Anthony Rizzo
35-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
AVG
.228
HR
8
RBI
35
R
38
SB
0
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Rizzo is now a free agent as the Yankees declined his club option for the 2025 season. We can't blame them for doing so as Rizzo has hit .210/.291/.299 since that ill-fated collision with Fernando Tatis Jr at first base on May 28, 2023. Rizzo was hitting quite well before that incident, but has been a shell of his former self since that time. While he did hit 32 homers as recently as 2022, his indicators paint a dismal picture as only his strike zone judgement and contact abilities remain intact. What Rizzo does put into play is not of the same contact quality it once was unless he is jumping on a mistake pitch. It is tough to envision him recovering even a fraction of his former fantasy value unless he were to pull off some sort of 2021 Joey Votto performance. Rizzo would need the right park and a 100% clear head to pull off that feat, and it might just be that Rizzo may hang them up given how rapidly his numbers are plunging into the aging curve. Read Past Outlooks
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Club option declined
The Yankees declined Rizzo's $17 million club option for 2025 on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
Rizzo slashed just .228/.301/.335 with 35 RBI across 375 regular-season plate appearances in 2024 -- his worst season at the plate since his rookie year with the Padres in 2011. Despite his significant drop in production, the 35-year-old first baseman should still be able to attract some attention in the open market, though he likely won't receive anything close to the $17 million average annual salary he'd been getting from New York.
Rizzo slashed just .228/.301/.335 with 35 RBI across 375 regular-season plate appearances in 2024 -- his worst season at the plate since his rookie year with the Padres in 2011. Despite his significant drop in production, the 35-year-old first baseman should still be able to attract some attention in the open market, though he likely won't receive anything close to the $17 million average annual salary he'd been getting from New York.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+7%
OPS vs LHP
2024
+23%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .768 | 324 | 11 | 34 | .257 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .718 | 1020 | 41 | 117 | .223 | ||||
2024vs Left | .543 | 97 | 0 | 3 | .221 | ||||
2024vs Right | .669 | 278 | 8 | 32 | .231 | ||||
2023vs Left | .825 | 87 | 1 | 10 | .333 | ||||
2023vs Right | .674 | 334 | 11 | 31 | .220 | ||||
2022vs Left | .893 | 140 | 10 | 21 | .233 | ||||
2022vs Right | .791 | 408 | 22 | 54 | .220 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+22%
OPS at Home
2024
+21%
OPS at Home
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .801 | 696 | 32 | 86 | .252 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .656 | 648 | 20 | 65 | .209 | ||||
2024Home | .706 | 162 | 4 | 15 | .254 | ||||
2024Away | .585 | 213 | 4 | 20 | .210 | ||||
2023Home | .819 | 232 | 9 | 26 | .288 | ||||
2023Away | .564 | 189 | 3 | 15 | .188 | ||||
2022Home | .840 | 302 | 19 | 45 | .222 | ||||
2022Away | .790 | 246 | 13 | 30 | .225 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Anthony Rizzo 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
0.42BB Rate
7.2%K Rate
17.3%BABIP
.259ISO
.107AVG
.228OBP
.301SLG
.335OPS
.637wOBA
.288Exit Velocity
86.7 mphHard Hit Rate
23.9%Barrels/PA
2.9%Expected BA
.240Expected SLG
.340Sprint Speed
20.2 ft/secGround Ball %
43.8%Line Drive %
21.5%Fly Ball %
34.7%Advanced Batting Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Given that he missed the final two months of the 2023 season due to post-concussion syndrome, Rizzo's draft-day cost is going to vary widely from league to league in 2024. The concussion happened during an awkward collision with Fernando Tatis in May -- three months before Rizzo was actually placed on the IL -- and he later acknowledged that he was having trouble seeing the ball for much of the summer. That shows in his game logs, as he slashed just .170/.271/.224 with one home run in 188 plate appearances between the beginning of June and the end of July. He suffered through a five-strikeout game July 30 at Baltimore, a few days before mercifully being shut down. While it was an ugly ordeal, durability is usually one of Rizzo's best skills and he can hopefully put last year in the rearview with a reinvigorating kind of opportunity to feast in the heart of the Yankees' beefed-up batting order. He won't be a consensus top-150 pick again but could certainly return that kind of value.
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Downtime helping injured fingers
Rizzo said Wednesday that the time off between the ALCS and World Series has allowed swelling in his fractured fingers to subside, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
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Absent from Game 3 lineup
Rizzo is not in the lineup Thursday for Game 3 of the ALCS in Cleveland.
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Should start again in Game 2
Rizzo fared well in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Guardians and is expected to be in the starting lineup Tuesday for Game 2, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
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Starting at first base in Game 1
Rizzo will start at first base and bat eighth Monday in Game 1 of the ALCS versus the Guardians.
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Included on ALCS roster
Rizzo (fingers) is on the Yankees' roster for the ALCS against the Guardians.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Reunion with Yankees?
Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News "wouldn't be stunned" if Rizzo re-signs with the Yankees after the club declined his $17 million team option for 2025 on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
New York paid the $6 million buyout rather than bringing him back at that salary, which wasn't a surprise since he was limited to 92 regular-season games in 2024 and had a .228/.301/.335 slash line. Rizzo said in September that he hopes to retire with the Yankees, but the organization is undoubtedly looking for an upgrade at first base this winter, and it's unclear if the 35-year-old is willing to take on a bench role.
New York paid the $6 million buyout rather than bringing him back at that salary, which wasn't a surprise since he was limited to 92 regular-season games in 2024 and had a .228/.301/.335 slash line. Rizzo said in September that he hopes to retire with the Yankees, but the organization is undoubtedly looking for an upgrade at first base this winter, and it's unclear if the 35-year-old is willing to take on a bench role.