Shea Langeliers DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers hit his ninth homer of the season in a 7-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday. Langeliers ultimately went 2-for-4 with the solo homer and two runs scored in the loss. The veteran catcher has shown excellent power this season, posting a .256 average, six doubles, nine homers, 21 runs, 25 RBI, and three steals across 160 at-bats. With two straight 20-homer seasons under his belt, Langeliers has established himself as a high-end fantasy catcher moving forward.

Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBI in Saturday's 11-7 win over the New York Yankees. The Portland, Oregon, native singled twice and doubled in the contest to record his second four-hit performance of the season. With the A's trailing 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh, Langeliers stepped up to the plate and launched a Fernando Cruz splitter 418 feet to dead-center field to regain the lead. Then, in the eighth, he doubled in two more runs (108 MPH exit velocity) to bring his season total to 22. The 27-year-old is up to eight dingers on the season now, to go along with a .248 average (32-for-129), five doubles, and 17 runs scored. Langeliers has drastically cut his strikeout rate in 2025 (15.2%) with only a slight dip in average exit velocity. However, he's registered the hardest-hit ball of his career in the early going (114.5 MPH).

Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers and rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz will both retreat to the bench for Wednesday's contest in Sacramento against the division-rival Seattle Mariners. Jhonny Pereda will do the catching and hit ninth, while Tyler Soderstrom plays first base and bats second against Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo. Langeliers isn't going to hit for average (.227), but he has some of the better pop among catchers and currently has gone deep seven times in 119 at-bats this year. Kurtz, who tore up the minors to earn an early-season call-up, has hit a decent 11-for-42 (.262) in his first 13 major-league games, but he has yet to go deep after clubbing seven homers in 20 games for Triple-A Las Vegas. Pereda should be ignored for DFS purposes, while Soderstrom will be a popular play with a .300 average and a solo homer against Woo in 10 career at-bats. Soderstrom is tied for second among first basemen with nine homers this year.