LaMonte Wade

30-Year-Old First Baseman1B

San Francisco Giants

2024 Stats

AVG

.260

RBI

2025 Projections

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

It was a tale of two seasons for Wade, who appeared primed for a career year with a .329/.462/.445 slash line through 57 games but labored to a .638 OPS in the final 60 contests. Overall he hit just eight home runs in 117 games, with a 15.8 percent walk rate carrying a lot of his offensive value. His patience at the plate isn't a new attribute, as he has a double-digit walk rate in three of his four seasons with the Giants. A .331 BABIP may not be sustainable, but his career-best 43.7 percent hard-hit rate was encouraging and resulted in a .437 xSLG, which was notably better than his actual slugging figure of .381. Wade's fantasy value is limited outside of OBP leagues, but his solid average could come in handy for streamers if he's able to turn some of that strong contact back into home runs, which he's shown he can do at times with two campaigns in which he sniffed 20 long balls (he hit 18 and 17 home runs in 2021 and 2023, respectively). His .840 OPS against left-handed pitching was a stark improvement and could help him avoid a platoon at first base if he's able to sustain it. Read Past Outlooks

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Bats L

Throws L

40 Man Yes

Height 6'1"

Weight 205

DOB 1/1/1994

Born Baltimore, MD

College Maryland

Drafted 9th Rd 2015 MIN

Out against left-hander

1BSan Francisco Giants

September 23, 2024

Wade is absent from the lineup for Monday's game in Arizona.

ANALYSIS
Southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez is on the hill for the Diamondbacks, so the left-handed-hitting Wade will yield to Mark Canha at first base. Though he's slashing .333/.439/.424 over 42 plate appearances versus lefties this season, Wade has just three starts against left-handers in 2024.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+20%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+12%

OPS vs LHP

2023

+14%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+190%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.642	157	13	1	13	1	.244	.329	.313
Since 2022vs Right	.770	1014	125	32	92	4	.247	.366	.404
2024vs Left	.840	43	2	0	4	1	.324	.429	.412
2024vs Right	.751	358	43	8	30	1	.253	.374	.377
2023vs Left	.709	81	7	1	5	0	.269	.351	.358
2023vs Right	.805	438	57	16	40	2	.254	.377	.428
2022vs Left	.252	33	4	0	4	0	.100	.152	.100
2022vs Right	.730	218	25	8	22	1	.225	.329	.401
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

Even Split

2024

+3%

OPS at Home

2023

+9%

OPS on Road

2022

+23%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.754	550	64	15	50	0	.245	.353	.401
Since 2022Away	.752	621	74	18	55	5	.248	.368	.384
2024Home	.771	189	20	2	16	0	.265	.394	.377
2024Away	.751	212	25	6	18	2	.256	.368	.383
2023Home	.752	234	27	7	17	0	.242	.348	.404
2023Away	.822	285	37	10	28	2	.268	.394	.429
2022Home	.730	127	17	6	17	0	.223	.302	.429
2022Away	.595	124	12	2	9	1	.190	.309	.286
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Stat Review

How does LaMonte Wade 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

0.69

BB Rate

15.5%

K Rate

22.4%

BABIP

.331

ISO

.121

AVG

.260

OBP

.380

SLG

.381

OPS

.761

wOBA

.341

Exit Velocity

90.6 mph

Hard Hit Rate

33.9%

Barrels/PA

5.7%

Expected BA

.259

Expected SLG

.428

Sprint Speed

22.2 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

39.9%

Line Drive %

21.8%

Fly Ball %

38.3%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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A string of knee issues derailed Wade in 2022 and prevented him from building on his breakout showing with the Giants from 2021, but he managed to stay mostly healthy in 2023 and returned to form as a reliable leadoff presence for San Francisco. He registered a .373 on-base percentage, which ranked 13th-best among all qualified major-league hitters, and he struck out only 95 times in 519 plate appearances while drawing 76 walks. Wade doesn't have a ton of raw power -- he finished in just the 32nd percentile last year in average exit velocity -- but the 30-year-old first baseman and corner outfielder should continue to be a fairly appealing option in OBP leagues and might be worthy of late-round or waiver-wire consideration in standard formats for his potential to rack up runs scored. It's worth nothing, however, that the offseason arrival of Jung Hoo Lee could seriously curtail Wade's tablesetting opportunities.

