Jon Berti

34-Year-Old Third Baseman3B

Free Agent

2024 Stats

AVG

.273

RBI

2025 Projections

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Beri was one of those players we expected to thrive in the new stolen base environment, yet he currently finds himself without an employer in early December. He has 21 steal in 28 attempts over the past two seasons but most of that is frontloaded as a calf strain and hip issues cost him significant time in 2024. The Yankees primarily used Berti at third base last season, so his draft day value will be significantly impacted by his positional assignment since he lacks the run production for that position in most formats. Berti will be 35 on opening day yet still maintains top 20th percentile speed assuming his leg ailments are fully healed. He still has the skills to be an regular on a second division club and could be a surprise source of steals if he can stay on the field and take advantage of playing time afforded to him by playing regularly for a non-contender. Read Past Outlooks

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man No

Height 5'10"

Weight 175

DOB 1/22/1990

Drafted 18th Rd 2011

Let go by Yankees

3BFree Agent

November 22, 2024

The Yankees non-tendered Berti on Friday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.

ANALYSIS
Berti appeared in 25 games for the Yankees during the regular season, slashing .273/.342/.318 with six RBI over 74 plate appearances. The 34-year-old's defensive versatility and ability to reach base at a high rate should earn him some attention in free agency, though a full-time starting role is unlikely.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+7%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+27%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+11%

OPS vs LHP

2022

+6%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.735	247	32	4	16	13	.284	.333	.402
Since 2022vs Right	.690	655	78	8	51	49	.262	.335	.355
2024vs Left	.570	30	3	0	0	2	.259	.310	.259
2024vs Right	.723	44	7	1	6	3	.282	.364	.359
2023vs Left	.804	127	20	2	8	5	.325	.362	.442
2023vs Right	.724	297	33	5	25	11	.280	.336	.388
2022vs Left	.690	90	9	2	8	6	.232	.300	.390
2022vs Right	.654	314	38	2	20	35	.243	.331	.322
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+9%

OPS at Home

2024

+41%

OPS at Home

2023

+11%

OPS on Road

2022

+34%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.735	440	53	8	44	28	.278	.333	.402
Since 2022Away	.672	462	57	4	23	34	.259	.337	.335
2024Home	.762	42	8	1	5	1	.286	.390	.371
2024Away	.539	32	2	0	1	4	.258	.281	.258
2023Home	.708	196	21	3	20	8	.283	.316	.391
2023Away	.784	228	32	4	13	8	.304	.367	.417
2022Home	.755	202	24	4	19	19	.272	.337	.418
2022Away	.565	202	23	0	9	22	.207	.312	.253
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Stat Review

How does Jon Berti 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

0.43

BB Rate

8.1%

K Rate

18.9%

BABIP

.333

ISO

.045

AVG

.273

OBP

.342

SLG

.318

OPS

.661

wOBA

.303

Exit Velocity

84.2 mph

Hard Hit Rate

27.1%

Barrels/PA

1.4%

Expected BA

.274

Expected SLG

.335

Sprint Speed

26.4 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

40.4%

Line Drive %

26.9%

Fly Ball %

32.7%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Berti played in a career-high 133 games with the Marlins in 2023 and posted a career-best .294 batting average while registering his highest OPS (.748) since 2019. It was enough to convince the Marlins that he was worth bringing back on a $3.63 million club option for 2024. Oddly enough, though, his fantasy stock is lower now than it was a year ago. Berti stole 41 bases in 46 attempts in 2022, pacing all major leaguers in that category despite operating in a utility role. He was more of an everyday guy last season but tallied only 16 steals in 22 tries. If he is not swiping bags at an elite pace, and with that .294 batting average looking unrepeatable, the 34-year-old is more of an off-and-on waiver-wire type than a draft-day consideration.

For a three-week stretch from mid-June into July, Berti was right up there among the most valuable players in rotisserie fantasy. He stole 15 bases in a 21-game span before a left groin strain briefly interrupted the fun. Berti missed close to a month and later battled some hip trouble, but regardless he led the majors in steals by a comfortable margin with 41. While he does not project as a true everyday player, the stolen bases and multi-position eligibility (2B, 3B) keep Berti relevant in roto leagues. That's an important distinction as Berti's bat does not clear the bar in most points formats. Berti has never exceeded six home runs in a major-league season and owns a .352 SLG in four seasons with Miami. If you need to be competitive in the SB category in order to rack up standings points, Berti can be plugged in as needed, ideally to a middle or corner spot.

Berti was sidelined for the final two-plus months of 2021 due to a concussion, but he's good to go entering spring training. The 32-year-old struggled last season prior to the concussion with a .210/.311/.313 slash line, and he should remain in a super-utility role for Miami this season. His ability to steal bases makes him a viable option in deeper leagues if he can secure regular playing time.

Berti is an oddball as a 31-year-old speedster. The versatile utilityman is one of the fastest players in baseball by sprint speed and he is 27-for-32 on the basepaths as a latecomer to the big leagues. The career 10.4 BB% combined with speed offers the potential for more steals, especially with a career OBP of .359. That said, he does strike out at a high rate for a player who is not hitting for power even though he has an excellent swinging-strike rate. It comes down to his willingness to work counts that then put him into two-strike situations that could go either way. Perhaps some more aggressiveness would serve him well. Berti has multi-positional eligibility to go along with the speed, but it would be nice if he brought along a higher BA this season. The high BABIPs are there, but the strikeouts have capped his average to this point.

Berti missed just over two months with an oblique injury, but his defensive versatility afforded him time in a utility role and Berti fared surprisingly well in his limited sample. The 29-year-old had a strikeout rate of 25.4% and a contact rate of only 71.5%, and Berti did not drive the ball with much authority when he did manage to connect (.406 SLG, 3.8 Barrel%). However, he does have elite sprint speed and used that to beat out 11 infield hits and steal 17 bags in 20 attempts. Over the course of a nine-year minor-league career split between the Blue Jays, Indians and Marlins organizations, Berti stole 270 bases, and with stolen bases being increasingly difficult to find, Berti will have his truthers who believe he'll be a bargain. The question is whether the playing time will be there. Consider us pessimistic. Even Don Mattingly and the Marlins' front office seem unconvinced.

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Battling hip injury

3BNew York Yankees

Hip

October 25, 2024

Manager Aaron Boone said Friday that Berti was left off the Yankees' World Series roster due to a right hip flexor injury, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.