Michael Massey

Michael Massey

26-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Kansas City Royals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Massey was plagued by a recurring ligament sprain in his back last season which held him to 100 games played for the Royals and limited him to designated hitter duty in others. When on the field, Massey produced new career highs with a .190 ISO and 102 wRC+ while cutting his strikeout rate down to just 15.7 percent. He also graded out well defensively for the second year in a row. Massey does his best to get the most out of his fairly limited power with a career 44.2 percent fly ball rate and 52.8 percent pull rate. Unfortunately, Kauffman Stadium is among the most difficult in baseball for left-handed power. The 27-year-old's lack of base stealing chops puts a lot of pressure on his bat, and there might not be enough juice there. When you add in the back problems and Jonathan India added to the second-base mix, you'd have to squint pretty hard to envision Massey having a major fantasy impact. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
$Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in March of 2024.
Swats three-run homer
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September 29, 2024
Massey went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run during Sunday's 4-2 win over Atlanta.
ANALYSIS
Massey got Kansas City on the board in the first inning, tagging Charlie Morton for a three-run shot. The long ball was Massey's 14th of the campaign, and he'll finish the regular season with a .259/.294/.449 slash line, 45 runs and 45 RBI across 356 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
16
5
7
32
7
5
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
4
1
4
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+7%
OPS vs RHP
2024
Even Split
2023
 
 
+13%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+7%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .654 193 19 3 25 2 .240 .283 .371
Since 2022vs Right .700 818 84 30 92 8 .243 .288 .412
2024vs Left .740 66 8 2 10 0 .262 .281 .459
2024vs Right .743 290 37 12 35 1 .258 .297 .446
2023vs Left .591 87 8 0 9 2 .241 .287 .304
2023vs Right .669 374 34 15 46 4 .226 .271 .398
2022vs Left .646 40 3 1 6 0 .200 .275 .371
2022vs Right .693 154 13 3 11 3 .254 .316 .377
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+13%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+19%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .708 505 61 14 57 6 .248 .303 .406
Since 2022Away .674 506 42 19 60 4 .237 .272 .403
2024Home .783 192 28 7 21 0 .277 .309 .475
2024Away .695 164 17 7 24 1 .239 .276 .419
2023Home .678 226 25 5 25 3 .243 .307 .371
2023Away .632 235 17 10 30 3 .217 .243 .389
2022Home .617 87 8 2 11 3 .195 .279 .338
2022Away .736 107 8 2 6 0 .281 .330 .406
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Stat Review
How does Michael Massey 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
0.27
 
BB Rate
4.2%
 
K Rate
15.7%
 
BABIP
.271
 
ISO
.190
 
AVG
.259
 
OBP
.294
 
SLG
.449
 
OPS
.743
 
wOBA
.321
 
Exit Velocity
89.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
32.8%
 
Barrels/PA
5.6%
 
Expected BA
.258
 
Expected SLG
.414
 
Sprint Speed
22.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
38.5%
 
Line Drive %
18.3%
 
Fly Ball %
43.2%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Kansas City has achieved a commendable amount of success in developing internal position-player talent, even during this recent run of poor overall on-field results. It looked like Massey might join that lineage when he put up an .882 OPS with Low-A Quad Cities in 2021 and a .312/.371/.532 slash line between Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha in 2022. The early MLB returns, though, are not so promising. Massey ranked 166th in on-base percentage (.274) out of the 168 big-league hitters who made more than 450 plate appearances in 2023. He connected for 15 home runs and stole six bases but finished in just the 36th percentile in average exit velocity and 49th percentile in sprint speed. It would come as a surprise -- a welcome surprise given his cheap draft-day cost -- if Massey were to pull off a fantasy breakout this year at age 26.
Massey was promoted for his big-league debut in July and quickly returned to the minors, but he was promoted again a few weeks later and remained with Kansas City for the rest of the campaign. The 2019 fourth-round pick had a .243/.307/.376 slash line with four home runs, 17 RBI and three stolen bases in 52 games and primarily played second base. He had a solid 13 percent barrel rate and .450 xSLG, so he showcased some pop in his first taste of MLB action. Massey's potential for counting stats is limited given Kansas City's lineup, but he should receive the opportunity to establish himself at the keystone in 2023 given the current state of the roster.
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Not starting Saturday
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September 28, 2024
Massey isn't in the Royals' lineup Saturday versus Atlanta.
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Out of lineup against southpaw
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September 26, 2024
Massey is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Nationals.
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Out versus southpaw
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September 24, 2024
Massey is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Nationals.
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Out against left-hander
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September 22, 2024
Massey is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.
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Sitting against Skubal
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September 18, 2024
Massey is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
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