Freddy Fermin

30-Year-Old CatcherC

San Diego Padres

2026 Stats

AVG

.182

RBI

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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

ADP

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

Resting up Sunday

CSan Diego Padres

April 19, 2026

Fermin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.

Analysis
After taking a foul tip off his catcher's mask and being forced out of Wednesday's 7-6 win over the Mariners, Fermin didn't appear in the Padres' subsequent two games. He returned to the lineup Saturday and caught all nine innings of the Padres' 4-1 win, going 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs. Fermin didn't experience any reported setbacks coming out of that contest, so he's presumably just getting some rest for a day game after a night game.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2024

Even Split

2026

+137%

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	.657	236	18	2	18	1	.258	.319	.338
Since 2024vs Right	.656	520	63	9	46	2	.257	.304	.351
2026vs Left	1.100	6	1	0	1	0	.400	.500	.600
2026vs Right	.464	35	8	0	1	0	.143	.286	.179
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

+197%

OPS on Road

2025

+37%

OPS on Road

2024

+7%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2024Home	.599	346	34	3	30	2	.242	.284	.314
Since 2024Away	.705	410	47	8	34	1	.271	.329	.375
2026Home	.326	26	4	0	1	0	.095	.231	.095
2026Away	.967	15	5	0	1	0	.333	.467	.500
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

0.67

BB Rate

14.6%

K Rate

22.0%

BABIP

.240

ISO

.061

AVG

.182

OBP

.317

SLG

.242

OPS

.559

wOBA

.267

Exit Velocity

88.3 mph

Hard Hit Rate

28.0%

Barrels/PA

0.0%

Expected BA

.203

Expected SLG

.280

Sprint Speed

24.3 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

40.0%

Line Drive %

20.0%

Fly Ball %

40.0%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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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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Back in starting nine

CSan Diego Padres

April 18, 2026

Fermin (head) will start at catcher and bat eighth Saturday against the Angels.