Harrison Bader

Harrison Bader

31-Year-Old OutfielderOF
San Francisco Giants
10-Day IL
Injury Hamstring
Est. Return 4/22/2026
2026 Stats
AVG
.115
HR
1
RBI
3
R
4
SB
0
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Bader split the 2025 campaign between Minnesota and Philadelphia, finishing with 17 home runs, 11 steals and a career-best .796 OPS in 146 games. The veteran outfielder's .644 OPS across the previous three seasons positioned him for more of a reserve role with the Twins, but he then delivered the most productive season of his career. Despite the improved results, a poor hard-hit rate (40.7 percent) and average exit velocity (87.2 mph) led to a .223 xBA and .364 xSLG, which are significantly worse than his actual figures of .277 and .449, respectively. Bader's reliable defense should help him secure a more regular role to open 2026, but fantasy managers shouldn't invest too heavily with the expectation that he outperforms the underlying numbers by such a significant margin for a second straight year. Read Past Outlooks
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League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 6'0"
Weight 210
DOB 6/3/1994
Born Bronxville, NY
College Florida
Drafted 3rd Rd 2015 STL
Signed a two-year, $20.5 million contract with the Giants in January of 2026.
Placed on IL with hamstring strain
OFSan Francisco Giants
Hamstring
April 15, 2026
The Giants placed Bader on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a left hamstring strain.
Analysis
Bader first hurt his hamstring late in spring training. While he avoided the IL initially, the injury has continued to linger and likely contributed to his lackluster .115/.145/.192 batting line. Jung Hoo Lee will likely shift over to center field while Bader is out, opening up right field for Jerar Encarnacion, Drew Gilbert and Will Brennan.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+13%
OPS vs RHP
2026
 
 
+106%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+23%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .650 319 29 11 39 7 .217 .279 .371
Since 2024vs Right .736 674 93 19 70 21 .265 .322 .414
2026vs Left .597 9 1 0 2 0 .250 .222 .375
2026vs Right .290 46 3 1 1 0 .091 .130 .159
2025vs Left .689 157 16 6 16 4 .227 .299 .390
2025vs Right .845 344 45 11 39 7 .300 .369 .476
2024vs Left .612 153 12 5 21 3 .204 .261 .350
2024vs Right .681 284 45 7 30 14 .253 .296 .385
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Home/Away Batting Splits
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Even Split
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+323%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+9%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .707 509 66 15 46 13 .252 .316 .390
Since 2024Away .710 484 56 15 62 15 .247 .300 .410
2026Home .151 34 2 0 1 0 .063 .088 .063
2026Away .638 21 2 1 2 0 .200 .238 .400
2025Home .828 255 34 8 22 7 .303 .365 .463
2025Away .762 246 27 9 32 4 .249 .329 .433
2024Home .654 220 30 7 23 6 .222 .295 .359
2024Away .659 217 27 5 28 11 .250 .272 .387
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Stat Review
How does Harrison Bader 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
0.12
 
