as he lacks the foot speed to convert grounders into outs. All 20 of his homers were pull shots, but it would be foolish to believe the Rays will make him an everyday player with their tendencies to platoon positions. Paredes did most of his power damage against lefties (.516 SLG%) while his .196/.297/.404 triple-slash against righties does not exactly scream for a full-time position. The 24 year old has room for growth with his power, but do not get greedy and expect 500+ plate appearances just yet.
Paredes got more playing time than expected with the big club last season, logging 108 plate appearances over 34 games. His numbers were what you would expect from an overwhelmed 21-year-old prospect, as Paredes slashed an uninspiring .220/.278/.290 with a single home run and no stolen-base attempts. His 22.2 K% was strong for a hitter his age and indicative of his best skill -- solid contact at the plate that has led to a superb 12.8 K% over the course of his time in the minors. Paredes has shown that he can hit for a decent average and even notched a 10-game hitting streak near the end of last season during which he batted .364, but he has yet to demonstrate more than average power and isn't a threat to steal many bases. He should get an opportunity to succeed for a still-rebuilding Tigers team, but his skillset doesn't portend fantasy relevance.
It is tempting to romanticize Paredes' 83:76 K:BB in 166 games at Double-A. He clearly has an excellent command of the strike zone, especially for a player who doesn't turn 21 until February. However, he is a 5-foot-11, 225-pound third baseman with below-average speed and average raw power. A mediocre defender whose body figures to get even worse over the next five years, Paredes will need to max out offensively to be an everyday player. He could have some seasons where he hits .280 with 20 home runs, but we should not expect more than that. To say Detroit lacks high-end position player talent on the big-league roster would be an understatement, so even if Paredes is just OK, he will be given a long leash as an everyday player. However, if/when the Tigers get serious about winning, he could start to get squeezed for playing time. He should spend most of the year at Triple-A.
Paredes' game is predicated on making hard contact at a high clip -- he had a 15.1 K% as one of the youngest players at High-A and Double-A. Cutting his infield-flyball rate from 32.2% to 23.9% and upping his line-drive rate from 15.9% to 22.5% helped him raise his AVG to .321 at Double-A, but that mark does not appear sustainable. He pulled the ball over 57% of the time last year. For context, Andrelton Simmons led qualified MLB hitters with a 51.0 Pull% last season, so Paredes will need to make adjustments in the coming years to avoid being neutralized by the shift. He has 50-grade power but is a below-average runner (listed at 5-foot-11, 225 pounds), which is why he seems destined for third base or the keystone. The Tigers are not competing anytime soon, so even if he appears ready this summer, they may play service-time games and keep him down until 2020.
The youngest qualified hitter in the Midwest League, Paredes more than held his own (108 wRC+), even while experiencing brutal luck (.214 BABIP) after a deadline trade from the Cubs to the Tigers. While Jeimer Candelario was the big-league ready piece in that deal, which sent Justin Wilson and Alex Avila to Chicago, Paredes was the lower-level prospect for Tigers fans to dream on. He hit four home runs in his first 10 games after the trade, but notched just 10 hits in his final 22 games. Even amid those struggles, he posted a 13:13 K:BB in 32 games with the Whitecaps. A thick 5-foot-11, he lacks prototypical size for the left side of the infield, but his bat has a chance to profile at third base if he eventually moves off shortstop. He excels at making contact, and while his batting averages don't stand out, he gets rave reviews for his hitting ability. Paredes is not as exciting or toolsy as he is polished and skilled, making him one of the safer teenage prospects in the game.
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Homers in win
3BTampa Bay Rays
July 20, 2024
Paredes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored in Saturday's 9-1 win over the Yankees.
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Adds 15th homer
3BTampa Bay Rays
July 10, 2024
Paredes went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer and a walk in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Yankees.
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Launches homer in loss
3BTampa Bay Rays
July 4, 2024
Paredes went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and two walks in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Royals.
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Finishes single short of cycle
3BTampa Bay Rays
June 30, 2024
Paredes went 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a double and an additional run scored Sunday against the Nationals.
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Tallies 12th homer
3BTampa Bay Rays
June 25, 2024
Paredes went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run Tuesday against the Mariners.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Yankees could pursue
3BTampa Bay Rays
July 26, 2024
Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News listed Paredes as the Yankees' top trade target at third base.
ANALYSIS
DJ LeMahieu has been awful with a .499 OPS after missing the first couple months of the season with a foot injury, leaving New York with a lineup hole at the hot corner. Paredes, meanwhile, is putting together another productive campaign with the Rays and has 16 homers with a .797 OPS through 98 contests. The 25-year-old has three more years of arbitration eligibility, and Tampa Bay won't part with him lightly, especially to a division rival.
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