Mike Ford
31-Year-Old
Cincinnati Reds AAA
2024 Stats
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Ford was able to earn regular playing time for the first time since his rookie season with the Yankees, and the 31-year-old reached career highs with 16 homers and 34 RBI over his 251 plate appearances with the Mariners. Most of that damage was done over the first half of the 2023 season, as he posted a .944 OPS before the All-Star break. That number dropped to .709 in the second half of the season, and his expected batting average of .199 would have ranked among the worst in baseball had he qualified. Ford's power makes him intriguing if he does get a chance to play on a consistent basis again in 2024, but there's a strong likelihood he'll be nothing more than a bench bat to begin the campaign. Read Past Outlooks
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Back with Reds
Ford signed a minor-league contract with the Reds on Thursday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
ANALYSIS
Ford failed to make the Reds' Opening Day roster despite having an incredible spring, but he will return to the organization on a minor-league pact after testing his options in free agency. The 31-year-old slashed .228/.323/.475 across 251 plate appearances with the Mariners last season and could spend some time in Cincinnati if his bat stays hot in Triple-A.
Ford failed to make the Reds' Opening Day roster despite having an incredible spring, but he will return to the organization on a minor-league pact after testing his options in free agency. The 31-year-old slashed .228/.323/.475 across 251 plate appearances with the Mariners last season and could spend some time in Cincinnati if his bat stays hot in Triple-A.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
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OPS vs LHP
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .851 | 51 | 2 | 3 | .304 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .711 | 349 | 17 | 41 | .207 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023vs Left | .921 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .368 | ||||
2023vs Right | .784 | 227 | 16 | 34 | .215 | ||||
2022vs Left | .778 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .259 | ||||
2022vs Right | .571 | 122 | 1 | 7 | .192 | ||||
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Since 2022Home | .796 | 156 | 9 | 21 | .243 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .687 | 244 | 10 | 23 | .206 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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2023Home | .825 | 102 | 6 | 16 | .258 | ||||
2023Away | .779 | 149 | 10 | 18 | .208 | ||||
2022Home | .740 | 54 | 3 | 5 | .213 | ||||
2022Away | .545 | 95 | 0 | 5 | .202 | ||||
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Non-tender candidate
Ford could be non-tendered by the Mariners this offseason, per Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times.
ANALYSIS
Ford served as the Mariners' primary designated hitter for an extended stretch this season, but he slashed just .193/.323/.339 over his final 130 plate appearances and is seen as a liability against left-handed pitching. The 31-year-old projects to command around $1.5 million via arbitration, and Divish writes that the team could view that as "too steep" of a price for the role he would fill in 2024.
Ford served as the Mariners' primary designated hitter for an extended stretch this season, but he slashed just .193/.323/.339 over his final 130 plate appearances and is seen as a liability against left-handed pitching. The 31-year-old projects to command around $1.5 million via arbitration, and Divish writes that the team could view that as "too steep" of a price for the role he would fill in 2024.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Ford's scorching close to the 2019 campaign led some hot takers to suggest he could challenge Luke Voit for the Yankees' first-base job in 2020. Instead, Voit blossomed into one of the league's premier home-run hitters while Ford took a huge step back, ultimately spending the final weeks of the regular season at the team's alternate training site. Statcast tells the story; nearly all metrics indicative of power -- including barrel rate, launch angle, average exit velocity and hard-hit percentage -- showed moderate-to-steep drops, leading to an over 100-point dip in Ford's xSLG (from .501 to .395). The lumbering first baseman's flyball rate dropped from 44.3% to 30.5% while his groundball rate rose by over 13 percentage points. Ford doesn't strike out much (19.0 K%), and his low .140 BABIP is bound to come up, but he'll need to rediscover his power stroke to maintain a big-league role.
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Parts ways with Cincinnati
The Reds released Ford on Friday, Jon Heyman of the New York Postreports.
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Doesn't make Opening Day roster
The Reds reassigned Ford to Triple-A Louisville on Friday, Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Swinging hot stick
Ford went 2-for-3 with a walk and two solo home runs in Thursday's spring game against the Mariners.
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Joins Cincy on MiLB deal
Ford signed a minor-league contract with the Reds on Friday that includes an invite to big-league camp, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
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Hits free agency
Ford became a free agent Friday after being non-tendered by the Mariners.
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