Ezequiel Tovar
22-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.000
HR
0
RBI
0
R
0
SB
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There are players who are better real baseball players than fantasy ones while there are others who are more meaningful in fantasy than real baseball. Tovar falls into the latter as he finished the season as the 15th best shortstop with 15 homers, 70+ runs and RBIs and 11 steals. His .253 batting average was slightly above the league average, but his 70 wRC+ shows what his real baseball offensive value was. Tovar did what most Rockies do: rake at home (.276) and struggle on the road (.229) but did nearly evenly split his homers. His handedness splits were nearly dead even in his rookie season, but it doesn't matter as his excellent defense keeps him in the lineup every day. Truth be told, this was an excellent rookie season for a 21 year old with just 23 plate appearances above Double-A before making his big league debut. He must improve his suspect plate discipline to keep the sophomore slump concerns at bay. Read Past Outlooks
Inks extension with Colorado
Tovar agreed to a contract extension with the Rockies on Sunday, Daniel Alvarez-Montes of ElExtraBase.com reports.
ANALYSIS
According to Alvarez-Montes, it's a seven-year deal that's worth up to $84 million. The 22-year-old posted plus-13 defensive runs saved in 153 games as a rookie last season, and he also had a decent showing at the plate with 15 homers, 11 steals, 73 RBI, 79 runs and a .253/.287/.408 slash line.
According to Alvarez-Montes, it's a seven-year deal that's worth up to $84 million. The 22-year-old posted plus-13 defensive runs saved in 153 games as a rookie last season, and he also had a decent showing at the plate with 15 homers, 11 steals, 73 RBI, 79 runs and a .253/.287/.408 slash line.
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2023
2022
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+9%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .731 | 188 | 7 | 19 | .253 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .672 | 462 | 9 | 56 | .250 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023vs Left | .708 | 177 | 6 | 18 | .246 | ||||
2023vs Right | .690 | 438 | 9 | 55 | .256 | ||||
2022vs Left | 1.091 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .364 | ||||
2022vs Right | .345 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .136 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+20%
OPS at Home
2024
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .752 | 328 | 7 | 43 | .277 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .626 | 322 | 9 | 32 | .225 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | .753 | 316 | 7 | 43 | .276 | ||||
2023Away | .634 | 299 | 8 | 30 | .229 | ||||
2022Home | .717 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .300 | ||||
2022Away | .522 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .174 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Ezequiel Tovar 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.
* 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
0.15BB Rate
4.1%K Rate
27.0%BABIP
.328ISO
.155AVG
.253OBP
.287SLG
.408OPS
.695wOBA
.304Exit Velocity
88.0 mphHard Hit Rate
32.4%Barrels/PA
5.5%Expected BA
.248Expected SLG
.386Sprint Speed
24.9 ft/secGround Ball %
42.7%Line Drive %
23.5%Fly Ball %
33.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
Tovar has only played nine games in the majors and five games at Triple-A, but the Rockies have been invested in him as their shortstop of the future since they bought him a house in 2020 when he couldn't return home to Venezuela during the pandemic. He had impressed at times in the minors prior to last season, most notably logging a 119 wRC+ as a 19-year-old at Single-A in 2021, but 2022 was certainly his breakout campaign. Tovar hit .318/.386/.545 with 13 home runs, 17 steals on 20 attempts and a 64:25 K:BB in 66 games as one of the youngest players at Double-A. Hip and groin injuries sidelined Tovar from late-June until mid-September, when he returned and went directly to Triple-A for a week before spending the final two weeks of the year with the big club. An over-aggressive approach has been the one offensive knock on Tovar, but so far he has mostly made it work. There's a chance he goes through a significant adjustment period against MLB pitching as a 21-year-old, but it seems pretty clear the Rockies will give him every opportunity in spring training to break camp as the starting shortstop. Tovar isn't a burner (57th percentile sprint speed) and doesn't hit the ball very hard (22.5 Hard% in the minors, 106 mph max EV in the majors), but he has been productive in games while being extremely young for most of his minor-league levels.
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Productive from leadoff spot
Tovar led off and went 3-for-3 with a solo home run, a double and two runs scored in Thursday's Cactus League game against the Cubs.
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Sitting Friday
Tovar isn't in the Rockies' lineup Friday against the Twins.
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Ending season on strong note
Tovar went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored Saturday against the Cubs.
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Shines in twin bill
Tovar went 5-for-8 with a double, a triple, three runs, five RBI and a stolen base across both games of Saturday's doubleheader sweep against the Giants.
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Gets breather Tuesday
Tovar is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Cubs.
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