Shay Whitcomb

Shay Whitcomb

26-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Houston Astros
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Whitcomb put up impressive numbers while repeating Triple-A as an older player, but what he did as a 24-year-old at Triple-A in 2023 is probably more instructive for how he'll do against big-league pitching. He slashed .224/.281/.434 with 23 home runs, 12 steals and a 31.1 percent strikeout rate in 87 games at Triple-A in 2023 and followed that up with a .293/.378/.530 slash line, 25 home runs, 26 steals and a 19.8 percent strikeout rate in 108 games at Triple-A in 2024. Whitcomb has above-average power and average speed on the bases, so there's fantasy potential here if his improvements in 2025 were legitimate and not just the product of an older player repeating a level. He turned 26 in September, and hit .220 with zero home runs and zero steals in 46 MLB plate appearances to close the year. If Whitcomb struggles again in the majors, he'll likely be written off due to his age. He can play all over the infield and outfield, but isn't a great defender anywhere, and his likely long-term role is that of a offensive-minded utility player who provides useful counting stats on the rare occasions where he's playing more than a few days per week. Read Past Outlooks
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#379
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Astros in March of 2025.
Joins big club
3BHouston Astros
May 31, 2025
The Astros recalled Whitcomb from Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday.
ANALYSIS
With Chas McCormick (oblique) moving to the injured list Saturday, the Astros will call up Whitcomb to give the team a bench bat capable of playing nearly every position. The 26-year-old has been in the minors all year, putting together a .275/.357/.599 slash line with 18 home runs, 38 RBI, 37 runs scored and six steals in 53 games.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+135%
OPS vs RHP
2025
No Stats
2024
 
 
+143%
OPS vs RHP
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .298 14 0 0 1 0 .083 .214 .083
Since 2023vs Right .700 33 1 0 4 0 .267 .333 .367
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left .298 14 0 0 1 0 .083 .214 .083
2024vs Right .723 32 1 0 4 0 .276 .344 .379
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
 
 
+6%
OPS at Home
2025
No Stats
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .596 30 1 0 1 0 .222 .300 .296
Since 2023Away .561 17 0 0 4 0 .200 .294 .267
2025Home .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home .618 29 1 0 1 0 .231 .310 .308
2024Away .561 17 0 0 4 0 .200 .294 .267
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 Shay Whitcomb 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
100.0%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Exit Velocity
0.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
0.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.000
 
Expected SLG
.000
 
Sprint Speed
0.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
0.0%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
0.0%
 
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Sent to minors camp
3BHouston Astros
March 18, 2025
The Astros optioned Whitcomb to minor-league camp Tuesday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Optioned to Triple-A
3BHouston Astros
September 27, 2024
The Astros optioned Whitcomb to Triple-A Sugar Land on Friday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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On bench again Sunday
3BHouston Astros
August 25, 2024
Whitcomb is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Getting Saturday off
3BHouston Astros
August 24, 2024
Whitcomb isn't in Housotn's lineup Saturday against Baltimore, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
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Getting on base
3BHouston Astros
August 24, 2024
Whitcomb went 1-for-2 with two walks Friday against the Orioles.
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