Nolan Schanuel

Nolan Schanuel

22-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Los Angeles Angels
2024 Fantasy Outlook
No team is more likely to rush a prospect to the majors than the Angels and no prospect in last year's draft class had a more impressive command of the strike zone than Schanuel, so in that sense it was a perfect match when they selected him with the 11th overall pick. He played in more games in the majors (29) than in the minors (22) after getting drafted while also missing short stints with minor ailments (illness, shoulder, knee). There's little doubt the Angels will give Schanuel everyday playing time going forward and his swing decisions and contact skill are advanced enough that he'll get on base at a high clip, especially compared to most rookies. The big philosophical question is whether or not he's a worthwhile investment in dynasty or redraft leagues when his projected power output is so minimal relative to other first basemen. He had a max exit velocity of 103.5 mph, a 2.2 Barrel% and a 49.4 percent groundball rate. Schanuel doesn't hit the ball hard enough or in the air with enough regularity to project for more than 15 home runs, even with everyday playing time. His appeal lessens further when considering how bad the Angels lineup might be over the next few years. Read Past Outlooks
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#326
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Angels in March of 2024.
Sitting out again Sunday
1BLos Angeles Angels
Lower Leg
September 29, 2024
Schanuel (leg) is not in Sunday's lineup against the Rangers.
ANALYSIS
The Angels will rest their ailing regulars in favor of some less proven prospects for the season finale. Niko Kavadas draws the start at first base in Schanuel's place.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
54
18
26
2
3
3
3
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
15
2
7
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+5%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+18%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .683 170 14 3 19 2 .239 .345 .338
Since 2022vs Right .718 568 67 11 41 8 .259 .356 .362
2024vs Left .691 141 12 3 16 2 .244 .338 .353
2024vs Right .710 465 50 10 38 8 .253 .345 .365
2023vs Left .640 29 2 0 3 0 .217 .379 .261
2023vs Right .757 103 17 1 3 0 .291 .408 .349
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
Even Split
2024
 
 
+8%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+40%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .709 388 38 7 29 6 .253 .347 .361
Since 2022Away .712 350 43 7 31 4 .257 .361 .351
2024Home .679 318 29 6 26 6 .240 .326 .353
2024Away .735 288 33 7 28 4 .262 .362 .373
2023Home .846 70 9 1 3 0 .316 .443 .404
2023Away .605 62 10 0 3 0 .231 .355 .250
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Nolan Schanuel 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
0.66
 
BB Rate
11.2%
 
K Rate
17.0%
 
BABIP
.285
 
ISO
.112
 
AVG
.250
 
OBP
.343
 
SLG
.362
 
OPS
.706
 
wOBA
.318
 
Exit Velocity
86.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.4%
 
Barrels/PA
2.5%
 
Expected BA
.258
 
Expected SLG
.359
 
Sprint Speed
22.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.1%
 
Line Drive %
23.3%
 
Fly Ball %
30.6%
 
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Still out of lineup
1BLos Angeles Angels
Lower Leg
September 28, 2024
Schanuel (leg) is absent from Saturday's lineup against Texas, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
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Out again Friday
1BLos Angeles Angels
Lower Leg
September 27, 2024
Schanuel (leg) isn't in the Angels' lineup for Friday's game against the Rangers, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
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Sitting out with leg bruise
1BLos Angeles Angels
Lower Leg
September 26, 2024
Schanuel (leg) is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the White Sox.
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Exits with leg bruise
1BLos Angeles Angels
Lower Leg
September 25, 2024
Schanuel was removed from Wednesday's game against the White Sox due to a lower right leg contusion.
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Out of Sunday's lineup
1BLos Angeles Angels
September 22, 2024
Schanuel is not in the lineup for Sunday's contest in Houston, Erica Weston of Bally Sports West reports.
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Scoring change ends streak
1BLos Angeles Angels
April 7, 2024
Schanuel's on-base streak retroactively ended at 30 games after his single March 30 against Baltimore was changed to an error, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old was pushing for the longest on-base streak to begin a career this weekend against the Red Sox, but the late scoring change took away that opportunity. Schanuel has now reached base in seven of eight games this season with eight walks in 32 plate appearances, but he otherwise hasn't provided much offensively, having gone 2-for-22.
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