Mitch Haniger

32-Year-Old OutfielderOF

San Francisco Giants

2022 Stats

AVG

.246

RBI

2023 Projections

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2023 Fantasy Outlook

Haniger had a monster season in 2021 two years ahead of free agency, but he followed that up with the kind of year which reminded us of his fragility as he headed into free agency missing over 100 games with a high ankle sprain after fouling a ball off his instep in late June. The pre-injury numbers were mostly in line with non-2021 efforts but not the type of season a 31-year old pending free agent wanted to hit the open market with on his resume. The Giants still saw a clear everyday middle-of-the-order hitter, giving Haniger a three-year $43.5 million deal, and the fact that he is a righty on that type of deal should lock in playing time even on the platoon-happy Giants. It's actually a park upgrade for Haniger, as Oracle Park ranks as a slightly above-average park for righty hitters (per Baseball Savant), while T-Mobile Park in Seattle ranks second-worst for righties. Read Past Outlooks

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#166

ADP

Overall

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'2"

Weight 199

DOB 12/23/1990

Born Mountain View, CA

College Cal Poly

Drafted 2012 MIL

Inks deal with San Francisco

OFSan Francisco Giants

December 6, 2022

Haniger agreed to a three-year, $43.5 million contract with the Giants on Tuesday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.

ANALYSIS
San Francisco's pursuit of Aaron Judge has understandably garnered most of the attention, but the organization was first able to secure a deal with Haniger to bolster its outfield. Haniger was limited to 57 games for Seattle last season due to a high-ankle sprain, but he provided a solid bat when healthy with a .246/.308/.429 slash line. The 31-year-old was also productive in 2021 with an .803 OPS, 39 home runs and 100 RBI in 157 contests. The contract includes an opt-out after the 2024 campaign, according to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area, so it could end up being a two-year pact if Haniger performs well with the Giants.

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2020

+19%

OPS vs LHP

2022

+5%

OPS vs LHP

2021

+23%

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2020vs Left	.885	300	54	19	42	1	.277	.347	.538
Since 2020vs Right	.741	638	87	31	92	0	.240	.301	.440
2022vs Left	.764	71	12	3	7	0	.246	.338	.426
2022vs Right	.725	176	19	8	27	0	.245	.295	.429
2021vs Left	.921	229	42	16	35	1	.286	.349	.571
2021vs Right	.747	462	68	23	65	0	.237	.303	.444
2020vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2020

Even Split

2022

+32%

OPS at Home

2021

+10%

OPS on Road

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	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2020Home	.785	443	60	26	66	0	.248	.305	.480
Since 2020Away	.787	495	81	24	68	1	.255	.325	.461
2022Home	.854	108	13	7	17	0	.271	.333	.521
2022Away	.647	139	18	4	17	0	.227	.288	.359
2021Home	.763	335	47	19	49	0	.240	.296	.468
2021Away	.843	356	63	20	51	1	.266	.340	.503
2020Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Stat Review

How does Mitch Haniger 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

0.31

BB Rate

8.1%

K Rate

26.3%

BABIP

.293

ISO

.183

AVG

.246

OBP

.308

SLG

.429

OPS

.736

wOBA

.322

Exit Velocity

91.9 mph

Hard Hit Rate

36.0%

Barrels/PA

7.7%

Expected BA

.245

Expected SLG

.450

Sprint Speed

23.2 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

37.3%

Line Drive %

19.9%

Fly Ball %

42.9%

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Haniger went from feelings of torture to euphoria over the past two seasons. His 2019 season ended when he fouled a fastball off his unprotected family jewels in early June. His recovery was anything but smooth and sports hernia surgery led to him missing 2020, which made his 2021 season all the more amazing. Many players have career years at certain ages or after certain amounts of MLB exposure, but to have one after missing 1.5 seasons is truly incredible. The counting category production was league-winning for many considering where Haniger went in most drafts last year, yet his batting average and OBP numbers were both sharply lower than where he was in 2017 and 2018. Sure, he strikes out a little more and walks a bit less, but Haniger lacks some of the elite batted-ball rankings that other sluggers with his counting numbers show. Expect a tilt back to 2018 levels while admiring how special 2021 was for him.

