Trey Sweeney

Trey Sweeney

24-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Detroit Tigers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Javier Baez has generally been a disaster at shortstop for the Tigers, which has opened the door for Sweeney. The 24-year-old was shipped to Detroit in July as part of the Jack Flaherty trade, and Sweeney made his MLB debut not long after that. Baez ended up shutting down his season early due to a hip issue and subsequent surgery, which paved the way for Sweeney to see fairly regular playing time down the stretch. The rookie endured some struggles, as he batted just .218 with a .642 OPS across 36 games. Sweeney did manage four home runs in that limited action, and the former first-round pick likely has 20-homer upside as he continues to develop at the MLB level. Heading into 2025, the Detroit front office has said Baez should be healthy and will have a role with the club. It remains to be seen if that's as the everyday starter at short, but with the Tigers embracing a youth movement and finding success in 2024, Sweeney has a good shot to supplant the veteran. There will likely be some more growing pains, but Sweeney is worth keeping an eye on as an upside play in fantasy leagues, particularly if he snags a regular role in the early going. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in August of 2024.
Out of Friday's lineup
SSDetroit Tigers
April 18, 2025
Sweeney is not in the Tigers' starting lineup against the Royals on Friday.
ANALYSIS
Sweeney has gone 3-for-11 with two RBI against left-handed pitching this season, but he'll begin Friday's contest in the dugout with the Royals sending southpaw Cole Ragans to the mound. Javier Baez will start at shortstop and bat seventh.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
8
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+30%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+28%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .757 40 2 1 5 0 .270 .325 .432
Since 2023vs Right .588 139 15 4 19 3 .195 .252 .336
2025vs Left .727 11 0 0 2 0 .273 .273 .455
2025vs Right .561 49 6 1 5 1 .182 .265 .295
2024vs Left .768 29 2 1 3 0 .269 .345 .423
2024vs Right .602 90 9 3 14 2 .202 .244 .357
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
 
 
+68%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+25%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+137%
OPS on Road
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .455 81 8 1 8 0 .137 .222 .233
Since 2023Away .763 98 9 4 16 3 .272 .306 .457
2025Home .691 19 3 0 3 0 .188 .316 .375
2025Away .552 41 3 1 4 1 .205 .244 .308
2024Home .387 62 5 1 5 0 .123 .194 .193
2024Away .917 57 6 3 12 2 .321 .351 .566
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 Trey Sweeney 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
0.45
 
BB Rate
8.3%
 
K Rate
18.3%
 
BABIP
.233
 
ISO
.127
 
AVG
.200
 
OBP
.267
 
SLG
.327
 
OPS
.594
 
wOBA
.266
 
Exit Velocity
89.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.3%
 
Barrels/PA
5.0%
 
Expected BA
.232
 
Expected SLG
.373
 
Sprint Speed
25.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
68.2%
 
Line Drive %
9.1%
 
Fly Ball %
22.7%
 
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2022 Fantasy Outlook
It's not clear where Sweeney will end up defensively, but his bat has a chance to profile anywhere. He hit .382 with 14 home runs, 24 strikeouts and 46 walks in 48 games as a junior at Eastern Illinois. The Yankees continued a recent trend of targeting bat-first lefty-hitting collegians by selecting him with the 20th-overall pick in the 2021 draft. Sweeney wasn't playing against great competition in the Ohio Valley Conference, but in a draft that was light on impactful college hitters, he stood out for his offensive upside. It's not the most picturesque left-handed swing -- he has a big leg kick and it's more rigid than smooth -- but there's controlled violence, which coupled with his strike zone awareness, could result in his OBP and SLG carrying the day. He lived up to that billing in his pro debut, hitting .245/.357/.518 with six home runs and three steals in 29 games at Low-A. Sweeney's 22.5 K% was a little high, given his age (21) and level, but his 14.0 BB% was where it needed to be. He played shortstop in his pro debut, but third base, second base and left field are potential landing spots on the defensive spectrum.
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Notches first steal
SSDetroit Tigers
April 11, 2025
Sweeney went 1-for-4 with a double, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored in Friday's 7-6 win over the Twins.
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Idle against lefty
SSDetroit Tigers
April 9, 2025
Sweeney is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
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Sitting against left-hander
SSDetroit Tigers
April 7, 2025
Sweeney is absent from the lineup for Monday's contest versus the Yankees.
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Sitting vs. southpaw
SSDetroit Tigers
April 6, 2025
Sweeney is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.
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Pops first home run
SSDetroit Tigers
April 2, 2025
Sweeney went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mariners.
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