Vinnie Pasquantino

27-Year-Old First Baseman1B

Kansas City Royals

2024 Stats

AVG

.262

RBI

2025 Projections

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Go ahead, pinch your thumb and index finger together and shake it in the air. Italian Breakfast was a big part of the surprising Kansas City offense until he broke his thumb attempting to catch a throw from Lucas Erceg which went into Jeremy Pena running to first. Pasquantino missed the rest of the regular season but still managed to drive in 97 runs with 19 homers. Pasquantino hit 19 homers in his first 558 major league plate appearances across 2022 and 2023 and then duplicated that effort in his third season while continuing an excellent approach at the plate. Fully solving lefties is the last piece of this puzzle because he is truly at his best when righties are on the mound. The concerns heading into 2024 coming off shoulder surgery were alleivated with his results, and the winter off should allow the thumb injury to fully heal. As long as Pasquantino can remain slotted behind Bobby Witt Jr and in front of Salvador Perez, he is in the best possible spot for this lineup and should easily drive in 100 runs and push to 30 homers. Despite the incomplete season, he finished in the top ten for first baseman, and his acquisition cost for 2025 drafts will be high. Read Past Outlooks

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From Preseason

Overall Rank

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats L

Throws L

40 Man Yes

Height 6'4"

Weight 245

DOB 10/10/1997

Born Richmond, VA

College Old Dominion

Drafted 11th Rd 2019 KC

Included on wild-card roster

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October 1, 2024

The Royals activated Pasquantino (thumb) from the 10-day injured list Tuesday.

ANALYSIS
Pasquantino was supposed to be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks when he required surgery to repair a fractured right thumb in early September, but he's beat that timetable by a wide margin and will be part of the Royals' wild-card series roster. The expectation is that Pasquantino will be used at designated hitter, at least initially, which would free up at-bats at first base for Yuli Gurriel and/or Salvador Perez.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

vs Right-Handed Pitchers

vs RHP

105

vs Left-Handed Pitchers

vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+9%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+16%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+12%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+3%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.727	259	26	5	32	0	.268	.332	.395
Since 2022vs Right	.796	852	87	33	117	2	.267	.336	.460
2024vs Left	.675	122	14	4	21	0	.246	.262	.412
2024vs Right	.785	432	50	15	76	1	.267	.329	.455
2023vs Left	.697	72	6	1	7	0	.233	.347	.350
2023vs Right	.783	187	18	8	19	0	.251	.316	.468
2022vs Left	.854	65	6	0	4	0	.352	.446	.407
2022vs Right	.826	233	19	10	22	1	.279	.365	.461
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+11%

OPS at Home

2024

+15%

OPS at Home

2023

+18%

OPS on Road

2022

+32%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.820	547	62	18	89	0	.280	.353	.467
Since 2022Away	.741	564	51	20	60	2	.254	.317	.424
2024Home	.812	284	34	8	59	0	.291	.346	.466
2024Away	.706	270	30	11	38	1	.233	.281	.424
2023Home	.700	136	12	4	16	0	.225	.309	.392
2023Away	.828	123	12	5	10	0	.270	.341	.486
2022Home	.969	127	16	6	14	0	.318	.417	.551
2022Away	.734	171	9	4	12	1	.278	.357	.377
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Stat Review

How does Vinnie Pasquantino 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

0.56

BB Rate

7.2%

K Rate

12.8%

BABIP

.265

ISO

.183

AVG

.262

OBP

.315

SLG

.446

OPS

.760

wOBA

.329

Exit Velocity

91.0 mph

Hard Hit Rate

38.4%

Barrels/PA

5.6%

Expected BA

.266

Expected SLG

.438

Sprint Speed

20.9 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

39.5%

Line Drive %

17.6%

Fly Ball %

42.9%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Pasquantino's 2023 season came to an end on June 9th with a labrum injury to his non-throwing shoulder which required season-ending surgery. His final numbers were not up to the expectations fantasy managers had for him as they reached for him in drafts with him hitting .247/.324/.437 over 260 plate appearances yet the 9.6% walk rate and 11.9% strikeout rate were very impressive for a first baseman. It felt a bit James Loney-ish, but Pasquantino's career line of .272/.355/.444 over 558 plate appearances with 19 homers gives us a better look at what he could be for now. If his shoulder is fully recovered, Pasquantino profiles as a four category contributor for fantasy managers with batting average being the most likely area he could excel in a full season given the challenges of his home park and his lack of foot speed. His fantasy value needs that batting average surge as his run production numbers will lag behind many other options at first base.

Despite posting a .391/.440/.739 line in the spring, Pasquantino opened the season with Triple-A Omaha, but a .932 OPS with 40 walks to just 39 strikeouts in 73 games earned him a late June promotion. Pasquantino began just 4-for-30 with six walks, but the Royals patience was rewarded as Pasquantino hit .316/.392/.478 the rest of the way, with a two-week interruption for shoulder discomfort. Pasquantino's discipline translated to the majors as he walked 35 times with just 34 strikeouts in 298 plate appearances. He's a fly ball hitter with plus power that should play in cavernous Kauffman Stadium, but he hits ample line drives to support a BABIP around .300. His best position is designated hitter which isn't ideal for a fledgling 25-year-old, but the Royals need his bat in the lineup, so he'll play every day. Most young players struggle, but Pasquantino's approach should lead to more peaks than valleys.

Pasquantino had one of the more flawless statistical seasons in the minors, hitting .300/.394/.563 with 24 home runs and a 64:64 K:BB in 116 games across High-A and Double-A. Nick Pratto is ahead of him on the organizational depth chart, as he spent half the year at Triple-A and was added to the 40-man roster, but Pasquantino is the better long-term bet to hit enough to profile as an everyday first baseman. He makes good swing decisions and has a prototypical swing, hitting the ball on the ground less than 35% of the time. While he seems to have a bright future and is already 24 years old, the Royals will probably use this season to evaluate Pratto and MJ Melendez at the big-league level before turning to Pasquantino, but there's a chance he forces the issue.

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Testing out thumb again Monday

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Thumb

September 30, 2024

Royals manager Matt Quatraro said that Pasquantino (thumb) will hit in the cage Monday and the team will see how he feels Tuesday before determining whether he'll be included on the wild-card roster, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.