Ketel Marte

29-Year-Old Second Baseman2B

Arizona Diamondbacks

2022 Stats

AVG

.240

RBI

2023 Projections

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2023 Fantasy Outlook

For the second straight season, Marte dealt with hamstring issues. In 2021, he incurred two IL stints, but played well. Last year, Marte played hurt and avoided the IL, but his production suffered. His 18.1% strikeout rate was the highest of his career and 41st percentile sprint speed dropped his infield hit rate to its lowest mark. Marte hit a career high number of fly balls, but with a lower exit velocity, fueling a career low .276 BABIP. Marte is entrenched as the Diamondbacks second baseman, though he played a lot of designated hitter last season to manage his hamstring woes. He's posted a 150 and 140 wRC+ in two of the previous four seasons, so he can be productive, but two consecutive summers dealing with lingering hamstring issues is concerning. A clever approach is buying the injury dip but taking advantage of so many players having second base eligibility and baking a hedge into your lineup. Read Past Outlooks

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Overall

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats B

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'1"

Weight 210

DOB 10/12/1993

Born Nizao, DR

College None

Drafted 2010 SEA

Season over

2BArizona Diamondbacks

Undisclosed

September 30, 2022

Marte (undisclosed) was placed on the injured list Friday.

ANALYSIS
He was originally listed as part of Friday's lineup, so it's unclear what the exact injury is, but Marte hasn't been 100 percent healthy for much of the season. Buddy Kennedy, who was recalled in a corresponding move, could get some opportunities over the final days of the season.

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2020

+41%

OPS vs LHP

2022

+20%

OPS vs LHP

2021

+48%

OPS vs LHP

2020

+81%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2020vs Left	.990	313	47	13	46	1	.344	.393	.597
Since 2020vs Right	.704	805	90	15	70	7	.245	.318	.386
2022vs Left	.828	150	21	4	20	1	.281	.347	.481
2022vs Right	.689	408	47	8	32	4	.224	.311	.378
2021vs Left	1.171	115	22	8	23	0	.387	.435	.736
2021vs Right	.792	259	30	6	27	2	.286	.351	.440
2020vs Left	1.055	48	4	1	3	0	.426	.438	.617
2020vs Right	.582	138	13	1	11	1	.228	.275	.307
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2020

+2%

OPS at Home

2022

+17%

OPS at Home

2021

+2%

OPS on Road

2020

+26%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2020Home	.794	584	70	13	61	8	.274	.348	.446
Since 2020Away	.778	538	67	15	55	0	.272	.329	.449
2022Home	.779	303	34	5	28	5	.261	.350	.429
2022Away	.667	255	34	7	24	0	.216	.286	.381
2021Home	.901	187	28	7	27	2	.305	.380	.521
2021Away	.918	187	24	7	23	0	.329	.374	.543
2020Home	.632	94	8	1	6	1	.256	.277	.356
2020Away	.797	96	9	1	8	0	.307	.354	.443
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Stat Review

How does Ketel Marte 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

0.54

BB Rate

9.9%

K Rate

18.1%

BABIP

.276

ISO

.167

AVG

.240

OBP

.321

SLG

.407

OPS

.727

wOBA

.319

Exit Velocity

90.1 mph

Hard Hit Rate

34.6%

Barrels/PA

4.3%

Expected BA

.251

Expected SLG

.377

Sprint Speed

23.2 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

42.3%

Line Drive %

18.7%

Fly Ball %

39.0%

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Marte posted a season more like his breakthrough 2019 than the disappointing 2020 campaign. The problem was Marte was limited to 90 games with two long IL stints for hamstring woes. On the field, Marte essentially mimicked 2019 with a drop in power commensurate with the difference in baseballs. In 2020, Marte lost some aggressiveness which increased contact but decreased exit velocity. Last season, he was a bit less patient but hit the ball with greater force. Given, he's dealt with injuries since 2019, and his sprint speed has dropped from 95th percentile to last season's 44th percentile. To keep him healthy, Arizona plans on leaving Marte to primarily play second base, with prospect Alek Thomas on the verge of manning centerfield. There is clear risk here, but for at least one more season Marte has dual eligibility, a solid batting average floor with pop and possible latent speed, thus is a chance worth taking.

