Seth Brown

Seth Brown

32-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Oakland Athletics
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Brown launched a career-high 25 home runs in 2022 and also surprised with a double-digit stolen base total, but he predictably regressed across the board last season as the Athletics stumbled to a record of 50-112. The 31-year-old has a decent amount of power, enough to ensure him a prominent lineup spot on a perpetually-rebuilding A's team, but he enters the 2024 campaign with a rough .227 career batting average and .295 career on-base percentage in a sample size of nearly 1,400 major-league plate appearances. Brown is a drain in too many fantasy categories to warrant draft-day consideration in any standard mixed league, though he could maybe bounce back into 20-homer territory and offer AL-only appeal. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#425
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$Signed a one-year, 2.6 million contract with the Athletics in January of 2024.
Productive showing in finale
OFOakland Athletics
September 30, 2024
Brown went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs in a loss to the Mariners on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
Brown posted the only multi-hit effort of the afternoon for the Athletics in the season finale, his first performance with a pair of knocks since Sept. 6. The productive afternoon prevented him from heading into the offseason mired in a slump, as he'd gone just 2-for-24 over the prior seven games. The 2024 campaign was essentially a tale of two seasons for Brown -- he earned himself a mid-June outright assignment to Triple-A Las Vegas by posting a .189 average, .557 OPS and 33.8 percent strikeout rate over his first 63 games, but he generated a .271 average and .760 OPS across 61 games upon returning shortly before the All-Star break, striking out at a more modest 22.4 percent clip in the process.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
18
33
22
16
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+37%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+60%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .536 191 12 4 19 3 .182 .246 .290
Since 2022vs Right .735 1142 108 49 150 15 .236 .301 .434
2024vs Left .656 28 2 1 3 0 .259 .286 .370
2024vs Right .662 372 30 13 41 4 .229 .282 .380
2023vs Left .461 64 4 0 4 1 .158 .250 .211
2023vs Right .738 314 29 14 48 2 .234 .294 .444
2022vs Left .548 99 6 3 12 2 .174 .232 .315
2022vs Right .793 456 49 22 61 9 .243 .320 .473
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+9%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+7%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .691 661 58 21 63 10 .231 .297 .394
Since 2022Away .721 672 62 32 106 8 .225 .289 .432
2024Home .678 197 15 6 16 3 .246 .310 .369
2024Away .645 203 17 8 28 1 .218 .256 .389
2023Home .663 199 17 7 22 3 .209 .273 .390
2023Away .724 179 16 7 30 0 .236 .302 .422
2022Home .721 265 26 8 25 4 .237 .306 .415
2022Away .774 290 29 17 48 7 .224 .303 .471
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Stat Review
How does Seth Brown 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
0.22
 
BB Rate
6.3%
 
K Rate
28.0%
 
BABIP
.291
 
ISO
.148
 
AVG
.231
 
OBP
.283
 
SLG
.379
 
OPS
.662
 
wOBA
.293
 
Exit Velocity
90.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.3%
 
Barrels/PA
5.5%
 
Expected BA
.235
 
Expected SLG
.395
 
Sprint Speed
24.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
39.8%
 
Line Drive %
18.5%
 
Fly Ball %
41.7%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Brown has proven to be an incredible find as an 18th-round pick out of Lewis-Clark State College in 2015. Granted he's only been 12% better than league average by wRC+ in 294 MLB games to date, but compared to the rest of his A's teammates, he might as well be Barry Bonds. At age 29/30, Brown smacked 25 home runs -- no other Athletic hit more than 18 last season -- and finished with a barrel rate in the 90th percentile. The power comes with a good deal of swing-and-miss though Brown shaved his strikeout rate down to a more palatable 26.3% last season while adding a couple points to his walk rate. A lefty batter, Brown has struggled against same-side pitching in the majors to the tune of a .527 OPS and would likely find himself more strictly platooned on another team. While he swiped 11 bags last season, a repeat of double digits should be considered unlikely given his modest sprint speed.
Brown was finally given an extended look at the big-league level in 2021, logging 307 plate appearances while appearing at all three outfield field positions and first base. Outside of going deep at an impressive 14.1 AB/HR clip, the 29-year-old's output was largely underwhelming. He struck out 29% of the time while posting a disappointing 7.5% walk rate en route to slashing .214/.274/.280. There are some reasons to be optimistic about his offensive upside going forward, however. His .230 BABIP in 2021 strongly points to some positive regression in the batting average department going forward, and if he's able to continue to drive the ball out of the park at a high rate, it's not crazy to envision him becoming an above average offensive player. His struggles against southpaws will likely prevent him from capturing an everyday role, but Brown shouldn't have trouble finding consistent at-bats against right-hander's to begin 2022.
Brown made Oakland's Opening Day roster and then spent the rest of the abbreviated season shuttling between the major-league roster and the alternate training site. He only appeared in seven games, stepping up to the plate a total of five times. Brown has a pair of 30-homer season in the minors, but both occurred when he was a bit old for the level. Still, he has some pop from the left side and possesses the defensive flexibility the Athletics favor as Brown can play all three outfield spots plus first base. While he has a chance to make the 2021 club as a reserve, it's more likely Brown opens with Triple-A Las Vegas, where he will have to bide his time and await an opening at the big-league level.
Brown has now hit 30 or more home runs in two of the past three minor-league seasons. Before you get too excited; one season came as a 24-year-old in High-A, and one came last year in the PCL with the happy fun ball. The lefty hit 28 of his 37 homers against righties last year, and had a .999 OPS against righties compared to an .837 OPS vs lefties. He strikes out quite a bit, yet still has managed to hit for a decent average -- no worse than .283 at his last three stops. Last year's Triple-A numbers have to be taken with a grain of salt given the physics of the baseball and that Brown wasn't even a top-30 prospect in the Oakland organization heading into last season. He turns 28 this year, so his prospect status is behind him, but he looked good at the plate in his time at the big-league level. There's a lot working against him, but Brown may be able to make this work with a good RH platoon partner.
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Idle versus southpaw
OFOakland Athletics
September 21, 2024
Brown isn't in the Athletics' lineup for Saturday's game against New York.
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Out again versus lefty
OFOakland Athletics
September 18, 2024
Brown is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.
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Getting day off vs. lefty
OFOakland Athletics
September 16, 2024
Brown is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Cubs.
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Out versus left-hander
OFOakland Athletics
September 12, 2024
Brown is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game in Houston.
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Comes up clutch twice in win
OFOakland Athletics
September 6, 2024
Brown went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Friday's 7-6 extra-innings win over the Tigers.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Offseason move incoming?
OFOakland Athletics
October 23, 2024
The Athletics could look to move on from Brown during the offseason, reports Jason Burke of SI.com.
ANALYSIS
The 32-year-old was productive in his first two full big-league seasons in 2021 and 2022 with a .751 OPS, but he's underwhelmed at the plate the past two years with a .676 OPS. Brown was removed from the Athletics' 40-man roster in June before getting the call back to the majors a month later, but it's unclear if his .271/.312/.448 slash line after being called back up will be enough for him to retain his place on the 40-man roster through the offseason.
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