Isaac Paredes

Isaac Paredes

26-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Houston Astros
2025 Fantasy Outlook
After a breakout 2023 with Tampa Bay and a good start to 2024, Paredes was shipped to the Cubs over the summer prior to the trade deadline. The move returned him to the team that drafted him back in 2015, though he never actually played for Chicago during that previous stint, as he was traded to Detroit as a prospect in 2018. Paredes struggled a bit initially in his debut for the Cubs, and his OPS across 52 games with his new team was just .632, compared to the .792 OPS he posted in 101 games for the Rays. Still just 25 years old, Paredes should be able to get back on track in 2025. He popped 20 home runs and recorded a .739 OPS as a 23-year-old back in 2022, then followed that up with 31 long balls and an .840 OPS a year later. Paredes also tallied an impressive 98 RBI during that 2023 campaign. The young infielder is just a .232 career hitter and may never make huge strides there, but he's already displayed good power potential at the MLB level, and that's where he should be able to once again make his mark in 2025. Being traded to Houston should allow Paredes to boost his power numbers since he's a pull hitter that will now have the advantage of the Crawford Boxes. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year, $6.63 million contract with the Astros in January of 2025.
Opening season in No. 2 spot
3BHouston Astros
March 24, 2025
Manager Joe Espada announced Monday that Paredes will hit out of the second spot in the batting order to begin the season, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Paredes has seen opportunities to show what he can do out of the No. 2 spot in camp, and the Astros have evidently liked what they've seen. Despite batting .188 in 32 at-bats, Paredes drew nine walks this spring, ultimately earning himself the opportunity to further establish himself in the second spot in the order if he continues to get on base.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+7%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+25%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .824 295 34 10 54 1 .278 .373 .451
Since 2023vs Right .772 937 103 40 126 1 .231 .342 .430
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right .600 20 2 0 2 0 .188 .350 .250
2024vs Left .867 159 18 6 28 1 .295 .377 .489
2024vs Right .696 482 46 13 52 0 .218 .336 .360
2023vs Left .773 136 16 4 26 0 .259 .368 .405
2023vs Right .860 435 55 27 72 1 .247 .347 .513
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+2%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
-100%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+21%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+17%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .775 607 63 28 94 1 .225 .339 .436
Since 2023Away .793 625 74 22 86 1 .260 .358 .435
2025Home .600 20 2 0 2 0 .188 .350 .250
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home .670 321 26 10 39 0 .196 .315 .356
2024Away .808 320 38 9 41 1 .279 .378 .430
2023Home .913 266 35 18 53 1 .261 .368 .544
2023Away .778 305 36 13 45 0 .241 .338 .440
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Stat Review
How does Isaac Paredes 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
1.00
 
BB Rate
20.0%
 
K Rate
20.0%
 
BABIP
.250
 
ISO
.063
 
AVG
.188
 
OBP
.350
 
SLG
.250
 
OPS
.600
 
wOBA
.291
 
Exit Velocity
95.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
25.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.223
 
