Patrick Bailey

Patrick Bailey

25-Year-Old CatcherC
San Francisco Giants
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Bailey won his first Gold Glove last season for his stellar work behind the plate. He seemed to take a small step forward at the plate, too, even if the surface-level numbers wouldn't necessarily point to that. Bailey cut his strikeout rate from 28.3 percent to 22.3 percent while upping his walk rate (5.9 percent to 8.7 percent), hard-hit rate (38.4 percent to 43 percent) and average exit velocity (88.7 mph to 91.3 mph). The switch-hitting catcher cratered after the All-Star break for the second straight year and is now a career .179/.238/.238 hitter in the second half (versus a .287/.343/.454 line in the first half). While that might suggest more days off would be wise, you can understand why the Giants have been reluctant to take the defensive stalwart out of the lineup. One concern with Bailey is that he's already made three trips to the 7-day concussion injured list, including two in the first half last season. That batted-ball data points to more offensive promise that Bailey has shown so far, but he also might just be a better real-life player than fantasy player. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Giants in March of 2024.
Rare steal in win
CSan Francisco Giants
September 28, 2024
Bailey went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one stolen base and one run scored in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Cardinals.
ANALYSIS
Bailey has gone 12-for-43 (.279) with three extra-base hits and four RBI over his last 14 games. His steal Saturday was his fourth of the year and his first since July 22. The catcher has put together a middling year at the plate, slashing .234/.298/.339 with eight home runs, 46 RBI, 46 runs scored, 16 doubles and a triple over 121 contests. While he hasn't hit all that well, Bailey's elite pitch framing and arm have made him an essential part of the Giants' roster.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
15
15
15
11
11
14
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
1
6
2
3
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+53%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+49%
OPS vs LHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .654 210 20 5 21 1 .244 .297 .358
Since 2022vs Right .635 591 55 10 73 4 .230 .290 .345
2024vs Left .451 97 9 0 3 0 .180 .237 .213
2024vs Right .689 351 37 8 43 4 .250 .314 .375
2023vs Left .829 113 11 5 18 1 .298 .348 .481
2023vs Right .557 240 18 2 30 0 .203 .255 .302
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .668 388 36 8 49 1 .250 .295 .374
Since 2022Away .613 413 39 7 45 4 .218 .290 .323
2024Home .682 226 23 3 27 1 .260 .310 .373
2024Away .590 222 23 5 19 3 .208 .285 .305
2023Home .648 162 13 5 22 0 .237 .273 .375
2023Away .640 191 16 2 26 1 .230 .295 .345
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Patrick Bailey 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
0.39
 
BB Rate
8.7%
 
K Rate
22.3%
 
BABIP
.287
 
ISO
.105
 
AVG
.234
 
OBP
.298
 
SLG
.339
 
OPS
.637
 
wOBA
.284
 
Exit Velocity
91.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
31.1%
 
Barrels/PA
3.8%
 
Expected BA
.258
 
Expected SLG
.398
 
Sprint Speed
21.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
39.1%
 
Line Drive %
26.3%
 
Fly Ball %
34.5%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Bailey slashed an uninspiring .225/.342/.419 at the High-A level in 2022 and entered the 2023 campaign behind Joey Bart and Roberto Perez, among others, on the Giants' catching depth chart. Needless to say, he didn't really seem to be on the fantasy radar heading into last season. As it turned out, he was promoted before the end of May and made a terrific first impression in batting .322/.347/.557 with five homers over his first 33 major-league contests. Although he continued to provide excellent defense, Bailey crashed hard at the plate the rest of the way with a .503 OPS and 29.1 percent strikeout rate from July on. A 10 percent barrel rate was nice to see, but Bailey's strikeout and walk rates were both in the 17th percentile and the switch-hitter sported just a .557 OPS against righties. His defense should provide job security, but Bailey should be reserved only for two-catcher leagues in fantasy.
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Leaves yard Tuesday
CSan Francisco Giants
September 25, 2024
Bailey went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a walk and three runs scored in Tuesday's win over the Diamondbacks.
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Absent from Monday's lineup
CSan Francisco Giants
September 23, 2024
Bailey is not in the lineup for Monday's contest in Arizona.
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Sitting Saturday
CSan Francisco Giants
September 21, 2024
Bailey isn't in the Giants' lineup for Saturday's game against the Royals, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Getting Wednesday off
CSan Francisco Giants
September 18, 2024
Bailey is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Absent from Sunday's lineup
CSan Francisco Giants
September 15, 2024
Bailey is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Everyday role won't change
CSan Francisco Giants
September 5, 2023
Manager Gabe Kapler said the Giants plan to start Bailey "as much as he's physically capable of playing" over the final month of the season, reports Evan Webeck of the San Jose Mercury News.
ANALYSIS
The 24-year-old has served as San Francisco's primary backstop since making his MLB debut in May, and he'll continue to be leaned on heavily down the stretch as the Giants push for a playoff spot, though he's not starting Tuesday versus the Cubs. Bailey's .696 OPS and 27.7 strikeout rate are nothing special at first sight, but a 92 wRC+ is impressive from a rookie catcher, especially since he's a plus defender behind the plate. Blake Sabol will continue to see occasional starts over the next few weeks, but it's clear Bailey will be catching as much as possible.
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