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Dillon Dingler

Dillon Dingler

C/DH • Detroit Tigers Proj Rank 4 Actual 2 247 ADP • Trade Value
AB AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB FSP
447.257268265.324.494013.16
Compare to same point last season
332.271114939320.4220

Dillon Dingler | Fantasy Outlook

Dillon Dingler navigates brief cold stretch amid career-best breakout season

Dingler has cooled off after a massive summer surge, batting .173 with three homers and 10 RBIs over his last 14 days, including a 1-for-26 slump over the past week. Despite the skid, he remains locked in as Detroit’s everyday starting catcher for a second-place Tigers club (60-64) trying to snap a three-game losing streak. With outfield bats like Riley Greene on the injured list, the lineup leans heavily on his presence.

Even with the recent dip, Dingler’s breakout is legitimate. He has already crushed 26 home runs and driven in 82 runs this season, easily surpassing our initial season projection of 14 long balls. While a .259 batting average is subject to normal variance, his elite power output makes him one of the top offensive catchers in fantasy.

Detroit embarks on a six-game road trip, opening with three in Pittsburgh before visiting Kansas City. He faces Carmen Mlodzinski (1.45 WHIP) and Braxton Ashcraft before a tough matchup with Paul Skenes, followed by hurlers like Noah Cameron (4.24 ERA). Dingler is an automatic fantasy option in all formats. Start.

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DATE OPP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG PTS
08/18 @PIT 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 0
08/17 @PIT 1 0 0 0 0 1 258 2
08/16 CHW 1 0 0 1 0 1 259 4
08/15 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 259 -2
08/14 CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 261 1
08/13 CLE 0 0 0 1 0 0 264 1
08/12 CLE 0 0 1 0 0 0 267 0
08/11 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 270 0
08/09 @SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 272 0
08/08 @SF 1 0 1 1 0 1 275 6
08/07 @SF 0 0 0 1 0 1 275 3
08/06 @SEA 3 1 2 3 0 0 278 10
08/05 @SEA 2 1 1 2 0 1 275 9
08/04 @SEA 2 1 2 1 0 0 272 9
08/02 @ATH 2 0 2 0 0 0 270 2
08/01 @ATH 1 0 0 0 0 0 268 1
07/31 @ATH 2 1 1 4 0 0 269 10
07/29 BAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 268 0
07/28 BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 270 -2
07/27 BAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 273 2
07/26 KC 2 0 0 2 0 1 275 6
07/25 KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 271 1
07/24 KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 272 -2
07/23 KC 2 0 1 1 0 1 274 7
07/22 @CHC 1 0 0 0 0 0 271 0
07/21 @CHC 2 1 1 2 0 1 271 11
07/20 @CHC 4 2 3 3 0 0 268 17
07/19 @LAA 0 0 0 0 0 0 260 0
07/18 @LAA 1 0 1 0 0 0 263 3
07/17 @LAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 262 1
07/12 PHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 262 -1
07/11 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 265 1
07/08 ATH 1 0 1 0 0 0 264 3
07/07 ATH 0 0 0 0 0 0 262 -1
07/05 @TEX 1 0 1 1 0 0 265 4
07/04 @TEX 0 0 0 0 0 0 266 1
07/02 @TEX 2 0 0 0 0 0 269 2
07/01 @NYY 2 0 1 0 0 0 267 5
06/30 @NYY 2 0 1 0 0 0 264 5
06/29 @NYY 1 0 2 1 0 0 262 4
06/28 HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 262 0
06/27 HOU 0 0 0 0 0 0 267 1
06/26 HOU 1 0 0 1 0 0 268 1
06/25 HOU 1 1 1 1 0 1 268 6
06/24 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 267 0
06/23 NYY 3 0 1 1 0 0 272 7
06/22 NYY 0 0 0 0 0 0 265 -1
06/21 CHW 2 1 1 2 0 0 269 8
06/20 CHW 2 1 1 2 0 0 267 9
06/19 CHW 3 0 2 0 0 0 263 6
06/17 @HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 255 1
06/16 @HOU 0 0 0 1 0 0 255 0
06/15 @HOU 2 0 3 0 0 0 258 7
06/13 @CLE 2 0 0 1 0 0 254 4
06/12 @CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 0
06/11 MIN 3 0 1 0 0 0 254 5
06/10 MIN 1 0 0 1 0 0 247 0
06/09 MIN 4 2 3 4 0 0 248 18
06/07 SEA 0 0 0 0 0 1 235 1
06/06 SEA 0 0 0 0 0 1 238 2
06/05 SEA 1 0 1 1 0 0 242 4
06/03 @TB 2 1 1 4 0 0 241 11
06/02 @TB 0 0 0 1 0 0 236 2
06/01 @TB 4 2 4 4 0 0 241 20
05/30 @CHW 0 0 0 0 0 0 226 1
05/29 @CHW 1 1 1 2 0 0 231 6
05/28 LAA 0 0 0 0 0 1 231 1
05/27 LAA 2 0 0 1 0 1 235 6
05/26 LAA 0 0 0 0 0 2 227 1
05/24 @BAL 1 1 1 2 0 1 231 9
05/22 @BAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 235 -2
05/21 CLE 2 1 1 1 0 0 241 7
05/20 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 1 234 1
05/19 CLE 0 0 0 0 0 0 239 -1
05/18 CLE 0 0 1 0 0 1 247 2
05/17 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 1 252 4
05/16 TOR 0 0 0 0 0 1 243 0
05/15 TOR 2 0 1 0 0 1 250 5
05/14 @NYM 1 1 1 1 0 0 241 7
05/13 @NYM 2 0 1 0 0 0 241 4
05/12 @NYM 1 1 1 1 0 1 234 6
05/10 @KC 1 0 0 0 0 1 232 2
05/09 @KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 231 1
05/08 @KC 0 0 1 0 0 0 239 1
05/06 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 0
05/05 BOS 1 0 0 1 0 0 257 1
05/04 BOS 1 0 0 2 0 0 257 4
05/02 TEX 2 1 1 3 0 0 257 10
05/01 TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 247 2
04/30 @ATL 1 0 0 1 0 0 247 3
04/29 @ATL 0 0 0 0 0 0 242 -1
04/28 @ATL 2 0 0 0 0 1 253 5
04/25 @CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 1
04/24 @CIN 0 0 0 0 0 1 250 1
04/23 MIL 1 0 0 1 0 0 263 2
04/21 MIL 0 0 0 0 0 0 264 -1
04/20 @BOS 0 0 1 0 0 1 284 3
04/19 @BOS 4 1 1 4 0 0 302 14
04/18 @BOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 259 1
04/17 @BOS 0 0 0 0 0 1 268 0
04/16 KC 2 1 1 2 0 0 283 10
04/14 KC 2 0 0 1 0 0 271 5
04/12 MIA 1 1 1 3 0 0 250 9
04/11 MIA 0 0 1 0 0 0 250 2
04/10 MIA 1 0 1 0 0 0 270 3
04/09 @MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 265 0
04/08 @MIN 3 0 0 1 0 0 273 5
04/07 @MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 0
04/05 STL 0 0 1 0 0 1 240 3
04/04 STL 0 0 1 0 0 1 273 1
04/03 STL 1 1 1 2 0 0 300 7
04/01 @ARI 1 0 0 0 0 0 313 1
03/30 @ARI 1 0 1 1 0 1 333 4
03/28 @SD 0 0 0 0 0 0 333 1
03/27 @SD 1 0 0 1 0 0 375 2
03/26 @SD 2 1 1 3 0 0 400 9
Totals: 115266582031
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YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2024 DET 24 14 1 2 11 0 3 .167 .195 .310 36
2025 DET 132 126 14 57 58 0 28 .271 .326 .419 350
2026 DET 117 115 26 65 82 0 31 .257 .324 .494 406
ON PACE 150 147 33 83 105 0 39 .257 .324 .494 522
3-YEAR AVG 78 70 8 30 35 0 16 .255 .307 .403 193
Career 273 255 41 124 151 0 62 .256 .315 .444

