Kyren Paris

We will always have the first two weeks of Paris. For a short while, Paris looked like the top candidate for early surprise for 2025 breakout season as he roared out of the gate with a .440/.533/1.120 triple-slash line hitting 5 homers, scoring 11 times, and stealing 4 bases in his first 30 plate appearances. The 13.3% walk rate and 20.0% strikeout rate which went into those numbers helped get people excited this breakout was for real and not just some torpedo bat-induced fluke. Cue the Soul II Soul music as Paris then came back to life and back to reality as he hit .129/.193/.198 with the Angels over his next 110 plate apperarances before a thumb injury ended his season on June 24th. Paris's walk rate fell to 5.5% and he struck out in nearly half (48.2%) of those 110 plate appearances after fantasy managers blew threw some early FAAB budgets hoping this was more real than New Coke was in 1984. Paris has always been a very athletic but very flawed prospect, and those magical 30 plate appearances could not change that for his 2026 outlook. Read Past Outlooks