Spencer Horwitz

27-Year-Old First Baseman1B

Pittsburgh Pirates

2025 Stats

AVG

.209

RBI

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Horwitz was one of the few bright spots on a disappointing Toronto roster as he came up and more than handled his own in his rookie season at the plate. Horwitz earned his promotion with a .335/.456/.514 triple-slash line in 57 games in Triple-A Buffalo where he walked more often than he struck out. He finished the season with the Jays hitting .265/.357/.433 with 12 homers and a willingness to accept walks. Those numbers were mostly put up against righties because he did not hit lefties well. All 16 of his homers came off righties, as he hit .310/.416/.522 against them but had just six doubles and a .244/.340/.291 line against southpaws. He has both first- and second-base eligibility for fantasy purposes, but Horwitz figures to be done playing second base after a series of offseason trades led to him ending up atop Pittsburgh's first-base depth chart. He is likely to sit against most lefties when the Pirates are at full strength, but he has a high floor against right-handed pitching, especially after getting traded to this less crowded situation. Read Past Outlooks

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#336

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Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'0"

Weight 190

DOB 11/14/1997

Born Timonium, MD

College Radford

Drafted 24th Rd 2019 TOR

First homer as Pirate

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May 23, 2025

Horwitz went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI on Thursday against the Brewers.

ANALYSIS
He led off the fourth inning with a solo shot off Aaron Civale, Horwitz's first extra-base hit as a Pirate. He has gone 5-for-18 with only three strikeouts through six games since returning from a wrist injury and seems set in a strong-side platoon role at first base.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2023

+56%

OPS vs RHP

2025

Even Split

2024

+66%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+41%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023vs Left	.528	92	6	0	10	0	.195	.272	.256
Since 2023vs Right	.823	380	48	14	40	0	.274	.366	.457
2025vs Left	.600	5	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400
2025vs Right	.602	42	3	1	3	0	.211	.286	.316
2024vs Left	.522	81	5	0	9	0	.194	.272	.250
2024vs Right	.864	300	41	12	31	0	.285	.380	.484
2023vs Left	.533	6	1	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200
2023vs Right	.754	38	4	1	6	0	.265	.342	.412
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2023

+13%

OPS on Road

2025

+102%

OPS at Home

2024

+21%

OPS on Road

2023

+19%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023Home	.714	224	23	5	21	0	.233	.326	.389
Since 2023Away	.809	248	31	9	29	0	.281	.367	.442
2025Home	.761	28	2	1	3	0	.240	.321	.440
2025Away	.377	19	1	0	0	0	.167	.211	.167
2024Home	.712	185	19	4	18	0	.229	.330	.382
2024Away	.862	196	27	8	22	0	.298	.383	.480
2023Home	.636	11	2	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364
2023Away	.756	33	3	1	7	0	.250	.364	.393
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Stat Review

How does Spencer Horwitz 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

0.36

BB Rate

8.5%

K Rate

23.4%

BABIP

.258

ISO

.116

AVG

.209

OBP

.277

SLG

.326

OPS

.602

wOBA

.262

Exit Velocity

87.3 mph

Hard Hit Rate

37.5%

Barrels/PA

4.3%

Expected BA

.275

Expected SLG

.406

Sprint Speed

21.3 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

50.0%

Line Drive %

31.3%

Fly Ball %

18.8%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

2024

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Horwitz has been an accomplished hitter all throughout the Toronto system with a .303/.407/.464 triple-slash line in just over 1,700 plate appearances since 2019. He is the type of hitter that is both accepting of his walks as well as someone very willing to use his contact skills to put the ball in play having never struck out as many as 80 times in a season at a time where many minor leaguers are posting triple-digit strikeout totals. Horwitz's 2024 fantasy value is clouded in two ways. Primarily, he is only eligible at utility on draft day as he had six games at DH and five at first base last season. Secondarily, the Jays roster is rather loaded with talent and Horwitz's best path forward would be playing left field. If he were to get that job, he would still likely hit in the 9th spot of the lineup.

Horwitz had a .293/.409/.513 slash line with Double-A New Hampshire during the first half of 2022 to receive a promotion to Triple-A Buffalo, where he had a .724 OPS. Trading Teoscar Hernandez to the Mariners opened up significant at-bats between right field and designated hitter for the Blue Jays, but there's still not an immediate path to the majors for Horwitz. He saw most of his action last season between first base and left field, but his limited power (.117 ISO) could limit his potential at first base. The 25-year-old continued to show excellent plate discipline with a 15 percent walk rate, which would obviously translate well to any position in the majors. Horwitz is likely to begin 2023 back with Buffalo, but he could quickly be called up for his big-league debut with a strong start to the season.

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Exiting starting nine Monday

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May 19, 2025

Horwitz is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Reds.

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Hits fifth in Pittsburgh debut

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May 17, 2025

Horwitz went 0-for-2 on Saturday against the Phillies.

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Back from injured list

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May 17, 2025

The Pirates reinstated Horwitz (wrist) from the injured list Saturday, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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Set to return from IL this weekend

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Wrist

May 16, 2025

The Pirates will activate Horwitz (wrist) from the 10-day injured list during their weekend series in Philadelphia, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

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Still finding groove

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Wrist

May 10, 2025

Horwitz (wrist) has gone 4-for-28 with five strikeouts on his rehab assignment split between Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis.

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Latest Fantasy Rumors

Pirates debut coming soon?

1BPittsburgh Pirates

April 28, 2025

Horwitz in inching closer to making his 2025 season debut, as he began a rehab assignment over the weekend.

ANALYSIS
The 27-year-old has yet to play this year after undergoing wrist surgery in February, but he's currently on a minor-league rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona. He's expected to play in several games before being promoted to the majors. Horwitz should provide an offensive boost from first base once he's called up. In parts of two seasons with the Blue Jays between 2023 and 2024, he slashed .264/.355/.428 with 13 home runs and 21 doubles in 425 plate appearances.

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