Joey Wendle

Joey Wendle

34-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
 Free Agent  
Free Agent
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Wendle's two years in Miami were forgettable, at best, and he closed out 2023 with a .212/.248/.312 slash line in 318 plate appearances. The utility infielder had a .744 OPS during the previous four seasons with the Rays, prompting the Mets to bring him aboard for 2024 on a $2 million deal. Wendle's strong defense across the infield should allow him to see fairly consistent at-bats, but he's unlikely to be a worthwhile fantasy contributor. Read Past Outlooks
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#363
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$Signed a one-year contract with Atlanta in May of 2024. Elected free agency in May of 2024.
Elects free agency
3BFree Agent  
May 30, 2024
Wendle elected free agency Thursday after decling an outright assignment to Triple-A Gwinnett.
ANALYSIS
Wendle was with Atlanta for just three days and didn't play in a game before being designated for assignment. He had enough service time to become a free agent rather than reporting to Gwinnett. Wendle will now be on the lookout for a new organization.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+5%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+17%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+13%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .579 109 12 0 13 1 .227 .280 .299
Since 2022vs Right .608 617 51 5 40 19 .238 .272 .336
2024vs Left .000 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Right .572 32 2 0 1 1 .258 .281 .290
2023vs Left .636 33 7 0 1 0 .258 .281 .355
2023vs Right .545 285 26 2 19 7 .207 .244 .301
2022vs Left .595 71 4 0 12 1 .230 .300 .295
2022vs Right .671 300 23 3 20 11 .266 .297 .374
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+90%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2022
Even Split
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .579 344 35 1 23 4 .228 .251 .328
Since 2022Away .626 382 28 4 30 16 .245 .293 .333
2024Home .350 20 1 0 1 0 .150 .150 .200
2024Away .665 17 2 0 0 1 .313 .353 .313
2023Home .533 164 23 1 11 1 .210 .227 .306
2023Away .577 154 10 1 9 6 .214 .270 .307
2022Home .656 160 11 0 11 3 .257 .288 .368
2022Away .659 211 16 3 21 9 .262 .305 .354
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Stat Review
How does Joey Wendle 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
0.11
 
BB Rate
2.7%
 
K Rate
24.3%
 
BABIP
.296
 
ISO
.028
 
AVG
.222
 
OBP
.243
 
SLG
.250
 
OPS
.493
 
wOBA
.221
 
Exit Velocity
88.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
22.2%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.223
 
