Position Player Playing Time Changes: March 31, 2025
Welcome to the regular season, and welcome to the first in-season edition of Position Player Playing Time Changes! This will be very similar to the Spring Training editions, but with a change to go over.
During Spring Training, the changes had been shown in plate appearances, since every team had a full season to play, but it’ll now be displayed in percentage of remaining plate appearances. T are 700 plate appearances available to each player at the start of the season, but there are only 350 available when the player’s team has played 81 games, for example. So you and I both won’t have to constantly re-contextualize what remaining plate appearance means relative to games played, we’ll stick with percentages now.
To start the year, I’ll be using a cutoff of a 10% plate appearance swing in either direction, but that cutoff will go down as the season goes on (since 10% of 158 games is the same as 5% of 78). Occasionally, I’ll include players a little bit under the cutoff if they’re notable enough. Without further ado, let’s get to it:
| Name | Team | Positions | Old PT | New PT | PT Change | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Baldwin | CHW | RF, 3B, 2B, SS | 19% | 48% | 29% | Has been starting in RF and should be superutil when Tauchman, Rojas are healthy |
| Kameron Misner | TBR | LF, RF | 5% | 30% | 25% | Significant increase in PT with J. Lowe hurt |
| Mickey Moniak | COL | RF, LF, CF | 18% | 35% | 17% | COL has more PT open than LAA |
| Blake Dunn | CIN | RF, CF, LF | 14% | 31% | 17% | Made Opening Day roster and should start often against LHP |
| Dominic Fletcher | CHW | LF, RF, CF | 11% | 1% | -10% | DFA’d (cleared waivers) |
| Vidal Bruján | CHC | CF, SS, 2B | 14% | 3% | -11% | Opening on IL with elbow sprain, unclear if there’ll be a spot when healthy (out of options) |
| Nick Gonzales | PIT | SS, 2B | 67% | 54% | -13% | Fractured ankle, will be in a boot “for a while” |
| Bryan Ramos | CHW | DH, 3B | 31% | 16% | -15% | Couldn’t make Opening Day roster despite a slew of injuries |
| Sam Hilliard | COL | CF, LF, RF | 19% | 1% | -18% | DFA’d (still in limbo) |
| Josh Lowe | TBR | RF, CF | 77% | 57% | -20% | Strained oblique, worse than last year’s when he missed two months |
| Colton Cowser | BAL | LF, RF, CF | 80% | 57% | -23% | Fractured thumb, out 6-8 weeks |
| Oscar Colás | CHW | RF, DH | 27% | 2% | -25% | DFA’d (cleared waivers) |
| Stuart Fairchild | CIN | CF, LF, RF | 30% | 3% | -27% | DFA’d (still in limbo) |
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Fairchild was traded to the Braves this morning.