2024 Stats
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.391
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R
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The Giants reportedly want to give Luciano a chance to be the everyday shortstop in 2024, and that motivation from the club is arguably the best thing he has going for him in redraft leagues. Steamer projects the 22-year-old shortstop to hit .219 with a .296 OBP, and while he is a good defensive shortstop, it remains to be seen if San Francisco would allow him keep the everyday job all season if he is producing at that level. Known for his high pedigree as the headliner of the 2018 J-2 international signing class and his plus raw power, Luciano's strikeout rate has steadily trended in the wrong direction. He struck out at a 29.8 percent clip at Double-A, a 35.9 percent clip at Triple-A and a 37.8 percent clip in 45 MLB plate appearances. Unlike many other talented shortstops with questionable hit tools, Luciano doesn't provide much speed on the bases, so he needs to hit for a decent average to avoid being a player who perpetually hits in the bottom third of the lineup and is only rostered in deep leagues for his power and playing time. He missed time in 2023 with back and hamstring injuries and has only played 56 games at Double-A and 18 games at Triple-A, so it would be understandable if he needed more developmental time in the minors. Read Past Outlooks
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Sharing shortstop with Wisely
Luciano is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets.
ANALYSIS
After drawing five straight starts at shortstop from last Friday through Wednesday, Luciano appears to have moved into more of a timeshare at the position with Brett Wisely. Even with lefty Sean Manaea toeing the rubber for the Mets, the righty-hitting Luciano will give way to the lefty-hitting Wisely in the series finale.
After drawing five straight starts at shortstop from last Friday through Wednesday, Luciano appears to have moved into more of a timeshare at the position with Brett Wisely. Even with lefty Sean Manaea toeing the rubber for the Mets, the righty-hitting Luciano will give way to the lefty-hitting Wisely in the series finale.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+85%
OPS vs LHP
2024
+19%
OPS vs LHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | 1.157 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .444 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .624 | 49 | 0 | 1 | .227 | ||||
2024vs Left | 1.167 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .500 | ||||
2024vs Right | .979 | 20 | 0 | 1 | .353 | ||||
2023vs Left | 1.146 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .417 | ||||
2023vs Right | .392 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .148 | ||||
2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+45%
OPS on Road
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+22%
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Since 2022Home | .665 | 44 | 0 | 1 | .216 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .964 | 27 | 0 | 0 | .400 | ||||
2024Home | .929 | 14 | 0 | 1 | .333 | ||||
2024Away | 1.136 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .455 | ||||
2023Home | .540 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .160 | ||||
2023Away | .829 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .357 | ||||
2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Marco Luciano 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.
* 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
0.60BB Rate
11.5%K Rate
19.2%BABIP
.500ISO
.174AVG
.391OBP
.462SLG
.565OPS
1.027wOBA
.445Exit Velocity
88.9 mphHard Hit Rate
27.8%Barrels/PA
0.0%Expected BA
.304Expected SLG
.424Sprint Speed
24.8 ft/secGround Ball %
44.4%Line Drive %
16.7%Fly Ball %
38.9%Prospect Rankings History
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Could be Opening Day shortstop
President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said the Giants "want to give Marco Luciano the chance to be the everyday guy" at shortstop in 2024, according to Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old received his first taste of the majors in 2023 and had a .231/.333/.308 slash line in 45 plate appearances, and it appears he'll be the starter at shortstop Opening Day with Brandon Crawford's 13-year career in San Francisco likely coming to an end. Luciano is one of the organization's top prospects and finished the campaign with a .776 OPS, 15 homers and seven steals in 74 games between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He was sidelined for the first month of the season with a back injury and also missed most of August with a hamstring issue.
The 22-year-old received his first taste of the majors in 2023 and had a .231/.333/.308 slash line in 45 plate appearances, and it appears he'll be the starter at shortstop Opening Day with Brandon Crawford's 13-year career in San Francisco likely coming to an end. Luciano is one of the organization's top prospects and finished the campaign with a .776 OPS, 15 homers and seven steals in 74 games between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He was sidelined for the first month of the season with a back injury and also missed most of August with a hamstring issue.
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Many were slow to adjust expectations on Luciano, even when he did his best in 2021 to show us that he was a future three-category masher, rather than a four- or five-category star. It was more of the same in 2022, although he was limited to 57 games at High-A due to a lower-back strain and a minor leg injury. Luciano's max exit velocity and 90th percentile exit velocity are elite, and while he will likely always have an elevated strikeout rate, his damage on impact should be sufficient for him to specialize in run production. If it weren't for Luciano's exit velocities, it would be pretty easy to project Matt Chapman caliber fantasy production at shortstop or third base, but there's still a chance he could be a notch above that level. A newly-added member of the Giants' 40-man roster, Luciano should spend most, if not all of 2023 at Double-A.
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Idle Saturday
Luciano isn't in the Giants' lineup for Saturday's game against the Mets.
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Exiting starting nine Thursday
Luciano is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Pirates.
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Getting regular playing time at SS
Luciano will start at shortstop and bat seventh in Wednesday's game against the Pirates, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Making first start of 2024
Luciano is starting at shortstop and batting ninth in Friday's game against the Rockies, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Recalled from Triple-A
The Giants recalled Luciano from Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday.
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