Expected SLG
.289
 
Sprint Speed
24.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
53.8%
 
Line Drive %
19.2%
 
Fly Ball %
26.9%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Wendle had a .744 OPS over the past four years with the Rays before he was acquired by the Marlins in November of 2021, but he underwhelmed during his first season in Miami with a .259/.297/.360 slash line in 101 games. He still provided strong defense while splitting time between shortstop, third base and second base, but he struggled to lift at the plate with a 55 percent groundball rate, up nearly eight percentage points from his time in Tampa Bay. Wendle is a strong candidate for a rebound in 2023 and could return to being an above-average offensive player, with his quality defense providing a solid floor for his playing time. However, Miami's acquisitions of Jean Segura and Luis Arraez shake up the heirarchy, and Wendle now appears set to begin 2023 in a utility role with Arraez potentially at second base, Segura at third and Jazz Chisholm at shortstop.
Wendle has been an above-average offensive player in three of the last four seasons, which is saying something for a player who was DFA'd after his second season of big-league experience. Wendle is the latest of the hybrid player Tampa Bay always seems to employ who is not an everyday player due to a flaw, but makes the most of his opportunities wherever he is put in the field or in the lineup. Wendle finally broke the double-digit homer plateau in 2021 and continues to throw in a handful of steals albeit not as many as he did in his rookie season. He rarely walks as he is looking to drive a baseball to a gap or slap one down the third-base line. His flaws come from his struggles against lefties and a hole in his approach which leaves him open to the back-foot breaking balls he repeatedly sees late in the count. He will now take his talents in South Beach after being dealt to the Marlins on Nov. 30, 2021 in exchange for prospect Kam Misner.
Wendle rebounded nicely from an injury-plagued 2019 campaign. As usual, he played around the diamond and should qualify at second, third and shortstop in most formats. While Wendle could be the strong-side platoon option at just one position, most likely third base, he's probably going to remain in a utility role, playing somewhere whenever a right-hander is on the hill for the opposition. Contact and speed remain Wendle's calling cards as he's never hit the ball with much authority. However, Wendle hits the ball up the middle and to the opposite field enough to keep shifting to a minimum, so he's able to maintain an above-average BABIP. With a solid BA floor, speed and multi-position eligibility, Wendle is ideal for daily leagues, those with more than one transaction day a week and of course AL-only formats. In mixed leagues with weekly moves, Wendle is a bench player.
With Matt Duffy out to open the 2019 season, Wendle was earmarked for a lot of playing time, but he hurt his hamstring April 1 and was out until April 21. On April 24, Wendle was back on the IL with a broken wrist after getting hit by a pitch. He was activated June 14, but wrist inflammation forced a third visit July 31, returning Aug. 24. At that point, Wendle's OPS was .551 with no homers in 157 plate appearances. He posted a .754 mark the rest of the way, with three homers in 104 plate appearances, hinting he wasn't 100% earlier. After compiling a .294/.345/.418 career line heading into 2019, Wendle deserves the benefit of the doubt. A 17.5 K% with wheels provides a good batting average floor. While he won't play every day, Wendle projects to be the team's utility man and the top backup at several infield positions. He's better suited for AL-only, but is in play for cheap steals in deep mixed formats.
The Rays value versatile defenders, and they have many of them. None were more surprising than Wendle was in 2018. He qualifies at second and third in 20-game leagues, and adds outfield in 15-game leagues and shortstop in 10-game leagues. We expect lefty hitters to struggle against fellow lefties, but that is not how Wendle's swing works. He stays in so well against lefties that he hits them just as well as he hits righties and does not need to be subbed out like most other natural platoons on the roster. His swing is more focused on contact than it is driving the ball, so a double-digit home run season is unlikely, but he has the chops to hit high in the lineup and help set the table for others to drive him in. The steals have been more a product of his acumen than his natural speed, so enjoy them while they're there. The .321/.381/.486 slash line in the second half should not be overlooked.
An offseason trade sent Wendle to Tampa Bay from Oakland, where he had steadily been toiling in Triple-A. Wendle has consistency on his side; in each of the past three seasons, he has appeared in at least 118 Triple-A games and recorded an OPS between .756 and .776. Unfortunately, that means Wendle hasn't exhibited the growth the Athletics wanted to see in order to give him a chance to become their starting second baseman. Wendle has neither the pop nor the plate discipline to fully overcome his strikeout problem, as he has struck out 308 times against just 67 walks over those three Triple-A campaigns. Expect him to open up the season as a backup to Daniel Robertson at second base in Tampa, but if Robertson is as underwhelming in 2018 as he was in 2017 (.634 OPS, five home runs in 218 at-bats), Wendle could get his first big-league opportunity for a starting job.
In 2015 and 2016 with Triple-A Nashville, Wendle hit .285 while averaging 11 home runs, 80.5 runs, 59 RBI and 13 stolen bases - useful numbers, to say the least, for someone who hasn't really been considered a top prospect playing in a poor hitters' park. Despite his 6-foot-1, 189-pound frame, he delivers crisp swings. Oakland even tried him in the leadoff spot against right-handed pitching after calling him up in September. There's a lot of Joe Panik in him, for better or worse. It doesn't seem like he'll excel in any single counting category. When a player is heavily reliant on batting average for fantasy value, plenty can go wrong, especially for someone who isn't an automatic .300 hitter or an elite prospect. Wendle may get another shot in 2017, though Jed Lowrie could push him for at-bats if he can recover from foot surgery. He has a slightly intriguing power-speed mix, but not enough to suggest that he's an attractive piece outside of AL-only formats.
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Outrighted to Gwinnett
3BAtlanta Braves  
May 29, 2024
Wendle cleared waivers Wednesday and was sent outright to Triple-A Gwinnett, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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Designated for assignment
3BAtlanta Braves  
May 27, 2024
Wendle was designated for assignment by Atlanta on Monday, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
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Gets MLB deal from Atlanta
3BAtlanta Braves  
May 24, 2024
Atlanta signed Wendle to a one-year contract Friday.
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Released by Mets
3BFree Agent  
May 20, 2024
The Mets released Wendle on Monday, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports.
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Cast off 40-man roster
3BNew York Mets  
May 15, 2024
The Mets designated Wendle for assignment Wednesday.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Should start at shortstop
3BMiami Marlins  
January 12, 2023
Craig Mish of SportsGrid.com believes Wendle will be the Marlins' primary shortstop to begin the 2023 campaign.
ANALYSIS
Longtime shortstop Miguel Rojas was traded to the Dodgers on Wednesday, which leaves Wendle as the likely starter for Opening Day. The 32-year-old had a .259/.297/.360 slash line with three home runs and 12 stolen bases in 101 games last season, and his strong defense is likely to give him the edge at shortstop with Jazz Chisholm sticking at second base.
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