Patrick Bailey

Bats B Throws R6'0" 210 lbBorn 1999 Greensboro, USADebut 2023Team CLEDraft 2017 R37 #1096 Minnesota Twins, Wesleyan Christian (NC) HSContract 1 y/$810,000 (26) 2026: $610,749

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove x2

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 122.9FIELD+ 116.3 at CTotal 1.75 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	337	302	68	13	1	8	28	88	2	0.225	0.292	0.354	0.645	0.128	0.286	26.2	8.2	79.7	0.21
2027	288	258	57	11	1	7	23	76	2	0.223	0.289	0.353	0.642	0.131	0.284	26.3	8.1	82.5	0.28

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 85 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Tucker Barnhart	2017	81.6	87.8	522
2	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	2011	85.8	94.0	448
3	Alan Ashby	1978	80.7	44.0	370
4	Victor Caratini	2020	83.7	75.2	356
5	Buck Rodgers	1965	71.5	74.3	491
6	Francisco Mejia	2022	88.9	76.7	160
7	Ben Davis	2003	82.1	51.9	208
8	Todd Hundley	1995	77.7	136.2	624
9	Bruce Benedict	1982	74.2	96.6	492
10	Hank Conger	2014	84.6	110.6	229

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			288		57	11	1	7		2	23	76	0.223	0.289	0.353	0.642	82.5
2026*	CLE	87	266	21	45	6	1	6		2	19	67	0.186	0.242	0.293	0.536	46.3
2025	SF	135	452	47	91	18	3	6	55	1	30	133	0.222	0.277	0.325	0.602	72.6
2024	SF	121	448	46	94	16	1	8	46	4	39	100	0.234	0.298	0.339	0.637	85.3
2023	SF	97	353	29	76	18	1	7	48	1	21	100	0.233	0.285	0.359	0.644	77.5
Career		353	1253	122	261	52	5	21	149	6	90	333	0.230	0.287	0.340	0.626	78.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	265	90.5	13.2	6.8	40.8	26.5	31.4	0.229	0.377	0.288	25.3
2025	452	88.2	15.6	5.6	36.4	28.6	29.1	0.210	0.333	0.264	25.7
2024	448	91.3	12.1	5.5	43.0	23.4	25.1	0.255	0.404	0.322	25.2
2023	353	88.7	10.2	10.0	38.4	26.2	26.6	0.244	0.421	0.312	26.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	C	132	1030	1013	57	7	9	0.994	+26.3
2024	SF	C	115	908	904	55	3	7	0.997	+22.6
2023	SF	C	94	766	740	50	13	2	0.984	+17.4

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	60	2 HR, 1 SB	0.216	0.670
2023	AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Bat	60	2 HR, 2 SB	0.333	0.881
2022	A+	Eugene Emeralds	Bat	325	12 HR, 1 SB	0.225	0.761
2021	A+	Eugene Emeralds	Bat	155	2 HR, 6 SB	0.185	0.586
2021	A	San Jose Giants	Bat	207	7 HR, 1 SB	0.322	0.946

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.273	0.240	0.251	0.239
2025	0.251	0.283	0.301	0.247
2024	0.228	0.306	0.312	0.266
2023	0.369	0.253	0.283	0.295

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