Blake Mitchell

20-Year-Old CatcherC
Kansas City Royals A+
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mitchell was the eighth overall pick in the 2023 First-Year Player Draft and spent most of last year at the Single-A level, slashing .240/.375/.443 with 18 home runs, 50 RBI and 24 stolen bases before finishing the campaign with five games at High-A. Mitchell is a good athlete for a catcher and has above-average raw power. He looked like a three-true-outcomes slugger last season with a 30.4 percent strikeout rate and 17.0 percent walk rate. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a $4.9 million contract with the Royals in July of 2023.
Returns from 7-day IL
CKansas City Royals  A+
July 7, 2025
High-A Quad Cities reinstated Mitchell (wrist) from the 7-day injured list Monday.
Analysis
Mitchell has been cleared to make his 2025 debut in the Midwest League after he broke his right wrist in late February and required surgery, which kept him on the shelf for the first three months of the season. The catching prospect received the green light to join Quad Cities after he slashed .286/.487/.464 with one home run and three stolen bases in 39 plate appearances during his rehab assignment in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League.
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Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (A+)
Since 2023
 
 
+104%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+160%
OPS vs LHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .322 13 0 1 .091 .231 .091
Since 2023vs Right .657 44 2 4 .179 .273 .385
2025vs Left .048 7 0 0 .000 1.000 .000
2025vs Right .810 30 2 4 .231 10.000 .538
2024vs Left .400 6 0 1 .200 2.000 .200
2024vs Right .154 14 0 0 .077 1.071 .077
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Resumes rehab stint
CKansas City Royals  A+
Wrist
June 26, 2025
Mitchell (wrist) began a rehab assignment Monday in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League and went 1-for-3 with a home run and three walks through his first two games.
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Hits snag in recovery
CKansas City Royals  A+
Wrist
May 23, 2025
MItchell is experiencing lingering soreness in his surgically repaired right wrist and hasn't played in a rehab game in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League since May 13, MLB.com reports.
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Playing at extended spring training
CKansas City Royals  A+
Wrist
April 26, 2025
Mitchell (wrist) has started playing in extended spring training games in Arizona, MLB.com reports.
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Breaks bone in right wrist
CKansas City Royals  A+
Wrist
February 22, 2025
Mitchell has a broken right hamate bone and will need 4-to-6 weeks to recover, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
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Finishes year at High-A
CKansas City Royals  A+
September 12, 2024
Mitchell was promoted from Single-A Columbia to High-A Quad Cities on Sept. 3.
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Potential trade chip?
CKansas City Royals  A+
July 16, 2025
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Royals have received trade interest for Mitchell.
Analysis
Coming off their first playoff berth last season since their World Series win in 2015, the Royals have already dipped their toes in the trade market by acquiring Adam Frazier from the Pirates. Kansas City has a 47-50 record and will likely need a strong start to the second half in order to justify a significant splash at the deadline, and that's the only type of trade Mitchell would be involved in. The 21-year-old catcher is one of the organization's top prospects but has spent most of this season on the injured list due to a fractured wrist. He was reinstated in early July and has gone 3-for-21 with a homer in his first five games with High-A Quad Cities.
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