Ezequiel Tovar
22-Year-Old
2024 Stats
AVG
.278
HR
5
RBI
18
R
19
SB
4
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
There are players who are better real baseball players than fantasy ones while there are others who are more meaningful in fantasy than real baseball. Tovar falls into the latter as he finished the season as the 15th best shortstop with 15 homers, 70+ runs and RBIs and 11 steals. His .253 batting average was slightly above the league average, but his 70 wRC+ shows what his real baseball offensive value was. Tovar did what most Rockies do: rake at home (.276) and struggle on the road (.229) but did nearly evenly split his homers. His handedness splits were nearly dead even in his rookie season, but it doesn't matter as his excellent defense keeps him in the lineup every day. Truth be told, this was an excellent rookie season for a 21 year old with just 23 plate appearances above Double-A before making his big league debut. He must improve his suspect plate discipline to keep the sophomore slump concerns at bay. Read Past Outlooks
Homers and doubles in win
Tovar went 2-for-5 with a solo homer, a double and two runs scored in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Padres.
ANALYSIS
Tovar doubled to lead off a five-run sixth for the Rockies and then homered to kick off the seventh. He continued his recent hot streak at the plate and now has at least a hit in eight straight games, slashing .343/.361/.686 with two homers, five RBI and five runs scored over that span. The 31.1 strikeout rate is a bit alarming, but Tovar continues to hit toward the top of the lineup and is still making solid contact with a .275 average over 180 plate appearances thus far.
Tovar doubled to lead off a five-run sixth for the Rockies and then homered to kick off the seventh. He continued his recent hot streak at the plate and now has at least a hit in eight straight games, slashing .343/.361/.686 with two homers, five RBI and five runs scored over that span. The 31.1 strikeout rate is a bit alarming, but Tovar continues to hit toward the top of the lineup and is still making solid contact with a .275 average over 180 plate appearances thus far.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2024
+1%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .736 | 234 | 9 | 24 | .255 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .695 | 606 | 12 | 69 | .258 | ||||
2024vs Left | .757 | 46 | 2 | 5 | .262 | ||||
2024vs Right | .767 | 144 | 3 | 13 | .284 | ||||
2023vs Left | .708 | 177 | 6 | 18 | .246 | ||||
2023vs Right | .690 | 438 | 9 | 55 | .256 | ||||
2022vs Left | 1.091 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .364 | ||||
2022vs Right | .345 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .136 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+21%
OPS at Home
2024
+26%
OPS at Home
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022Home | .774 | 422 | 9 | 51 | .287 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .638 | 418 | 12 | 42 | .227 | ||||
2024Home | .853 | 94 | 2 | 8 | .322 | ||||
2024Away | .678 | 96 | 3 | 10 | .236 | ||||
2023Home | .753 | 316 | 7 | 43 | .276 | ||||
2023Away | .634 | 299 | 8 | 30 | .229 | ||||
2022Home | .717 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .300 | ||||
2022Away | .522 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .174 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Ezequiel Tovar 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.
* 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
0.14BB Rate
4.2%K Rate
30.0%BABIP
.383ISO
.170AVG
.278OBP
.316SLG
.449OPS
.764wOBA
.333Exit Velocity
88.5 mphHard Hit Rate
34.2%Barrels/PA
4.6%Expected BA
.225Expected SLG
.363Sprint Speed
24.3 ft/secGround Ball %
31.7%Line Drive %
22.5%Fly Ball %
45.8%Prospect Rankings History
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Big-league debut on tap
Tovar is set to make his big-league debut Friday, per Kyle Newman of The Denver Post.
ANALYSIS
A top shortstop prospect for the Rockies, Tovar has slashed .319/.387/.540 with 14 home runs and 17 stolen bases across his 2022 minor-league campaigns. The 21-year-old is a name to monitor in Colorado.
A top shortstop prospect for the Rockies, Tovar has slashed .319/.387/.540 with 14 home runs and 17 stolen bases across his 2022 minor-league campaigns. The 21-year-old is a name to monitor in Colorado.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2022
Tovar has only played nine games in the majors and five games at Triple-A, but the Rockies have been invested in him as their shortstop of the future since they bought him a house in 2020 when he couldn't return home to Venezuela during the pandemic. He had impressed at times in the minors prior to last season, most notably logging a 119 wRC+ as a 19-year-old at Single-A in 2021, but 2022 was certainly his breakout campaign. Tovar hit .318/.386/.545 with 13 home runs, 17 steals on 20 attempts and a 64:25 K:BB in 66 games as one of the youngest players at Double-A. Hip and groin injuries sidelined Tovar from late-June until mid-September, when he returned and went directly to Triple-A for a week before spending the final two weeks of the year with the big club. An over-aggressive approach has been the one offensive knock on Tovar, but so far he has mostly made it work. There's a chance he goes through a significant adjustment period against MLB pitching as a 21-year-old, but it seems pretty clear the Rockies will give him every opportunity in spring training to break camp as the starting shortstop. Tovar isn't a burner (57th percentile sprint speed) and doesn't hit the ball very hard (22.5 Hard% in the minors, 106 mph max EV in the majors), but he has been productive in games while being extremely young for most of his minor-league levels.
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Homers early in win
Tovar went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rangers.
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Two extra-base hits
Tovar went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, an RBI and a run scored Thursday against the Giants.
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Receiving first day off
Tovar is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates, Luke Zahlmann of The Denver Gazette reports.
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Three hits in Game 1
Tovar went 3-for-5 with an RBI in Colorado's 2-1 extra-inning win over the Mariners in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader.
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Breaks out of slump
Tovar went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in and a run scored during Wednesday's loss to the Phillies.
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