John Rave

John Rave

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Kansas City Royals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for John Rave in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
$Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in May of 2025.
Late add to lineup
OFKansas City Royals
May 28, 2025
Rave is now batting eighth and playing right field for Wednesday's game against the Reds.
ANALYSIS
Rave was initially scheduled to have the night off, but he's been pushed into the starting lineup after Michael Massey (ankle) was scratched. Rave hasn't logged a hit in eight plate appearances since being called up Monday.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+383%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+383%
OPS vs LHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
Since 2023vs Right .414 16 1 0 0 0 .143 .200 .214
2025vs Left 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
2025vs Right .414 16 1 0 0 0 .143 .200 .214
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
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2024
No Stats
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .517 17 1 0 0 0 .200 .250 .267
Since 2023Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Home .517 17 1 0 0 0 .200 .250 .267
2025Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
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 John Rave 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
0.17
 
BB Rate
5.9%
 
K Rate
35.3%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.067
 
AVG
.200
 
OBP
.250
 
SLG
.267
 
OPS
.517
 
wOBA
.234
 
Exit Velocity
82.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
10.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.203
 
Expected SLG
.241
 
Sprint Speed
28.2 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
55.6%
 
Line Drive %
22.2%
 
Fly Ball %
22.2%
 
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Absent from lineup
OFKansas City Royals
May 28, 2025
Rave isn't part of the Royals' starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds.
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Joining big-league club
OFKansas City Royals
May 26, 2025
The Royals selected Rave's contract from Triple-A Omaha on Monday.
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