Riley Adams

Riley Adams

29-Year-Old CatcherC
Washington Nationals
2025 Fantasy Outlook
From an offensive perspective, Adams was one of the better-performing No. 2 catchers in baseball in 2023, putting up an .807 OPS across 158 plate appearances. That included a .960 OPS against left-handed pitching. However, Adams gave all that back in 2024, finishing with just a .629 OPS while spending some time in the minors. The Nationals brought Adams back to compete with Drew Millas for the backup job behind Keibert Ruiz. Adams' lack of minor-league options might give him an edge over Millas, but his poor defense works against him. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year, $850,000 contract with the Nationals in January of 2025.
Sitting down Thursday
CWashington Nationals
July 10, 2025
Adams isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Cardinals, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.
Analysis
The Nationals will give Adams a chance to regroup Thursday after the 29-year-old backstop went 1-for-12 with four strikeouts over his last three contests. Drew Millas will start at catcher instead and bat eighth.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
8
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
4
5
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+83%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+45%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .664 171 10 4 16 0 .224 .292 .372
Since 2023vs Right .669 221 19 6 24 1 .223 .273 .396
2025vs Left .334 40 3 1 3 0 .105 .150 .184
2025vs Right .612 64 8 3 8 0 .180 .219 .393
2024vs Left .499 55 4 0 1 0 .163 .255 .245
2024vs Right .723 75 6 2 7 1 .269 .320 .403
2023vs Left .960 76 3 3 12 0 .333 .395 .565
2023vs Right .663 82 5 1 9 0 .216 .272 .392
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+41%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+48%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+20%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+112%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .781 199 16 7 25 0 .251 .312 .469
Since 2023Away .552 193 13 3 15 1 .196 .250 .302
2025Home .399 47 4 2 5 0 .091 .149 .250
2025Away .592 57 7 2 6 0 .200 .228 .364
2024Home .690 63 8 2 6 0 .222 .302 .389
2024Away .574 67 2 0 2 1 .226 .284 .290
2023Home 1.046 89 4 3 14 0 .358 .404 .642
2023Away .493 69 4 1 7 0 .161 .235 .258
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Stat Review
How does Riley Adams 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
0.07
 
BB Rate
3.0%
 
K Rate
42.0%
 
BABIP
.196
 
ISO
.125
 
AVG
.135
 
OBP
.170
 
SLG
.260
 
OPS
.430
 
wOBA
.191
 
Exit Velocity
90.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
44.4%
 
Barrels/PA
5.0%
 
Expected BA
.182
 
Expected SLG
.347
 
Sprint Speed
24.2 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
53.7%
 
Line Drive %
18.5%
 
Fly Ball %
27.8%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
2022
Adams was one of the most productive backup catchers in baseball last season, slashing an impressive .273/.331/.476 with four home runs across 158 plate appearances. A huge chunk of that production came against left-handed pitching, with Adams sporting a .960 OPS with three of his four long balls versus southpaws. Adams made more than twice as many starts against lefties than he did against righties and it could be a similar setup in 2024, with Keibert Ruiz seeing some action at designated hitter those days. It's a role that could make him valuable again to the Nationals but one which probably won't lead to usefulness in fantasy leagues.
A third-round pick by Toronto in 2017, Adams was flipped to Washington in 2021 in exchange for lefty reliever Brad Hand. While Adams made the Opening Day roster for the Nationals, he was sent down for close to two months in the middle of the season and ended up totaling 155 plate appearances as getting Keibert Ruiz playing time was understandably the higher priority for the organization. Adams strikes out too much, but he can light up the radar gun with impressive exit velocity when he runs into one. He projects to open the year as the clear-cut No. 2 behind Ruiz.
Acquired from the Blue Jays in a trade for Brad Hand, Adams went from a system in which he was buried behind multiple better catching prospects to one in which Keibert Ruiz is set to be the starter for most of the decade. Adams projects to have decent power, slugging seven homers in only 36 games last year at Triple-A, but his hit tool is questionable and his defensive reputation isn't great, profiling him as a backup at the big-league level. He'll fill that role for the Nationals behind Ruiz in 2022.
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Takes over for injured Ruiz
CWashington Nationals
July 9, 2025
Adams will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Cardinals.
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Idle for first game of day
CWashington Nationals
July 2, 2025
Adams is out of the lineup for the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader versus the Tigers.
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Receiving breather Sunday
CWashington Nationals
June 29, 2025
Adams is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.
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Looks like new No. 1 catcher
CWashington Nationals
June 25, 2025
Adams will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Padres, Spencer Nusbaum of The Washington Post reports.
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Snaps slump with homer
CWashington Nationals
June 20, 2025
Adams went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Dodgers.
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Gets vote of confidence
CWashington Nationals
June 17, 2025
Manager Dave Martinez gave Adams a vote of confidence Tuesday and reaffirmed his position as Washington's backup catcher, reports Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com.
Analysis
The 28-year-old has a .091/.107/.218 slash line in 19 games this season and is in the midst of an 0-for-30 slump, but the Nationals aren't quite ready to test their other options behind Keibert Ruiz at catcher. Even with this season's ugly numbers, Adams has a .664 OPS in 187 regular-season games since being acquired by Washington in 2021, which are decent numbers for a No. 2 catcher.
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