BB Rate
3.6%
 
K Rate
30.9%
 
BABIP
.143
 
ISO
.077
 
AVG
.115
 
OBP
.145
 
SLG
.192
 
OPS
.338
 
wOBA
.151
 
Exit Velocity
87.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.8%
 
Barrels/PA
5.5%
 
Expected BA
.196
 
Expected SLG
.335
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
58.3%
 
Line Drive %
11.1%
 
Fly Ball %
30.6%
 
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At the start of spring training, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza named Bader the team's everyday center fielder. While that mostly held true during the season, there was times during the season when the 30-year-old's playing time was hit-or-miss. Bader did ultimately finish with 143 games and 437 plate appearances, which were both career highs, thanks in large part to a rare full season of health for the outfielder. A .657 OPS and 85 wRC+ weren't anything to write home about, but Bader did prove useful in deeper fantasy formats with his 12 home runs and 17 stolen bases. After signing a one-year contract with Minnesota, Bader may be used more in a reserve and platoon role. However, he should get plenty of playing time in center field behind an injury-prone Byron Buxton and could also factor into a platoon elsewhere in an outfield dominated by left-handed hitters.
There have been flashes of fantasy upside over the course of his first seven major-league seasons, but Bader has yet to truly put it all together at age 29 and is coming off one of the worst years of his career. He stole 20 bases in 23 attempts between the Yankees and Reds in 2023 but posted a miserable .274 on-base percentage across 344 plate appearances. That is an incredibly low OBP for a player who tends to rank in the 85th-to-95th percentile in sprint speed. Bader plays tremendous defense in center field, but he almost seems allergic to drawing walks and struggles to make hard contact against right-handed pitching. Given that most people and pitchers are right-handed, it's difficult to project how he is ever going to break into the ranks of reliable fantasy outfielders. Find steals elsewhere.
Bader had a .256/.303/.370 slash line through 72 games before he suffered a foot injury in late June, and the Cardinals shipped him off to the Yankees at the trade deadline. He didn't see the field for New York until Sept. 20 and had a .528 OPS down the closing stretch of the regular season, though he came alive during the postseason with five home runs in nine games. The Yankees featured a carousel of players in center field last year, including Aaron Judge, but Bader should take on that role in 2023, which is the final year of his contract. However, he's averaged only 114 games over the past four full seasons, and his fantasy upside remains limited given his track record.
Bader's season was a mixed bag. His 110 wRC+ was above average for the third time in the last four seasons, but it was fueled by a .306 BABIP at least 20 points higher then pegged by its estimators. Any hope of a power spike in his age-27 was quelled with a 2-mph exit velocity loss on fly balls. On the other hand, Bader's 21.2% K% was a personal best, resulting from more aggressiveness, in and out of the zone. Durability remains an issue as Bader's debut was delayed about a month with a forearm strain, then he missed over a month with a fractured rib. Buoyed by 97th percentile spring speed, Bader's defense remains top-notch, assuring he'll be in the lineup when healthy. There is a place for Bader in a fantasy lineup since he chips in across the board, just beware there is more downside than upside and he's averaged only 123 games played over the last three full seasons.
Bader is one of those players who is valued much more by the real baseball team than fantasy players. Bader displays exceptional defensive abilities in the outfield, has elite speed and a top 20th percentile barrel rate. Yet, that is where the fun ends and his speed and Barrel% only go so far in fantasy. Bader did not do anything in 2020 he had not already showed at the big-league level other than strike out at his career-worst rate. He has been rather terrible in right-on-right matchups the past two seasons with a .210/.319/.384 slash line and a 30% strikeout rate and his expected stats from both 2019 and 2020 paint a disappointing picture. Bader's defense will keep him on the roster and in the lineup more often than not, but he is headed down the Kevin Kiermaier career path where you are left wanting so much more that simply never arrives.
Last season was a big disappointment for Bader. Is all hope lost? No, though a K-rate pushing 30% will be tough to overcome. On account of all that swing and miss, Bader saw his BA dip close to 60 points. He did his damage against fastballs, hitting just .141 against breaking pitches and .178 against offspeed pitches. There were a few positives, however. Bader lifted his walk rate from 7.3% to 11.3% while trimming his chase rate and improving his zone-contact rate. He shaved five percentage points off his infield-flyball rate. Bader's biggest contributions to the Cardinals came in the outfield, where he graded out as one of the five best defenders in the game by Outs Above Average. He also stole double-digit bases for the fifth time in as many pro seasons. A starting role is not guaranteed, but the hype is gone, which means the opportunity cost should be minimal for those who want to roll the dice a bit.
