Seiya Suzuki

Seiya Suzuki

30-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Chicago Cubs
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Suzuki's decimals were eerily like the previous season's, but he took a slightly different route. His quality of contact ticked up but so did his strikeouts. However, Suzuki rarely chases and he walks at an above-average clip, so there's hope he can revert to lower strikeout levels while retaining elevated hard-hit and barrel rates. Durability remains an issue with Suzuki missing at least 24 games for the third straight season, though he did manage a career high plate appearances in 132 games. He missed almost a month early with an oblique strain, then played regularly the rest of the way. Suzuki more than doubled the number of steals he gathered over his first two seasons, yielding three ways he can improve: more contact, better health and continuing to ramp up running. There is a lot to like here. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a five-year, $85 million contract with the Cubs in March of 2022.
Hits game-winning homer Sunday
OFChicago Cubs
May 25, 2025
Suzuki went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, three RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 11-8 win over the Reds.
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Suzuki delivered in the clutch with a three-run homer that broke an 8-8 tie in the top of the eighth inning. The 30-year-old has been on a tear over his last 10 games, hitting safely in nine of them while racking up four home runs, 15 RBI and 11 runs scored. He's currently on pace for a career-best season, slashing .273/.330/.576 with 14 long balls, 49 RBI, 33 runs scored and one stolen base across 221 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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35
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
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6
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+9%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+66%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+2%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .911 361 53 13 56 9 .304 .393 .518
Since 2023vs Right .835 1037 129 42 141 14 .275 .343 .491
2025vs Left 1.289 57 10 6 18 0 .375 .456 .833
2025vs Right .776 173 23 8 32 1 .241 .289 .487
2024vs Left .829 138 17 4 17 7 .274 .384 .444
2024vs Right .854 447 57 17 56 9 .286 .360 .494
2023vs Left .852 166 26 3 21 2 .306 .380 .472
2023vs Right .838 417 49 17 53 4 .278 .348 .491
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+21%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+48%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+19%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+14%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .766 652 74 21 91 10 .254 .340 .426
Since 2023Away .929 746 108 34 106 13 .306 .370 .559
2025Home .724 116 10 4 22 1 .225 .293 .431
2025Away 1.070 114 23 10 28 0 .317 .368 .702
2024Home .766 270 26 8 32 6 .252 .363 .403
2024Away .914 315 48 13 41 10 .308 .368 .545
2023Home .784 266 38 9 37 3 .269 .338 .445
2023Away .892 317 37 11 37 3 .300 .372 .520
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Stat Review
How does Seiya Suzuki 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
0.32
 
BB Rate
8.7%
 
K Rate
27.0%
 
BABIP
.313
 
ISO
.296
 
AVG
.272
 
OBP
.330
 
SLG
.568
 
OPS
.898
 
wOBA
.381
 
Exit Velocity
93.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
32.4%
 
Barrels/PA
10.4%
 
Expected BA
.281
 
Expected SLG
.539
 
Sprint Speed
23.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
31.1%
 
Line Drive %
28.4%
 
Fly Ball %
40.5%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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An oblique injury, suffered early in spring training, put Suzuki on the injured list to begin the 2023 season. He then endured some ups and downs in the first half, bottoming out with a .475 OPS in the month of June, before exploding for a .313/.372/.566 line and 13 home runs after the All-Star break. He finished with a 126 wRC+ for the season (100 is average). Pretty much everything was up for Suzuki across the board from his debut season in MLB after a storied career in his native Japan, with the exception being steals as his total fell to from nine to six even with more playing time and the rule changes benefitting stolen bases. While speed isn't a huge part of his game, there may still be some sleeper potential here if you believe in his second-half surge. Suzuki, now 29, projects to remain a near-everyday outfielder and middle-of-the-order presence under new Cubs manager Craig Counsell.
There was a lot of hype surrounding Suzuki last winter as he transitioned to MLB following a long, successful run in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. It looked initially like he might exceed expectations in Year 1 of his five-year, $85 million deal with the Cubs. He hit four homers in his first nine games, but Suzuki eventually slowed and a finger injury wiped out his entire month of June. A chase rate in the 90th percentile suggests he could trim his strikeout rate down some (from 24.7%) as he gets better situated against big-league pitching. With power, speed and regular playing time projected, Suzuki looks like a classic post-hype fantasy sleeper. He figures to bat high in the order and should have the green light to run under manager David Ross, whose team ranked second in the NL in steal attempts last season.
An erroneous report announced Suzuki would be signing with the Padres, but shortly thereafter he agreed to a five-year, $85 million deal with the Cubs, and he's expected to be the everyday starter in right field. The 27-year-old is coming over from the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, where he won the equivalent of the Gold Glove Award five times. He's coming off his most productive offensive season in 2021, as he hit .317/.433/.636 with 38 home runs, 88 RBI and a 88:89 BB:K in 134 games. Suzuki shouldn't be expected to replicate those numbers while facing better pitchers in MLB, but he could be a serviceable option with some upside in his rookie campaign.
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Drives in four in rout
OFChicago Cubs
May 21, 2025
Suzuki went 3-for-5 with a walk, a double, a home run, three runs scored and four RBI in Tuesday's 14-1 win over the Marlins.
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Scores, drives in run Saturday
OFChicago Cubs
May 11, 2025
Suzuki went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mets.
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Homers twice in win
OFChicago Cubs
May 1, 2025
Suzuki went 2-for-4 with a walk, two home runs and three RBI in Thursday's 8-3 win at Pittsburgh.
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Goes deep in win
OFChicago Cubs
April 29, 2025
Suzuki went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, a double, a triple, three runs scored and a walk in Tuesday's win over Pittsburgh.
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Knocks in three runs Saturday
OFChicago Cubs
April 26, 2025
Suzuki went 2-for-4 with three RBI in Saturday's 10-4 loss to the Phillies.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Receives NL POTW honors
OFChicago Cubs
May 27, 2025
Suzuki was named the National League Player of the Week on Tuesday.
ANALYSIS
Suzuki has been productive all season with a .910 OPS, but he was an offensive force last week in particular, going 12-for-25 with four doubles, three homers, 10 RBI and nine runs in six games. The 30-year-old has totaled 14 home runs, 49 RBI and 33 runs through 50 games this year, putting him on pace to set career highs in all three categories.
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