Dingler Projection

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AVG HR RBI R SB OBP SLG OPS 1B 2B 3B H AB BB SBN TB FPTS
.201 0.8 2.8 2.1 0.0 .263 .313 .576 3.2 0.7 0.0 4.7 22.4 2.1 0.0 7.9 14.8
AVG HR RBI R SB OBP SLG OPS 1B 2B 3B H AB BB SBN TB FPTS
.228 .2 .7 .5 0 .299 .431 .730 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.9 4.1 0.3 0 1.7 3.2
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Detroit Tigers

Roster Breakdown
NAME OWN START
Dillon Dingler 99% 88%
Eduardo Valencia 24% 21%
NAME OWN START
Spencer Torkelson 50% 35%
Colt Keith 12% 8%
NAME OWN START
Kevin McGonigle 100% 94%
Gleyber Torres 57% 42%
Zach McKinstry 7% 5%
Javier Baez 6% 4%
Hao-Yu Lee 2% 1%
NAME OWN START
Riley Greene 94% 18%
Max Clark 46% 32%
Kerry Carpenter 18% 4%
Zyhir Hope 3% 0%
NAME OWN START
Troy Melton 93% 56%
Framber Valdez 87% 62%
Keider Montero 58% 49%
Jackson Jobe 40% 24%
Jack Flaherty 36% 13%
River Ryan 8% 0%
Michael Massey 4% 4%
Justin Verlander 2% 0%
Reese Olson 2% 0%
NAME OWN START
Kenley Jansen 64% 62%
Tyler Holton 10% 10%
Kyle Finnegan 7% 6%
Will Vest 4% 1%
Drew Anderson 4% 2%
Brant Hurter 1% 0%