Haniger has not appeared in a major-league game since June 6, 2019. A ruptured testicle sidelined Haniger initially and he battled back discomfort in the months that followed, leading to a pair of surgeries in the early months of 2020. The first was sports hernia surgery and the second was a microdiscectomy to repair a vertebrae in Haniger's lower back. He still had not been cleared to resume baseball activities when summer camp began and it soon became clear that Haniger would not be able to return during the shortened 2020 season. He was said to be increasing his lifting and workouts in September and it was reported in December that Haniger had finally resumed full baseball activities. The expectation is that Haniger will be the Mariners' starting right fielder in 2020. Seattle has committed $3.01 million to him in the hope he can still be something resembling the .267/.348/.480 hitter he was previously.

Haniger was off to a slow start, at least in the batting average department, slashing .220/.324/.463 after 63 games. He was striking out at an exaggerated 28.6% clip, by far his career worst. He did manage to club 15 homers, so all was not lost. However, on June 26, Haniger fouled a pitch off his groin and ruptured a testicle, ending his season. Haniger did play in a few rehab games in August, but a sore back shut him down. The prognosis is for Haniger to be completely healthy for spring training. It would have been helpful to see if Haniger cut down on the strikeouts as the season progressed. As is, formulaic projections could over-penalize him for underperforming in a small sample without the chance to right the ship. This could present a buying opportunity, especially since players missing several months to end the season are out of sight, out of mind or buried in draft room queues.

Haniger's 2018 season was what he could have done in 2017 had he not gotten hurt and missed a good chunk of time. His skills have been mostly stable over the past two seasons since he became an everyday major leaguer, and his offensive production has been at least 30% better than the league average. It is still too early in his career to see anything definitive in his splits, but he has been very good against righties and added dominance of lefties last year after showing some issues against them in 2017. He has had little trouble hitting at home or on the road. The turnover of the surrounding cast is a concern because Haniger will be asked to do more in a lineup that will be less than what it has been the past two seasons. He will have a tough time repeating the 183 runs-plus-RBI he had last year with a weaker supporting cast around him as the Mariners rebuild their roster in 2019.

Although it was his second season in the majors, 2017 was Haniger’s rookie season since he fell seven plate appearances shy of 130 in 2016. He had a solid season, but injuries limited his playing time. When he played, he showed above-average potential at the plate, slugging nearly .500 in a park that is typically better for pitchers than it is hitters. The oddity with Haniger is that he does a majority of his damage against fellow righties (16 of his career 21 homers have come against righties). It is too early to consider this the norm for him, but it is worth noting for daily transaction leagues since it is an anomaly. The other thing to watch for is his walk rate – which is real: the 11.2 percent rate in the first half or the 3.9 percent rate in the second? If the former is real, he can stick high in the lineup. If it is not, Haniger will drop to the bottom half.

Debuting in mid-August last season, Haniger mostly struggled in his first exposure to big-league pitching (81 wRC+) but he showed decent pop in the small sample (five home runs, .174 ISO in 123 plate appearances). This came on the heels of Haniger destroying upper-level pitching in the minors last season, posting a 156 wRC+ in 55 games at Double-A and 185 wRC+ in 74 games at Triple-A. The Mariners took notice and got him included in the Taijuan Walker/Jean Segura trade early in the offseason. The door is open for Haniger to work his way into a prominent role with Seattle and gain relevance in a wide variety of formats. There are worse ways to utilize a final bench spot in 15-team mixed leagues.

Haniger was dealt to Arizona from Milwaukee in exchange for Gerardo Parra at the trade deadline last year, and while he was a notable part of the Brewers’ farm system, that speaks more to Milwaukee’s lack of well-known prospects than to Haniger’s abilities. He slashed .255/.316/.416 in 67 games at Double-A Huntsville prior to the trade, and was only able to play eight games with the Diamondbacks’ Double-A affiliate before the end of the minor league season. Haniger is the type of player that should be able to provide organizational corner outfield depth for several years, but he would need to take a significant step forward in order to ever offer much big-league upside. There’s a good chance he will spend much of 2015 at Double-A Mobile.

Haniger got his first professional season off to a quick start with Low-A Wisconsin, posting a .909 OPS over 41 games before earning a promotion to the next level. His numbers weren’t nearly as impressive at High-A, but he was one of the top players in the Arizona Fall League, and the former first-rounder has established himself as one of the Brewers’ better prospects. Expect Haniger, who split time between center field and right field last season, to open 2014 at High-A.

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