Jeremy Pena

Jeremy Pena

28-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Houston Astros
2026 Stats
AVG
.268
HR
3
RBI
12
R
25
SB
5
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Pena's 2024 and 2025 seasons look somewhat similar in the counting categories until you realize he nearly equaled or bested most of them in more than 100 fewer plate appearances. Pena was limited to 125 games due to a fractured rib and a left oblique strain later in the season. Pena was pacing to a career season at the plate across the board, but fantasy managers likely were most surprised by the nearly 40-point improvement in his batting average after witnessing him average .261 over the previous three seasons. Pena continues to be a high-contact hitter but accepted a few more walks when he was not crushing fastballs. Pena hit half his home runs off fastballs along with having a .350 average (.323 xBA) against fastballs, but that success came at the peril of him hitting .182 while swinging and missing at nearly 50 percent of the off-speed pitches he saw. A fully healthy Pena has 30-30 potential with his home park, his pull tendencies and road games in Sacramento on the schedule in 2026. He's a five-category producer who, so far, does not carry the price tag associated with such players. Read Past Outlooks
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Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 6'0"
Weight 202
DOB 9/22/1997
Born Santo Domingo, DR
College Maine
Drafted 3rd Rd 2018 HOU
Signed one-year, $9.48 million contract with the Astros in January of 2026.
Resting Wednesday
SSHouston Astros
June 10, 2026
Pena isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Analysis
Pena will take a day to regroup after going 0-for-10 with two walks, four strikeouts and two steals over his last three games. While he rests, Shay Whitcomb will make a start at shortstop and bat seventh.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
27
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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#2
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#4
#5
#6
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#9
6
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+8%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+34%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+12%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+22%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .806 302 35 9 33 10 .297 .343 .462
Since 2024vs Right .746 1045 136 26 111 35 .277 .331 .415
2026vs Left .913 28 4 1 5 1 .320 .393 .520
2026vs Right .679 126 21 2 7 4 .257 .325 .354
2025vs Left .768 107 14 4 14 4 .278 .346 .423
2025vs Right .858 436 54 13 48 16 .311 .368 .490
2024vs Left .811 167 17 4 14 5 .306 .333 .478
2024vs Right .663 483 61 11 56 15 .252 .299 .364
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+16%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+34%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .817 648 95 15 70 26 .309 .361 .457
Since 2024Away .706 699 76 20 74 19 .256 .308 .398
2026Home .802 57 12 1 6 2 .321 .368 .434
2026Away .673 97 13 2 6 3 .235 .320 .353
2025Home .963 271 44 10 31 13 .351 .413 .550
2025Away .720 272 24 7 31 7 .259 .314 .406
2024Home .699 320 39 4 33 11 .272 .314 .384
2024Away .704 330 39 11 37 9 .260 .301 .403
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Stat Review
How does Jeremy Pena 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
0.55
 
