Donovan Walton

Donovan Walton

30-Year-Old ShortstopSS
New York Mets
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for Donovan Walton in 2024. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed minor-league contract with Mets in November of 2024.
Notches minor-league deal with Mets
SSNew York Mets  NRI
November 17, 2024
Walton signed a minor-league contract with the Mets on Friday that includes an invitation to spring training.
ANALYSIS
Walton spent the 2024 season with the Giants organization, going 3-for-22 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored over nine games with San Francisco. He spent the majority of the year with Triple-A Sacramento, batting .303 with seven homers, 51 RBI, 53 runs scored and four stolen bases over 99 contests. The 30-year-old will look to impress with the Mets this spring in order to potentially secure a spot on the 40-man roster for the 2024 campaign.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+79%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+327%
OPS vs LHP
2023
No Stats
2022
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .751 22 4 2 5 0 .190 .227 .524
Since 2022vs Right .419 81 8 0 5 0 .143 .185 .234
2024vs Left 1.167 6 1 1 1 0 .333 .333 .833
2024vs Right .273 19 2 0 1 0 .063 .211 .063
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left .588 16 3 1 4 0 .133 .188 .400
2022vs Right .456 62 6 0 4 0 .164 .177 .279
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+43%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+138%
OPS at Home
2023
No Stats
2022
 
 
+114%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .397 46 5 1 1 0 .133 .152 .244
Since 2022Away .568 57 7 1 9 0 .170 .228 .340
2024Home .778 9 1 1 1 0 .222 .222 .556
2024Away .327 16 2 0 1 0 .077 .250 .077
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Home .302 37 4 0 0 0 .111 .135 .167
2022Away .645 41 5 1 8 0 .200 .220 .425
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Stat Review
How does Donovan Walton 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
0.29
 
BB Rate
8.0%
 
K Rate
28.0%
 
BABIP
.143
 
ISO
.136
 
AVG
.136
 
OBP
.240
 
SLG
.273
 
OPS
.513
 
wOBA
.239
 
Exit Velocity
84.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
20.0%
 
Barrels/PA
4.0%
 
Expected BA
.183
 
Expected SLG
.276
 
Sprint Speed
23.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.0%
 
Line Drive %
14.3%
 
Fly Ball %
35.7%
 
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Outrighted to Sacramento
SSSan Francisco Giants  NRI
November 1, 2024
Walton cleared waivers Friday and was sent outright to Triple-A Sacramento, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Sitting again Tuesday
SSSan Francisco Giants  NRI
September 24, 2024
Walton isn't in the Giants' lineup for Tuesday's game against Arizona, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Sitting out Monday
SSSan Francisco Giants  NRI
September 23, 2024
Walton is not in the lineup for Monday's contest versus the Diamondbacks.
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Hitting bench Sunday
SSSan Francisco Giants  NRI
September 22, 2024
Walton is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.
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Picking up fourth straight start
SSSan Francisco Giants  NRI
September 19, 2024
Walton will start at second base and bat ninth in Thursday's game against the Orioles, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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