Isaac Paredes Off To A Slow Spring Start
8 months agoTampa Bay Rays infielder Isaac Paredes is off to a slow start to his spring in Grapefruit League action. The 25-year-old went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts in Wednesday's contest against the New York Yankees and is now just 1-for-10 with a pair of walks against three strikeouts across his first 12 trips to the plate this spring. Paredes is coming off a big 2023 season that saw him hit .250 with 31 home runs, 98 RBI, and an .840 OPS across 143 appearances. While he is an attractive option at the hot corner for fantasy managers in 2024, it's worth noting that Paredes' .314 xwOBA was well below his .362 wOBA and he ranked in the 26th percentile or worse in xBA, xSLG, average exit velocity, hard-hit rate, and barrel rate a season ago. In other words, prepare for some regression.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com