Defense is his calling card, but Bader's no slouch with the bat. When accounting for park effects and the current run environment, Bader graded out as 6% better than league average at the plate (106 wRC+) as a rookie. He did benefit from some good fortune on balls in play (.358 BABIP), but it wasn't all luck. He used his above-average speed to beat out groundballs at the highest rate among players with 400 plate appearances; a whopping 17.8% of Bader's groundballs resulted in infield hits. He showed good instincts on the basepaths, successfully converting 15 of 18 stolen-base attempts. His modest .251/.317/.378 line against same-handed pitching suggests he could be overexposed in an everyday role, but his stellar defense will give him a long leash. With stolen-base totals at their lowest levels in decades, Bader has quite a bit of appeal, as he has the speed to reach 20 bases while also contributing double-digit homers.
Gone are the days where the Cardinals were satisfied with players like Jedd Gyorko, Kolten Wong, Randal Grichuk and the like occupying prominent spots in the lineup, and that's bad news for Bader. He fit the prototype of the Mike Matheny-era Cardinals -- a player who maximizes his natural ability but lacks the impact tools to be a game changer at the plate or in the field. With the starting outfield set for 2018 with three everyday players, Bader will be competing for a bench role this spring. He has always mashed lefties, which is a strength that Matheny would undoubtedly make use of if Bader is on the bench. Unfortunately, he is subpar against righties and has to sell out to access his average raw power, which means he will always be a bit of a batting average risk without enough power to make it worthwhile. He is capable of playing all three outfield spots and is an above-average runner. Essentially, he is a prototypical fourth outfielder.
The dominant narrative with Bader seems to be his dramatic decline in production after being promoted from the Texas League (143 wRC+) to the Pacific Coast League (74 wRC+). However, his splits against right-handed pitching should be what really troubles his dynasty league owners. He rode a 1.375 OPS against lefties at Low-A to prominence last offseason, and boosted his mark against southpaws even further to 1.485 OPS at Double-A in 2016. All the while, Bader was a middling hitter against righties, putting up splits of .270/.337/.399 and .249/.319/.377 at Low-A and Double-A, respectively. His solid defense in center field, above-average speed and ability to crush left-handed pitching will undoubtedly get him to the big leagues at some point in the next year or two, but it seems likely that he will be limited to a part-time role. Look to deal him before this reality becomes common knowledge.
The 100th overall pick in the 2015 draft started his professional career as well as any player in his class. Bader, a late bloomer with the stick out of the University of Florida, received a promotion to Low-A Peoria after posting a 1.055 OPS in seven games with short-season State College. He clearly needed more of a challenge, and he handled that challenge, posting a .301/.364/.505 slash line with nine home runs and 15 steals in 228 plate appearances. Despite being slightly younger than the average player at that level, Bader’s .869 OPS would have been tied for the second best mark in the Midwest League if he had enough plate appearances to qualify. His 49:15 K:BB in 61 games suggests he has the approach to continue his success in an assignment to High-A Palm Beach as a 21-year-old, and if he continues to rake, the 6-foot center fielder could find himself at Double-A shortly after he turns 22 on June 3.
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Nursing minor hamstring injury
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Hamstring
April 14, 2026
Bader has been dealing with a minor left hamstring injury since spring training, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Hitting bench amid slump
OFSan Francisco Giants
April 12, 2026
Bader is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Sitting Tuesday
OFSan Francisco Giants
April 7, 2026
Bader isn't in the lineup Tuesday versus Philadelphia.
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Goes yard in win
OFSan Francisco Giants
March 31, 2026
Bader went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 3-2 win over the Padres.
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In lineup Tuesday
OFSan Francisco Giants
March 24, 2026
Bader (hamstring) will start in center field and bat second during Tuesday's exhibition game against the Sultanes de Monterrey, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Planned pursuit from San Francisco
OFFree Agent
January 26, 2026
The Giants "are poised to engage" on Bader, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
Bader is reportedly seeking a three-year contract after putting together arguably his best season in 2025, having slashed .277/.347/.449 with 17 home runs and 11 steals over 146 regular-season games between the Twins and Phillies. He also showed he can play plus defense in the corner outfield spots in addition to his stellar work in center field. The Giants have an opening in right field, although they could move Jung Hoo Lee there if they prefer the defensively-superior Bader in center.
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