Chandler Simpson

24-Year-Old OutfielderOF
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Simpson opened the year at High-A Bowling Green and hit .364 with zero homers and 31 steals in 32 games. He put up similar numbers (.351/.401/.407 slash line, 73 steals) in 78 games at Double-A, while notching an inside-the-park home run for his lone four-bagger of the year. Simpson's traditional fantasy stats are alluring at first glance, but he has some very real flaws that could prevent him from playing regularly in the majors. His 13.1 percent hard-hit rate is one of the worst rates in the minors, and Simpson hit 55.9 percent of balls on the ground and 44.4 percent of balls to the opposite field at Double-A, so there's no evidence of even five-homer power emerging. He is more along the lines of Mallex Smith or Esteury Ruiz on defense, where he's a subpar defensive outfielder despite elite foot speed. The Rays like quirky players with elite strengths, and Simpson is arguably the fastest player in the minors, but his shaky defense could end up being the most relevant aspect of his scouting report. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in April of 2025.
Idle Sunday
OFTampa Bay Rays
September 28, 2025
Simpson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
Analysis
Unless he's used off the bench Sunday, Simpson will conclude his rookie season with a .295 batting average to go with 44 stolen bases, 53 runs and 26 RBI in 109 games. Jake Mangum will enter the lineup in center field.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
54
1
7
4
10
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
13
1
7
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+9%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+9%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .629 112 13 0 6 8 .299 .330 .299
Since 2023vs Right .686 327 40 0 20 36 .293 .324 .362
2025vs Left .629 112 13 0 6 8 .299 .330 .299
2025vs Right .686 327 40 0 20 36 .293 .324 .362
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+3%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+3%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .658 183 23 0 12 24 .285 .315 .343
Since 2023Away .680 256 30 0 14 20 .302 .333 .347
2025Home .658 183 23 0 12 24 .285 .315 .343
2025Away .680 256 30 0 14 20 .302 .333 .347
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Chandler Simpson 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
0.47
 
BB Rate
4.6%
 
K Rate
9.8%
 
BABIP
.327
 
ISO
.051
 
AVG
.295
 
OBP
.326
 
SLG
.345
 
OPS
.671
 
wOBA
.299
 
Exit Velocity
84.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
14.1%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.299
 
Expected SLG
.343
 
Sprint Speed
26.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
59.4%
 
Line Drive %
24.0%
 
Fly Ball %
16.6%
 
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Taking seat Thursday
OFTampa Bay Rays
September 25, 2025
Simpson is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Baltimore.
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Posts steal in win
OFTampa Bay Rays
September 21, 2025
Simpson went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Red Sox.
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Idle Friday
OFTampa Bay Rays
September 19, 2025
Simpson is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Red Sox
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Swipes two more bags
OFTampa Bay Rays
September 16, 2025
Simpson went 1-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and two stolen bases Tuesday against the Blue Jays.
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Sitting against southpaw
OFTampa Bay Rays
September 14, 2025
Simpson is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
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