Ezequiel Duran

Ezequiel Duran

24-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Texas Rangers
10-Day IL
Injury Oblique
Est. Return 6/3/2023
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Duran is an exciting potential of ingredients who frankly needs more time to bake in the minors. He has the raw tools to be a successful fantasy contributor at some point in his professional career, but 2023 is unlikely to be that time as his impatience at the plate and issues making contact have gotten the better of him at the upper levels of the sport. He would seemingly enter the spring in competition with Josh Jung for the third base job, and could very well earn it if the near year-long layoff for Jung comes into play during March. Duran will likely make the roster in a reserve capacity but the club may also decide regular at bats in Triple-A is better for him. Given the experienced and expensive depth on the roster, a solid spring from Jung almost guarantees a red tag hanging from Duran's locker after a late March game. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#598
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2023.
Heads to IL with oblique discomfort
3BTexas Rangers
Oblique
May 27, 2023
The Rangers placed Duran on the 10-day injured list Saturday with mild right oblique discomfort.
ANALYSIS
Duran was already set to miss a third consecutive game Saturday in Baltimore due to the injury, and with his injury evidently being viewed as more than a day-to-day concern, the Rangers opted to deactivate him. The transaction is retroactive to Wednesday, meaning that the 24-year-old is eligible to return June 3. Josh Smith or the newly activated Travis Jankowski (hamstring) are the top candidates to replace Duran's spot in the Rangers' everyday lineup.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
10
4
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
9
1
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+24%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+25%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+16%
OPS vs LHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .847 101 13 4 19 1 .287 .337 .511
Since 2021vs Right .681 263 31 8 29 6 .252 .289 .392
2023vs Left .986 49 7 2 7 1 .356 .408 .578
2023vs Right .789 95 12 5 16 2 .275 .305 .484
2022vs Left .718 52 6 2 12 0 .224 .269 .449
2022vs Right .619 168 19 3 13 4 .239 .280 .340
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+34%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+49%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .848 157 20 9 23 3 .289 .325 .523
Since 2021Away .634 207 24 3 25 4 .241 .285 .349
2023Home 1.028 70 9 5 14 1 .358 .386 .642
2023Away .689 74 10 2 9 2 .246 .297 .391
2022Home .703 87 11 4 9 2 .232 .276 .427
2022Away .604 133 14 1 16 2 .238 .278 .325
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Ezequiel Duran 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
0.12
 
BB Rate
2.8%
 
K Rate
23.6%
 
BABIP
.358
 
ISO
.213
 
AVG
.301
 
OBP
.340
 
SLG
.515
 
OPS
.855
 
wOBA
.370
 
Exit Velocity
91.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
35.3%
 
Barrels/PA
7.6%
 
Expected BA
.296
 
Expected SLG
.541
 
Sprint Speed
25.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
39.2%
 
Line Drive %
22.5%
 
Fly Ball %
38.2%
 
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2020 Fantasy Outlook
An outstanding small-sample Dominican Summer League performance in 2017 and reports of explosive athleticism have had Duran on the dynasty-league radar for a couple years, but it wasn't until his 2019 season in the New York-Penn League that the substance started to match the hype. He cut his groundball rate to a career-best 42.2% en route to leading the league with 13 homers -- his 143 wRC+ ranked fifth among hitters 20 and under. While he stole 11 bases on 15 tries, his athleticism has declined since he signed in 2017, and he now projects as a strong second baseman with big thump in his bat. The key for Duran in the coming years will be improving his approach. A 27.8 K% for a 20-year-old in short-season ball does not portend an impressive BA or OBP at Low-A, so it should not be a huge surprise if he struggles early in 2020.
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Remains out of lineup
3BTexas Rangers
Ribs
May 27, 2023
Duran (rib) is not in the starting lineup Saturday versus the Orioles.
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Decision looming this weekend
3BTexas Rangers
Ribs
May 27, 2023
The Rangers will continue to evaluate Duran (rib) over the weekend, Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News reports.
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Held out again Friday
3BTexas Rangers
Ribs
May 26, 2023
Duran (rib) remains out of the lineup for Friday's game in Baltimore.
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Dealing with rib soreness
3BTexas Rangers
Ribs
May 24, 2023
Duran is absent from the lineup Wednesday against the Pirates as he nurses rib cage soreness, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Out of lineup Wednesday
3BTexas Rangers
May 24, 2023
Duran is not in the starting lineup Wednesday versus Pittsburgh, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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