Spencer Horwitz

Spencer Horwitz

26-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Toronto Blue Jays
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Horwitz has been an accomplished hitter all throughout the Toronto system with a .303/.407/.464 triple-slash line in just over 1,700 plate appearances since 2019. He is the type of hitter that is both accepting of his walks as well as someone very willing to use his contact skills to put the ball in play having never struck out as many as 80 times in a season at a time where many minor leaguers are posting triple-digit strikeout totals. Horwitz's 2024 fantasy value is clouded in two ways. Primarily, he is only eligible at utility on draft day as he had six games at DH and five at first base last season. Secondarily, the Jays roster is rather loaded with talent and Horwitz's best path forward would be playing left field. If he were to get that job, he would still likely hit in the 9th spot of the lineup. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#363
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Blue Jays in March of 2024.
Not in lineup
1BToronto Blue Jays
September 11, 2024
Horwitz is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Mets.
ANALYSIS
With lefty Sean Manaea drawing the start on the mound for the Mets, the left-handed-batting Horwitz will begin the series finale on the bench. George Springer will fill the designated-hitter spot for Toronto.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
9
27
2
25
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
6
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+74%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+78%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+41%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .513 74 5 0 10 0 .197 .270 .242
Since 2022vs Right .892 302 44 13 33 0 .291 .384 .508
2024vs Left .511 68 4 0 9 0 .197 .265 .246
2024vs Right .912 264 40 12 27 0 .295 .390 .522
2023vs Left .533 6 1 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200
2023vs Right .754 38 4 1 6 0 .265 .342 .412
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+18%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+20%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+19%
OPS on Road
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .743 174 21 4 15 0 .242 .333 .409
Since 2022Away .878 202 28 9 28 0 .297 .386 .491
2024Home .750 163 19 4 15 0 .239 .337 .413
2024Away .901 169 25 8 21 0 .306 .391 .510
2023Home .636 11 2 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364
2023Away .756 33 3 1 7 0 .250 .364 .393
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Spencer Horwitz 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
0.65
 
BB Rate
11.1%
 
K Rate
17.2%
 
BABIP
.300
 
ISO
.189
 
AVG
.274
 
OBP
.364
 
SLG
.463
 
OPS
.828
 
wOBA
.361
 
Exit Velocity
88.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.2%
 
Barrels/PA
6.3%
 
Expected BA
.264
 
Expected SLG
.452
 
Sprint Speed
21.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
42.2%
 
Line Drive %
22.0%
 
Fly Ball %
35.8%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Horwitz had a .293/.409/.513 slash line with Double-A New Hampshire during the first half of 2022 to receive a promotion to Triple-A Buffalo, where he had a .724 OPS. Trading Teoscar Hernandez to the Mariners opened up significant at-bats between right field and designated hitter for the Blue Jays, but there's still not an immediate path to the majors for Horwitz. He saw most of his action last season between first base and left field, but his limited power (.117 ISO) could limit his potential at first base. The 25-year-old continued to show excellent plate discipline with a 15 percent walk rate, which would obviously translate well to any position in the majors. Horwitz is likely to begin 2023 back with Buffalo, but he could quickly be called up for his big-league debut with a strong start to the season.
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Power surge continues Sunday
1BToronto Blue Jays
September 9, 2024
Horwitz went 2-for-2 with a two-run homer in Sunday's extra-innings loss to Atlanta.
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Not starting Sunday
1BToronto Blue Jays
September 8, 2024
Horwitz is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta.
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Homers twice, plates three in win
1BToronto Blue Jays
September 8, 2024
Horwitz went 4-for-5 with a double, two homers, three RBI and three runs scored in Saturday's win over Atlanta.
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Sitting against Fried
1BToronto Blue Jays
September 6, 2024
Horwitz is not in Friday's lineup against Atlanta.
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Goes deep as part of three-hit game
1BToronto Blue Jays
August 31, 2024
Horwitz went 3-for-5 with a home run, a walk, two total runs and three total RBI against the Twins in Saturday's 15-0 victory.
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Call-up on horizon?
1BToronto Blue Jays
August 30, 2023
Keegan Matheson of MLB.com suggested Tuesday the Blue Jays would be more comfortable with Horwitz as a bench piece in September compared fellow prospects Addison Barger and Orelvis Martinez.
ANALYSIS
Horwitz made his big-league debut in June and went 2-for-8 with an RBI and a run in three games, but he's spent most of the campaign at Triple-A Buffalo, where he has a .946 OPS in 106 contests. MLB rosters expand to 28 players Friday, and the 25-year-old is a strong candidate to be promoted for the stretch run.
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