Small-sample caveats apply, as with all disappointing 2020 campaigns, but Marte did very little last season to suggest his 2019 breakout was anything other than a fluke. After hitting .329/.389/.592 that year, he followed it up with a .287/.323/.409 line in 45 games last season, a performance which looks far closer to his .263/.324/.389 line from the first four years of his career. He homered just twice while stealing just a single base. His underlying numbers weren't universally disappointing, as he did post a career-best 10.8 K%, but he also saw his walk rate crater to a career-low 3.6%, while his barrel rate plummeted from 9.3% to 3.7 %. That led to an xSLG of .379, suggesting that he may have even overachieved in the power department. The ceiling of another season like his strong 2019 campaign is still here for Marte, but much of the shine has worn off following a thoroughly mediocre showing in 2020.

Many enjoyed the happy fun ball in 2019, but perhaps none more than Marte. He went from a slightly better than league average offensive producer to one 50 percent better than the league average while playing in the same park. Amazing what doubling your launch angle and getting pull-happy for the first time in your career could do for a player in 2019. None of Marte's batted-ball events made the top 10 percent of the Statcast leaderboards, but the playing time allowed him to make the most of what he was doing. The expected stats do not support the final 2019 numbers as his expected batting average was 34 points lower than his actual mark while his expected slugging percentage was 92 points below his actual SLG. It's a friendly reminder when someone breaks out to the level that Marte did in 2019, the best move for the next season is to project regression rather than another level of statistical ascension.

Marte got a chance to play close to every day in the major leagues in his age-24 season, and the final numbers were fine if unspectacular. He struck out just 25 more times than he walked in 580 plate appearances, and he added more than 40 points to his ISO. That rate-power boost came in large part thanks to his major-league-leading 12 triples. For a player with his pure speed, he sure didn't attempt many stolen bases as manager Torey Lovullo took a more conservative approach on the basepaths. But at least when he did run, Marte was successful (6-for-7). In total, his offenses contributions added up to a 104 wRC+, so better than league average. It's tough to bank on Lovullo changing his philosophy in the running game, but it's possible he swings more to the aggressive side again after Arizona tore it down this offseason. Either way, Marte should be useful on volume alone. The dual eligibility (shortstop and second) helps his case.

Acquired by the Diamondbacks last offseason, Marte failed to impress his new team enough in the spring to crack a crowded middle infield and was sent down to Triple-A Reno. In that hitter's paradise, Marte slashed an impressive .338/.391/.514 in 70 games before being summoned on June 27 when injuries finally created a need. Marte responded with a passable 260/.345/.395 line over 255 plate appearances, spanning 73 games, though he swiped only three bags. Marte's game is making frequent contact, mostly of the groundball variety. In order to be a valuable fantasy commodity, he needs to tap into the stolen-base potential displayed in the minors and at times with the Mariners in 2015 and 2016. The Snakes stole the seventh-most bases in the league last season, so team context is favorable. Marte appears to be the favorite to open the season as the starting shortstop.

Few late-round names matched Marte's buzz for stolen bases last spring. He was coming off swiping 28 bags between Seattle and Triple-A Tacoma in 2015. His wheels remained locked, however, as is often the case when a young thief faces more resistance to running in the bigs. His walk rate (9.7 percent) from 2015 tanked, limiting his attempts. A low lineup spot doesn't always hinder speedsters in the American League - there's no pitcher due up to clog up the bases -- but Marte occupying the nine-hole most of the time did him few favors overall. Marte has put the ball on the ground more than half the time and has shown above-average contact ability, which open a door for batting-average upside along with 30-steal potential, which has not vanished. He's just 23, after all, and he's now in a more hitter-friendly home park after getting shipped to Arizona as part of the Taijuan Walker deal in November.

Marte was one of the few positives in a forgettable season for the Mariners last year. A broken thumb in late May delayed his arrival, but he made it to Seattle for the final two months and forced his way into the lineup with impressive play at the plate and in the field. Marte's solid on-base numbers translated to the majors, where he walked at nearly a 10-percent clip. His contact, a strong part of his game in the minors, likely will improve from the 80-percent rate he posted with the Mariners as he cuts his strikeouts (17.9 percent). A switch hitter, Marte posted a .780 OPS against right-handers and .720 vs. lefties. He doesn't have much home-run power, but he has excellent speed with 25-steal upside. He'll get that chance this season as he enters spring as the starting shortstop

Marte had a strong 2014 campaign for Double-A Jackson before a late-season promotion to Triple-A Tacoma, where he impressed in 19 games. Known for his above-average speed, Marte stole 29 bases in 33 attempts between the two spots. Although Marte has little power to speak of and may still be a year or more away from being MLB ready, his rapid climb through the system likely explains the team's willingness to trade fellow shortstop Nick Franklin at the deadline last summer. Marte has good on-base skills and makes solid contact as well.

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Riding pine Wednesday

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September 21, 2022

Marte isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Dodgers.