Michael Harris

Michael Harris

24-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Atlanta Braves
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Harris' 2024 campaign was a bit of a microcosm for Atlanta's season as a whole, with high expectations being derailed by injury and underwhelming performance. The 22-year-old played in 110 games as he missed two months due to a hamstring injury, and his .722 OPS was nearly 100 points lower than his 2023 figure. Harris still hit 16 homers but had a career-worst .154 ISO, and he stole just 10 bases after recording 20 steals in each of his first two campaigns. He had a .283/.318/.506 slash line in 43 games after returning from the injuries, and it's possible he was laboring prior to the stint on the injured list. Harris posted his best defensive season with 11 Defensive Runs Saved and a plus-eight Outs Above Average, which should help him retain an everyday role through any offensive struggles. Harris is a strong candidate to rebound in 2025 and could deliver his first 20-20 campaign if he's able to stay healthy. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed an eight-year, $72 million contract extension with the Braves in August of 2022. Contract includes $15 million team option ($5 million buyout) for 2031 and $20 million team option ($5 million buyout) for 2032.
Sitting again Sunday
OFAtlanta Braves
June 29, 2025
Harris is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.
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Harris will hit the bench for a second straight day after a run of 75 straight starts. The consecutive days off have both come against left-handed pitching, suggesting that Atlanta may at least temporarily be viewing Harris as a strong-side platoon player while he's struggled mightily at the plate in June with a .148/.165/.261 slash line and 27.2 percent strikeout rate in 92 plate appearances. Eli White will receive another look in center field in Sunday's series finale.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
13
3
13
14
20
3
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
5
9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+7%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+16%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+12%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+2%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .751 376 37 13 49 6 .274 .307 .444
Since 2023vs Right .705 963 115 27 99 35 .259 .296 .410
2025vs Left .629 91 4 1 14 1 .210 .258 .370
2025vs Right .541 239 14 5 29 10 .214 .231 .310
2024vs Left .779 146 19 7 19 0 .286 .315 .464
2024vs Right .696 324 39 9 29 10 .253 .299 .397
2023vs Left .797 139 14 5 16 5 .301 .331 .466
2023vs Right .812 400 62 13 41 15 .290 .331 .481
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
Even Split
2025
 
 
+14%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+11%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .719 627 60 14 68 22 .273 .304 .415
Since 2023Away .717 712 92 26 80 19 .254 .294 .423
2025Home .604 154 9 2 18 5 .245 .250 .354
2025Away .529 176 9 4 25 6 .184 .229 .301
2024Home .685 229 21 5 22 9 .261 .306 .379
2024Away .757 241 37 11 26 1 .266 .303 .454
2023Home .824 244 30 7 28 8 .303 .337 .487
2023Away .795 295 46 11 29 12 .285 .325 .469
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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
0.14
 
BB Rate
3.0%
 
K Rate
20.9%
 
BABIP
.250
 
ISO
.113
 
AVG
.213
 
OBP
.239
 
SLG
.326
 
OPS
.564
 
wOBA
.245
 
Exit Velocity
89.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.3%
 
Barrels/PA
4.5%
 
Expected BA
.258
 
Expected SLG
.393
 
Sprint Speed
23.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
52.2%
 
Line Drive %
16.3%
 
Fly Ball %
31.4%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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.
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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Rare day off
OFAtlanta Braves
June 28, 2025
Harris is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies.
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Cleared to start Wednesday
OFAtlanta Braves
June 25, 2025
Harris (elbow) will start in center field and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Mets.
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Day-to-day after HBP
OFAtlanta Braves
Elbow
June 24, 2025
Harris (elbow) went 0-for-2 with a run scored before exiting Tuesday's 7-4 win over the Mets due to a right elbow injury, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.
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Goes yard again Friday
OFAtlanta Braves
June 14, 2025
Harris went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and a second run scored in Friday's win over the Rockies.
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Swats fifth homer
OFAtlanta Braves
June 12, 2025
Harris went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's win over the Brewers.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Feasting recently
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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