Hogan Harris DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

The Athletics have optioned left-handed pitcher Hogan Harris to Triple-A Las Vegas. Harris tallied just one out in the majors during the opening week of the campaign. In a corresponding move, the Athletics claimed left-handed Angel Perdomo on waivers. Last season, the 28-year-old logged 72 1/3 innings in the major leagues and posted a 2.86 ERA with a 1.35 WHIP. He tallied 61 punchouts and served up a high 33 free passes. He generated a modest 5.04 xERA with a .260 xBA, which suggests he will likely see some regression during the 2025 regular season. Across 142 career innings at the Triple-A level, the southpaw posted a high 6.40 ERA with a 1.75 WHIP. During this stint, he served up 94 walks. Fantasy managers should expect Harris to likely return to the majors as a relief option later in the campaign.

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Hogan Harris earned his second victory of the season with a strong performance versus the Houston Astros on Monday. Harris tossed 6 2/3 scoreless innings, while allowing seven hits, two walks and striking out seven. The performance lowered his ERA to 2.98 on the season. Despite his low ERA, his xERA of 5.56 and FIP of 4.53 suggest that a big regression is coming soon. On a team that doesn't win much with data to suggest that his best days are behind him, Harris can safely remain on the waiver wire for most contests. Next up for Harris will be a favorable matchup versus the division rival Los Angeles Angels.

Oakland Athletics left-hander Hogan Harris is back from the paternity list and will make the start on Friday in Philadelphia against the Phillies. Harris went on the paternity list on Tuesday but is now back after missing the last three days to make his final start before next week's All-Star break. The 27-year-old southpaw will be on six days of rest, and even though he's been decent with a 3.22 ERA in nine outings (seven starts) over 44 2/3 innings this year in his second season in the big leagues, he has a 4.63 FIP, 1.34 WHIP and an unattractive 18.3% strikeout rate. On the positive side, he's gone at least five innings in six of his last seven outings. Harris isn't a bad streaming option in AL-only leagues, but he should be avoided on Friday against one of the best lineups in baseball in the Phillies.