Expected SLG
.306
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
41.7%
 
Line Drive %
33.3%
 
Fly Ball %
25.0%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Paredes had a wonderful breakout season becoming a full-time threat in the Tampa Bay lineup while playing three of the four infield positions. Paredes has a simple approach in that he is up there to pull baseballs, ideally over the fence since he is not the fleetest of foot. Paredes hit all 31 of his homers to left field, and in fact has hit all 53 of his career major league homers to left field. Not only does he pull a lot of baseballs, he also hits a high volume of flyballs which limits his batting average upside despite that he is both accepting of walks and does not strike out as much as one would imagine. His 98 RBI season appeared with him hitting .295 with runners in scoring position after hitting just .175 in those same situations in 2022. RISP production is not a skill so this could evaporate as quickly as it appeared which means the variability of his potential fantasy value in 2024 is rather wide. 2022 is a reminder of his downside.
The fact that Paredes's .205/.304/.435 triple-slash line translated into a 116 wRC+ on the season speaks to where the overall offensive environment was for the 2022 season. His 20 homers in part-time play was a surprise and that total would have led the Tigers had they not traded him to the Rays for Austin Meadows during the offseason. Despite the low average, Paredes is a very disciplined hitter who accepts his walks and is 90th percentile or better in contact as well as chase rate. His extreme pull tendencies get him into trouble when he doesn't loft the ball as he lacks the foot speed to convert grounders into outs. All 20 of his homers were pull shots, but it would be foolish to believe the Rays will make him an everyday player with their tendencies to platoon positions. Paredes did most of his power damage against lefties (.516 SLG%) while his .196/.297/.404 triple-slash against righties does not exactly scream for a full-time position. The 24 year old has room for growth with his power, but do not get greedy and expect 500+ plate appearances just yet.
Paredes got more playing time than expected with the big club last season, logging 108 plate appearances over 34 games. His numbers were what you would expect from an overwhelmed 21-year-old prospect, as Paredes slashed an uninspiring .220/.278/.290 with a single home run and no stolen-base attempts. His 22.2 K% was strong for a hitter his age and indicative of his best skill -- solid contact at the plate that has led to a superb 12.8 K% over the course of his time in the minors. Paredes has shown that he can hit for a decent average and even notched a 10-game hitting streak near the end of last season during which he batted .364, but he has yet to demonstrate more than average power and isn't a threat to steal many bases. He should get an opportunity to succeed for a still-rebuilding Tigers team, but his skillset doesn't portend fantasy relevance.
It is tempting to romanticize Paredes' 83:76 K:BB in 166 games at Double-A. He clearly has an excellent command of the strike zone, especially for a player who doesn't turn 21 until February. However, he is a 5-foot-11, 225-pound third baseman with below-average speed and average raw power. A mediocre defender whose body figures to get even worse over the next five years, Paredes will need to max out offensively to be an everyday player. He could have some seasons where he hits .280 with 20 home runs, but we should not expect more than that. To say Detroit lacks high-end position player talent on the big-league roster would be an understatement, so even if Paredes is just OK, he will be given a long leash as an everyday player. However, if/when the Tigers get serious about winning, he could start to get squeezed for playing time. He should spend most of the year at Triple-A.
Paredes' game is predicated on making hard contact at a high clip -- he had a 15.1 K% as one of the youngest players at High-A and Double-A. Cutting his infield-flyball rate from 32.2% to 23.9% and upping his line-drive rate from 15.9% to 22.5% helped him raise his AVG to .321 at Double-A, but that mark does not appear sustainable. He pulled the ball over 57% of the time last year. For context, Andrelton Simmons led qualified MLB hitters with a 51.0 Pull% last season, so Paredes will need to make adjustments in the coming years to avoid being neutralized by the shift. He has 50-grade power but is a below-average runner (listed at 5-foot-11, 225 pounds), which is why he seems destined for third base or the keystone. The Tigers are not competing anytime soon, so even if he appears ready this summer, they may play service-time games and keep him down until 2020.
The youngest qualified hitter in the Midwest League, Paredes more than held his own (108 wRC+), even while experiencing brutal luck (.214 BABIP) after a deadline trade from the Cubs to the Tigers. While Jeimer Candelario was the big-league ready piece in that deal, which sent Justin Wilson and Alex Avila to Chicago, Paredes was the lower-level prospect for Tigers fans to dream on. He hit four home runs in his first 10 games after the trade, but notched just 10 hits in his final 22 games. Even amid those struggles, he posted a 13:13 K:BB in 32 games with the Whitecaps. A thick 5-foot-11, he lacks prototypical size for the left side of the infield, but his bat has a chance to profile at third base if he eventually moves off shortstop. He excels at making contact, and while his batting averages don't stand out, he gets rave reviews for his hitting ability. Paredes is not as exciting or toolsy as he is polished and skilled, making him one of the safer teenage prospects in the game.
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Could hit second
3BHouston Astros
March 3, 2025
Paredes hit second and went 0-for-2 with a walk in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Nationals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Settles with Houston
3BHouston Astros
January 9, 2025
Paredes agreed to a one-year, $6.625 million contract with the Astros on Thursday, avoiding arbitration, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Headed to Houston
3BHouston Astros
December 13, 2024
The Astros acquired Paredes, Hayden Wesneski and Cam Smith from the Cubs on Friday in exchange for Kyle Tucker, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Resting Saturday
3BChicago Cubs
September 28, 2024
Paredes isn't in the Cubs' lineup for Saturday's game against the Reds.
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Collects four hits, stolen base
3BChicago Cubs
September 25, 2024
Paredes went 4-for-5 with a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 9-6 loss to the Phillies.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Move to 2B still possible
3BHouston Astros
February 23, 2025
The Cardinals and Astros have re-engaged in trade talks surrounding Nolan Arenado, re-opening the possibility of Paredes shifting to second base, reports Chandler Rome and Katie Woo of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Paredes appeared locked in at the hot corner once Alex Bregman signed with the Red Sox in mid-February, but the Astros are apparently still interested in adding a third baseman. Arenado already utilized his no-trade clause to reject a potential deal to Houston in December, and he still isn't expected to approve such a deal despite the two clubs rekindling talks. In all likelihood Paredes will begin 2025 as the Astros' primary third baseman.
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