Vidal Brujan

Vidal Brujan

26-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Miami Marlins
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Brujan spent several years highly ranked in the Rays' farm system, but his minor league hitting success still has not translated to any success at the big league level. He has a career .157/.218/.221 triple-slash line over 99 games and the Rays moved on sending Brujan and Calvin Fauchier to the Marlins for pieces off the 40-man roster this winter. Brujan is out of minor league options, so the Marlins would have to expose the 26 year old utility player to waivers should he not show any growth this offseason. Brujan is capable of playing multiple positions in the field and has plenty of speed, but does not always use it wisely with a poor stolen base success rate and some TOOTBLANs throughout the past couple of seasons. Brujan is essentially Mark Belanger without the defense. Draft him accordingly. Read Past Outlooks
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#379
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Marlins in March of 2024.
Reinstated from injured list
2BMiami Marlins
September 19, 2024
The Marlins activated Brujan (shoulder) from the 10-day injured list Thursday, Isaac Azout of FishOnFirst.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Brujan has been out all month due to a right shoulder AC joint sprain but is ready to return after playing a couple rehab games with Triple-A Jacksonville. He should see a good amount of playing time down the stretch in a super-utility role.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
13
35
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vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
13
5
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+13%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+4%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+75%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+95%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .599 150 15 2 16 4 .191 .293 .305
Since 2022vs Right .531 374 44 3 22 9 .197 .261 .271
2024vs Left .605 71 5 0 7 2 .197 .310 .295
2024vs Right .627 207 27 2 9 3 .230 .301 .326
2023vs Left .282 22 4 0 1 1 .100 .182 .100
2023vs Right .494 62 10 0 5 2 .196 .262 .232
2022vs Left .716 57 6 2 8 1 .220 .316 .400
2022vs Right .367 105 7 1 8 4 .134 .181 .186
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+33%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+62%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+84%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+43%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .623 280 38 3 22 8 .213 .312 .311
Since 2022Away .469 244 21 2 16 5 .176 .222 .247
2024Home .744 162 25 2 10 3 .257 .358 .386
2024Away .458 116 7 0 6 2 .176 .226 .231
2023Home .596 36 7 0 3 3 .250 .314 .281
2023Away .324 48 7 0 3 0 .114 .188 .136
2022Home .400 82 6 1 9 2 .111 .220 .181
2022Away .571 80 7 2 7 3 .213 .238 .333
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Stat Review
How does Vidal Brujan 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
0.46
 
