Miguel Amaya

Bats R Throws R6'0" 230 lbBorn 1999 Chitre, PanamaDebut 2023Team CHCContract 1 y/$808,500 (26) 2026: $808,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 120.0FIELD+ 99.1 at CTotal 1.25 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	269	240	56	10	1	7	20	56	0	0.233	0.301	0.371	0.673	0.139	0.297	20.7	7.5	86.1	0.38
2027	220	193	43	8	0	6	18	51	0	0.224	0.305	0.360	0.665	0.136	0.297	23.1	8.3	89.3	0.40

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 73 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Frankie Pytlak	1935	85.6	99.2	255
2	Bill Nahorodny	1980	84.9	42.0	14
3	Frank Roth	1905	88.1	52.3	57
4	Mike Stanley	1989	91.3	96.0	226
5	Jesus Flores	2011	83.4	48.3	296
6	Cam Carreon	1964	85.6	93.2	62
7	Johnny Pramesa	1952	81.8	did not play
8	Bobby Estalella	2001	96.2	78.7	130
9	John Russell	1987	90.5	100.1	53
10	Tom Needham	1905	88.4	43.2	302

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			220		43	8	0	6		18	51	0.224	0.305	0.360	0.665	89.3
2026*	CHN	69	208	30	42	9	0	5		21	54	0.237	0.345	0.373	0.718	114.0
2025	CHC	28	103	14	27	9	0	4	25	4	22	0.281	0.314	0.500	0.814	129.2
2024	CHC	117	363	32	76	13	2	8	47	23	62	0.232	0.288	0.357	0.644	82.1
2023	CHC	53	156	17	28	4	0	5	18	12	40	0.214	0.329	0.359	0.688	90.5
Career		198	622	63	131	26	2	17	90	39	124	0.236	0.302	0.382	0.684	92.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	208	87.8	21.6	7.3	36.3	27.4	29.2	0.203	0.324	0.293	25.3
2025	103	86.4	18.6	6.6	32.9	26.0	36.8	0.244	0.393	0.295	25.9
2024	363	88.4	11.1	4.8	33.9	22.5	33.7	0.249	0.377	0.302	25.5
2023	156	87.0	18.6	9.7	33.3	27.3	28.4	0.225	0.391	0.329	26.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	C	27	230	205	11	1	0	0.995	-0.1
2024	CHC	C	116	906	856	31	6	3	0.993	-3.6
2023	CHC	C	41	295	282	14	4	3	0.987	+2.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	45	0 HR, 0 SB	0.195	0.439
2023	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	60	1 HR, 0 SB	0.313	0.929
2023	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	56	4 HR, 1 SB	0.273	1.070
2022	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	116	4 HR, 0 SB	0.278	0.864
2022	Rk	ACL Cubs	Bat	44	2 HR, 0 SB	0.216	0.719
2021	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	106	1 HR, 2 SB	0.215	0.710
2019	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	410	11 HR, 2 SB	0.235	0.753
2018	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	479	12 HR, 1 SB	0.256	0.752
2016	Rk	DSL Cubs 2	Bat	242	1 HR, 9 SB	0.245	0.661

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.345	0.336	0.317	0.363
2025	0.270	0.387	0.408	0.331
2024	0.216	0.324	0.281	0.311
2023	0.318	0.306	0.349	0.276

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.