Shea Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

27-Year-Old CatcherC
Oakland Athletics
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Langeliers was the Athletics bell cow catcher for the second straight season. His 137 games and 534 plate appearances were both career highs while his 131 appearances behind the plate were second most in MLB. Fewer strikeouts and more plate appearances from hitting higher in the order fueled personal bests in homers, runs and RBI. He features above average, but not elite quality of contact, but even with the improvement, his strikeout rate is high. Despite poor defense, the Athletics are committed to Langeliers with no one in the pipeline to challenge him for playing time. His power will play anywhere, though Langeliers could benefit from leaving The Coliseum. Just 27 years old, he could continue to improve his strikeout rate, but is best considered a plus power, low average backstop hitting in the meat of a less potent lineup. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $745,000 contract with the Athletics in March of 2024.
Connects for three-run shot in loss
COakland Athletics
September 29, 2024
Langeliers went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a walk in an extra-inning loss to the Mariners on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
Langeliers erased a 4-3 deficit in the ninth inning via a two-out, 357-foot shot off Collin Snider with Max Schuemann and JJ Bleday aboard to give the Athletics a temporary 6-4 lead. It was the slugging backstop's first homer in eight games and put him at 29 for the season, while also pushing his September RBI total to an impressive 16 over 23 contests. It's been a season of across-the-board improvement for Langeliers at the plate, and all three components of his .224/.288/.450 slash line heading into the final day of the regular season qualify as career bests.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
27
36
13
7
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
8
22
3
6
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+6%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+24%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+21%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .678 323 31 14 37 2 .206 .276 .402
Since 2022vs Right .720 854 93 43 128 5 .219 .277 .443
2024vs Left .747 143 13 8 19 0 .219 .294 .453
2024vs Right .736 391 45 21 61 4 .226 .286 .449
2023vs Left .583 146 13 5 14 2 .179 .240 .343
2023vs Right .723 344 39 17 49 1 .217 .280 .443
2022vs Left .801 34 5 1 4 0 .276 .353 .448
2022vs Right .660 119 9 5 18 0 .204 .235 .425
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+20%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+18%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+24%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+12%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .643 575 55 20 77 3 .198 .261 .382
Since 2022Away .770 602 69 37 88 4 .232 .291 .479
2024Home .676 263 29 13 39 2 .197 .270 .406
2024Away .798 271 29 16 41 2 .250 .306 .492
2023Home .605 233 21 6 28 1 .194 .246 .359
2023Away .751 257 31 16 35 2 .216 .288 .463
2022Home .650 79 5 1 10 0 .214 .278 .371
2022Away .729 74 9 5 12 0 .222 .243 .486
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Stat Review
How does Shea Langeliers 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
0.28
 
BB Rate
7.7%
 
K Rate
27.2%
 
BABIP
.252
 
ISO
.226
 
AVG
.224
 
OBP
.288
 
SLG
.450
 
OPS
.739
 
wOBA
.320
 
Exit Velocity
91.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
36.4%
 
Barrels/PA
8.2%
 
Expected BA
.241
 
Expected SLG
.456
 
Sprint Speed
23.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
37.3%
 
Line Drive %
18.7%
 
Fly Ball %
44.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Langeliers opened the season as the Athletics primary catcher. He gathered a taste of the majors down the stretch in 2022 but struggled making contact. In his first full season, Langeliers lowered his strikeout rate to a still elevated 29.2 percent while hitting the ball with more authority. However, as a fly ball hitter in the cavernous Coliseum, Langeliers' BABIP was well below average, but his 22 homers was fifth most among catcher-eligible hitters and his 63 RBI tied for 12th highest. Langeliers is still a work in progress behind the plate as his -13 defensive runs saved was the third worst in the league and he graded as one of the poorest pitch framers. Langeliers' 31 percent success rate catching base stealers was one of the best marks in the league. Langeliers will share catching duties with Tyler Soderstrom, with Langeliers likely to get the heavier workload. The volume will generate mixed league worthy counting stats, but Langeliers is a batting average liability.
Langeliers was acquired by Oakland from Atlanta in March 2022 and made his MLB debut in August, and he had a .218/.261/.430 slash line with six home runs in 40 games. The 25-year-old split his playing time between catcher and designated hitter, but he won't be serving as the primary backstop as long as Sean Murphy remains with the A's. Langeliers showcased his power in his first taste of the big leagues, but he also had a problematic 34.6 percent strikeout rate. He'll need to improve in order to retain his spot in Oakland's lineup next season, but Langeliers should at least enter spring training with an inside track to a regular role after a solid showing last season.
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Sitting Friday
COakland Athletics
September 27, 2024
Langeliers is absent from Friday's lineup against Seattle.
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Another productive night
COakland Athletics
September 25, 2024
Langeliers went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and two runs in a win over the Rangers on Tuesday.
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Extends hot streak Sunday
COakland Athletics
September 23, 2024
Langeliers went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run in a loss to the Yankees on Sunday.
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Goes yard twice in win
COakland Athletics
September 18, 2024
Langeliers went 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Cubs.
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Launches pinch-hit homer
COakland Athletics
September 16, 2024
Langeliers entered Sunday's loss to the White Sox in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter and hit a solo home run in his only at-bat.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Target for Cubs?
COakland Athletics
August 14, 2024
Langeliers could be an offseason trade target for the Cubs, reports Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Chicago was unable to land a catching upgrade at the summer deadline, and that will be a priority for GM Jed Hoyer during the offseason. Langeliers is hitting just. 226 through 100 games this season, but he's clubbed 22 homers and has a .754 OPS. The 26-year-old is a slightly below-average defender, but he's in only his third MLB season and has plenty of upside beyond his current form. Langeliers won't have his first year of arbitration eligibility until 2026, so the Athletics likely won't be eager to trade a cost-controlled backstop.
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