Dylan Carlson

Bats B Throws L6'2" 205 lbBorn 1998 Elk Grove, USADebut 2020Team CHCDraft 2016 R1 #33 St. Louis Cardinals, Elk Grove (CA) HS

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 87.0FIELD+ 100.1 at LFTotal 0.20 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	179	157	37	7	1	5	18	40	2	0.234	0.320	0.377	0.697	0.143	0.310	22.5	10.3	93.7	0.42
2027	136	118	27	6	0	3	14	31	1	0.225	0.315	0.364	0.679	0.139	0.303	22.8	10.3	87.9	0.22

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 81 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	Gerald Young	1991	89.1	51.4	90
2	Danny Santana	2017	81.7	57.7	32
3	Milt Cuyler	1995	72.4	55.9	134
4	Chet Ross	1943	98.9	87.5	168
5	Dave Collins	1979	95.7	110.7	613
6	Junior Felix	1994	97.9	did not play
7	George Wright	1985	79.8	45.9	245
8	Augie Galan	1938	107.4	120.7	641
9	Rowland Office	1979	75.2	111.0	335
10	Jeremy Hermida	2010	97.3	83.9	66

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			136		27	6	0	3		1	14	31	0.225	0.315	0.364	0.679	87.9
2026*	CHN	3	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-107.5
2025	BAL	83	241	17	44	9	1	6	20	3	21	54	0.203	0.278	0.336	0.614	74.5
2024	TB	96	265	19	49	7	0	3	25	2	22	75	0.209	0.287	0.277	0.563	62.4
2023	STL	76	255	27	48	8	1	5	27	3	26	49	0.219	0.318	0.333	0.651	82.8
2022	STL	128	488	56	102	30	4	8	42	5	45	94	0.236	0.316	0.380	0.695	102.6
2021	STL	149	619	79	144	31	4	18	65	2	57	152	0.266	0.343	0.437	0.780	117.5
2020	STL	35	119	11	22	7	1	3	16	1	8	35	0.200	0.252	0.364	0.616	65.1
Career		567	1987	209	409	92	11	43	195	16	179	459	0.233	0.312	0.372	0.684	93.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	4	84.4	6.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	11.1	0.067	0.096	0.070
2025	241	88.4	16.7	6.7	30.5	22.9	19.4	0.214	0.357	0.285	27.6
2024	265	86.8	15.8	2.5	25.8	31.0	24.8	0.198	0.286	0.258	27.3
2023	255	89.3	15.0	5.8	37.6	22.6	24.9	0.232	0.381	0.317	27.6
2022	488	86.1	12.9	4.4	27.2	25.7	24.7	0.234	0.367	0.304	28.1
2021	619	88.2	15.1	7.1	31.1	27.9	23.9	0.242	0.404	0.320	27.9
2020	119	87.4	9.3	9.2	42.1	31.2	24.5	0.246	0.441	0.314	27.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	BAL	OF	84	579	138	3	0	0	1.000
2024	TB	OF	96	558	143	1	1	1	0.993
2023	STL	OF	75	549	141	1	1	0	0.993
2022	STL	OF	124	978	222	8	2	1	0.991
2021	STL	OF	145	1243	297	8	4	3	0.987
2020	STL	OF	34	263	64	4	0	2	1.000

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	Iowa Cubs	Bat	44	2 HR, 0 SB	0.175	0.600
2026	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	153	4 HR, 1 SB	0.181	0.614
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	197	6 HR, 1 SB	0.180	0.611
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	126	4 HR, 4 SB	0.294	0.872
2019	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	79	5 HR, 2 SB	0.361	1.099
2019	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	483	21 HR, 18 SB	0.281	0.882
2018	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	441	9 HR, 6 SB	0.247	0.731
2018	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	57	2 HR, 2 SB	0.234	0.794
2017	A	Peoria Chiefs	Bat	451	7 HR, 6 SB	0.240	0.689
2016	Rk	GCL Cardinals	Bat	201	3 HR, 4 SB	0.251	0.717

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.000		0.000
2025	0.239	0.311	0.313	0.270
2024	0.286	0.245	0.290	0.240
2023	0.368	0.270	0.301	0.304
2022	0.385	0.288	0.341	0.294
2021	0.404	0.329	0.378	0.316
2020	0.254	0.278	0.325	0.220

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	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2022	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.500	0.000	0.500
2021	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500
2020	3	9	2	3	1	1	4	3	0.333	0.571	0.444	1.016
Career	6	15	3	4	1	1	6	4	0.267	0.500	0.333	0.833