Ezequiel Duran

Ezequiel Duran

26-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Texas Rangers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Be it by design or happenstance, Duran fanned at a career-low clip in 2024, but it came at the expense of exit velocity and the resulting drops in hard-hit rate and barrel rate. The declines cost Duran playing time as he was often eschewed, even with three-quarters of the Rangers infield missing chunks of action. After posting a .619 OPS, Duran was demoted to Triple-A Round Rock in late June, where he stayed for a month. Things got worse after he returned with Duran recording a .591 OPS the rest of the way. Duran appeared everywhere but catcher, so his versatility is ideal for a Swiss army knife role. Dual eligibility (with the chance of more) is a plus, but unless Duran gets back to driving the ball, he's relegated to AL-only duty. Read Past Outlooks
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#370
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Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2025.
Starts at third base
3BTexas Rangers
July 3, 2025
Duran started at third base and went 1-for-4 with two RBI in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Orioles.
Analysis
Duran made a second straight start at third base, where there could be additional opportunities for him in the near term in the wake of the Rangers optioning Josh Jung to the minors. Duran and Josh Smith are expected to fill the void while Jung works on his swing at Triple-A Round Rock.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
7
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
7
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+9%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+122%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+34%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+13%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .639 256 21 6 24 2 .227 .277 .361
Since 2023vs Right .697 547 64 11 46 11 .265 .312 .385
2025vs Left .254 32 0 0 0 0 .097 .125 .129
2025vs Right .565 47 4 0 4 4 .179 .283 .282
2024vs Left .494 92 5 0 6 0 .209 .250 .244
2024vs Right .663 193 21 3 14 1 .264 .306 .357
2023vs Left .837 132 16 6 18 2 .273 .333 .504
2023vs Right .738 307 39 8 28 6 .277 .320 .418
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+24%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+43%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+32%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+28%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .753 387 45 12 44 4 .273 .321 .432
Since 2023Away .609 416 40 5 26 9 .234 .282 .327
2025Home .363 44 1 0 4 2 .125 .163 .200
2025Away .519 35 3 0 0 2 .167 .286 .233
2024Home .700 132 15 1 13 1 .276 .326 .374
2024Away .531 153 11 2 7 0 .221 .255 .276
2023Home .866 211 29 11 27 1 .301 .351 .515
2023Away .676 228 26 3 19 7 .252 .300 .376
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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
0.13
 
BB Rate
3.8%
 
K Rate
29.1%
 
BABIP
.208
 
ISO
.071
 
AVG
.143
 
OBP
.218
 
SLG
.214
 
OPS
.432
 
wOBA
.202
 
Exit Velocity
87.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
28.6%
 
Barrels/PA
1.3%
 
Expected BA
.194
 
Expected SLG
.281
 
Sprint Speed
25.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.8%
 
Line Drive %
12.8%
 
Fly Ball %
40.4%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
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2020
Duran emerged as a force for the Rangers and for fantasy managers in the first three months last season, slashing a robust .320/.361/.557 with 12 home runs over 233 plate appearances. The 24-year-old's over-aggressiveness eventually caught up to him, though, as he bottomed out from July on with a .225/.283/.310 line and just two homers in 59 contests. Duran's last start of the regular season came on Sept. 15 and he didn't play in the playoffs during the Rangers' run to the World Series. The poor finish puts Duran's future playing time in a precarious spot, although working in his favor is his ability to play all over the field. Duran has some loud tools, as his 96th percentile max exit velocity and 91st percentile sprint speed can attest. He's been a free swinger since his minor-league days, though, so it's fair to question whether he'll ever make enough contact for those tools to shine through.
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.
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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Swipes two bags off bench
3BTexas Rangers
June 30, 2025
Duran stole two bases as a pinch runner in Monday's 10-6 extra-innings loss to the Orioles.
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Sitting for second straight game
3BTexas Rangers
June 25, 2025
Duran is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.
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Scores run in loss
3BTexas Rangers
June 22, 2025
Duran started at first base and went 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Saturday's 3-2 win over Pittsburgh.
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Playing time to increase
3BTexas Rangers
June 21, 2025
Manager Bruce Bochy said Saturday that Duran will see the majority of the reps at first base while Jake Burger (oblique) is on the injured list, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Drawing third straight start
3BTexas Rangers
June 18, 2025
Duran will start at designated hitter and bat ninth Wednesday against the Royals.
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Offseason trade possible
3BTexas Rangers
October 24, 2024
Duran is a candidate to be traded by the Rangers during the offseason, reports Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News.
Analysis
The utility man underwhelmed at the plate this year with a .609 OPS in 92 contests, and Texas already has a superior utility option in Josh Smith when the rest of its infield is healthy. Duran likely won't significantly move the needle on the trade market by himself, but he could be included as part of a multi-player package.
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