Shay Whitcomb

Shay Whitcomb

26-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Houston Astros AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Shay Whitcomb in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in August of 2024.
Optioned to Triple-A
3BHouston Astros  AAA
September 27, 2024
The Astros optioned Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Whitcomb recently had a particularly rough game defensively and is also just 2-for-13 at the dish this month. Zach Dezenzo will move into his roster spot.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
5
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+143%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+143%
OPS vs RHP
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .298 14 0 0 1 0 .083 .214 .083
Since 2022vs Right .723 32 1 0 4 0 .276 .344 .379
2024vs Left .298 14 0 0 1 0 .083 .214 .083
2024vs Right .723 32 1 0 4 0 .276 .344 .379
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .618 29 1 0 1 0 .231 .310 .308
Since 2022Away .561 17 0 0 4 0 .200 .294 .267
2024Home .618 29 1 0 1 0 .231 .310 .308
2024Away .561 17 0 0 4 0 .200 .294 .267
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Shay Whitcomb 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
0.63
 
BB Rate
10.9%
 
K Rate
17.4%
 
BABIP
.273
 
ISO
.073
 
AVG
.220
 
OBP
.304
 
SLG
.293
 
OPS
.597
 
wOBA
.274
 
Exit Velocity
88.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
39.4%
 
Barrels/PA
4.3%
 
Expected BA
.278
 
Expected SLG
.417
 
Sprint Speed
23.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
33.3%
 
Line Drive %
24.2%
 
Fly Ball %
42.4%
 
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On bench again Sunday
3BHouston Astros  AAA
August 25, 2024
Whitcomb is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Getting Saturday off
3BHouston Astros  AAA
August 24, 2024
Whitcomb isn't in Housotn's lineup Saturday against Baltimore, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Getting on base
3BHouston Astros  AAA
August 24, 2024
Whitcomb went 1-for-2 with two walks Friday against the Orioles.
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In lineup after Alvarez scratch
3BHouston Astros  AAA
August 23, 2024
Whitcomb will bat sixth and play third base Friday against Baltimore, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Getting night off
3BHouston Astros  AAA
August 23, 2024
Whitcomb is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Baltimore.
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