Will Wagner

Will Wagner

27-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
San Diego Padres
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Wagner is a really good hitter. He hits the ball hard (50% hard-hit, per Statcast) and frequently (81.3 Contact% in the majors). Those skills alone could allow him to have a Yandy Diaz-esque career. However, like Diaz, Wagner struggles to consistently lift the ball in the air (53.0 GB%), and he won't provide any speed on the bases. The Blue Jays acquired famed closer Billy Wagner's son at the trade deadline along with Jake Bloss and Joey Loperfido in the deal that sent Yusei Kikuchi to Houston. The 26-year-old second baseman hit .400 with more walks than strikeouts in seven games at Triple-A after the trade and then got the call to the majors. A lefty hitter, Wagner could sit against a decent amount of lefties when the Jays are at full strength. His price is cheap due to the lack of speed or significant game power, but he should be a good source of batting average and there's still a chance he makes the necessary adjustments to access 20-homer power. Wagner had a knee scope at the end of the season but was expected to be ready for baseball activities by the end of October. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Blue Jays in March of 2025. Traded to the Padres in July of 2025.
Rejoins Padres
2BSan Diego Padres
September 27, 2025
The Padres recalled Wagner from the Arizona Complex League on Saturday.
Analysis
Wagner was sent to the Padres' facility in Arizona following Xander Bogaerts' return from the injured list Tuesday, but the former will now be brought back onto the big-league roster to replace Ramon Laureano (finger). Wagner has slashed .222/.319/.278 across 145 plate appearances between the Blue Jays and Padres this season and will likely come off the bench most days while in San Diego.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
6
15
5
5
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+42%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+55%
OPS vs RHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .502 42 4 1 2 0 .179 .220 .282
Since 2023vs Right .713 193 19 1 16 1 .273 .352 .360
2025vs Left .433 20 3 0 0 0 .167 .211 .222
2025vs Right .629 129 12 0 7 1 .234 .341 .288
2024vs Left .561 22 1 1 2 0 .190 .227 .333
2024vs Right .867 64 7 1 9 0 .344 .375 .492
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
 
 
+16%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+69%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+217%
OPS on Road
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .620 106 12 0 7 0 .242 .314 .305
Since 2023Away .720 129 11 2 11 1 .267 .341 .379
2025Home .773 68 10 0 4 0 .300 .373 .400
2025Away .458 81 5 0 3 1 .159 .284 .174
2024Home .353 38 2 0 3 0 .143 .211 .143
2024Away 1.118 48 6 2 8 0 .426 .438 .681
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 Will Wagner 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
0.61
 
BB Rate
11.4%
 
K Rate
18.8%
 
BABIP
.287
 
ISO
.054
 
AVG
.225
 
OBP
.324
 
SLG
.279
 
OPS
.603
 
wOBA
.281
 
Exit Velocity
86.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
29.4%
 
Barrels/PA
1.3%
 
Expected BA
.273
 
Expected SLG
.346
 
Sprint Speed
23.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
51.0%
 
Line Drive %
21.0%
 
Fly Ball %
28.0%
 
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Sent to ACL
2BSan Diego Padres
September 23, 2025
The Padres optioned Wagner to the Arizona Complex League on Tuesday.
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Recalled as Merrill replacement
2BSan Diego Padres
August 24, 2025
The Padres recalled Wagner from Triple-A El Paso on Sunday.
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Optioned to minors
2BSan Diego Padres
July 31, 2025
Wagner was optioned to Triple-A El Paso on Thursday.
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Heading to San Diego
2BSan Francisco Giants
July 31, 2025
Wagner was traded from the Blue Jays to the Padres on Thursday in exchange for Brandon Valenzuela.
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Returns from restricted list
2BToronto Blue Jays
July 28, 2025
The Blue Jays reinstated Wagner from the restricted list Monday.
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