5 articles
ATL • RF
about 2 months ago
The lone surprise here is Kelenic as the former top prospect passed through waivers unclaimed and loses his spot on Atlanta’s 40-man roster. The 26-year-old batted just .195/.275/.268 across 91 plate appearances following an early-August demotion to the minors after posting a calamitous .531 OPS in 24 games at the big-league level this season. He’ll likely need to show some signs of life in the minors before he receives another opportunity at the highest level.
ATL • RF
4 months ago
Kelenic made one pinch-running appearance in five days with the Braves. It’s been a complete disaster of a season for the 26-year-old, and he might be looking at being non-tendered and forced to take a minor league deal this winter.
ATL • RF
4 months ago
The 26-year-old former top prospect is getting another shot with Ronald Acuña Jr. (Achilles) heading to the IL. However, Kelenic is hitting just .218/.289/.321 with four home runs and nine steals in 72 games at Triple-A. There is little here to be excited about for fantasy, even if he gets a starting spot for a few weeks.
ATL • RF
7 months ago
This is really where he should have opened the year. Kelenic was hitting .167/.231/.300 in 65 plate appearances, with his only two RBI coming on solo homers. (He was 2-for-23 with men on base and 0-for-11 with RISP.) There’s still a chance that Kelenic will turn into a quality platoon outfielder at some point, but the 25-year-old has gotten 406 big-league games with which to prove himself, and he’s managed just an 84 OPS+ to date.
ATL • RF
7 months ago
Kelenic has not been successful whatsoever to begin the 2025 campaign, and Atlanta will go with Eli White in the lineup even with right-hander Merrill Kelly on the bump for Arizona. Kelenic has shown glimpses of being a competent outfielder, but they have been too few and far between. Kinda sad.
Source: MLB.com