David Fletcher

30-Year-Old Second Baseman2B

Atlanta Braves AA

2024 Stats

AVG

.250

RBI

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League AA

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man No

Height 5'10"

Weight 175

DOB 5/31/1994

Drafted 6th Rd 2015

Dabbling with knuckleball at Triple-A

2BAtlanta Braves AA

May 30, 2024

Fletcher made his first career start as a pitcher for Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday, striking out six over five innings while allowing two earned runs on three hits and and one walk in a 5-2 win over Norfolk.

ANALYSIS
Primarily an infielder since entering the professional ranks in 2015, Fletcher saw action in five games with Atlanta earlier this season and has been making regular starts at second base for Gwinnett since being outrighted off the 40-man roster in late April. However, the 29-year-old recently informed club officials that he had been tinkering with a knuckleball, and he impressed enough in workouts for the Gwinnett coaching staff to give him the chance to pitch in games earlier this month. Fletcher was tagged for six earned runs over six innings across his first four relief appearances for Gwinnett, but upon stepping into a starting role Wednesday, he delivered his lengthiest and best outing yet. Fletcher will likely need to turn in at least a few more quality performances on the mound for Gwinnett before Atlanta contemplates bringing him back on the big-league roster as a pitcher and utility infielder. There's also the matter of an ongoing investigation from Major League Baseball into Fletcher's involvement with the same Southern California bookmaker used by Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. According to Tisha Thompson of ESPN.com, sources familiar with the booking operation relay that Fletcher didn't place any bets on baseball, but clarity on whether Fletcher will receive any punishment related to his gambling activities won't become clear until the investigation concludes.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+11%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+82%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+15%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+7%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.576	113	7	2	10	0	.236	.274	.302
Since 2022vs Right	.641	221	20	2	21	1	.261	.298	.343
2024vs Left	.367	6	0	0	2	0	.200	.167	.200
2024vs Right	.667	3	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
2023vs Left	.568	31	2	1	3	0	.207	.258	.310
2023vs Right	.656	66	5	1	9	0	.267	.323	.333
2022vs Left	.595	76	5	1	5	0	.250	.289	.306
2022vs Right	.634	152	15	1	12	1	.257	.287	.347
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+7%

OPS at Home

2024

-100%

OPS at Home

2023

+12%

OPS at Home

2022

+7%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.638	179	17	2	14	0	.261	.305	.333
Since 2022Away	.597	155	10	2	17	1	.243	.273	.324
2024Home	.472	9	0	0	2	0	.250	.222	.250
2024Away	.000	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2023Home	.660	54	5	1	5	0	.265	.333	.327
2023Away	.587	43	2	1	7	0	.225	.262	.325
2022Home	.641	116	12	1	7	0	.259	.298	.343
2022Away	.601	112	8	1	10	1	.250	.277	.324
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Stat Review

How does David Fletcher 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

0.00

BB Rate

0.0%

K Rate

11.1%

BABIP

.250

ISO

.000

AVG

.250

OBP

.222

SLG

.250

OPS

.472

wOBA

.198

Exit Velocity

80.7 mph

Hard Hit Rate

0.0%

Barrels/PA

0.0%

Expected BA

.086

Expected SLG

.101

Sprint Speed

25.7 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

62.5%

Line Drive %

0.0%

Fly Ball %

37.5%

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Fletcher was signed to a five-year, $26.1 million extension after solid 2019-2020 campaigns for the Angels, but he struggled so much over the next couple of seasons that he was outrighted off the 40-man roster in 2023, and he was dealt in a salary dump to Atlanta over the winter. The 29-year-old infielder remains one of the most difficult hitters to strike out, but there are also few hitters who have less power, and his average exit velocity of 83.3 mph would have ranked at the bottom of baseball if he had qualified. Fletcher will face an uphill battle making Atlanta out of spring training, and even if he does, he's looking at limited playing time barring something unforeseeable.

