Michael Harris II
Bats: LThrows: LAge: 24Season: 2025
2025 Season Stats
AVG
.245
OPS
0.655
HR
17
RBI
81
R
51
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ATL • Outfielder • #23
about 2 months ago
It’s Harris’s first 20/20 season, as he stole four bases the previous three games to reach the 20 mark there. Harris previously came very close as a rookie (19 HR, 20 SB in 114 games) in 2022 and as a sophomore (18 HR, 20 SB in 138 games) the following year. That he got there this season was largely a function of him being able to play in 158 games. He’s 29th in the NL with 635 plate appearances, even though he’s mostly hit in the bottom half of the Braves order.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
about 2 months ago
The dynamic 24-year-old outfielder clobbered a 444-foot (107.8 mph EV) solo shot off of Brad Lord in the fifth inning, evening the score at 1-1. He then socked a 416-foot (108.8 mph EV) dinger off of Konnor Pilkington in the seventh inning that made it a 3-1 ballgame. While he has finished the season strong, he’s still slashing an underwhelming .246/.266/.404 on the season to go with 19 homers, 85 RBI and 19 stolen bases.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
about 2 months ago
Harris kicked off an impressive three-hit performance with a 109-mph line-drive to right field that brought home Ha-Seong Kim from second base in the second inning. He scorched a run-scoring single as part of Atlanta’s five-run outburst in the ensuing frame. He wasn’t done yet as he drove in another run on a fielder’s choice in the fourth before adding a sixth-inning single. The three steals matched his previous career-high mark set back on July 16, 2022 during his stellar rookie campaign. It also puts him one theft shy of reaching the 20-steal threshold for the third time in the last four seasons.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
about 2 months ago
Harris changed his batting stance right before the All-Star break, raising his hands so that he could fix his bat path to the ball. The results were immediate as Harris led baseball in batting average (.426), OPS (1.214), and hits (46), among other categories, from July 22nd through August 18th. However, Harris is now 11-for-86 in his last 23 games and is back among the bottom five MLB-qualified hitters in OPS. Batting stance adjustments usually take time to fully click in, so this should have been our expectation. He’s too talented to fully give up on in fantasy leagues for 2026.
Source: The Athletic
ATL • Outfielder • #23
2 months ago
Harris had a pair of hits that scored multiple runs; a two-run single in the third and a two-run double in the fifth. The 24-year-old outfielder has looked the part after a borderline disastrous start to the season, and he’s now slashing .252/.273/.415. That’s more impressive when you consider he was hitting .213/.239/.326 at the start of July.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
3 months ago
Harris lost his streak of multihit games at eight when he went 1-for-5 on Sunday, but this makes him 22-for-43 with five homers in his last 10 games. His OPS stood at ,550 on this day one month ago, and the Braves would have been totally justified in sending him to Triple-A. Now, he’s all of the way up to .706.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
3 months ago
His other hit was a double. The homer was projected at 452 feet, one foot shy of his career-long blast from 2023. It’s Harris’s eight straight multihit game. He’s 17-for-34 with four homers and 13 RBI during the streak, which has raised his OPS from .630 to .690. Harris is the first player this year to have eight straight multihit games. Luis Arraez and Jonathan India did last year. Xander Bogaerts, in 2022, was the last player to make it to nine games.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
3 months ago
It’s impossible to get Harris out at the moment. This was his seventh straight multi-hit game and he’s raised his batting average by nearly 20 points over that span, which is borderline impossible this late in the season. He needs to be rostered in every league while he’s this red-hot.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
3 months ago
After falling behind six runs through the first two innings, Harris’ grand slam capped off a nine-run fourth inning and unlikely comeback by the Braves. His fourth homer in a week, Harris is white-hot at the moment with a .991 OPS over his last 30 games. Congratulations to everyone who held through a disastrous first three months of the season. An even bigger congratulations to anyone who scooped him off their waiver wire recently after a frustrated manager had lost confidence.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
3 months ago
Harris extended Atlanta’s lead to a commanding six-run margin with a seventh-inning blast to right-center field that traveled 409 feet. The 24-year-old outfielder recorded a pair of extra-base hits with exit velocities over 104 mph in this one as his sizzling-hot second half continues. He’s batting a sublime .377 (23-for-61) with four big flies and eight RBI over his last 15 games.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
3 months ago
As the walls cave in around this Braves team, Harris has finally caught fire. This home run gave him four over his last 30 games with an .842 OPS over the same span. He was always due for a hot streak despite his disastrous first few months of the season and it’s happening right now.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
The reigning National League Player of the Week has started to heat up at the dish recently, hitting .462 (12-for-26) with two homers over his last seven games. The 24-year-old will get a chance to face ageless southpaw Rich Hill on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium as it appears Atlanta is done platooning him against left-handed starters.
Source: MLB.com
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
Harris had his best offensive day at the plate on Saturday, going a perfect 4-for-4 while falling a single short of the cycle. Instead, he slugged a solo homer off Jon Gray in the sixth inning and tripled twice in the game, scoring three times and driving in two runs. The 24-year-old outfielder is hitting .225/.250/.361 with nine homers, 28 runs scored, 49 RBI, and 12 steals across 400 plate appearances.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
Harris’ home run was his eighth of the year. He hit a solo shot off Jacob Latz in the seventh inning. While Harris received enough preseason hype to move him into the third round of drafts, he’s hit just .217 with a .574 OPS this year, making him one of the biggest busts in all of fantasy.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
Harris got Atlanta off to a good start with a solo homer in the third off Will Warren. It’s only the seventh homer of the season for talented 24-year-old, who has disappointed and then some with a slash of .211/.236/.324 over 355 at-bats.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
Harris sits for the second straight game with Stuart Fairchild getting the nod in center field on Tuesday night out in Sacramento. The 24-year-old’s ongoing struggles have continued in recent weeks as he’s hitting .122 (6-for-49) with zero homers and two steals over his last 15 games. He hasn’t homered since June 13. It’s not what you want to see.
