Joey Bart Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 238 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 12/15/1996 (26)
- Experience
- 0
- College
- Georgia Tech
Joey Bart Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Joey Bart News
San Francisco Giants catcher Joey Bart (groin) played through right-groin tightness in April, but he started to experience a similar issue on his left side on May 17, and an MRI exam showed a Grade 1 strain, causing him to land on the 10-day injured list on May 19. Bart was scheduled to start baseball activities in San Francisco on Monday and will start running in the coming days. In his absence, prospect Patrick Bailey and Rule 5 draft pick Blake Sabol are splitting catching duties behind the plate for the Giants. Barring a setback, Bart has a chance to be back before the end of May, but he had been a disappointment at the plate so far for fantasy managers. The 26-year-old has no home runs and is hitting just .231 (18-for-78) in his first 26 games in 2023.
The San Francisco Giants placed catcher Joey Bart (groin) on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to May 18) on Friday with a left-groin strain and recalled former first-round catcher Patrick Bailey from Triple-A Sacramento in a corresponding move. The team also designated outfielder Cal Stevenson for assignment and placed outfielder Heliot Ramos (oblique) on the 60-day injured list. The 26-year-old Bart has hit just .231 (18-for-78) with five doubles, no home runs, four RBI and eight runs scored in 26 games played this year. With him out, Bailey, the team's No. 11 prospect per MLB Pipeline, and Blake Sabol figure to share catching duties in San Fran. Bailey was hitting a weak .196 with two home runs and four RBI in 51 at-bats for Sacramento.
San Francisco Giants catcher Joey Bart (groin) remains out of the starting lineup on Thursday against the St. Louis Cardinals. Bart is dealing with right groin tightness this week and will miss his third straight game. Fantasy managers should continue to consider him day-to-day for now, but hopefully he'll be back in the team's lineup at some point this weekend. The 26-year-old backstop is off to a great start for the Giants this year, going 10-for-33 (.303) with two doubles in 12 games, but he has yet to clear the fences or drive in a run in his fourth major-league season in San Fran. With Bart sidelined again, Blake Sabol is doing the catching and is hitting seventh on Thursday against Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas.
Batting Order
| 1 | Brandon Crawford |
| 2 | LaMonte Wade Jr. |
| 3 | Thairo Estrada |
| 4 | Michael Conforto |
| 5 | Joc Pederson |
| 6 | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 7 | Tyler Fitzgerald |
| 8 | Blake Sabol |
| 9 | Casey Schmitt |
Joey Bart Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Brandon Crawford |
| 2 | LaMonte Wade Jr. |
| 3 | Thairo Estrada |
| 4 | Michael Conforto |
| 5 | Joc Pederson |
| 6 | Mike Yastrzemski |
| 7 | Tyler Fitzgerald |
| 8 | Blake Sabol |
| 9 | Casey Schmitt |
Arguably the best offensive catching prospect in baseball a title that may soon be taken by the Orioles' Adley Rutschman Bart had a rough introduction to the Major Leagues in 2020. His 37% strikeout rate through the first 33 games of his career is a concern especially since he struggled to make contact with pitches in the strike zone almost 10% less often than the MLB average. Bart can handle a fastball but he really struggled with off-speed pitches and breaking balls last year. He'll need additional reps to correct this issue, which means he probably won't be ready to take away significant playing time from incumbent Buster Posey until mid-2021. The good news is that once he's a little more polished as a hitter, Bart's plus power potential should shine through. Even during his MLB struggles last season, he generated a slightly-above-average Exit Velocity and had a 48% Hard Hit rate, which was well above the league average of 35%. Unless Posey enters the year on the disabled list, Bart is a name you'll want to stick in your back pocket for a little later in the season.