Fletcher has almost no power and below-average speed, so his usefulness in fantasy has always been tied to hitting above Mike Trout and other run-producers while serving as a batting-average stabilizer. Neither of those things came to fruition last year, as the utility man hit a career-worst .255 and was slotted at the bottom of the lineup about as often as he batted leadoff. Fletcher still stood as one of the league's top contact hitters -- among players with 200 or more plate appearances, his 7% strikeout rate was the lowest -- but he also had the worst hard-hit rate at a paltry 7.4% and didn't register a single barrel all season. At 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds, Fletcher isn't going to suddenly develop into a power hitter, but he could stand to add some strength in order to better capitalize on the many balls he puts in play. Working on his body could also help him better avoid getting hurt, as Fletcher missed over 100 games with a variety of injuries last season. He's expected to remain a starter in 2023, though it's uncertain where he'll hit in the order. Even if he turns his batting average back around, Fletcher is a frustrating player to roster in fantasy due to his lack of counting stats. He'll likely go undrafted in 12-team leagues and be late-round filler in deeper ones.

Fletcher is a prime example of a player that has a contact-heavy approach but doesn't have strong plate discipline. Overall, he got more aggressive at the plate in 2021, recording a career-high 46.3 percent overall swing rate as compared to his previous high of 40.2 percent. That isn't necessarily a good thing for a player that lacks power. Though his contact rates didn't suffer, Fletcher's OBP tumbled to a career-low .297 and his wOBA similarly fell to a terrible .273 mark. In its simplest form, he failed to log above fourth percentile marks in average exit velocity, xWOBA and xSLG, while also posting a 38th percentile chase rate. Though Fletcher remained an everyday player and regularly hit first or second in the Angels' lineup, he closed the campaign by hitting ninth. He isn't likely to lose a starting role unless Los Angeles makes significant upgrades across their infield this offseason, but his already minimal value would take a hit the more he moves down the order.

Fletcher's Statcast numbers are extreme. Last season, he ranked dead last among qualified MLB hitters in both barrel rate (0.5%) and hard-hit rate (17.8%), resulting in a paltry .106 ISO. What he lacked in power, however, was balanced by an elite 10.9 K% (fifth-best among qualified hitters). The end result was a career-best .319/.376/.425 slash line and an unquestioned everyday role in the Angels' lineup. If he had even moderate power or speed, Fletcher would likely go within the top five rounds in mixed-league fantasy drafts. Instead, he's a batting-average booster with added value due to his eligibility at multiple positions. His role as the Angels' leadoff hitter ahead of Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon could lead to plenty of runs, but Fletcher remains a late-round pick in most formats due to the complete absence of homers and steals.

Fletcher made the most of his first full season in the majors, ranking 22nd in baseball with 173 hits and ninth with a .299 xBA. The 25-year-old excelled by playing to his strengths; he possesses little power (.094 ISO) and moderate speed, so he focused on driving the ball to all fields, posting the highest line-drive rate (32.6%) in the big leagues. Fletcher also established himself as one of baseball's best contact hitters, ranking first with a 91.1% contact rate and third with a 9.8 K%. Furthermore, Fletcher's versatility was a major asset as he played five different positions and hit in seven different batting-order slots last season. All of this makes him immensely important to the Angels, but real-life value doesn't always translate to the fantasy realm. Such is the case with Fletcher, who should hit for solid average but doesn't provide enough counting stats to be of much use in mixed leagues.

After hitting .350 in 58 games to open the season with Triple-A Salt Lake, Fletcher earned his first big-league callup in mid-June and quickly settled into an everyday role. He didn't do a lot to excite fantasy owners -- his middling performance was right in line with his prospect reports. He demonstrated good contact ability (11.1 K%) and strong defense at both second and third base, but he'll need to tap into more power if he's to be anything more than a glove-first, slap-hitting utility man long term. Fletcher managed a .209 ISO with Salt Lake prior to his promotion but posted just a .088 ISO in the big leagues, a mark which lined up well with his numbers from previous seasons. He has dual eligibility and a little speed, but those aren't strong enough selling points in mixed leagues.

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To be investigated by MLB

2BAtlanta Braves AA

May 17, 2024

Major League Baseball intends to open an investigation into a reported gambling situation involving Fletcher and bookmaker Mathew Bowyer, Justin Toscano of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.