Brady Singer

26-Year-Old PitcherSP

Kansas City Royals

2023 Stats

W-L

4-4

ERA

6.45

WHIP

1.55

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2023 Fantasy Outlook

Singer will be an interesting project in 2023 as the talent is there, but he is an incomplete body of work. Most sinker/slider repertoires stick in the bullpen, yet Singer has started in 63 of his 66 games at the major league level with a 23% strikeout rate despite no true offspeed pitch. He did increase the usage of his changeup in 2022, but the pitch has no whiffiness whatsoever so it is more of a show-me pitch to lefties than an actual weapon. Oddly enough, righties had a higher average against him for a second consecutive season than lefties, but the lefties took him deep twice as frequently. Singer persevered despite the limitations with a 19% K-BB%, which is impressive given the limited repertoire and the perceived challenges in the Cal Eldred era of pitching coach. A new pitching coach could provide Singer with a better tertiary pitch and allow him to take another step forward this season. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#195

ADP

Overall

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'5"

Weight 180

DOB 8/4/1996

Drafted 1st Rd 2018

Dominates Colorado over 5.2 innings

PKansas City Royals

June 5, 2023

Singer (4-4) shut out the Rockies over 5.2 innings Sunday, allowing just five hits and no walks while striking out seven to get the win.

ANALYSIS
Singer did not allow an extra base hit nor did he allow a single runner to get into scoring position. The 26-year-old did not walk a batter for the first time since April 25 and his seven strikeouts were his most in a start since April 14. Singer has allowed two earned runs or less in four of his last five starts and now sits at a 6.45 ERA, 1.55 WHIP and 56:23 K:BB over 60 innings. He'll look to pick up another win in a tentative matchup against the Orioles next weekend.

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Pitching Appearances Breakdown

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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold

% Games By Number of Innings Pitched

Left/Right Pitching Splits

Since 2021

-6%

BAA vs LHP

2023

-4%

BAA vs RHP

2022

-10%

BAA vs LHP

2021

-9%

BAA vs LHP

	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2021vs Left	.259	781	200	72	177	35	6	27
Since 2021vs Right	.277	699	137	39	179	25	2	13
2023vs Left	.295	153	34	15	39	10	4	4
2023vs Right	.282	120	22	8	31	10	0	4
2022vs Left	.233	312	89	24	65	11	1	12
2022vs Right	.259	309	61	11	75	8	0	6
2021vs Left	.268	316	77	33	73	14	1	11
2021vs Right	.296	270	54	20	73	7	2	3
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

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-12%

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-11%

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-31%

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ERA on Road

	ERA	WHIP	IP	W	L	SV	K/9	BB/9	HR/9
Since 2021Home	4.20	1.34	203.2	13	10	0	8.4	2.7	0.8
Since 2021Away	4.76	1.41	138.0	6	9	0	9.5	3.3	1.4
2023Home	6.18	1.60	39.1	2	3	0	8.9	4.1	1.4
2023Away	6.97	1.45	20.2	2	1	0	7.4	2.2	0.9
2022Home	2.76	1.05	94.2	8	2	0	8.2	1.7	1.1
2022Away	3.99	1.30	58.2	2	3	0	9.8	2.6	0.9
2021Home	5.04	1.59	69.2	3	5	0	8.5	3.2	0.1
2021Away	4.76	1.50	58.2	2	5	0	10.0	4.3	2.0
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Stat Review

How does Brady Singer compare to other starting pitchers?

This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. 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, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

K/BB

2.43

K/9

8.4

BB/9

3.5

HR/9

1.2

Fastball

92.4 mph

ERA

6.45

WHIP

1.55

BABIP

.354

GB/FB

1.48

Left On Base

58.7%

Exit Velocity

84.3 mph

Barrels/BBE

6.5%

Spin Rate

2309 rpm

Balls Hit 95+ MPH

33.6%

Swinging Strike

8.8%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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As the first Royals pitcher drafted amongst the trio of Jackson Kowar and Daniel Lynch in 2018, Brady Singer holds a 4.62 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 22.6% K%, and 9% BB% in 192.2 career innings. Singer went from a .260 BABIP and 72.9% LOB% in 2020 to a .350 BABIP and 67.8% LOB% in 2021. As a groundball-heavy pitcher (50.9%) that relies on the sinker 56.3% of the time, Singer also mixes in a slider (37-38%). Although the slider also elicits a 50.8% GB%, it's Singer's best pitch with a career 15.3% SwStr% and .293 wOBA. Since Singer likely won't be a quality source of strikeouts, fantasy managers hope for a season like 2020 with a 4.08 ERA and 1.17 WHIP. In Singer's career, he threw 13 quality starts (33%), but averages under five innings per start due to 12 starts of four innings or less. If the sinker performs more like 2020 (.295 wOBA) than 2021 (.381), Singer holds value as a streamer with limited upside.

The 2018 18th-overall pick skipped Triple-A to debut last season after just 26 professional starts. He certainly didn't look overmatched, finishing with a respectable 4.06 ERA, a number supported by his 4.08 FIP and 4.05 xFIP. His 23.2 K% and 8.7 BB% were both within half a point of average, though his 53.1% groundball rate was well above the league average of 42.7%. A heavy dose of grounders will have to be his calling card going forward, as he was almost exclusively a sinker-slider pitcher, throwing his changeup less than five percent of the time, hardly a recipe for a high amount of whiffs given his merely average velocity. A grounder-heavy pitcher who still gets some strikeouts is a perfectly serviceable arm, however, especially one who calls a pitcher-friendly park home. There's room for growth if his changeup becomes more usable, but he never projected as a frontline arm, so don't expect fireworks.

Still mostly a sinker/slider pitcher, Singer's lack of a deep repertoire did not prevent him from having steady success in his debut season, as he stayed healthy and logged a 2.85 ERA and 1.19 WHIP over 148.1 IP. He generated groundballs at over a 50% clip and logged a 17.6 K-BB% at High-A and a 15.3 K-BB% at Double-A. His lack of a reliable changeup led to left-handed hitters slashing .276/.352/.385 against him, but he stifled right-handed hitters, who slashed just .222/.273/.337. His plus slider and low-90s sinker give him the floor of a back-of-the-rotation starter, but he needs to improve his changeup in order to become a well-rounded No. 3 starter. The Royals have a wave of well-regarded pitchers coming. They should all spend most of 2020 pitching in the upper levels of the minors, and Singer could be the first of that wave to reach the majors if his changeup improves this summer.

The Blue Jays selected Singer in the second round out of high school in 2015, but he opted against signing, instead choosing to attend the University of Florida. His bet on himself paid off, as Singer improved his stock during his time in college and ended up going 18th overall in last June's first-year player draft. While Singer did not pitch for an affiliate after being drafted by the Royals, he did achieve some level of fame after he used part of his $4-plus million signing bonus to pay off his parents' debt, with the reaction video going viral. Singer is a big, 6-foot-5 right-hander with a low arm slot and incredible horizontal movement on his two primary pitches (fastball/slider). He's now 22 and so the clock is ticking on the development of his changeup and command. If neither of those pieces of the puzzle come along, Singer could transition to a high-leverage relief role. He figures to open 2019 at the High-A level.

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PKansas City Royals

May 28, 2023

Singer did not factor into the decision Saturday, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks over five innings during a 4-2 loss to Washington. He struck out six.