Team Rankings

AVG
.243
19th
R
574
11th
HR
152
14th
RBI
547
13th
SB
36
30th
OBP
.319
12th
SLG
.407
11th
OPS
.726
13th
W
61
20th
SV
26
26th
ERA
3.57
4th
WHIP
1.21
5th
QS
48
8th
TeamW-LWin %GBRSRA
White SoxWhite Sox65-60.520-602558
TwinsTwins62-65.4884586629
GuardiansGuardians61-65.4844.5502527
TigersTigers61-65.4844.5574491
RoyalsRoyals53-74.41713526632

Team Stats

PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Dillon Dingler1174476511526820.257  
Eduardo Valencia205812216170.362  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Spencer Torkelson125429539720630.226  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Gleyber Torres6925943708330.270  
Hao-Yu Lee8120821576301.274  
Zach McKinstry10130334674251.221  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Colt Keith11633046899325.270  
Jace Jung3611000.167  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Kevin McGonigle12246982132135012.281  
Javier Báez3913719352141.255  
PlayerGPABRHHRRBISBAVGO/S
Riley Greene1174226511516543.273  
Kerry Carpenter81231274813360.208  
Wenceel Pérez5316122297173.180  
Matt Vierling9226624555314.207  
James Outman9415723275176.172  
Ben Malgeri30579153100.263  
Max Clark1766717190.258  
Brett Callahan3924150.444  
Parker Meadows123639023.250  
Corey Julks2411000.250  
Trei Cruz2500000.000  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Framber Valdez25880138.21114.351.40  
Jack Flaherty1938086.11024.591.41  
Keider Montero27981133.2893.301.00  
Troy Melton1471084.1731.710.97  
Ty Madden1510036.1372.730.99  
Jackson Jobe21108.286.231.39  
Yilber Díaz20001.2337.806.00  
Justin Verlander10103.2112.272.18  
PlayerGPWLSVIPSOERAWHIPO/S
Kenley Jansen38341633.2393.741.19  
Drew Anderson4344276.1874.011.30  
Kyle Finnegan5220251.1393.331.54  
Tyler Holton5315258.0453.101.26  
Will Vest2735226.2276.081.43  
Enmanuel De Jesus2920142.0393.861.26  
Burch Smith1302017.0203.181.47  
Tanner Rainey30003.240.001.36  
Brenan Hanifee2301021.1105.061.45  
Jacob Waguespack2011027.0161.670.82  
Ricky Vanasco50106.1415.633.16  
Brant Hurter2241025.1182.841.07  
Beau Brieske80009.186.751.39  
Drew Sommers2903023.2373.421.39  

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Schedule

DATE OPP SCORE MATCHUP
08-17 @PITW 5-8Framber Valdez
Carmen Mlodzinski
08-18 @PITL 4-1Keider Montero
Braxton Ashcraft
08-19 @PIT12:35 EDTJackson Jobe
Paul Skenes
08-21 @KC08:10 EDTTroy Melton
Noah Cameron
08-22 @KC07:15 EDTDrew Anderson
Michael Wacha
08-23 @KC02:10 EDTFramber Valdez
Daniel Lynch IV

Player Timeline

Aug 8th

Pete Crow-Armstrong Leads MLB in fWAR, Ahead of Ohtani and Alvarez

Aug 7th

Dillon Dingler Named Tigers’ 2026 Heart and Hustle Award Winner

Aug 6th

Dillon Dingler’s Two-Run Homer Gives Tigers Early Lead

Aug 5th

Dillon Dingler’s Home Run Pulls Tigers Within One Run

Jul 23rd

Dillon Dingler Gives the Tigers the Lead

Jul 21st

Dillon Dingler’s Standout Performance Shapes Detroit’s Fate

Jul 20th

Riley Greene and Dillon Dingler Hit Back-to-Back First-Inning Home Runs ...

Jul 14th

Dillon Dingler Set for First MLB All-Star Game Alongside Three Tigers ...

Jul 7th

Tarik Skubal Says Tigers’ Dillon Dingler Deserves All-Star Game Start, ...

Jun 26th

Dillon Dingler Dominates at the Plate for Tigers

Jun 21st

Dillon Dingler Projected as MLB’s Best Catcher With Elite 2026 Pace

Jun 20th

Dillon Dingler Launches 430-Foot Blast to Center Field

Jun 9th

Dillon Dingler Goes 4-for-4 with 2 Homers and 4 RBIs, Reaches 16 HR ...

Jun 4th

Dillon Dingler Emerges as MLB Catchers’ fWAR Leader, Bolsters All-Star ...

Jun 3rd

Gleyber Torres Sparks Tigers Again, Putting Detroit Up Early for Second ...

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