Freddy Fermin

Freddy Fermin

30-Year-Old CatcherC
Kansas City Royals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Fermin had a mini-breakout in 2023 when he posted a .781 OPS with nine home runs in just 235 plate appearances. That led to more playing time in 2024, as he wasn't far behind Salvador Perez in starts at catcher (90 to 72) and added another 21 starts at designated hitter. Unfortunately, Fermin looked overexposed. His .271/.319/.366 batting line was still perfectly fine for a catcher, but his wRC+ dropped from 107 to 91, his xwOBA slipped from .333 to .279, his hard-hit rate went from 42.7 percent to 33.9 percent and his barrel rate dipped from 9.9 percent to 3.2 percent. Fermin is a good defensive catcher and should continue to get plenty of reps behind the dish on days Perez plays first base or serves as the DH. However, it's difficult to envision a competitive Royals club giving him ample time at DH again. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in March of 2025.
On bench Monday
CKansas City Royals
May 26, 2025
Fermin isn't part of the starting lineup for Monday's game against the Reds.
ANALYSIS
Fermin drew four consecutive starts behind the dish, but he'll get the day off Monday while Salvador Perez catches. Fermin has a four-game hit streak, and he's doubled twice during that stretch.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
14
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
4
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+63%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+12%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .698 223 19 3 22 1 .266 .329 .369
Since 2023vs Right .702 487 57 13 53 1 .272 .307 .395
2025vs Left .410 35 1 0 3 0 .182 .229 .182
2025vs Right .668 72 9 1 4 0 .269 .310 .358
2024vs Left .740 122 11 0 10 1 .294 .364 .376
2024vs Right .658 246 29 6 26 1 .261 .297 .361
2023vs Left .777 66 7 3 9 0 .262 .318 .459
2023vs Right .783 169 19 6 23 0 .288 .321 .462
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+10%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+65%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+27%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .666 327 33 5 37 1 .266 .304 .362
Since 2023Away .732 383 43 11 38 1 .273 .323 .409
2025Home .425 47 4 0 3 0 .186 .239 .186
2025Away .703 60 6 1 4 0 .281 .317 .386
2024Home .712 153 16 2 18 1 .287 .320 .392
2024Away .665 215 24 4 18 1 .260 .318 .347
2023Home .697 127 13 3 16 0 .271 .307 .390
2023Away .882 108 13 6 16 0 .293 .336 .545
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Stat Review
How does Freddy Fermin 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
0.26
 
BB Rate
4.7%
 
K Rate
17.8%
 
BABIP
.288
 
ISO
.060
 
AVG
.240
 
OBP
.283
 
SLG
.300
 
OPS
.583
 
wOBA
.259
 
Exit Velocity
88.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.4%
 
Barrels/PA
1.9%
 
Expected BA
.225
 
Expected SLG
.321
 
Sprint Speed
23.1 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
44.9%
 
Line Drive %
16.7%
 
Fly Ball %
38.5%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Fermin went back-and-forth between the majors and minors in April but was with the big club for good by early May when the Royals decided to no longer use MJ Melendez at catcher. The 28-year-old was quietly very productive, hitting .290/.324/.495 with nine home runs over 205 plate appearances from May-to-August before his season ended in early September with a fractured finger. Fermin is a late bloomer, but he had an .874 OPS with 20 homers in 105 games at the Triple-A level and his hard-hit rate (42.7 percent) and barrel rate (9.9 percent) in 2023 with the Royals were both above-average. His emergence led to Kansas City using Salvador Perez for a career-high 21 starts at first base in addition to 29 starts at designated hitter and it's possible they'll follow a similar setup in 2024. It could be enough for Fermin to carve out some deep-league value again.
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Drawing fourth straight start
CKansas City Royals
May 25, 2025
Fermin will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Twins.
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Could lose catching opportunities
CKansas City Royals
May 12, 2025
Fermin is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Astros.
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Resting Sunday
CKansas City Royals
May 11, 2025
Fermin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
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Taking seat Wednesday
CKansas City Royals
May 7, 2025
Fermin is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox.
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Retreating to bench Sunday
CKansas City Royals
May 4, 2025
Fermin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.
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