Source: MLB.com
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
Harris is back in center field and batting eighth after sitting out a pair of contests over the weekend in favor of journeyman Eli White. The 24-year-old has reportedly been working with Atlanta hitting coach Tim Hyers to clean up his mechanics and get back to swinging at pitches in the strike zone.
Source: MLB.com
ATL • Outfielder • #23
4 months ago
Harris entered Sunday ranked in the bottom second percentile in Chase Rate. He also hasn’t drawn a walk in his past 130 plate appearances, so his approach could certainly use some tweaking. Hyers believes it’s the normal growing pains of a young hitter who is “spiraling” and trying to do too much. Atlanta has given Harris a few days off to “reset,” and they hope the continued focus on mechanics and swing decisions will get Harris “turned around in a heartbeat,”
Source: MLB.com
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
The Phillies are starting a tough left-hander in Jesus Luzardo on Saturday night, so it makes sense why the Braves would want to get Harris a breather. The 24-year-old outfielder has been one of the biggest disappointments in baseball this season, slashing a dreadful .212/.238/.320 with six homers, 43 RBI, 11 stolen bases and a 68/10 K/BB ratio over his first 326 plate appearances. Eli White will man center field in his absence on Saturday.
Source: MLB
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Harris is back in center field and batting eighth following an early exit from Tuesday’s game after being hit by a pitch on the right elbow. The 24-year-old outfielder didn’t end up suffering any fractures and shouldn’t miss any time.
Source: MLB.com
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Harris downplayed concern to reporters after Atlanta’s win at Citi Field, saying that the pitch from Mets lefty José Castillo didn’t hit any bones. It doesn’t sound like he’ll wind up missing much time, if any, due to the issue.
Source: Mark Bowman
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Harris was hit by a pitch in the elbow during the sixth inning of Tuesday’s contest. He’ll presumably head for X-rays to determine whether he suffered any fractures. There should be an update on his status shortly. He was 0-for-2 with a pair of strikeouts and a run scored before exiting.
Source: Barrett Sallee
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Harris put the first run on the board for the Braves with a solo homer off Logan Webb to lead off the fifth inning. It was one of two runs Atlanta would score on Webb and the only hit of the day for the 24-year-old outfielder. Harris is up to four homers and ten steals while slashing .237/.266/.344 across 258 plate appearances.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Harris is starting to heat up at the dish of late, batting .281 (16-for-57) with nine RBI and three steals over his last 15 games. The 24-year-old outfielder got off to frosty start in the opening two months of the year, but he’s shown some signs of life recently. He’s begun to move back up Atlanta’s lineup after hitting mostly eighth or ninth since mid-May.
Source: MLB.com
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
This has not been a good season for Harris. He’s now 0-for-11 over his last three games and struck out with the bases loaded and the Braves down by one run to end this game. To make matters worse, he came up after Drake Baldwin drew a bases loaded walk against Justin Martinez to cut the lead to one and swung at multiple pitches out of the zone to strike out. He now has a paltry .583 OPS and has been moved to ninth in the Braves’ lineup.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Harris went 8-for-24 last week, so this seems like a rather odd time to drop him below Nick Allen in the lineup. It must be because the Braves are hoping to have more runners on for Ronald Acuña Jr. at the top of the lineup. Allen, moving from ninth to eighth tonight, is batting .188/.284/.203 since the beginning of May.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
5 months ago
Ironically, his only hard-hit ball was his lone out; he shot a grounder towards second with a man on third and the infield in during the eighth and Kristian Campbell made a great play to grab it, something he might not have been able to do if he had been playing back. Harris now has 33 RBI on the season, which is a pretty remarkable total given his struggles. His .611 OPS is easily the low mark for the 58 players with at least 30 RBI; Bryan Reynolds has the next lowest OPS at .668.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
6 months ago
Harris II tripled in a run in the fifth, and he came up huge with an RBI single in the ninth that tied the contest at 4-4. The 24-year-old was due for a solid game, as he still is hitting a lackluster .229/.245/.354 at just under the quarter point of the season. It was Harris’ first multi-hit game since April 26. Expect Harris II to go on a run soon, but even with this solid game, fantasy managers have a right to be disappointed with the production.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
6 months ago
Harris is striking out less than usual, and Statcast thinks he should have a significantly better line than his current .214/.232/.328, but there just hasn’t been a lot of hard contact in the air there. It seemed like he was getting it together in the second half of April, but now he’s 1-for-19 in his last five games. The one bit of good news for those rostering him is that he’s stealing more bases than usual; he’s 7-for-8 right now after going 10-for-16 in 110 games last year.
ATL • Outfielder • #23
7 months ago
Harris broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run double off Ryan Feltner. He’s up to 15 RBI on the season, and he’s now stolen six bases over Atlanta’s first 28 games. Harris hasn’t been great to begin 2025, but the hits are starting to fall again for the 24-year-old. He should be fine.