BB Rate
7.8%
 
K Rate
14.3%
 
BABIP
.298
 
ISO
.116
 
AVG
.268
 
OBP
.338
 
SLG
.384
 
OPS
.722
 
wOBA
.322
 
Exit Velocity
84.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.3%
 
Barrels/PA
0.6%
 
Expected BA
.287
 
Expected SLG
.373
 
Sprint Speed
24.1 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
43.6%
 
Line Drive %
19.7%
 
Fly Ball %
36.8%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Pena has failed to build upon a promising rookie season from 2022 which also featured ALCS and World Series MVP honors. He's been a reliable stats accumulator from a fantasy perspective, however, making him a solid starting option even at a robust position in shortstop. Pena finally began to take advantage of that elite sprint speed in jumping up to 20 stolen bases in 2024, and it's possible there's more in the tank there if he's able to refine his technique (he has just a 69 percent success rate over the last two seasons). He also cut down on the strikeouts for the second year in a row with a rate of just 17.4 percent in 2024, making Pena a solid bet for batting average even as he's a super aggressive hitter. While not a standout in any area, Pena makes for a viable option at shortstop once the bigger names are off the board.
Pena fanned less and walked more than he did in his rookie season. Pena's average exit velocity and hard-hit rate were essentially the same. However, he flattened his swing, resulting in more grounders and a three mph drop in flyball average exit velocity, cutting his HR/FB mark in half. The change helped boost his BABIP by 25 points, but Pena's power was crushed as he left the yard only 10 times, 12 fewer times than his first season, despite 76 more plate appearances. He stole two more bases, but he profiled as someone who would take advantage of the new rules. It was sage to expect Pena to fall short of his freshman season, but the way he did it was curious, morphing into an extreme groundball hitter. From a fantasy perspective, Pena's transition is better for batting average, but he doesn't steal ample bases to be a top tier shortstop unless he reverts to hitting more flyballs. Pena is why tracking stats when drafting is precarious. He's likely going to be a fantasy asset, but the distribution of his stats has a wide range of possibilities.
Pena had the task of replacing the void left by Carlos Correa's departure in free agency over the winter. Pena had no major league experience coming into the season and had just 160 plate appearances at the minor league level the previous season, but finished the season slightly better than league average with a 102 wRC+. Few would have projected him with double-digit steals let alone double-digit homers, yet the rookie did both hitting more homers in 2022 than he had in his professional baseball career from 2018-2021 and stole more bases than he did in 2019 and 2021 combined. He didn't accept many walks in Triple-A in 2021 and accepted even fewer as a rookie while striking out often, but the Houston lineup was deep enough to absorb these risks and keep his excellent defense in the lineup as often as it was. The profile is rather reminscent of a younger Javier Baez with perhaps a little more contact, but the same types of risks apply with the conditions ripe for a sophomore slump.
Pena would have been excused for having a lost season in 2021 after undergoing wrist surgery in April, but he returned in August and did enough damage at Triple-A to be firmly on the redraft radar with the offseason departure of Carlos Correa. Seen as more of a glove-first, light-hitting shortstop in 2019, Pena transformed his body over the last two seasons and he's now a ripped 6-foot, 202 pounds and has a chance to regularly impact the baseball. Pena hit .287/.346/.598 with 10 home runs, five steals (on six attempts), a 26.3 K% and a 4.5 BB% in 30 games at Triple-A, good for a 126 wRC+. As an above-average runner with improving power and a clear path to playing time, Pena is a viable mid-round pick in 50-round draft and holds and an endgame option in competitive 15-teamers. He has sacrificed his hit tool to unlock this power, and there is some risk that he could post a harmful batting average if he wins the starting shortstop job in spring training.
Pena was selected in the third round of the 2018 draft on the strength of his shortstop defense, and with each ensuing year he has made enough offensive strides to keep the dream of him becoming an everyday MLB shortstop alive. He impressed all summer at the alternate training site and then capped a strong 2020 season with a quality showing in the Dominican winter league. If he hits enough to play every day, Pena has the speed to steal 15-20 bases annually. At 6-foot, 202 pounds, Pena has the potential to tap into 20-homer power, but he figures to always be hit over power. He has always logged strikeout rates below 20 percent and is a career .290 hitter in the minors. Look for him to spend his age-23 season at Double-A and Triple-A, setting up a potential 2022 MLB debut.
If Pena were a couple years younger, he would be a much more exciting prospect, but we are forced to wait and see how the 22-year-old shortstop handles his first exposure to Double-A before jumping in with two feet. A plus defender, Pena was drafted in the third round in 2018 for his glove, but he has added muscle and did all he could with his bat to prove he can hit enough to be a regular. He logged a 138 wRC+ with excellent plate skills at Low-A. After his promotion to High-A, he had a 146 wRC+ with fewer strikeouts (17.8 K%) and much fewer walks (6.5 BB%). Pena is pretty good at using the whole field, but his linedrive rate was below-average at both stops. His ability to make contact at a solid clip combined with his above-average speed (20-for-30 on SB attempts) makes him interesting. However, even with his defensive chops, he probably needs a trade to have a realistic shot at being an everyday player.
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Homers, swipes base in rout
SSHouston Astros
May 30, 2026
Pena went 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, two additional runs scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Brewers.
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Getting night off Friday
SSHouston Astros
May 29, 2026
Pena is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Brewers, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Homers again Thursday
SSHouston Astros
May 29, 2026
Pena went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Rangers.
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Tallies first homer
SSHouston Astros
May 27, 2026
Pena went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 10-7 loss to the Rangers.
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Reinstated, batting leadoff Monday
SSHouston Astros
May 18, 2026
The Astros reinstated Pena (hamstring/neck) from the 10-day injured list Monday, and he'll start at shortstop and bat leadoff in Houston's series opener in Minnesota.
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Extension talks on hold
SSHouston Astros
June 25, 2025
Extension talks between Pena and the Astros have been put on hold after the 27-year-old shortstop changed his representation, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Analysis
Per Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 Houston, the two sides were closing in on a deal exceeding $105 million over five years, but those talks have stalled after Pena elected to switch agents and hire Scott Boras. The 27-year-old shortstop has a 4.5 bWAR this season, which is second most in the majors behind Aaron Judge. Pena is slashing .326/.382/.495 with 15 steals, 11 home runs, 40 RBI and 48 runs across 339 plate appearances, potentially putting him on pace for career bests in each category.
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