Freddy Fermin

Freddy Fermin

30-Year-Old CatcherC
San Diego Padres
2026 Stats
AVG
.143
HR
0
RBI
3
R
10
SB
0
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
After working as Kansas City's secondary catcher behind Salvador Perez the past few seasons, Fermin was traded to San Diego at the summer deadline and got a chance to work as the No. 1 option for his new club. He wasn't productive at the plate for either team and posted a combined .251/.297/.339 slash line with five home runs, 26 RBI and 32 runs in 109 games. Fermin showed some pop as a rookie in 2023 with nine long balls in 70 games, but he's hit just 11 in more than 700 plate appearances across the past two seasons and has a .091 ISO during that span. His career .264 average gives him at least one category of strength, but Fermin shouldn't be expected to provide much run production with nearly 80 percent of his hits being singles the last two years. Read Past Outlooks
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#381
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League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 5'10"
Weight 205
DOB 5/16/1995
Born Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
College None
Drafted 2015 KC
Signed a one-year, $2.1 million contract with the Padres in January of 2026.
Taking seat Thursday
CSan Diego Padres
May 7, 2026
Fermin isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Cardinals.
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Fermin will step out of the lineup Thursday to allow Rodolfo Duran to make his MLB debut starting at catcher and batting ninth.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
10
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
4
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+121%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+26%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+12%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .656 243 18 2 18 1 .256 .318 .338
Since 2024vs Right .637 547 64 9 47 2 .249 .297 .341
2026vs Left .839 13 1 0 1 0 .273 .385 .455
2026vs Right .380 62 9 0 2 0 .115 .226 .154
2025vs Left .540 108 6 2 7 0 .212 .257 .283
2025vs Right .679 239 26 3 19 1 .268 .315 .364
2024vs Left .740 122 11 0 10 1 .294 .364 .376
2024vs Right .658 246 29 6 26 1 .261 .297 .361
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+18%
OPS on Road
2026
 
 
+97%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+37%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .587 360 34 3 30 2 .236 .279 .308
Since 2024Away .690 430 48 8 35 1 .264 .323 .367
2026Home .318 40 4 0 1 0 .088 .200 .118
2026Away .625 35 6 0 2 0 .207 .314 .310
2025Home .532 167 14 1 11 1 .221 .259 .273
2025Away .731 180 18 4 15 0 .279 .331 .400
2024Home .712 153 16 2 18 1 .287 .320 .392
2024Away .665 215 24 4 18 1 .260 .318 .347
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Stat Review
How does Freddy Fermin 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
0.50
 
BB Rate
10.7%
 
K Rate
21.3%
 
BABIP
.184
 
ISO
.063
 
AVG
.143
 
OBP
.253
 
SLG
.206
 
OPS
.460
 
wOBA
.220
 
Exit Velocity
86.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
28.6%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.185
 
Expected SLG
.257
 
Sprint Speed
24.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
41.7%
 
Line Drive %
20.8%
 
Fly Ball %
37.5%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
Fermin had a mini-breakout in 2023 when he posted a .781 OPS with nine home runs in just 235 plate appearances. That led to more playing time in 2024, as he wasn't far behind Salvador Perez in starts at catcher (90 to 72) and added another 21 starts at designated hitter. Unfortunately, Fermin looked overexposed. His .271/.319/.366 batting line was still perfectly fine for a catcher, but his wRC+ dropped from 107 to 91, his xwOBA slipped from .333 to .279, his hard-hit rate went from 42.7 percent to 33.9 percent and his barrel rate dipped from 9.9 percent to 3.2 percent. Fermin is a good defensive catcher and should continue to get plenty of reps behind the dish on days Perez plays first base or serves as the DH. However, it's difficult to envision a competitive Royals club giving him ample time at DH again.
Fermin went back-and-forth between the majors and minors in April but was with the big club for good by early May when the Royals decided to no longer use MJ Melendez at catcher. The 28-year-old was quietly very productive, hitting .290/.324/.495 with nine home runs over 205 plate appearances from May-to-August before his season ended in early September with a fractured finger. Fermin is a late bloomer, but he had an .874 OPS with 20 homers in 105 games at the Triple-A level and his hard-hit rate (42.7 percent) and barrel rate (9.9 percent) in 2023 with the Royals were both above-average. His emergence led to Kansas City using Salvador Perez for a career-high 21 starts at first base in addition to 29 starts at designated hitter and it's possible they'll follow a similar setup in 2024. It could be enough for Fermin to carve out some deep-league value again.
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Taking back control of catcher job
CSan Diego Padres
May 6, 2026
Fermin will start at catcher and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Giants.
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Idle Saturday
CSan Diego Padres
May 2, 2026
Fermin isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox.
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Yielding to Campusano again
CSan Diego Padres
April 29, 2026
Fermin is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Cubs.
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Taking seat Tuesday
CSan Diego Padres
April 28, 2026
Fermin isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs.
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Sitting Wednesday
CSan Diego Padres
April 22, 2026
Fermin is not in the Padres' starting lineup against the Rockies on Wednesday.
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