Jonny DeLuca

26-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Tampa Bay Rays

2024 Stats

AVG

.217

RBI

2025 Projections

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

DeLuca was part of the return in the Tyler Glasnow trade and was supposed to be a reserve outfielder along the lines of Sam Fuld of Tampa Bay lore. DeLuca was pressed into duty early in the season and it initially looked as if DeLuca was going to take the Super Sam Fuld cape off the mantle at Tropicana Field as he had 10 RBI and three runs scored in his first week with the club. DeLuca went on to hit .211/.273/.315 the rest of the season, going 14 of 20 on the bases and drove in just 21 more runs in his final 346 at bats. DeLuca has shown the ability to hit throughout the minor leagues as well as accept his walks, but his career line of .222/.281/.342 in just over 400 major-league plate appearances does not exactly portend better days are coming. DeLuca has value in AL-Only formats, but overexposing him as a regular exposes his limitations. Read Past Outlooks

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Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'11"

Weight 196

DOB 7/10/1998

Drafted 25th Rd 2019

Not starting Saturday

OFTampa Bay Rays

September 28, 2024

DeLuca isn't in Tampa Bay's lineup Saturday versus Boston, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

ANALYSIS
After going 1-for-4 during a win in Friday's series opener, DeLuca will take a seat Saturday while Christopher Morel, Jose Siri and Josh Lowe start across the outfield.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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vs Left-Handed Pitchers

vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+5%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+15%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+7%

OPS vs LHP

2022

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.602	135	13	2	12	2	.215	.296	.306
Since 2022vs Right	.634	272	21	6	25	15	.225	.274	.360
2024vs Left	.550	100	10	1	10	2	.191	.280	.270
2024vs Right	.631	262	19	5	21	14	.226	.277	.354
2023vs Left	.749	35	3	1	2	0	.281	.343	.406
2023vs Right	.700	10	2	1	4	1	.200	.200	.500
2022vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+1%

OPS on Road

2024

+3%

OPS at Home

2023

+30%

OPS on Road

2022

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.620	204	16	3	18	11	.214	.272	.348
Since 2022Away	.628	203	18	5	19	6	.230	.291	.337
2024Home	.618	185	14	2	17	10	.214	.279	.339
2024Away	.600	177	15	4	14	6	.220	.277	.323
2023Home	.632	19	2	1	1	1	.211	.211	.421
2023Away	.819	26	3	1	5	0	.304	.385	.435
2022Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Stat Review

How does Jonny DeLuca 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

0.31

BB Rate

6.6%

K Rate

21.3%

BABIP

.265

ISO

.114

AVG

.217

OBP

.278

SLG

.331

OPS

.609

wOBA

.272

Exit Velocity

84.6 mph

Hard Hit Rate

27.6%

Barrels/PA

2.8%

Expected BA

.230

Expected SLG

.318

Sprint Speed

25.0 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

37.2%

Line Drive %

20.4%

Fly Ball %

42.4%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Deluca got his first taste of the majors last season, slashing a respectable .262/.311/.429 with two homers, six RBI and a stolen base over a 24-game, 45-plate-appearance stint. The 25-year-old also showed well between Double-A and Triple-A with a .956 OPS, 17 homers, 53 RBI and 12 steals across 73 contests, and he's hit well in each of his minor-league stops, giving him little left to prove on the farm. It remains to be seen how well his minor-league power will translate in the big leagues, but Deluca is an exceptional athlete with a background in track (per Statcast, his sprint speed ranked in the 97th percentile last year) and an excellent glove. His ability to play all three outfield spots likely appealed to Tampa Bay when they acquired him from the Dodgers in the Tyler Glasnow trade. Deluca represents a premium short-side platoon option with the talent to expand his role if more playing time opens up.

DeLuca, a 25th round selection in 2019 out of Oregon, showed enough promise last season to earn a spot on the Dodgers' 40-man roster before reaching Triple-A. He hit .259/.347/.539 with a 16.6 K% and 10.2 BB% in 440 plate appearances across High-A and Double-A. The Dodgers say he is one of the best runners in their system, and with an 8.8 (out of 10) Spd score on FanGraphs and 17-for-19 success rate on the bases, it's safe to assume he is at least an above-average runner. His 29.4 Hard% and 18.3 Soft% were fine for an athletic player with an excellent command of the zone. DeLuca hit better against lefties (1.001 OPS) than same-handed pitching (.847 OPS), but he only struck out 17% of the time against righties and still did plenty of damage. He is heading into his age-24/25 season, so it wouldn't be surprising if DeLuca made his big-league debut, even if it's in a minor role initially.

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Taking seat Thursday

OFTampa Bay Rays

September 26, 2024

DeLuca is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Tigers.