Javier Baez

Bats R Throws R6'0" 190 lbBorn 1992 Bayamon, P.R.Debut 2014Team DET3x All-StarDraft 2011 R1 #9 Chicago Cubs, Arlington Country Day (FL) HSContract 6 y/$140M (22-27) 2026: $24,000,000

Awards: Gold Glove, NLCS MVP, Silver Slugger, TSN All-Star

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 76.8FIELD+ 99.4 at SSTotal 0.08 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	294	277	64	11	1	8	10	74	5	0.230	0.265	0.362	0.626	0.132	0.272	25.3	3.5	68.3	-0.22
2027	239	225	51	9	1	6	9	59	3	0.229	0.265	0.351	0.617	0.123	0.269	24.7	3.6	68.9	-0.16

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 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 77 HIT+ the next season; 7 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	Mike Lansing	2000	82.3	73.2	382
2	Lee Handley	1946	83.8	68.9	306
3	Bill Bradley	1910	107.5	did not play
4	Dave Cash	1980	93.7	did not play
5	Frank Bolling	1964	87.0	80.4	577
6	Gordon Beckham	2019	78.9	did not play
7	Josh Harrison	2020	94.3	106.6	557
8	Bobby Knoop	1971	80.9	73.4	107
9	Gary Gaetti	1991	95.8	66.1	486
10	Garry Templeton	1988	84.8	73.8	536

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			239		51	9	1	6		3	9	59	0.229	0.265	0.351	0.617	68.9
2026*	DET	39	144	19	35	7	0	2		1	4	26	0.255	0.285	0.350	0.635	77.2
2025	DET	126	436	55	107	17	3	12	57	5	10	109	0.257	0.282	0.398	0.680	83.8
2024	DET	80	289	25	50	12	0	6	37	8	12	69	0.184	0.221	0.294	0.516	38.9
2023	DET	135	546	58	113	18	4	9	59	12	24	125	0.222	0.267	0.325	0.593	59.8
2022	DET	144	590	64	132	27	4	17	67	9	26	147	0.238	0.278	0.393	0.671	91.4
2021	NYM	138	546	80	133	18	2	31	87	18	28	184	0.265	0.319	0.494	0.813	116.0
2020	CHC	59	235	27	45	9	1	8	24	3	7	75	0.203	0.238	0.360	0.599	56.4
2019	CHC	138	561	89	149	38	4	29	85	11	28	156	0.281	0.316	0.531	0.847	111.2
2018	CHC	160	645	101	176	40	9	34	111	21	29	167	0.290	0.326	0.554	0.881	123.3
2017	CHC	145	508	75	128	24	2	23	75	10	30	144	0.273	0.317	0.480	0.796	95.3
2016	CHC	142	450	50	115	19	1	14	59	12	15	108	0.273	0.314	0.423	0.737	98.1
2015	CHC	28	80	4	22	6	0	1	4	1	4	24	0.289	0.325	0.408	0.733	96.9
2014	CHC	52	229	25	36	6	0	9	20	5	15	95	0.169	0.227	0.324	0.551	44.8
Career		1347	5115	653	1206	234	30	193	685	115	228	1403	0.252	0.292	0.434	0.726	90.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	144	85.4	7.9	1.8	33.0	27.8	48.0	0.251	0.318	0.269	27.1
2025	437	88.2	11.4	5.5	39.9	30.6	46.1	0.230	0.359	0.271	27.5
2024	289	88.3	11.2	7.8	40.0	30.2	43.2	0.218	0.353	0.268	27.5
2023	547	88.0	9.4	5.2	39.7	32.7	44.0	0.232	0.360	0.281	28.1
2022	590	87.9	9.6	8.1	38.0	35.8	47.5	0.225	0.387	0.285	27.9
2021	547	90.1	10.6	13.4	45.2	40.6	44.6	0.231	0.447	0.318	28.5
2020	235	89.4	10.3	8.2	40.3	38.2	38.8	0.213	0.380	0.275	27.9
2019	561	91.1	7.7	14.5	43.6	35.5	42.7	0.260	0.500	0.332	28.6
2018	645	90.6	9.6	14.6	43.3	33.9	43.6	0.262	0.499	0.340	28.8
2017	508	87.9	10.1	9.8	36.0	36.7	42.9	0.234	0.423	0.291	28.5
2016	450	88.4	14.1	6.9	32.3	28.9	41.7	0.229	0.372	0.280	28.8
2015	80	91.7	12.3	11.1	32.7	32.9	36.4	0.243	0.375	0.283	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	SS	62	428	57	115	7	23	0.961	-4.7
2025	DET	OF	53	405	104	2	0	1	1.000
2025	DET	3B	23	147	15	26	1	4	0.976	+0.6
2025	DET	2B	10	42	6	15	0	3	1.000	+0.4
2024	DET	SS	80	672	122	189	9	39	0.972	-2.4
2023	DET	SS	130	1102	153	324	19	70	0.962	+0.2
2022	DET	SS	133	1123	187	354	26	76	0.954	-2.0
2021	NYM	SS	100	835	152	263	20	53	0.954	+13.9
2021	NYM	2B	35	286	58	64	4	18	0.968	-0.0
2020	CHC	SS	56	469	86	159	8	34	0.968	+5.8
2020	CHC	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CHC	SS	129	1117	165	366	15	88	0.973	+15.0
2019	CHC	3B	1	9	2	3	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2018	CHC	2B	104	700	163	204	6	60	0.984	-2.3
2018	CHC	SS	65	463	67	155	8	29	0.965	+3.7
2018	CHC	3B	22	143	11	36	3	7	0.940	+2.7
2018	CHC	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
2017	CHC	2B	80	504	105	132	4	33	0.983	+6.4
2017	CHC	SS	73	573	91	165	11	39	0.959	+6.2
2017	CHC	3B	8	43	8	11	0	2	1.000	+0.5
2017	CHC	1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2017	CHC	OF	1	2	0	0	0	0
2016	CHC	3B	62	371	27	91	7	4	0.944	+0.8
2016	CHC	2B	59	383	88	127	6	23	0.973	+12.1
2016	CHC	SS	25	194	40	61	2	13	0.981	+0.8
2016	CHC	1B	6	21	18	4	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2016	CHC	OF	2	2	0	0	0	0
2015	CHC	2B	17	60	13	16	1	7	0.967	+0.1
2015	CHC	3B	11	64	5	19	1	1	0.960	+2.9
2015	CHC	SS	8	45	7	14	0	3	1.000	+0.1
2015	CHC	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.3
2014	CHC	SS	30	255	45	89	5	22	0.964
2014	CHC	2B	25	210	60	51	5	18	0.957

