MLB Opening Day 2025: 100 gamers to look at forward of the brand new season

Nathaniel Lowe is within the highlight immediately as opening day approaches. The primary baseman is coming off a blockbuster commerce after spending the 2024 season with the defending champions, though they missed the playoffs.

Main as much as Opening Day, which is 94 days away, Sportskeeda will countdown with the star gamers, what they’ve achieved prior to now and providing some predictions for what they’re going to do in 2025. Lowe arrives as subsequent participant on the countdown.

Lowe was with the Texas Rangers and regardless of their workforce’s total struggles, they’d a really strong yr. He had 2.8 fWAR and 121 wRC+ in 140 video games. He hit .265 with a really strong .762 OPS.

Lowe will not turn out to be a free agent till after the 2026 season, however the Rangers opted to switch him to Washington Nationals. The Nats had been anticipated to be aggressive in pursuing a primary baseman on the open market, however they rocked that commerce as a substitute. The Rangers bought left-hander Robert Garcia in return.

Predicting Nathaniel Lowe’s first yr with nationals

Nathaniel Lowe arrives with the Washington Nationals, who’re regularly constructing a roster of promising younger gamers. Lowe was with the Texas Rangers after his first two seasons (2020 and 2021) with the Tampa Bay Rays.

He solely hit 16 homers final season, and that quantity would have been 15 with the Nationals, so do not anticipate the park to result in a rise in manufacturing. When it comes to park issue, Globe Life Subject and Nationals Park are barely hitter-friendly, rating tenth and eleventh, respectively, amongst all MLB parks.

Fangraphs predicts a slight drop in manufacturing. They anticipate a 114 wRC+, a .258 batting common and a .347 on-base share. The Nationals’ roster does not essentially supply extra safety than the Rangers, so the workforce will not assist Lowe enhance in all chance.

Fangraphs expects barely higher energy numbers. They venture two extra dwelling runs and a .411 slugging share in comparison with .401 in 2024. Nevertheless, that solely results in an anticipated fWAR of 1.9, a drop from 2024.

Our Prediction: Lowe brings some pop with 19 dwelling runs and matches in properly along with his new lineup. He is hitting .255 with a .356 on-base share, including a 119 wRC+ and strong protection for a 2.5 fWAR season.

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