Steven Kwan

Steven Kwan

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Cleveland Guardians
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Kwan finished third in a strong field for AL Rookie of the Year. His game is contact as he sported a 3rd percentile average exit velocity and 1st percentile hard-hit rate. along with a 78th percentile sprint speed. Even after Kwan became Cleveland's regular left fielder, fantasy managers were skeptical he'd offer ample category juice to warrant a pickup. He mustered only 38 extra base hits, but Kwan surprisingly swiped 19 bases in 24 tries. Add in 90 runs and Kwan was a three-category contributor, the perfect complement for high-power, low-average sluggers. A hitter of Kwan's ilk will be subject to the whims of BABIP, but a minuscule 9.4% strikeout rate and a 9.7% walk rate offer a batting average floor. Kwan's low-power profile is more palatable with the new MLB rules, especially since he plays for a club designed to take advantage. The team build needs to accommodate Kwan, but there's a pathway to profit. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#118
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2023.
Gets on base three times
OFCleveland Guardians
September 29, 2023
Kwan went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a stolen base in Friday's 7-5 win over the Tigers.
ANALYSIS
Kwan had gone just 1-for-17 over his last four games before breaking out of the short slump. The steal was his fifth of the month and 21st of the year, two more than he had last season. Kwan has hit .271 with a .718 OPS, five home runs, 54 RBI, 93 runs scored, 36 doubles and seven triples over 156 contests as the Guardians' near-everyday leadoff hitter in his second big-league season.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
100
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
54
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+17%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+9%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+27%
OPS vs RHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .656 364 44 1 26 16 .270 .326 .330
Since 2021vs Right .770 992 138 10 80 24 .287 .366 .404
2023vs Left .667 224 27 1 15 10 .260 .327 .340
2023vs Right .730 494 66 4 39 11 .272 .346 .384
2022vs Left .639 140 17 0 11 6 .285 .324 .315
2022vs Right .811 498 72 6 41 13 .303 .386 .425
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+11%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+16%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+5%
OPS on Road
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .701 671 80 3 44 17 .269 .349 .351
Since 2021Away .777 685 102 8 62 23 .296 .362 .415
2023Home .657 362 45 2 21 11 .246 .327 .330
2023Away .764 356 48 3 33 10 .290 .354 .410
2022Home .752 309 35 1 23 6 .295 .375 .376
2022Away .791 329 54 5 29 13 .301 .370 .421
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Steven Kwan 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
0.93
 
BB Rate
9.7%
 
K Rate
10.4%
 
BABIP
.294
 
ISO
.102
 
AVG
.268
 
OBP
.340
 
SLG
.370
 
OPS
.710
 
wOBA
.316
 
Exit Velocity
86.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
18.6%
 
Barrels/PA
0.8%
 
Expected BA
.282
 
Expected SLG
.356
 
Sprint Speed
24.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
45.0%
 
Line Drive %
25.3%
 
Fly Ball %
29.7%
 
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2022 Fantasy Outlook
Kwan had always been an analytics darling from a hit tool standpoint, but traditional scouts typically wrote him off due to a perceived lack of power potential, middling pedigree (fifth rounder in 2018) and lack of physicality (5-foot-9, 175 pounds). He made believers out of many last season, hitting .328/.407/.527 with 12 home runs and more walks (36) than strikeouts (31) in 77 games at Double-A and Triple-A. That performance earned him a spot on Cleveland's 40-man roster this offseason. Given the strength of his hit tool and his desolation of Double-A (159 wRC+) and Triple-A (144 wRC+), Kwan has a realistic chance of becoming a regular in the Guardians' outfield sometime this season. Aside from Myles Straw in center field, nothing in that outfield is locked down.
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Out of lineup
OFCleveland Guardians
September 20, 2023
Kwan is out of the lineup Wednesday versus the Royals.
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On base five times in loss
OFCleveland Guardians
September 20, 2023
Kwan went 2-for-2 with three walks, a double, a triple, a run scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 7-6 loss to the Royals.
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Reaches three times, swipes bag
OFCleveland Guardians
September 14, 2023
Kwan went 2-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Giants.
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Picks up steal in loss
OFCleveland Guardians
September 10, 2023
Kwan went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and a stolen base in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Angels.
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Reaches base four times in loss
OFCleveland Guardians
September 8, 2023
Kwan went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Angels.
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