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2015	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	313	13 HR, 17 SB	0.324	0.912
2014	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	434	23 HR, 16 SB	0.260	0.833
2013	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	240	20 HR, 8 SB	0.294	0.984
2013	A+	Daytona Cubs	Bat	337	17 HR, 12 SB	0.274	0.873
2012	A+	Daytona Cubs	Bat	86	4 HR, 4 SB	0.188	0.644
2012	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	235	12 HR, 20 SB	0.333	0.979

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.311	0.272	0.284	0.281
2025	0.343	0.285	0.296	0.310
2024	0.188	0.241	0.230	0.229
2023	0.311	0.271	0.255	0.306
2022	0.362	0.290	0.277	0.333
2021	0.423	0.348	0.383	0.353
2020	0.331	0.270	0.247	0.324
2019	0.411	0.351	0.399	0.327

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	32	3	10	2	1	5	1	1	3	0.312	0.333	0.469	0.802
2020	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250
2018	1	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0.200	0.333	0.400	0.733
2017	10	26	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	11	0.077	0.143	0.308	0.451
2016	17	68	8	18	4	2	8	2	2	21	0.265	0.282	0.412	0.693
2015	6	15	1	5	0	1	3	2	0	4	0.333	0.333	0.533	0.867
Career	44	154	15	37	7	6	19	8	6	44	0.240	0.267	0.403	0.670

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	CHC	$512,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.