Thomas Saggese

Thomas Saggese

22-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
St. Louis Cardinals
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Part of the Cardinals' return from Texas for Jordan Montgomery, Saggese went on a summer-long heater at Double-A before finally cooling down after a late-season promotion to Triple-A. He hit .351/.424/.653 with 20 home runs, six steals and a 22.9 K% in 285 at-bats from June 10 through Sept. 7. Saggese (pronounced soo-JAY-see) is a career .298 hitter in the minors and has a classic bat-first second baseman profile. He looks to do damage early in counts and will probably be better in batting average leagues than OBP leagues. He is a fringe-average runner but was on base enough to steal 12 bags on 14 attempts in 139 games. If he can hit around .280 with 20 home runs, Saggese should provide enough value to justify everyday playing time in spite of his fringe-average defense. If not, he'll likely move around the field as a bench bat and injury replacement. Saggese, who turns 22 in April, should head to Triple-A for at least a couple months, as he is not on the 40-man roster. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season
From Preseason
#390
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in September of 2024.
Absent from lineup
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
September 16, 2024
Saggese is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
ANALYSIS
Saggese had started each of the first six games for the Cardinals upon his promotion from Triple-A Memphis, but he'll grab a seat Monday as the Pirates send Paul Skenes to the mound. Masyn Winn and Brendan Donovan will form the St. Louis middle infield in the series opener.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
5
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+63%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+63%
OPS vs LHP
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .767 15 1 1 2 0 .214 .267 .500
Since 2022vs Right .472 37 4 0 2 0 .200 .243 .229
2024vs Left .767 15 1 1 2 0 .214 .267 .500
2024vs Right .472 37 4 0 2 0 .200 .243 .229
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
 
 
+78%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+78%
OPS on Road
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .391 23 2 0 1 0 .174 .174 .217
Since 2022Away .695 29 3 1 3 0 .231 .310 .385
2024Home .391 23 2 0 1 0 .174 .174 .217
2024Away .695 29 3 1 3 0 .231 .310 .385
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Thomas Saggese 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
0.14
 
BB Rate
3.8%
 
K Rate
26.9%
 
BABIP
.265
 
ISO
.102
 
AVG
.204
 
OBP
.250
 
SLG
.306
 
OPS
.556
 
wOBA
.249
 
Exit Velocity
85.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.7%
 
Barrels/PA
1.9%
 
Expected BA
.203
 
Expected SLG
.327
 
Sprint Speed
24.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
37.1%
 
Line Drive %
25.7%
 
Fly Ball %
37.1%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Saggese didn't do much over the first month of the season, but he hit .334/.382/.558 with 14 home runs, 10 steals, a 17.9 K% and a 7.0 BB% in the final 79 games, primarily at High-A. A second baseman who turns 21 in April, Saggese probably won't end up with any plus tools (we'll see how his hit and power develop), but his recent track record of hitting is so strong that he merits attention in dynasty leagues in case the breakout was real. He should return to Double-A, where he had a homer and two doubles in five games to close 2022.
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Clubs first big-league homer
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
September 13, 2024
Saggese went 1-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Friday's 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Blue Jays.
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Breaks through in third game
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
September 12, 2024
Saggese went 2-for-4 with one RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's 6-1 win over the Reds.
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Officially added to roster
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
September 10, 2024
The Cardinals selected Saggese's contract from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday.
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Receiving promotion to big leagues
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
September 10, 2024
The Cardinals will call up Saggese from Triple-A Memphis prior to Tuesday's game against the Reds, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
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Slow start at Triple-A
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
May 16, 2024
Saggese is slashing .243/.325/.397 with five home runs and four steals in 36 games for Triple-A Memphis.
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Playing time prioritized
2BSt. Louis Cardinals
August 28, 2024
The Cardinals elected to keep Saggese at Triple-A Memphis for the time being in order to prioritize playing every day, reports John Denton of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
Nolan Gorman has served as St. Louis' primary second baseman this season, but he was demoted Aug. 21. It seemed like a prime opportunity for Saggese to be promoted since he's the organization's top infield prospect in the upper minors, but the Cardinals have instead turned to Brendan Donovan at the keystone. Saggese has an .867 OPS with 10 homers in 44 games at Triple-A since the start of July and could still make his MLB debut before the end of the campaign, but for now he'll remain with Memphis.
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