Wade Jr, as well as many of his teammates, underperformed in 2022 as much as the club overperformed in 2021. He is firmly entreched as a strong side platoon outfielder with his inability to handle lefty pitchers, and that is perfectly fine with San Francisco and their fondness for platoon situatios. What was not fine was the 93 wRC+ Wade Jr had last year and how his lack of production impacted fantasy clubs who saw 2022 as a building block rather than an outlier. The young man is still very accepting of walks but defenses position him well as he had a 74-point split between his wOBA without the shift (.347) vs when shifted (.273) There may be some relief for him with the new rules on defensive alignments, but he has a rather hard cap of 475 plate appearances with his inability to hit lefties limiting his value to NL-Only formats.

Wade is basically the personification of the surprising and amazing 2021 season for the Giants. He was flipped to San Francisco from Minnesota just before the season for Shaun Anderson as the Twins had an outfield roster crunch and were ready to move on from Wade, who had shown little in his two stints at the big-league level. The Giants moved him into a platoon situation and he rewarded them with an excellent strong-side platoon showing, particularly with a number of late-inning heroics (he hit .362/.444/.511 in late and close games). The sample size is too small to be definitive, but he is 5-for-48 in his career against lefties (.104), so we may never see Wade as an everyday player, but NL-only roto players can recognize the value in a hitter that has a 124 wRC+ for his career against righties. LaMonte may not be The Next Big Thing, but he still has some value in certain formats.

Wade's ability to draw walks and play center field have seen him called up as a reserve outfielder and spot starter at times the past two seasons, but his lack of power has kept him from winning any regular role in the offense. He has a 13.3% walk rate in the majors after strong walk rates in the minors and has made good contact despite a 20.5% strikeout rate in just 44 plate appearances. Wade can can capably play all three outfield spots (+1 to -1 DRS at all three the past two seasons) plus first base and his left-handed bat could help a platoon or be of use off the bench. Wade could win a reserve role due to his defense this spring, but more likely continues to shuffle between Minnesota and Triple-A.

Wade's ability to draw walks and play center field led to his callup in July as a temporary fill-in after hitting just .246/.392/.356 at Triple-A. He dislocated his right thumb after just his second big-league game and missed two months. He returned to play in some key spots in the September pennant race but hit just .196 in 69 plate appearances. Wade did draw 11 walks (15.9 BB%) and his excellent bat-to-ball skill translated against big-league pitching (13.0 K%). It was a very small sample, but he used the whole field and logged a respectable 21.3 LD%, so he could fare better in a larger stint in the majors. He was primarily called up for his ability to capably play all three outfield spots (-1 DRS at all three). Wade could win a reserve role due to his defense this spring, but he'll likely need to show more with his bat at Triple-A before getting an extended chance in the majors.

The 24-year-old reached Double-A Chattanooga last year, hitting for a strong .292/.397/.408 slash line, but was a bit older than his competition at age 23. Wade is a very challenging prospect to rank for fantasy purposes, as he can clearly hit, he just doesn't do much else. His upside may be hitting .290, get on base at a .390 clip and hit 10 home runs with 10 steals. He'll likely move up to Triple-A this summer and could reach majors in the second half.

Wade hit .318 with a .904 OPS at Low-A Cedar Rapids, as the 2015 ninth-round draft pick continues to impress at each step of the minors. His upside may be limited however, since at age 22 last season he was older than the competition. He doesn't add much speed for fantasy purposes, but his high contact rate and decent power could lead him to continue to surprise.

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Homers twice in win

1BSan Francisco Giants

September 21, 2024

Wade went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Saturday's 9-0 win over the Royals.