Kevin Padlo

Kevin Padlo

28-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
 Free Agent  
Free Agent
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Kevin Padlo in 2024. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed a one-year, minor-league contract with the Royals in June of 2024. Traded to the Cubs in August of 2024. Released by the Cubs in August of 2024.
Cut by Chicago
3BFree Agent  
August 20, 2024
The Cubs released Padlo on Aug. 13.
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Acquired from the Royals earlier this month, Padlo appeared in five games for Triple-A Iowa and went 2-for-17 with a home run, three walks and nine strikeouts before being cut loose. The 28-year-old had seen limited big-league action in each of the past three seasons but has played exclusively at the Double-A and Triple-A levels in 2024.
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Since 2022
 
 
+68%
OPS vs RHP
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-100%
OPS vs LHP
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+190%
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .245 25 1 0 2 0 .083 .120 .125
Since 2022vs Right .412 17 0 0 1 0 .176 .176 .235
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left .500 6 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333
2023vs Right .000 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2022vs Left .161 19 0 0 2 0 .056 .105 .056
2022vs Right .467 15 0 0 1 0 .200 .200 .267
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+522%
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-100%
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+426%
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .091 22 0 0 0 0 .045 .045 .045
Since 2022Away .566 20 1 0 3 0 .211 .250 .316
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home .000 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2023Away .600 5 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400
2022Home .105 19 0 0 0 0 .053 .053 .053
2022Away .552 15 0 0 3 0 .214 .267 .286
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The Rays demonstrated a belief in Padlo's major-league potential when they protected him from the Rule 5 draft following a breakthrough 2019 campaign. Across a combined 110 games at Double-A and Triple-A that season, the infielder slugged 21 homers, stole 12 bases and posted a collective .927 OPS, easily outpacing the mostly tepid production he posted in four seasons of A-ball. Alas, the pandemic-necessitated cancellation of the 2020 minor-league season stalled Padlo's momentum, limiting his development to the team's alternate training camp. Low contact rates and high strikeout numbers have followed Padlo through the minors thus far, but he has shown the ability to take a walk (career 14.2 BB%) and has above-average power. He isn't likely to make a big-league impact in 2021 but could eventually emerge as a regular third baseman with some power and speed combined with a limited batting-average ceiling.
There may not be a more talented 40-man roster than that of the Rays, so when they protected Padlo, an infielder with plus power, from the Rule 5 draft, it signaled that they saw him as part of their plans for 2020. This was not always a likely outcome, but he made it so after logging a 153 wRC+ at Double-A and a 151 wRC+ at Triple-A in his age-22/23 season. He has always struck out at a high clip (25.3 K% at Double-A, 29.7 K% at Triple-A), but with a 15.7 BB% last year, he demonstrated an effective three-true-outcomes skill set. Padlo pulls the ball over 50% of the time, but with groundball rates under 35%, shifts will be less effective than with a typical pull-heavy hitter. He can play first base and second base, but the hot corner is where he will get the bulk of his starts. Padlo will have to wait his turn in the minors, but could provide power and OBP when he gets his chance.
Padlo smacked a career-best 16 homers and tallied 41 extra-base hits overall as part of a .229/.358/.413 line over 508 plate appearances at Low-A Bowling Green in 2016, after arriving in the Rays organization from the Rockies system as part of the Corey Dickerson trade. He also posted the second-highest stolen base total of his career (14) but saw regression in other categories. His contact rate dropped to 68 percent, the second consecutive season he saw a decline in that category, while his strikeout rate saw a slight bump to 26.4 percent. However, Padlo profiles as a multi-tool prospect who still has ample room for development at only 20 years of age. He makes for a solid dynasty prospect for his potential production in the categories of extra-base hits, homers, RBI and stolen bases.
After a strong showing in rookie ball in 2014, Padlo was perhaps even more impressive in a more extended run with short-season Boise last year. A fifth-round pick two years ago out of high school, Padlo slashed .294/.404/.502 with nine home runs and 33 steals (in 38 attempts) in 308 plate appearances in the Northwest League. Initially he was given an aggressive assignment to Low-A Asheville to start the year, but after a mediocre 27 games he was sent to short-season ball, where he was still almost three years younger than the average player in the league. Even when he was struggling at Low-A, he still sported a 14.1 percent walk rate, so it seems likely that Padlo will be much more successful after presumably heading back to Low-A at the outset of the 2016 season. His prospect stock took a minor dip during the offseason because of a trade from Colorado to Tampa Bay, but he remains a top-200 prospect for dynasty leagues.
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Shipped to Chicago
3BChicago Cubs  
August 5, 2024
The Cubs acquired Padlo from the Royals on Saturday.
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Signs minors deal with Royals
3BKansas City Royals  
June 5, 2024
Padlo signed a minor-league contract with the Royals on Wednesday.
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Cut loose by Dodgers
3BFree Agent  
May 28, 2024
Padlo was released by the Dodgers on Tuesday, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.
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Invited to Dodgers camp
3BLos Angeles Dodgers  
January 26, 2024
Padlo signed a minor-league contract with the Dodgers on Friday that includes an invitation to spring training, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
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Looking for new home once again
3BFree Agent  
October 5, 2023
Padlo elected free agency Wednesday.
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