Michael Harris

23-Year-Old OutfielderOF

Atlanta Braves

2024 Stats

AVG

.278

RBI

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

Some may write off Harris's 2023 struggles as a prototypical sophomore slump, but it is not that easy. Harris was being taken as early as the end of the second round last winter but finished the season just inside the top 100 overall and just inside the top 70 for hitters based on our final earned auction values. Harris got injured early in the season and he took awhile to shake off the rust to resume his production. He did perform better against lefties than he did as a rookie, but what ultimately limited his 2023 production was hitting 9th in 88 of the 138 games he played. It is incredibly tough for a high round draft pick to max out their production out of the bottom of the lineup. On another team, Harris is likely hitting high in the lineup most days but Atlanta has more traffic on its depth chart than it does on its local highways. It would take an injury to someone else to get Harris into the top half of the lineup, so do not go back to the second or third round well. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#30

ADP

Overall

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats L

Throws L

40 Man Yes

Height 6'0"

Weight 195

DOB 3/7/2001

Born DeKalb, GA

College None

Drafted 3rd Rd 2019 ATL

Up to two spot with Albies out

OFAtlanta Braves

April 16, 2024

Harris will start in center field and bat second for Atlanta in Tuesday's game in Houston.

ANALYSIS
With Ozzie Albies heading to the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a fractured toe, Harris could get an extended run in the two hole for Atlanta. The move up the lineup is a nice boost for Harris' immediate fantasy outlook, as Tuesday is the first time this season he's batted higher than sixth. Harris is slashing .290/.333/.468 with two home runs and one stolen base so far in 2024.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+24%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+89%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+2%

OPS vs RHP

2022

+45%

OPS vs RHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.702	300	30	7	34	10	.264	.301	.401
Since 2022vs Right	.870	756	132	32	95	31	.306	.346	.525
2024vs Left	.471	26	3	0	1	0	.200	.231	.240
2024vs Right	.892	50	8	2	7	1	.319	.360	.532
2023vs Left	.797	139	14	5	16	5	.301	.331	.466
2023vs Right	.812	400	62	13	41	15	.290	.331	.481
2022vs Left	.649	135	13	2	17	5	.238	.284	.365
2022vs Right	.943	306	62	17	47	15	.323	.363	.580
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+9%

OPS on Road

2024

+27%

OPS at Home

2023

+4%

OPS at Home

2022

+34%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.782	470	65	12	53	20	.291	.326	.456
Since 2022Away	.855	586	97	27	76	21	.296	.338	.516
2024Home	.866	26	2	1	4	1	.320	.346	.520
2024Away	.683	50	9	1	4	0	.255	.300	.383
2023Home	.824	244	30	7	28	8	.303	.337	.487
2023Away	.795	295	46	11	29	12	.285	.325	.469
2022Home	.721	200	33	4	21	11	.274	.310	.411
2022Away	.965	241	42	15	43	9	.317	.363	.603
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Stat Review

How does Michael Harris 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

0.25

BB Rate

5.3%

K Rate

21.1%

BABIP

.333

ISO

.153

AVG

.278

OBP

.316

SLG

.431

OPS

.746

wOBA

.327

Exit Velocity

91.1 mph

Hard Hit Rate

33.9%

Barrels/PA

3.9%

Expected BA

.293

Expected SLG

.419

Sprint Speed

Ground Ball %

57.1%

Line Drive %

25.0%

Fly Ball %

17.9%

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OFAtlanta Braves

June 19, 2023

Harris is hitting 15-for-27 across his past seven games. For the month of June thus far, Harris is slashing .383/.397/.650 with four home runs through 63 plate appearances.

ANALYSIS
The reigning Rookie of the Year is hitting at a blistering pace after battling back and knee injuries throughout April and early May. His expected slash of .258/.326/.435 points to sustainable and incrementally improving performance moving forward.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Harris did not come out of nowhere, but no one expected him to reach the majors so soon, let alone win NL Rookie of the Year. He was slashing .305/.372/.506 with Double-A Mississippi when he received the call in late May. Harris started out slow, but the Braves' patience paid off. His 24.3 percent strikeout rate and 4.8 percent walk rate suggest Harris still has work to do, but a 75th percentile hard hit rate paired with 95th percentile spring speed and a 95.2 fly ball average exit velocity is the blueprint for a five-category cornerstone. Harris' platoon splits are a slight concern, as he posted a .943 OPS against righties and a .649 mark facing southpaws. Just 22-years-old, Harris can surely narrow the gap, but in the short term, he may hit low in the order with a lefty on the hill. It's risky investing top-tier draft capital in a still unproven player, but the indicators point toward him being a perennial first round/$40 player.

Harris had been generating buzz at the alternate training site in 2020 and in big-league camp in 2021, making him a strong breakout candidate, and he did not disappoint. He hit .294/.362/.436 with seven home runs, 27 steals (on 31 attempts), an 8.3 BB% and an 18.1 K% in 101 games as a 20-year-old at High-A. It is important to note that his power output was artificially suppressed by the extreme pitchers' park at Rome. Harris is a rare minor leaguer who could legitimately be a five-tool player in the majors, as he boasts above-average raw power that could continue to tick up and has a plus arm with good instincts in center field. His top fantasy-relevant tools are currently plus speed and an excellent hit tool that improved as the season went on. At 6-foot, 195 pounds, there's a chance he will slow down in the coming years, but until that happens, Harris's fantasy ceiling is deceptively high. He could spend all of 2022 at Double-A.

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