Grae Kessinger

Grae Kessinger

26-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Houston Astros
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Kessinger made his big league debut in 2023 earning 40 plate appearances while slashing .200/.289/.325 and hitting one home run. The 2019 second round pick climbed three levels in 2023 with his best work coming at Triple-A Sugar Land hitting .283/.397.435 with six home runs and two stolen bases across 230 plate appearances. Kessinger made the ALDS roster for the Astros and has a chance to break camp as a backup option across the infield in 2024. His fantasy appeal is almost nonexistent unless he can carve out an every day role in the new campaign. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#601
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Astros in March of 2024.
Makes season debut Monday
SSHouston Astros
April 3, 2024
Kessinger (hamstring) grounded out in his lone plate appearance in Monday's 10-0 loss to the Blue Jays.
ANALYSIS
Kessinger didn't see make any Grapefruit League or exhibition appearances after March 18 while he recovered from a right hamstring strain, but he showcased enough improvement last week to be included on the Astros' Opening Day roster as a reserve infielder. With the Astros building a 10-run lead after seven innings, Kessinger got the chance to make his season debut in the bottom of the eighth as a pinch hitter for designated hitter Yordan Alvarez. He's still waiting to make his debut in the field, but Kessinger at least looks to be healthy now.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+87%
OPS vs LHP
2024
No Stats
2023
 
 
+61%
OPS vs LHP
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .769 13 1 1 1 0 .231 .231 .538
Since 2022vs Right .411 41 3 0 0 0 .139 .244 .167
2024vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Right .000 8 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023vs Left .833 12 1 1 1 0 .250 .250 .583
2023vs Right .517 33 2 0 0 0 .179 .303 .214
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+37%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
 
 
+12%
OPS on Road
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .432 29 2 1 1 0 .111 .172 .259
Since 2022Away .593 25 2 0 0 0 .227 .320 .273
2024Home .000 7 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024Away .000 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023Home .577 22 1 1 1 0 .150 .227 .350
2023Away .648 23 2 0 0 0 .250 .348 .300
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Grae Kessinger 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
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
44.4%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Exit Velocity
71.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
20.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.062
 
Expected SLG
.096
 
Sprint Speed
 
Ground Ball %
80.0%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
20.0%
 
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Shut down for multiple days
SSHouston Astros
Hamstring
March 19, 2024
Astros manager Joe Espada said Tuesday that Kessinger (hamstring) will be held out of activities for a few days, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Diagnosed with hamstring strain
SSHouston Astros
Hamstring
March 18, 2024
Kessinger suffered a right hamstring strain during Monday's exhibition against Miami, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Nursing hamstring injury
SSHouston Astros
Hamstring
March 18, 2024
Kessinger was pulled from Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Marlins due to right hamstring discomfort, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Tweaks leg Monday
SSHouston Astros
Leg
March 18, 2024
Kessinger was removed in the second inning of Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Marlins after he appeared to injure his right leg while running the bases, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Defensive versatility could pay off
SSHouston Astros
February 7, 2024
Kessinger has a chance to win the final bench spot on Houston's big-league roster out of spring training, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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