Kristian Campbell

Kristian Campbell

22-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Boston Red Sox
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The top pop-up prospect of 2024, Campbell slashed .329/.437/.551 with 20 home runs, 24 steals and a 20 percent strikeout rate in 115 games across the top three levels of the minor leagues. Selected with the No. 132 overall pick in 2023, Campbell signed for just under $500K and now he has a chance of winning a spot on the Opening Day roster in 2025. While Campbell received 25-plus starts at shortstop, center field and second base last year, it's pretty clear that second base is where he fits on this roster, where David Hamilton is the top incumbent and Vaughn Grissom also hopes to figure into things. Campbell has a much higher ceiling than Hamilton or Grissom and may not be a short-term downgrade, so it would make sense for the Red Sox to break camp with Campbell if they think he's ready, as he could net them a Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick. There aren't any obvious flaws with Campbell, although 2024 was his first year hitting for notable power -- he had a higher slugging percentage last year than he did at any stop as an amateur. If he looks like the same player in spring training, momentum will build in the redraft market, and he's already a locked in top-10 dynasty prospect. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#279
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$Signed an eight-year, $60 million contract extension with the Red Sox in April of 2025. Contract includes $19 million team option ($4 million buyout) for 2033 and $21 million team option for 2034.
Raps double in loss
2BBoston Red Sox
June 4, 2025
Campbell went 1-for-3 with a walk and a double in Tuesday's 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Angels.
ANALYSIS
Campbell's third-inning double was just his second extra-base hit since April 29. A rookie season that got off to a promising start -- Campbell had an .848 OPS in April -- went south in May, when he went 11-for-82 (.134) with a .355 OPS. Boston manager Alex Cora told Christopher Smith of MassLive.com that he prefers Campbell to work through his struggles in the majors, but the Red Sox haven't ruled out a demotion to Triple-A Worcester if the 22-year-old is unable to get going at the plate. Campbell batted ninth for a second straight game Tuesday.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
9
5
11
11
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
2
3
3
1
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+34%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+34%
OPS vs RHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .522 58 7 0 2 0 .167 .293 .229
Since 2023vs Right .702 164 14 5 14 2 .243 .317 .385
2025vs Left .522 58 7 0 2 0 .167 .293 .229
2025vs Right .702 164 14 5 14 2 .243 .317 .385
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
 
 
+84%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+84%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .456 107 7 0 4 1 .163 .271 .185
Since 2023Away .838 115 14 5 12 1 .279 .348 .490
2025Home .456 107 7 0 4 1 .163 .271 .185
2025Away .838 115 14 5 12 1 .279 .348 .490
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 Kristian Campbell 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
0.41
 
BB Rate
11.3%
 
K Rate
27.5%
 
BABIP
.298
 
ISO
.122
 
AVG
.224
 
OBP
.311
 
SLG
.347
 
OPS
.658
 
wOBA
.297
 
Exit Velocity
89.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
34.8%
 
Barrels/PA
3.6%
 
Expected BA
.232
 
Expected SLG
.362
 
Sprint Speed
23.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
53.3%
 
Line Drive %
18.5%
 
Fly Ball %
28.1%
 
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First base experiment tabled
2BBoston Red Sox
June 2, 2025
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Monday that using Campbell at first base is "nothing that we're planning on doing now," Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.
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Moved down to nine spot
2BBoston Red Sox
June 2, 2025
Campbell will start at second base and bat ninth in Monday's contest versus the Angels.
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Starting, but not at first base
2BBoston Red Sox
June 1, 2025
Campbell will start at second base and bat seventh in Sunday's game against Atlanta, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Falls in batting order
2BBoston Red Sox
May 30, 2025
Campbell is batting eighth Friday against Atlanta.
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Playing game at 1B over weekend
2BBoston Red Sox
May 28, 2025
Manager Alex Cora said Wednesday that Campbell will play first base during one game of Boston's three-game series in Atlanta that starts Friday, Sean McAdam of MassLive.com reports.
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Getting reps at first
2BBoston Red Sox
May 16, 2025
Campbell is working at first base in infield drills ahead of Friday's game versus Atlanta, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The Red Sox are testing out potential solutions at first base with Triston Casas out for the season after knee surgery and Rafael Devers refusing to again change positions. Campbell has spent most of his time at second base this season but has also made six appearances in the outfield. The 22-year-old was named the American League Rookie of the Month for March and April with a .902 OPS, though he's gone just 4-for-39 with 13 strikeouts so far in May.
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