John Rave

John Rave

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Kansas City Royals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
There was no outlook written for John Rave in 2025. Check out the latest news below for more on his current fantasy value.
Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in May of 2025.
Heading to bench Monday
OFKansas City Royals
August 11, 2025
Rave is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Nationals.
Analysis
The Nationals are sending right-hander Cade Cavalli to the hill for the series opener, but the left-handed-hitting Rave will hit the bench, despite having the platoon advantage in his favor. Rave had started in seven of the Royals' previous eight games, going 6-for-21 (.286 average) with one double, one stolen base, two runs and a 1:7 BB:K during that stretch. He appears to have a grasp on a near-everyday role at the moment, though he'll likely see his playing time take a significant hit once Jac Caglianone (hamstring) is cleared to return from the injured list.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
5
5
24
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .656 19 2 0 1 2 .267 .389 .267
Since 2023vs Right .617 116 12 3 11 4 .190 .287 .330
2025vs Left .656 19 2 0 1 2 .267 .389 .267
2025vs Right .617 116 12 3 11 4 .190 .287 .330
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+66%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+66%
OPS on Road
2024
No Stats
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .450 61 4 0 3 1 .125 .283 .167
Since 2023Away .748 74 10 3 9 5 .254 .315 .433
2025Home .450 61 4 0 3 1 .125 .283 .167
2025Away .748 74 10 3 9 5 .254 .315 .433
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does John Rave 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
0.47
 
BB Rate
11.9%
 
K Rate
25.2%
 
BABIP
.253
 
ISO
.122
 
AVG
.200
 
OBP
.301
 
SLG
.322
 
OPS
.622
 
wOBA
.284
 
Exit Velocity
89.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.3%
 
Barrels/PA
3.7%
 
Expected BA
.230
 
Expected SLG
.387
 
Sprint Speed
26.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
54.4%
 
Line Drive %
13.9%
 
Fly Ball %
31.6%
 
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Starting against righty again
OFKansas City Royals
August 4, 2025
Rave will start in left field and bat eighth in Monday's game against the Red Sox.
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Sitting after six straight starts
OFKansas City Royals
July 28, 2025
Rave is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Atlanta.
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Knocks third homer Monday
OFKansas City Royals
July 22, 2025
Rave went 2-for-4 with a home run, three total runs and two total RBI in Monday's 12-4 victory over the Cubs.
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Knocks out first career homers
OFKansas City Royals
July 18, 2025
Rave went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a three-run home run during Friday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins.
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Gaining traction in lineup
OFKansas City Royals
July 13, 2025
Rave will start in left field and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Mets.
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