2025 Player Outlook
Kelly has a strong arm behind the dish, and overall, was an above-average defender last season. In 91 games in 2024, he hit nine home runs with a .374 SLG, but his numbers took a bit of a hit after being sent over to Texas. Looking at numbers from last season, Miguel Amaya really struggled against LHP (.163 AVG, .205 wOBA), whereas Kelly excelled in that department (.302 AVG, .357 wOBA). He may find himself on the small side of a platoon behind the dish, but if he can push his fly ball rate north of 40 percent, he could be in a good spot for some power production in the Windy City, and potentially on the fantasy radar should something happen to Amaya.
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Carson Kelly (illness) is back in the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale against the Rockies.
Kelly is back handling the catching duties and batting fifth following a three-game absence due to illness.
Carson Kelly (illness) remains out of the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Rockies.
Kelly will miss his third straight game on Tuesday night due to illness. It’ll be Reese McGuire handling the catching duties in his absence. There figures to be an update on his status at some point ahead of Wednesday’s series finale at Wrigley Field.
Carson Kelly was scratched from Sunday’s lineup with an illness.
Reese McGuire, who was just called up from Triple-A Iowa, will handle the catching duties on Sunday afternoon in his place. Kelly has been an unexpected revelation this season in his Cubs debut and he’ll take on a larger share of the workload in the coming weeks with Miguel Amaya out with an oblique strain.
Carson Kelly went 2-for-2 with a solo homer and two runs scored against the Reds on Saturday.
Kelly replaced an injured Miguel Amaya at catcher in the fifth inning. He led off the seventh with a base hit and scored on a groundout. Kelly later led off the ninth with a solo homer off Emilio Pagán. The 30-year-old backstop is up to nine homers while hitting .301/.425/.612 with 24 RBI across 127 plate appearances.
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