Ben Rortvedt

Ben Rortvedt

27-Year-Old CatcherC
Tampa Bay Rays
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Rortvedt appeared in 32 games for the Yankees in 2023, slashing a measly .118/.241/.221 with two home runs in 79 plate appearances. The 26-year-old did hit better in Triple-A with a .276/.387/.495 line in 105 at bats. Rortvedt ended the season as the Yankees third catcher, but the trade of Kyle Higashioka opens up an opportunity in spring for Rortvedt to compete with Jose Trevino for the Yankees' backup catcher role in 2024. Either way, Rortvedt is unlikely to be much of a factor in fantasy unless an injury to Austin Wells opens the door to a starting role. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year, $755,400 contract with the Yankees in March of 2024. Traded to the Rays in March of 2024.
Idle Friday
CTampa Bay Rays
September 27, 2024
Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Boston.
ANALYSIS
After making four straight starts behind the dish, Rortvedt will yield to Logan Driscoll on Friday for the second time in three games. Rortvedt hasn't logged multiple hits in a game since Aug. 8.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
8
16
49
10
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+32%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+18%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+357%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .460 50 4 0 4 0 .178 .260 .200
Since 2022vs Right .608 357 29 5 31 1 .211 .308 .300
2024vs Left .536 41 4 0 4 0 .216 .293 .243
2024vs Right .633 287 23 3 27 1 .229 .321 .312
2023vs Left .111 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000
2023vs Right .507 70 6 2 4 0 .133 .257 .250
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
 
 
+15%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+14%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+16%
OPS on Road
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .544 193 14 2 16 0 .177 .301 .244
Since 2022Away .628 214 19 3 19 1 .232 .304 .325
2024Home .577 150 13 1 14 0 .202 .313 .264
2024Away .656 178 14 2 17 1 .248 .320 .335
2023Home .427 43 1 1 2 0 .086 .256 .171
2023Away .495 36 5 1 2 0 .152 .222 .273
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 Ben Rortvedt 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
10.4%
 
K Rate
26.8%
 
BABIP
.317
 
ISO
.076
 
AVG
.228
 
OBP
.317
 
SLG
.303
 
OPS
.621
 
wOBA
.286
 
Exit Velocity
86.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
26.7%
 
Barrels/PA
2.1%
 
Expected BA
.202
 
Expected SLG
.287
 
Sprint Speed
23.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.3%
 
Line Drive %
20.9%
 
Fly Ball %
32.8%
 
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2022 Fantasy Outlook
Rortvedt made his major-league debut for the Twins last season and hit .169/.229/.281 with a 29.6 percent strikeout rate in 98 plate appearances, and he was included in the massive trade which also sent Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to the Yankees. For better or worse the departure of Gary Sanchez leaves a significant void in New York's catching group, and Rortvedt should have the opportunity to fill it. However, he's dealing with an oblique injury and may open the 2022 campaign on the injured list, which limits his outlook for early in the season. Rortvedt could still be in the mix behind the plate for the Yankees this year, but Kyle Higashioka could open in a full-time role with non-roster invitees Rob Brantly and David Freitas being the top options for the No. 2 job.
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Receiving rest Wednesday
CTampa Bay Rays
September 25, 2024
Rortvedt is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
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Grabbing seat Friday
CTampa Bay Rays
September 20, 2024
Rortvedt is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Blue Jays.
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Out of Tampa Bay lineup
CTampa Bay Rays
September 17, 2024
Rortvedt is not in the lineup for Tuesday's contest versus the Red Sox.
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Not starting Saturday
CTampa Bay Rays
September 14, 2024
Rortvedt is not in Saturday's lineup against the Guardians.
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Idle Saturday
CTampa Bay Rays
September 7, 2024
Rortvedt isn't in the Rays' lineup for Saturday's game against Baltimore, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Likely to be dealt?
CNew York Yankees
October 26, 2023
Rortvedt could be traded by the Yankees this offseason, per Andy Martino of SNY.tv.
ANALYSIS
Jose Trevino is on the mend from July wrist surgery and Austin Wells has proven to be MLB-ready, so the Yankees will likely cut ties with arbitration-eligible catcher Kyle Higashioka and might seek to trade the out-of-options Rortvedt. He slashed just .118/.241/.221 over 79 major-league plate appearances in 2023.
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