Will Wagner

Will Wagner

27-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
San Diego Padres
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Wagner spent most of his time with Toronto last season, posting a .237/.336/.298 slash line with no homers, seven RBI and a stolen base over 132 plate appearances. He was acquired by San Diego at the trade deadline but rarely played with the Padres, going 2-for-15 over 15 games, only one of which was a start. Wagner offers little game power or speed (he has just two homers and one theft over 79 career major-league games), so his offensive impact will have to rely upon his contact skills, which he's demonstrated with a career 18.7% strikeout rate. Wagner is a good enough hitter to perhaps carve out a niche as a utility infielder, but San Diego's offseason signing of Sung-Mun Song further impedes Wagner's path to playing time. He has minor-league options remaining, so Wagner could spend another year bouncing back and forth between the farm and the majors. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Padres in March of 2026.
Handling strong-side platoon role
3BSan Diego Padres
June 14, 2026
Wagner is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.
Analysis
With the Orioles sending southpaw Trevor Rogers to the hill for the series finale, Wagner will give way to Nick Solak at designated hitter. Wagner had started the last four games against righties, going 4-for-8 with a double and four walks. The 27-year-old could have a fairly clear path to a strong-side platoon role until the Padres get Miguel Andujar (hamstring) back from the injured list.
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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
2
1
1
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+43%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
-100%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+55%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .502 42 4 1 2 0 .179 .220 .282
Since 2024vs Right .719 216 22 1 16 1 .274 .361 .358
2026vs Left .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2026vs Right .768 23 3 0 0 0 .278 .435 .333
2025vs Left .433 20 3 0 0 0 .167 .211 .222
2025vs Right .629 129 12 0 7 1 .234 .341 .288
2024vs Left .561 22 1 1 2 0 .190 .227 .333
2024vs Right .867 64 7 1 9 0 .344 .375 .492
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+2%
OPS on Road
2026
 
 
+319%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+69%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+217%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .676 112 12 0 7 0 .263 .342 .333
Since 2024Away .689 146 14 2 11 1 .254 .336 .354
2026Home 1.833 6 0 0 0 0 .750 .833 1.000
2026Away .437 17 3 0 0 0 .143 .294 .143
2025Home .773 68 10 0 4 0 .300 .373 .400
2025Away .458 81 5 0 3 1 .159 .284 .174
2024Home .353 38 2 0 3 0 .143 .211 .143
2024Away 1.118 48 6 2 8 0 .426 .438 .681
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Stat Review
How does Will Wagner 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
1.25
 
BB Rate
21.7%
 
K Rate
17.4%
 
BABIP
.357
 
ISO
.056
 
AVG
.278
 
OBP
.435
 
SLG
.333
 
OPS
.768
 
wOBA
.360
 
Exit Velocity
0.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
7.1%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.000
 
Expected SLG
.000
 
Sprint Speed
24.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
71.4%
 
Line Drive %
7.1%
 
Fly Ball %
21.4%
 
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Wagner is a really good hitter. He hits the ball hard (50% hard-hit, per Statcast) and frequently (81.3 Contact% in the majors). Those skills alone could allow him to have a Yandy Diaz-esque career. However, like Diaz, Wagner struggles to consistently lift the ball in the air (53.0 GB%), and he won't provide any speed on the bases. The Blue Jays acquired famed closer Billy Wagner's son at the trade deadline along with Jake Bloss and Joey Loperfido in the deal that sent Yusei Kikuchi to Houston. The 26-year-old second baseman hit .400 with more walks than strikeouts in seven games at Triple-A after the trade and then got the call to the majors. A lefty hitter, Wagner could sit against a decent amount of lefties when the Jays are at full strength. His price is cheap due to the lack of speed or significant game power, but he should be a good source of batting average and there's still a chance he makes the necessary adjustments to access 20-homer power. Wagner had a knee scope at the end of the season but was expected to be ready for baseball activities by the end of October.
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Summoned from minors
3BSan Diego Padres
June 9, 2026
The Padres recalled Wagner from Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday.
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Activated and optioned
3BSan Diego Padres
May 11, 2026
The Padres reinstated Wagner (oblique) from the 10-day injured list Thursday and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso.
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In midst of rehab stint
3BSan Diego Padres
Oblique
May 3, 2026
Wagner (oblique) began a minor-league rehab stint with Triple-A El Paso on Friday and went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run in his first game.
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Playing in extended spring games
3BSan Diego Padres
Oblique
April 26, 2026
Wagner (oblique) has been participating in extended spring-training games at the Padres' complex in Arizona, per MLB.com.
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Lands on injured list
3BSan Diego Padres
Oblique
March 25, 2026
The Padres placed Wagner (oblique) on the 10-day injured list Wednesday.
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