Luis Campusano

25-Year-Old CatcherC

San Diego Padres

2024 Stats

AVG

.274

RBI

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

Campusano entered 2023 with 92 big-league plate appearances over the previous three years, but he finally received a decent stretch of playing time last season. He made the Opening Day roster as San Diego's backup catcher but went down with a thumb injury in mid-April and was sidelined until after the All-Star break. Gary Sanchez had settled in behind the plate for the Padres, but Campusano saw regular action the rest of the way before a sprained ankle kept him out for the final week of the campaign. The 25-year-old didn't provide much defensive value but excelled offensively with seven homers, 27 runs, 30 RBI and a .319/.356/.491 slash line in 174 plate appearances. Campusano hit similarly in the minors and doesn't have much else to prove at Triple-A, and he should be the favorite to open 2024 as the Friars' starting backstop. Even if that's the case, his outlook is likely to be limited by volume since he's played over 100 games in a season just once in his professional career. Additionally, he hasn't proved he can produce at the major-league level for even a half season, let alone a full one, so there's plenty of risk that comes with his massive upside. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#191

ADP

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 5'11"

Weight 232

DOB 9/29/1998

Born Augusta, GA

College None

Drafted 2nd Rd 2017 SD

Gets Saturday off

CSan Diego Padres

April 13, 2024

Campusano isn't in San Diego's lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.

ANALYSIS
Campusano will get a breather after slashing .158/.200/.158 with three RBI across the Padres' last six games. Kyle Higashioka will start behind the plate instead while batting ninth.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2022

+18%

OPS vs LHP

2024

+171%

OPS vs RHP

2023

+48%

OPS vs LHP

2022

Even Split

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022vs Left	.857	77	11	3	11	0	.324	.364	.493
Since 2022vs Right	.725	210	26	6	35	0	.287	.310	.416
2024vs Left	.273	11	0	0	1	0	.091	.091	.182
2024vs Right	.739	52	6	1	10	0	.314	.327	.412
2023vs Left	1.113	47	11	3	9	0	.405	.447	.667
2023vs Right	.753	127	16	4	21	0	.289	.323	.430
2022vs Left	.594	19	0	0	1	0	.278	.316	.278
2022vs Right	.592	31	4	1	4	0	.233	.226	.367
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2022

+17%

OPS at Home

2024

+57%

OPS at Home

2023

+17%

OPS at Home

2022

+41%

OPS on Road

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2022Home	.819	145	16	5	27	0	.314	.345	.474
Since 2022Away	.700	142	21	4	19	0	.279	.303	.397
2024Home	.784	35	3	1	8	0	.324	.343	.441
2024Away	.500	28	3	0	3	0	.214	.214	.286
2023Home	.909	91	12	4	17	0	.333	.374	.536
2023Away	.780	83	15	3	13	0	.304	.337	.443
2022Home	.474	19	1	0	2	0	.211	.211	.263
2022Away	.670	31	3	1	3	0	.276	.290	.379
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Stat Review

How does Luis Campusano 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

1.7%

K Rate

6.9%

BABIP

.269

ISO

.105

AVG

.263

OBP

.276

SLG

.368

OPS

.644

wOBA

.283

Exit Velocity

84.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

20.8%

Barrels/PA

3.2%

Expected BA

.288

Expected SLG

.372

Sprint Speed

Ground Ball %

52.8%

Line Drive %

20.8%

Fly Ball %

26.4%

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Set for extended absence

CSan Diego Padres

May 12, 2023

Campusano underwent surgery on his ailing left thumb Friday and should be sidelined for around two months, according to Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune.

ANALYSIS
Campusano has been on the 10-day injured list for nearly a month, but he'll be transferred to the 60-day injured list once the Padres find someone to take his spot in the 40-man roster. Campusano has seen some action for the Padres in the last four years, but he's never had a chance to show what he can do with regular playing time at the MLB level. He has slashed just .198/.237/.302 with three homers in a span that covers 114 plate appearances across 35 games.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Campusano doesn't have much more to prove with his bat in the minors, as he impressed again for Triple-A El Paso last season, posting a .298/.363/.483 slash line with 14 homers and 60 RBI over 358 plate appearances. His 17.3% strikeout rate and 9.4% walk rate further shone light on his readiness to hit in the majors, though he was just okay with a .250/.260/.333 slash line and a 1:11 BB:K over 50 big-league plate appearances with San Diego. That small sample isn't likely to divert the Padres' view of Campusano as their catcher of the future, and it's telling that in November they chose to non-tender veteran backstop Jorge Alfaro, who worked in a timeshare with Austin Nola last season. Nola will still be around in 2023, but Campusano is going to get an expanded opportunity and could emerge as the team's primary catcher if his bat plays up as expected and his glove is at least passable. The position is no longer the wasteland we've grown accustomed to in fantasy, but it's nonetheless a good idea to keep an eye on Campusano in redraft to see how his playing time shakes out.

Despite strong offensive statistical showings in the upper levels of the minors, Campusano still appears to be third on the Padres' depth chart at catcher. Austin Nola and Victor Caratini may not be better hitters than Campusano, but they are significantly better defenders and they work better with pitchers. Campusano logged a 122 wRC+ as a 22-year-old catcher at Triple-A, which is pretty excellent. He hit 15 home runs while batting .295 with a 20.2 K% and an 8.3 BB% in 81 games. His defense is supposedly trending up, but that might be damning with faint praise. If it ever seems like Campusano is poised for regular work, he's a talented enough hitter to add value in two-catcher leagues. The Padres traded for Jorge Alfaro in November, adding another competitor for playing time to the mix.

Despite entering 2020 having never played above High-A ball, Campusano parlayed a co-MVP campaign in the California League in 2019 and an impressive showing at the team's alternate training site last season into a big-league callup. The 22-year-old logged only four plate appearances before a sprained wrist shut him down for the remainder of the regular season, but he made the most of the brief opportunity, drilling a solo home run in his debut. He also struck out twice, providing a reminder that young catching prospects usually take time to develop. Still, Campusano has shown the ability to hit for contact in the minors -- he registered a superb 11.7 K% and 86.5 Contact% in his breakthrough 2019 season -- and he projects to be an above-average hitter in the big leagues. Unfortunately, offseason legal troubles have cast a cloud over his immediate future and scrambled his outlook moving forward.

Campusano, a second-round pick in 2017, had a breakout season at High-A, and while he clearly has a good command of the strike zone (10.7 BB%, 11.7 K%), his numbers are slightly less impressive when we look a little deeper. He hit .292 with nine home runs in 107 games away from Lancaster, one of the most hitter-friendly parks in pro baseball (he hit .423 with six HR in 15 games in Lancaster). His numbers in primarily neutral hitting environments are a better gauge of his present abilities -- a potentially above-average to plus hitter with average power. He has the tools to be a quality defensive catcher, thus profiling as the Padres' long-term starter at that position. We can recognize the noise in his California League numbers and still conclude that he is a top-10 catching prospect, just not a top-five one. He will spend his age-21 season at Double-A, which by itself is an accomplishment for any catcher.

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Gets day off Sunday

CSan Diego Padres

April 7, 2024

Campusano is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants.