Evan Carter

22-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Texas Rangers

2025 Stats

AVG

.265

RBI

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Carter's arrow was pointing firmly up at this time last year. He flourished during a late-season promotion to the Rangers and kept that up during the playoffs as the Rangers rolled to a World Series title. Unfortunately, the 2024 campaign wound up being a lost one for the youngster. Carter had dealt with back problems off and on since entering pro ball and last year didn't play in a game after late May because of a lower-back stress reaction. He eventually underwent an ablation procedure, which he and the Rangers hope allow him to finally put the nagging issues behind him. Carter's numbers when on the field in 2024 were dreadful, but it's tempting to completely throw them out the window since he was never healthy. The left-handed batter hasn't hit southpaws in the majors or minors, so a strong-side platoon could await him in 2025. However, that and the injury concerns figure to make the draft-day cost minimal, and the skills that made Carter a top prospect remain. Read Past Outlooks

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#274

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Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'2"

Weight 190

DOB 8/29/2002

Born Elizabethton, TN

College None

Drafted 2nd Rd 2020 TEX

Idle Sunday

OFTexas Rangers

June 22, 2025

Carter is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates.

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Carter had started in center field in each of the previous three contests, but he'll be given a breather against southpaw Bailey Falter. After a two-game absence, Wyatt Langford (back) has been cleared to rejoin the starting nine and will replace Carter in center field while Sam Haggerty picks up another start in left.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2023

+206%

OPS vs RHP

2025

+51%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+151%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+1%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023vs Left	.281	48	7	0	2	0	.093	.188	.093
Since 2023vs Right	.859	278	44	14	35	11	.257	.349	.510
2025vs Left	.542	8	2	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167
2025vs Right	.818	81	11	4	10	6	.264	.346	.472
2024vs Left	.284	29	4	0	2	0	.111	.172	.111
2024vs Right	.712	133	19	5	13	2	.205	.293	.419
2023vs Left	.091	11	1	0	0	0	.000	.091	.000
2023vs Right	1.238	64	14	5	12	3	.365	.469	.769
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2023

+2%

OPS at Home

2025

+221%

OPS on Road

2024

+47%

OPS at Home

2023

+41%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023Home	.781	134	19	6	17	5	.204	.321	.460
Since 2023Away	.767	192	32	8	20	6	.251	.328	.439
2025Home	.317	30	3	0	1	2	.042	.233	.083
2025Away	1.018	59	10	4	9	4	.352	.407	.611
2024Home	.766	75	10	3	8	1	.215	.320	.446
2024Away	.521	87	13	2	7	1	.165	.230	.291
2023Home	1.289	29	6	3	8	2	.333	.414	.875
2023Away	.913	46	9	2	4	1	.289	.413	.500
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Stat Review

How does Evan Carter 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

0.62

BB Rate

9.0%

K Rate

14.6%

BABIP

.262

ISO

.192

AVG

.256

OBP

.348

SLG

.449

OPS

.797

wOBA

.353

Exit Velocity

86.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

21.5%

Barrels/PA

7.9%

Expected BA

.240

Expected SLG

.425

Sprint Speed

23.6 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

33.8%

Line Drive %

15.4%

Fly Ball %

50.8%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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The back of Carter's baseball card looks pristine and he shined on a big postseason stage, but there is one glaring weakness to acknowledge: his inability to hit lefties. He should be a fantastic option near the top of the lineup against righties and has the speed to steal 20-plus bases. Carter's hard-hit data is middling, especially for a top prospect who is big-league ready. However, he is a master at getting the barrel to the ball and taking opposite-handed pitchers out to the pull side. Carter's 13.4 O-Swing% was incredibly low, especially for a rookie hitter who also slugged .645 in 75 MLB plate appearances. For now, he is a premium platoon prospect. He went hitless with one walk and six strikeouts in 11 plate appearances against big-league lefties and notched one extra-base hit (a double) while striking out 28 times in 106 plate appearances against southpaws at Double-A and Triple-A. The Rangers are loaded, so Carter may platoon, but he could still go 15/20 with a high OBP and won't turn 22 until August.

Carter, whom the Rangers selected with the 50th overall pick in 2020, finally got to play nearly a full minor-league season and proved himself to be one of the game's top outfield prospects in the process. A stress fracture in his back limited him to 32 games at Single-A in 2021, but his approach as an 18-year-old (.438 OBP, 34 walks, 28 strikeouts) jumped out as a strength. Carter followed that up with a .295/.397/.489 slash line, 17.1 K% and 13.5 BB% while playing 100 games at High-A and six games at Double-A. He hit 12 home runs and went 28-for-41 (68.3% success rate) on stolen base attempts while being one of the youngest hitters at each stop. Carter clearly projects as a leadoff hitter down the road, it's just a matter of projecting how much power he will develop and how many bases he will steal annually. His 28.6 Hard% was fine for a player his age (turned 20 in August) with his plate skills, but that success rate on the bases is a bit discouraging. There's 15-homer/20-steal upside for now, but Carter still has room to improve or regress in the next couple years as he faces better pitching.

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Dropped in order

OFTexas Rangers

June 21, 2025

Carter batted seventh and went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in Friday's 6-2 win over Pittsburgh.

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Taking seat vs. lefty Bubic

OFTexas Rangers

June 18, 2025

Carter is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

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Moves to leadoff

OFTexas Rangers

June 18, 2025

Carter batted leadoff and went 0-for-2 in Tuesday's 6-1 loss to the Royals.

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Back in lineup for series finale

OFTexas Rangers

June 15, 2025

Carter (wrist) will start in center field and bat fifth in Sunday's game against the White Sox.

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Enters as pinch runner

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June 15, 2025

Carter (wrist) entered Saturday's game as a pinch runner in the bottom of the 11th inning and scored the winning run.

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Latest Fantasy Rumors

Demotion not yet considered

OFTexas Rangers

May 27, 2024

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy indicated Friday that he has yet to think about a potential demotion for Carter, reports Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News.

ANALYSIS
Carter had a solid start to his MLB career by hitting .306 in 23 games last year and finished April with five homers and a .776 OPS, but he's batting just .132 in May and is without a hit in his past 20 at-bats. The 21-year-old already isn't seeing starts against left-handed pitching, and more time on the bench isn't a solution for a prized prospect. A trip to the minors could be in store if Carter's struggles continue to linger, but for now it appears he'll continue to serve as Texas' primary left fielder versus right-handed pitching.

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