Michael Busch

Bats L Throws R6'1" 210 lbBorn 1997 Inver Grove Heights, USADebut 2023Team CHCDraft 2019 R1 #31 Los Angeles Dodgers, North CarolinaContract 1 y/$860,000 (26) 2026: $860,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 111.5FIELD+ 101.0 at 1BTotal 2.42 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	455	394	98	19	1	19	51	112	2	0.248	0.341	0.450	0.791	0.203	0.344	24.7	11.3	121.2	2.60
2027	536	464	112	21	2	19	60	128	2	0.241	0.336	0.417	0.753	0.175	0.331	23.8	11.2	112.4	2.48

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 117 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	Ferris Fain	1948	126.3	110.5	672
2	Jason Giambi	1998	120.5	152.8	695
3	Mitchell Page	1979	126.4	110.2	393
4	Jack Fournier	1920	135.5	145.1	661
5	Brandon Belt	2015	129.1	131.9	655
6	Ray Sanders	1944	122.8	110.8	631
7	Jared Walsh	2021	121.6	76.0	454
8	Leon Durham	1985	127.8	109.9	557
9	Larry Sheets	1987	127.1	83.4	504
10	Norm Siebern	1961	121.5	140.2	719

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			536		112	21	2	19		2	60	128	0.241	0.336	0.417	0.753	112.4
2026*	CHN	126	564	53	116	20	2	15		2	70	125	0.242	0.349	0.386	0.736	115.7
2025	CHC	155	592	78	137	25	5	34	90	4	56	139	0.261	0.343	0.523	0.866	145.9
2024	CHC	152	567	73	123	28	2	21	65	2	63	162	0.248	0.335	0.440	0.775	119.1
2023	LAD	27	81	9	12	3	0	2	7	1	8	27	0.167	0.247	0.292	0.539	44.3
Career		334	1240	160	272	56	7	57	162	7	127	328	0.249	0.333	0.470	0.803	127.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	564	88.1	15.1	8.9	39.1	25.0	25.5	0.234	0.401	0.331	25.9
2025	592	92.2	17.0	17.1	47.3	25.1	23.0	0.262	0.548	0.378	26.5
2024	567	89.9	17.2	11.3	39.9	28.4	23.4	0.217	0.432	0.324	27.3
2023	81	89.1	4.7	6.5	50.0	30.2	29.5	0.180	0.352	0.268	26.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	1B	151	1185	998	84	4	91	0.996	+3.9
2024	CHC	1B	142	1132	940	77	4	68	0.996	+2.3
2024	CHC	2B	3	18	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2024	CHC	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	LAD	3B	13	99	7	16	4	3	0.852	-1.7
2023	LAD	1B	4	10	11	1	0	2	1.000	-0.9
2023	LAD	2B	1	9	4	2	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2023	LAD	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0

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	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	469	27 HR, 4 SB	0.323	1.049
2022	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	504	21 HR, 3 SB	0.266	0.823
2022	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	137	11 HR, 1 SB	0.306	1.112
2021	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	495	20 HR, 2 SB	0.267	0.870

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.333	0.336	0.354	0.317
2025	0.305	0.391	0.377	0.378
2024	0.316	0.349	0.304	0.377
2023	0.203	0.252	0.330	0.162

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	27	4	8	0	0	4	4	0	3	4	0.296	0.387	0.741	1.128
Career	8	27	4	8	0	0	4	4	0	3	4	0.296	0.387	0.741	1.128