David Villar

28-Year-Old Second Baseman2B

San Francisco Giants

2024 Stats

AVG

.257

RBI

2025 Projections

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Villar made only 11 appearances with the Giants, all in June and July. His .802 OPS with Triple-A Sacramento came at one of the more pitching-friendly parks in the PCL, but overall, that's a hitter's environment and Villar's numbers were pedestrian, especially for a 27-year-old spending his third season at the level. He only logged 37 plate appearances with San Francisco. Villar is best suited as a corner infielder, though he can fill in at second. The club fortified its infield, so Villar's best chance at the major league roster is as a reserve, but that's a longshot. Read Past Outlooks

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'0"

Weight 205

DOB 1/27/1997

Drafted 11th Rd 2018

Sent down to minors

2BSan Francisco Giants

August 2, 2024

The Giants optioned Villar to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.

ANALYSIS
Villar went 4-for-18 with eight strikeouts during his most recent stint in the big leagues. The Giants are expected to call up Jerar Encarnacion from Triple-A Sacramento to replace Villar on the active roster.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+7%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+2%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+69%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+50%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.714	155	16	5	17	1	.223	.297	.417
Since 2022vs Right	.667	203	23	10	23	0	.182	.281	.386
2024vs Left	.721	20	2	0	1	0	.263	.300	.421
2024vs Right	.735	17	1	1	3	0	.250	.235	.500
2023vs Left	.397	61	3	0	3	1	.127	.197	.200
2023vs Right	.672	79	12	5	9	0	.159	.266	.406
2022vs Left	.978	74	11	5	13	0	.292	.378	.600
2022vs Right	.651	107	10	4	11	0	.187	.299	.352
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+24%

OPS on Road

2024

+87%

OPS at Home

2023

+22%

OPS on Road

2022

+45%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.604	161	13	3	15	1	.179	.298	.306
Since 2022Away	.749	197	26	12	25	0	.215	.279	.470
2024Home	.849	26	2	1	4	0	.292	.308	.542
2024Away	.455	11	1	0	0	0	.182	.182	.273
2023Home	.489	64	3	2	4	1	.127	.234	.255
2023Away	.599	76	12	3	8	0	.159	.237	.362
2022Home	.607	71	8	0	7	0	.182	.352	.255
2022Away	.883	110	13	9	17	0	.257	.318	.564
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Stat Review

How does David Villar 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

0.08

BB Rate

2.7%

K Rate

35.1%

BABIP

.364

ISO

.200

AVG

.257

OBP

.270

SLG

.457

OPS

.727

wOBA

.309

Exit Velocity

91.3 mph

Hard Hit Rate

21.7%

Barrels/PA

8.1%

Expected BA

.224

Expected SLG

.434

Sprint Speed

23.9 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

34.8%

Line Drive %

26.1%

Fly Ball %

39.1%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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After mashing 36 home runs between Triple-A Sacramento and the big leagues in 2022, Villar came into 2023 with a clear path to regular at-bats between third base and second base. Unfortunately, he got off to a wretched start, putting up a .558 OPS with a 33 percent strikeout rate through his first 30 games, at which point he was sent back to the minors. Villar never recovered and played sparingly with the Giants the rest of the way. He slugged again last year at Sacramento, but as a 26-year-old in the Pacific Coast League, that should be taken with a grain of salt. At the major-league level, the now-27-year-old has a .683 OPS, a 32.1 percent strikeout rate and a 34.6 percent hard-hit rate. Villar might not figure very prominently in the Giants' plans for 2024.

Villar wasn't a highly-touted prospect when he received his first big-league call-up last July at the age of 25, but he spent most of the remainder of the season in the majors and finished with a .231/.331/.445 slash line (good for a 124 wRC+), homering nine times in 54 games. While that performance suggests he may have been unfairly overlooked, a closer investigation of his numbers raises skepticism. Statcast suggests he got quite lucky, giving him a .189 xBA, with his 32.0 K% the primary culprit. While his contact was infrequent, however, it was at least of fairly good quality, as his 9.1% barrel rate was above-average. He also has a track record of success in the minors, posting a .943 OPS across the two highest levels since the start of 2021. There's at least something there for Villar at the plate, but the total package might not amount to a big-league regular, as he doesn't offer anything on the basepaths and doesn't have a strong defensive reputation.

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Returns to majors

2BSan Francisco Giants

July 25, 2024

The Giants recalled Villar from Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.