Jeremy Pena
26-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Pena fanned less and walked more than he did in his rookie season. Pena's average exit velocity and hard-hit rate were essentially the same. However, he flattened his swing, resulting in more grounders and a three mph drop in flyball average exit velocity, cutting his HR/FB mark in half. The change helped boost his BABIP by 25 points, but Pena's power was crushed as he left the yard only 10 times, 12 fewer times than his first season, despite 76 more plate appearances. He stole two more bases, but he profiled as someone who would take advantage of the new rules. It was sage to expect Pena to fall short of his freshman season, but the way he did it was curious, morphing into an extreme groundball hitter. From a fantasy perspective, Pena's transition is better for batting average, but he doesn't steal ample bases to be a top tier shortstop unless he reverts to hitting more flyballs. Pena is why tracking stats when drafting is precarious. He's likely going to be a fantasy asset, but the distribution of his stats has a wide range of possibilities. Read Past Outlooks
Has new stance
Pena overhauled his batting stance during the offseason, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Pena was essentially a league-average hitter in many aspects last season, but he posted just a .118 ISO across 634 plate appearances. To unlock more power in 2024, he reworked his stance to minimize movement while focusing on driving balls to all areas of the field. Manager Joe Espada has noted early in spring training that Pena looks more athletic and comfortable in the box while lifting the ball more. The latter will be a key to his potential jump in home runs, as he has only a 29.5 flyball percentage across 1,192 career plate appearances.
Pena was essentially a league-average hitter in many aspects last season, but he posted just a .118 ISO across 634 plate appearances. To unlock more power in 2024, he reworked his stance to minimize movement while focusing on driving balls to all areas of the field. Manager Joe Espada has noted early in spring training that Pena looks more athletic and comfortable in the box while lifting the ball more. The latter will be a key to his potential jump in home runs, as he has only a 29.5 flyball percentage across 1,192 career plate appearances.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+25%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .828 | 326 | 10 | 35 | .307 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .665 | 860 | 22 | 80 | .240 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023vs Left | .834 | 174 | 3 | 16 | .325 | ||||
2023vs Right | .655 | 457 | 7 | 36 | .239 | ||||
2022vs Left | .822 | 152 | 7 | 19 | .286 | ||||
2022vs Right | .675 | 403 | 15 | 44 | .241 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
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Even Split
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .710 | 591 | 19 | 61 | .252 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .710 | 595 | 13 | 54 | .265 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | .679 | 316 | 5 | 26 | .242 | ||||
2023Away | .731 | 315 | 5 | 26 | .284 | ||||
2022Home | .743 | 275 | 14 | 35 | .262 | ||||
2022Away | .686 | 280 | 8 | 28 | .244 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jeremy Pena 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
0.33BB Rate
6.8%K Rate
20.4%BABIP
.323ISO
.118AVG
.263OBP
.324SLG
.381OPS
.705wOBA
.313Exit Velocity
88.0 mphHard Hit Rate
29.1%Barrels/PA
2.8%Expected BA
.259Expected SLG
.370Sprint Speed
26.0 ft/secGround Ball %
54.3%Line Drive %
19.1%Fly Ball %
26.6%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
2021
2020
Pena had the task of replacing the void left by Carlos Correa's departure in free agency over the winter. Pena had no major league experience coming into the season and had just 160 plate appearances at the minor league level the previous season, but finished the season slightly better than league average with a 102 wRC+. Few would have projected him with double-digit steals let alone double-digit homers, yet the rookie did both hitting more homers in 2022 than he had in his professional baseball career from 2018-2021 and stole more bases than he did in 2019 and 2021 combined. He didn't accept many walks in Triple-A in 2021 and accepted even fewer as a rookie while striking out often, but the Houston lineup was deep enough to absorb these risks and keep his excellent defense in the lineup as often as it was. The profile is rather reminscent of a younger Javier Baez with perhaps a little more contact, but the same types of risks apply with the conditions ripe for a sophomore slump.
More Fantasy News
Goes through workout Monday
Pena, who landed on first base awkwardly for the final out of Sunday's ALDS Game 2 loss to the Twins, was spotted taking infield with his teammates during Monday's workout, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Three-hit effort in loss
Pena went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Mariners.
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Records two steals
Pena went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Royals.
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Hitting well in September
Pena went 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on Monday against the Orioles.
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Records five hits in blowout
Pena went 5-for-6 with a triple, a double and three RBI in Sunday's 17-4 win over the Tigers.
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