Jimmy Crooks

24-Year-Old CatcherC

St. Louis Cardinals

2025 Stats

AVG

.133

RBI

2026 Projections

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2026 Fantasy Outlook

The Cardinals have several young catchers vying for playing time over the next couple years. Ivan Herrera, despite being UT-only entering 2026 in many formats, is the cream of the crop, but Crooks might be the favorite to be Herrera's primary backup going forward. Baseball America grades Crooks as an above-average defender with an above-average arm, which means he just needs to be passable on offense to provide requisite value. He dominated Double-A in 2024 as a 22-year-old, logging a 152 wRC+, thanks in part to a .390 BABIP. Crooks took a step back in 2025 at Triple-A, with his strikeout rate jumping from 21 percent to 26.5 percent and his walk rate dipping from 11.6 percent to 8.4 percent. Even so, he slashed a respectable .274/.337/.441 while hitting 14 home runs in 98 games, good for a 104 wRC+ in his first tour of Triple-A. Crooks, who hits without batting gloves, is a natural line-drive hitter, which prevents him from maximizing his over-the-fence power. He won't unseat Herrera, but Crooks' combination of defensive chops and average power should make him a respectable big-league backup. Read Past Outlooks

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Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'1"

Weight 210

DOB 7/19/2001

Drafted 4th Rd 2022

Could share catcher with Herrera

CSt. Louis Cardinals

November 4, 2025

Crooks could split time at catcher for the Cardinals next season with Ivan Herrera, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

Analysis
Herrera is slated to return to catcher in 2026 after serving as the team's primary designated hitter for the final few months of 2025. He is not expected to be used behind the plate full-time, though, leaving some reps at catcher open. Per Woo, that playing time is likelier to go to Crooks than Pedro Pages, who is a trade candidate. Crooks struggled in a cup of coffee with the Cardinals in 2025, going 6-for-45 with a 0:17 BB:K. However, the 24-year-old has been productive in the minors, having slashed .274/.337/.441 with 14 home runs last season at Triple-A Memphis.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2023

+198%

OPS vs LHP

2025

+198%

OPS vs LHP

2024

No Stats

2023

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023vs Left	.875	8	2	1	1	0	.250	.250	.625
Since 2023vs Right	.294	38	1	0	0	0	.108	.132	.162
2025vs Left	.875	8	2	1	1	0	.250	.250	.625
2025vs Right	.294	38	1	0	0	0	.108	.132	.162
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

+156%

OPS on Road

2025

+156%

OPS on Road

2024

No Stats

2023

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023Home	.221	23	1	0	0	0	.091	.130	.091
Since 2023Away	.565	23	2	1	1	0	.174	.174	.391
2025Home	.221	23	1	0	0	0	.091	.130	.091
2025Away	.565	23	2	1	1	0	.174	.174	.391
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 Jimmy Crooks 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.