
Martin Maldonado
37-Year-Old
Free Agent

2023 Stats
AVG
.191
HR
15
RBI
36
R
33
SB
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Maldonado set a new career high with 15 homers. Unfortunately, that's where the plaudits end as he finished the season looking up at the Mendoza line for the second straight season. Even more disheartening is Maldonado's defense is slipping. He still calls a good game, but his framing is below average, and he only threw out 26% of would-be base stealers, the second lowest mark of his career. The Astros sensed the decline, so they acquired Christian Vazquez at the trade deadline and have been in the market for another backstop in the offseason. Maldonado had offseason surgery for a sports hernia but is expected to be ready for spring training. Regardless of your philosophy with respect to drafting catchers, if you end up with Maldonado, it's time to rethink your approach. Read Past Outlooks

Pads lead Wednesday
Maldonado went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Mariners.
ANALYSIS
Maldonado is hitting .224 (11-for-49) with four homers and eight RBI over 16 games in September. That's an improvement on his .193 batting average for the year, and he's up to 15 homers this season. The catcher has added a mediocre .616 OPS, 36 RBI, 33 runs scored and 12 doubles through 114 contests in 2023.
Maldonado is hitting .224 (11-for-49) with four homers and eight RBI over 16 games in September. That's an improvement on his .193 batting average for the year, and he's up to 15 homers this season. The catcher has added a mediocre .616 OPS, 36 RBI, 33 runs scored and 12 doubles through 114 contests in 2023.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
+39%
OPS vs LHP
2023
+52%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .742 | 335 | 19 | 52 | .220 | ||||
Since 2021vs Right | .535 | 877 | 23 | 65 | .168 | ||||
2023vs Left | .816 | 99 | 6 | 13 | .239 | ||||
2023vs Right | .538 | 308 | 9 | 23 | .175 | ||||
2022vs Left | .763 | 110 | 8 | 21 | .212 | ||||
2022vs Right | .534 | 269 | 7 | 24 | .176 | ||||
2021vs Left | .665 | 126 | 5 | 18 | .212 | ||||
2021vs Right | .533 | 300 | 7 | 18 | .154 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
+4%
OPS at Home
2023
+13%
OPS at Home
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2021Home | .604 | 600 | 19 | 47 | .187 | ||||
Since 2021Away | .582 | 612 | 23 | 70 | .178 | ||||
2023Home | .645 | 195 | 7 | 16 | .215 | ||||
2023Away | .569 | 212 | 8 | 20 | .168 | ||||
2022Home | .628 | 183 | 7 | 21 | .181 | ||||
2022Away | .573 | 196 | 8 | 24 | .190 | ||||
2021Home | .546 | 222 | 5 | 10 | .167 | ||||
2021Away | .601 | 204 | 7 | 26 | .177 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Martin Maldonado 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.
* 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
0.22BB Rate
7.4%K Rate
34.2%BABIP
.260ISO
.157AVG
.191OBP
.258SLG
.348OPS
.606wOBA
.271Exit Velocity
88.4 mphHard Hit Rate
32.0%Barrels/PA
4.9%Expected BA
.187Expected SLG
.357Sprint Speed
18.8 ft/secGround Ball %
35.2%Line Drive %
21.5%Fly Ball %
43.4%Advanced Batting Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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El Machete is a quality catcher in real baseball as he is quite the backstop and can cut down runners on the basepaths nearly at will. He can take aim at the Crawford Boxes and yank homers over the short wall. The problem is he can do little else as he struggles to hit for average, even as someone who has gotten better earning walks in recent years. It isn't quite clear why pitchers would be working around an AL catcher who hits poorly, but Maldonado has posted double-digit walk rates each of the past two seasons. His expected batting average has been .210 or worse each of the last four seasons and there is little reason to believe it gets better in 2022. At best, he is a low-end second catcher option in AL-only leagues.
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Sitting again Sunday
Maldonado is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Heads to bench
Maldonado will be on the bench for Saturday's game against the Royals.
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Receives Tuesday off
Maldonado is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against Baltimore.
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Not in Wednesday's lineup
Maldonado is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Takes seat Sunday
Maldonado is not in the lineup Sunday against the Padres.
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