Adael Amador

Adael Amador

22-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Colorado Rockies AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Amador is a better fantasy prospect than one would guess based on his 2024 surface stats. The 21-year-old second baseman slashed .230/.343/.376, good for a 111 wRC+, in 100 games at Double-A and hit .171 with one extra-base hit in 10 big-league games. He didn't show any signs of weakness prior to reaching Double-A, and things were quite ugly early in the year (.456 OPS in first 31 games), but Amador righted the ship and slashed .260/.354/.461 with 14 home runs and 20 steals in his final 68 games. His 19.3 percent strikeout rate and 13.6 percent walk rate are very strong marks for a player his age at Double-A. Amador doesn't hit the ball particularly hard (22.1 Hard%, 19.0 Soft% at Double-A), but his command of the zone and quality rate of contact should allow him to hit 10-20 home runs during his peak seasons. The big selling point is that he could hit for a very high average (thanks in part to Coors Field) while stealing 20-plus bases and potentially hitting first or second in the lineup. The Rockies brought in Thairo Estrada to be the short-term answer at second base, but Amador could displace him this summer. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#376
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Rockies in March of 2025.
Demoted Thursday
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
May 30, 2025
The Rockies optioned Amador to Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday.
ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old is one of the organization's top prospects but struggled in his first extended look at the big leagues this season with a .146/.240/.225 slash line over 102 plate appearances. Amador has just 10 games under his belt at the Triple-A level, so an extended stay at Albuquerque could be in order.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
7
16
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+260%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+567%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .146 28 2 0 1 0 .038 .107 .038
Since 2023vs Right .525 110 2 1 4 2 .184 .259 .265
2025vs Left .087 23 1 0 1 0 .000 .087 .000
2025vs Right .580 79 2 1 4 1 .191 .286 .294
2024vs Left .400 5 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200
2024vs Right .394 31 0 0 0 1 .167 .194 .200
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+35%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+30%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+63%
OPS at Home
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .501 79 3 1 5 1 .169 .234 .268
Since 2023Away .371 59 1 0 0 1 .132 .220 .151
2025Home .516 57 3 1 5 1 .160 .236 .280
2025Away .398 45 0 0 0 0 .128 .244 .154
2024Home .465 22 0 0 0 0 .190 .227 .238
2024Away .286 14 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+60%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .940 14 1 1 .250 .357 .583
Since 2023vs Right .728 39 1 3 .250 .385 .344
2025vs Left .881 14 1 1 .250 5.000 .583
2025vs Right .550 39 1 3 .250 14.026 .344
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stat Review
How does Adael Amador 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
0.40
 
BB Rate
9.8%
 
K Rate
24.5%
 
BABIP
.190
 
ISO
.079
 
AVG
.146
 
OBP
.240
 
SLG
.225
 
OPS
.465
 
wOBA
.219
 
Exit Velocity
83.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.8%
 
Barrels/PA
2.9%
 
Expected BA
.227
 
Expected SLG
.316
 
Sprint Speed
23.2 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
32.8%
 
Line Drive %
21.3%
 
Fly Ball %
45.9%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
A 6-foot middle infielder with one of the best approaches and hit tools in the minors, Amador has a chance to contend for batting titles in his prime. Unfortunately, injuries limited him to 69 games (including rehab assignments), but he was able to reach Double-A as a 20-year-old. The skilled switch hitter made notable exit velocity gains last year, notching a career-best 110.4-mph maxEV while upping his hard-hit rate and average exit velocity. Even with those gains, he doesn't barrel the ball regularly enough to the pull side to project for more than 15-20 homer pop at peak, and he's not the type of burner on the bases who projects to top 20 steals in a season, even if he's on base all the time. Amador's overall fantasy profile is similar to Rockies era DJ LeMahieu, where batting average/OBP and runs scored will be his banner stats. He was added to the 40-man roster and could make his big-league debut this summer. Ezequiel Tovar is the superior defender, so Amador's long-term home is likely second base.
Amador is an extremely advanced hitter for his age (19), showcasing an excellent combination of patience and in-zone contact. Most scouts agree he projects as a plus hitter. Beyond the hit tool, there are some undetermined aspects of his scouting report. Five of his 15 homers came in the extremely homer-friendly park in Stockton (a road park in the Cal League), and his 15.9 Hard% is quite poor for a top-100 prospect. He was 26-for-38 (68.4%) on stolen-base attempts, which is a pretty poor success rate for an above-average runner against Single-A batterymen. Another knock on Amador is that he will probably move from shortstop to second base. Sometimes players with this profile can turn into Vaughn Grissom, and sometimes they turn into utility players. The Rockies have favorable affiliate parks at High-A and Triple-A with a neutral Double-A park, so Amador will have chances to keep raising his perceived dynasty stock before reaching the majors.
More Fantasy News
Grabbing seat Thursday
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
May 22, 2025
Amador is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest against the Phillies.
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Sitting out Wednesday
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
May 14, 2025
Amador is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rangers.
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Heading to bench Sunday
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
May 11, 2025
Amador is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.
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Sitting out nightcap
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
May 8, 2025
Amador isn't in the lineup for the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against Detroit.
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Losing playing time
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
May 4, 2025
Amador is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Garnering praise
2BColorado Rockies  AAA
September 23, 2022
Amador has been named the Rockies' Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America, relays Kyle Newman of The Denver Post.
ANALYSIS
Amador logged a .292 batting average with 15 home runs and 26 stolen bases this season at Low-A Fresno. The 19-year-old shortstop joined the Rockies organization out of the Dominican Republican in 2019.
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