Jeimer Candelario

Bats B Throws R6'1" 216 lbBorn 1993 New York, USADebut 2016Team LAA

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 79.3FIELD+ 99.7 at 3BTotal 0.08 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	250	225	48	11	1	7	20	66	1	0.215	0.287	0.363	0.650	0.148	0.287	26.4	8.1	78.8	0.13
2027	132	118	25	6	0	4	11	37	1	0.214	0.287	0.361	0.648	0.147	0.286	27.9	8.1	79.8	0.09

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 78 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	Felipe Lopez	2011	91.9	did not play
2	Wilson Betemit	2013	103.0	did not play
3	Derrel Thomas	1982	84.7	103.5	227
4	Wally Backman	1991	100.2	85.9	55
5	Mark Bellhorn	2006	96.1	10.4	18
6	Miller Huggins	1909	109.1	123.1	688
7	Ron Oester	1987	84.4	78.3	163
8	Jed Lowrie	2015	101.9	83.4	369
9	Jonathan Villar	2022	94.8	did not play
10	Maicer Izturis	2012	94.1	62.5	399

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			132		25	6	0	4		1	11	37	0.214	0.287	0.361	0.648	79.8
2026*	LAA	7	20	3	2	2	0	0		0	1	8	0.111	0.200	0.222	0.422	15.8
2025	CIN	22	91	3	9	2	0	2	10	0	9	29	0.113	0.198	0.212	0.410	6.0
2024	CIN	112	463	47	96	23	2	20	56	4	27	114	0.225	0.279	0.429	0.707	85.4
2023	CHC	139	575	77	127	39	3	22	70	8	53	127	0.251	0.336	0.471	0.807	119.1
2022	DET	124	467	49	93	19	2	13	50	0	28	109	0.217	0.272	0.361	0.633	81.7
2021	DET	149	626	75	151	42	3	16	67	0	65	135	0.271	0.351	0.443	0.795	123.2
2020	DET	52	206	30	55	11	3	7	29	1	20	49	0.297	0.369	0.503	0.872	135.6
2019	DET	94	386	33	68	17	2	8	32	3	43	99	0.203	0.306	0.337	0.643	72.2
2018	DET	144	619	78	121	28	3	19	54	3	66	160	0.224	0.317	0.393	0.710	94.4
2017	DET	38	142	18	36	9	0	3	16	0	13	30	0.283	0.359	0.425	0.784	110.0
2016	CHC	5	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0.091	0.286	0.091	0.377	4.2
Career		879	3589	410	757	190	18	110	384	19	326	857	0.237	0.315	0.411	0.726	98.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	20	91.8	18.2	0.0	40.0	50.0	35.1	0.167	0.213	0.218	26.3
2025	91	87.3	11.4	7.5	28.3	32.3	29.8	0.126	0.247	0.213	26.7
2024	463	86.9	12.4	8.3	34.5	29.1	34.7	0.220	0.375	0.285	27.4
2023	576	88.3	14.1	7.9	36.4	24.2	28.3	0.231	0.407	0.318	27.5
2022	467	87.2	13.5	8.4	34.6	25.4	33.5	0.226	0.392	0.295	27.3
2021	626	88.7	12.6	9.0	39.1	23.5	29.2	0.273	0.464	0.355	27.2
2020	206	90.2	13.3	10.4	47.1	27.9	26.3	0.277	0.471	0.356	26.8
2019	386	88.2	15.8	6.6	33.8	25.8	29.9	0.231	0.369	0.308	27.3
2018	619	87.1	15.3	6.6	33.6	25.6	25.6	0.206	0.350	0.292	27.3
2017	142	86.7	13.0	4.4	33.0	28.6	25.7	0.248	0.390	0.314	27.6
2016	14	92.1	6.4	0.0	33.3	26.9	32.3	0.135	0.163	0.219

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	3B	12	102	4	15	1	0	0.950	-1.2
2025	CIN	1B	8	65	38	4	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2024	CIN	3B	54	455	40	80	9	6	0.930	-4.0
2024	CIN	1B	32	235	180	16	2	20	0.990	-3.5
2023	CHC	3B	115	994	67	205	8	22	0.971	-11.0
2023	CHC	1B	21	146	131	8	1	13	0.993	-0.4
2022	DET	3B	117	974	75	197	11	17	0.961	+3.4
2021	DET	3B	142	1238	91	273	9	30	0.976	-12.8
2020	DET	1B	43	345	297	19	4	35	0.988	+3.8
2020	DET	3B	10	83	4	25	0	3	1.000	+3.6
2019	DET	3B	69	610	44	133	6	19	0.967	-6.5
2019	DET	1B	20	165	136	11	1	16	0.993	-0.7
2018	DET	3B	140	1212	116	241	10	26	0.973	-13.5
2017	DET	3B	36	288	23	56	5	4	0.940	-6.3
2017	CHC	1B	1	8	6	1	0	1	1.000	+0.4
2016	CHC	3B	3	22	1	3	1	0	0.800	+0.3

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	332	10 HR, 3 SB	0.265	0.836
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	322	8 HR, 0 SB	0.204	0.647
2025	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	66	1 HR, 0 SB	0.211	0.651
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	256	7 HR, 0 SB	0.203	0.646
2019	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	178	9 HR, 0 SB	0.320	1.004
2017	AAA	nan	Bat	458	15 HR, 1 SB	0.265	0.827
2017	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	330	12 HR, 0 SB	0.266	0.868
2017	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	128	3 HR, 1 SB	0.264	0.727
2016	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	244	4 HR, 0 SB	0.219	0.691
2016	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	309	9 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.959
2015	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	182	5 HR, 0 SB	0.291	0.841
2015	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	343	5 HR, 0 SB	0.270	0.733
2014	A+	Daytona Cubs	Bat	244	5 HR, 0 SB	0.193	0.601
2014	A	Kane County Cougars	Bat	263	6 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.726
2013	A	Kane County Cougars	Bat	573	11 HR, 1 SB	0.253	0.737

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.379	0.096	0.221	0.156
2025	0.315	0.159	0.223	0.179
2024	0.306	0.309	0.345	0.267
2023	0.363	0.359	0.352	0.368
2022	0.298	0.285	0.266	0.310
2021	0.343	0.362	0.364	0.350
2020	0.493	0.347	0.348	0.405
2019	0.266	0.311	0.314	0.288

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