Jose Tena

Jose Tena

24-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Washington Nationals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Acquired from Cleveland last year in the Lane Thomas deal, Tena got a look in Washington over the final two months, mostly at third base (35 games). He smacked a walk-off hit in his team debut Aug. 10 and finished with a respectable .274 average, three homers and six steals in seven attempts across 164 plate appearances for the Nationals. Tena has some speed and has reached double-digit homers in the minor leagues several times, but it will be tough for him to stick at the hot corner long term given the general offensive expectations at the position. Realistically, he may be best suited for a utility role, but as he enters his age-24 season in 2025, Tena appears tentatively set for an extended audition as a lineup regular between third base and second base. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#400
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in March of 2025.
Wins bench job
3BWashington Nationals
March 26, 2025
Tena earned a spot on the Nationals' Opening Day roster, Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reports.
ANALYSIS
The 24-year-old was competing for a bench job during spring training and secured a roster spot despite posting a .156/.240/.200 slash line in 50 plate appearances. Tena had a .668 OPS in 41 games with Washington in 2024 and is unlikely to be fantasy-relevant this year.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+66%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+60%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+100%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .441 60 1 0 4 0 .190 .217 .224
Since 2023vs Right .730 144 15 3 14 6 .294 .333 .397
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
2024vs Left .458 48 1 0 4 0 .208 .208 .250
2024vs Right .732 120 13 3 11 6 .292 .333 .398
2023vs Left .350 12 0 0 0 0 .100 .250 .100
2023vs Right .699 22 2 0 3 0 .286 .318 .381
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+6%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+13%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .671 105 11 2 12 4 .267 .295 .376
Since 2023Away .615 99 5 1 6 2 .258 .303 .312
2025Home 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000
2025Away .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024Home .669 86 9 2 9 4 .256 .291 .378
2024Away .634 82 5 1 6 2 .278 .305 .329
2023Home .611 18 2 0 3 0 .278 .278 .333
2023Away .543 16 0 0 0 0 .154 .313 .231
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Stat Review
How does Jose Tena 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
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
0.0%
 
BABIP
1.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
1.000
 
OBP
1.000
 
SLG
1.000
 
OPS
2.000
 
wOBA
.890
 
Exit Velocity
102.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
100.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.379
 
Expected SLG
.425
 
Sprint Speed
25.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
100.0%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
0.0%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Tena climbed three levels in 2023, culminating in his major league debut receiving 34 plate appearances and slashing .226/.294/.290 in 18 games played. Tena's bat played much better in both Double-A and Triple-A, combining for 35 extra base hits, eight of which were home runs, and 16 steals across the two levels of the minors. If the 22-year-old breaks camp with Cleveland, he should be viewed as a utility option at best with the capability of playing multiple infield roles, but no clear path to starting at any of them.
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Competing for bench role
3BWashington Nationals
March 16, 2025
Tena is competing with Trey Lipscomb for an infield utility job and has a .156/.206/.219 slash line through 11 Grapefruit League games.
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Competing for third base job
3BWashington Nationals
February 10, 2025
Tena will battle with Trey Lipscomb in spring training for the Nationals' starting job at third base, Bobby Blanco of MASN Sports reports.
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Out of Washington lineup
3BWashington Nationals
September 27, 2024
Tena is absent from the lineup for Friday's game against the Phillies, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
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Swipes bag, tallies RBI in loss
3BWashington Nationals
September 20, 2024
Tena went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's loss to the Cubs.
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Fills stat sheet in win
3BWashington Nationals
September 14, 2024
Tena went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a stolen base and an additional run scored in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Marlins.
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