Hao-Yu Lee

Hao-Yu Lee

23-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Detroit Tigers
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Lee will likely make his big-league debut in 2026, but it's unclear how much playing time will be available. Detroit has collected a plethora of a bat-first infielders who can masquerade at second and third base, and Lee is a better defender than Colt Keith, Max Anderson and Jace Jung, so that edge in the field is his path to playing. Lee, who originally signed with the Phillies out of Taiwan in 2021 and was traded to Detroit at the 2023 deadline for Michael Lorenzen, spent his entire age-22 season at Triple-A, where he was the sixth-youngest qualified hitter. He slashed .243/.342/.406 with 14 home runs and 22 steals in 126 games, good for a 106 wRC+. The 22 steals oversell his upside in that category, as he's just an average runner. Lee was a little unlucky on balls in play (.292 BABIP), especially given his all-fields approach (39.4 Oppo%), and he makes excellent swing decisions (26.8 O-Swing%, 67.1 Z-Swing%), so while his batting averages may never be great, he should log an acceptable OBP during his prime years. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Tigers in March of 2026.
Drives in two Friday
2BDetroit Tigers
May 23, 2026
Lee went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in Friday's 7-4 loss to the Orioles.
Analysis
Lee hit an RBI double in the top of the third inning, and then followed with an RBI single in the fourth. With Gleyber Torres (oblique) out since early May, Lee has started the last four games for the struggling Tigers as they look to jump start the offense with some different lineup combinations. The rookie infielder has struggled a bit with a .222/.269/.349 slash line across 24 contests, but if Detroit continues to fall out of contention, the team may give younger players like Lee even more playing time.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
10
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+10%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+10%
OPS vs LHP
2025
No Stats
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .567 40 3 1 4 0 .184 .225 .342
Since 2024vs Right .515 36 1 0 4 0 .206 .250 .265
2026vs Left .567 40 3 1 4 0 .184 .225 .342
2026vs Right .515 36 1 0 4 0 .206 .250 .265
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+163%
OPS on Road
2026
 
 
+163%
OPS on Road
2025
No Stats
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .307 40 1 0 2 0 .132 .175 .132
Since 2024Away .806 36 3 1 6 0 .265 .306 .500
2026Home .307 40 1 0 2 0 .132 .175 .132
2026Away .806 36 3 1 6 0 .265 .306 .500
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Hao-Yu Lee 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
0.19
 
BB Rate
5.3%
 
K Rate
27.6%
 
BABIP
.260
 
ISO
.111
 
AVG
.194
 
OBP
.237
 
SLG
.306
 
OPS
.542
 
wOBA
.241
 
Exit Velocity
88.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.5%
 
Barrels/PA
6.6%
 
Expected BA
.211
 
Expected SLG
.388
 
Sprint Speed
24.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
29.4%
 
Line Drive %
15.7%
 
Fly Ball %
54.9%
 
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Smacks first major-league homer
2BDetroit Tigers
April 26, 2026
Lee went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run during the Tigers' 8-3 win over the Reds on Sunday.
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Joining big-league roster
2BDetroit Tigers
April 17, 2026
The Tigers recalled Lee from Triple-A Toledo on Friday.
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Back from IL
2BDetroit Tigers
April 7, 2026
Triple-A Toledo reinstated Lee (oblique) from the 7-day injured list Tuesday, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports.
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Ready for rehab assignment
2BDetroit Tigers
Oblique
April 2, 2026
Lee (oblique) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Lakeland, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.
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Appears in exhibition game
2BDetroit Tigers
Oblique
March 21, 2026
Lee (oblique) played in a minor-league spring training game on Wednesday and could be ready for the start of the Triple-A season, MLB.com reports.
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