BB Rate
9.0%
 
K Rate
19.4%
 
BABIP
.276
 
ISO
.097
 
AVG
.222
 
OBP
.303
 
SLG
.319
 
OPS
.622
 
wOBA
.278
 
Exit Velocity
85.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
20.5%
 
Barrels/PA
1.1%
 
Expected BA
.216
 
Expected SLG
.282
 
Sprint Speed
23.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
51.3%
 
Line Drive %
18.0%
 
Fly Ball %
30.7%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Brujan played six different spots for the Rays over his 52 played at the big league level, which in itself points to the issue with his future. The club is not certain Brujan has any one home defensively, but they like the versatility in a pinch. He has a track record of hitting throughout the minor leagues as well as flashing his speed on the bases, but 2022 was a struggle for him as he was caught in 18 of his 49 attempts between Triple-A and the majors. The minor league version of Brujan has been a high-contact hitter who has accepted his walks and sprayed the ball to all fields while the major league version has been mostly overmatched by velocity and has seen a steady diet of it. 2023 does not appear to offer him a clear path to a starting position, but he is out of options so he is a cinch to make the roster assuming he is not dealt over the winter because the roster currently shows six different hitters without options on the 26-man roster which is an unusual amount of inflexibility for the Rays.
Brujan has a perplexing combination of rare stolen-base upside and no clear path to regular playing time. He has been at least 10 percent better than league average at every minor-league stop where he has played in double-digit games. However, his 111 wRC+ at Triple-A was his worst such mark to date, the product of a .262/.345/.440 slash line that came with 12 home runs, an 11.1 BB% and a 15.4 K%. The most relevant number was 44 stolen bases on 52 attempts in 103 games. He clearly worked on getting more loft in his swing at the alternate training site, as his 41.4 GB% was easily the lowest mark of his career. Even so, his 25.6 Hard% was mediocre, and the switch-hitting utility man simply doesn't have the juice to be more than 10-15 homer threat. This puts a cap on his real-life upside, which means the Rays don't have much incentive to shoehorn him into the lineup if he is not finding other ways to be productive. He can play anywhere on the diamond, but he's not good enough anywhere to unseat any of the Rays' regulars, and he's a notably worse defensive infielder than Taylor Walls and a notably worse defensive outfielder than Josh Lowe -- two unproven players who will also be trying to earn playing time in 2022. A trade to a second-division team is possible, and it would immediately send his rotisserie-league stock soaring, but barring that, it seems unlikely that he will play enough to be more than a one-category contributor.
Almost all Rays prospects would be more appealing in fantasy if they were on another team. That sentiment applies to Brujan, a middle-of-the-diamond speedster with modest pop and good bat-to-ball skill. He spent the summer at the alternate training site and joined Wander Franco on the team's postseason taxi squad. Brujan isn't shy about putting his elite speed to use on the bases, which is the main reason he has been tantalizing in dynasty leagues for a few years. However, even as a switch hitter, the bar to clear to be an everyday player in Tampa Bay is extremely high. He would need to be a high AVG, high OBP hitter to get regular work, given his below-average power. He's not as slappy as Nick Madrigal, especially from the left side, but he's unlikely to ever be a 20-homer guy. Second base and center field are his best positions, and he could be eased in this summer in a part-time role.
A 5-foot-9 switch-hitter, Brujan's fantasy value is tied to him becoming a leadoff hitter who steals 30-plus bases. He is a 70-grade runner and stole 52 bases with a 74.3% success rate in 121 games at High-A, Double-A and the Arizona Fall League after stealing 55 at the exact same success rate in 2018. He is not a power hitter but still tied for the AFL lead with 15 walks in 22 games, which is encouraging after his BB% dipped below 11% at High-A and Double-A (8.6%) for the first time since rookie ball. Even with the defensive versatility to play second base, shortstop and center field, Brujan will need to be an above-average hitter to be an everyday player for the Rays, and there is still work to do in that regard. He upped his LD% from 13.8% at High-A to 23.1% at Double-A, but the trade-off was that his Oppo% dipped from 35.1% to 28.6%. The Rays have excellent depth and won't rush him to the majors.
Brujan shed his sleeper tag by stealing 55 bases (74.3% success rate) and hitting .320/.403/.459 in his age-20 season. His 68:63 K:BB is a product of his tiny strike zone (he is 5-foot-9) and excellent ability to make contact. Brujan is actually pretty aggressive at the plate, he just rarely strikes out and his 70-grade speed allows him to leg out infield hits. His HR/FB spiked from 5.8% at Low-A to 16.7% at High-A, and his groundball rate was over 50% at both stops, so his .235 ISO with Bowling Green oversells things. A switch hitter, Brujan hit all nine of his home runs and slugged .516 from the left side, while hitting just six extra-base hits (in 162 PA) against left-handed pitching. He is a twitchy athlete and quality defender, though there will be stiff internal competition at the keystone in the coming years. Only 15 players stole 25-plus bases in the majors last year. Brujan will join that club if he earns an everyday role in a couple years.
Brujan was the sixth best hitter in the New York-Penn League last season (141 wRC+) and also finished first in BB/K (0.94) and fourth in steals (16) while being the fifth youngest hitter in the league. He checks an awful lot of boxes dynasty league owners look for, but the fact that he measures in at 5-foot-9, 155 pounds lessens the appeal considerably. That's not to say he can't be a quality everyday player in four or five years, and he might even hit enough to profile atop a big-league lineup. It's just hard to project much power coming for the diminutive second baseman, and in today's game, power is expected of those who man the keystone. He has a quick bat, so he could pull 8-to-12 balls out per year. Burjan is also a plus runner, so he could provide some 10-20 seasons. Given his profile, however, he will likely either hit first, eighth or ninth, so he won't be much of a run producer.
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Resumes baseball activities
2BMiami Marlins
Shoulder
September 17, 2024
Brujan (shoulder) resumed taking part in baseball activities last weekend, MLB.com reports.
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Shelved with shoulder sprain
2BMiami Marlins
Shoulder
August 31, 2024
The Marlins placed Brujan on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right shoulder AC joint sprain.
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Filling in for injured Edwards
2BMiami Marlins
August 26, 2024
Brujan will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Monday's game against the Rockies.
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Heading to bench Wednesday
2BMiami Marlins
August 14, 2024
Brujan is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
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Sitting Friday
2BMiami Marlins
August 9, 2024
Brujan is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Padres.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Potentially expendable
2BTampa Bay Rays
July 20, 2023
Brujan could be included as part of a package for Shohei Ohtani, speculates Jim Bowden of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
Brujan hasn't wowed in a brief MLB sample size, hitting just .163 with three home runs across his first 246 career plate appearances. Nonetheless, the 25-year-old slashed a strong .271/.355/.439 throughout his time in Triple-A and likely retains some trade appeal.
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