Denzel Clarke

Bats R Throws R6'4" 220 lbBorn 2000 Toronto, CANDebut 2025Team ATHDraft 2018 R36 #1070 New York Mets, Everest AcademyContract 1 y/$780,000 (26) 2026: $780,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.9FIELD+ 102.7 at CFTotal 0.34 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	196	175	39	8	1	5	16	63	7	0.226	0.299	0.371	0.671	0.146	0.297	32.3	8.0	85.3	0.26
2027	180	160	35	6	1	5	14	60	6	0.217	0.291	0.355	0.646	0.138	0.287	33.2	8.0	82.8	0.18

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 110 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	Manuel Cueto	1917	68.9	146.6	134
2	Brian Jordan	1992	73.0	139.1	242
3	Kevin Pillar	2014	74.0	95.4	628
4	Tyler Nevin	2022	76.8	75.5	111
5	Dave Meier	1985	75.0	did not play
6	Myles Straw	2020	77.1	95.8	638
7	Mitch Haniger	2016	78.2	127.9	410
8	Mac Williamson	2016	79.4	77.0	73
9	Hiram Bocachica	2001	75.8	80.5	179
10	Donell Nixon	1987	78.5	149.0	89

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			180		35	6	1	5		6	14	60	0.217	0.291	0.355	0.646	82.8
2026*	ATH	22	60	4	9	1	0	0		2	4	24	0.170	0.228	0.189	0.417	14.6
2025	ATH	47	159	18	34	8	2	3	8	6	6	61	0.230	0.274	0.372	0.646	75.8
Career		47	159	18	34	8	2	3	8	6	6	61	0.230	0.274	0.372	0.646	75.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	60	91.9	2.6	3.2	46.9	35.8	29.0	0.163	0.190	0.193	28.5
2025	159	90.0	4.1	6.7	42.7	32.7	30.2	0.200	0.322	0.250	29.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	OF	47	384	173	1	3	0	0.983

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	135	0 HR, 7 SB	0.280	0.841
2024	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	478	13 HR, 36 SB	0.269	0.784
2023	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	286	12 HR, 11 SB	0.261	0.877
2022	A+	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	218	8 HR, 16 SB	0.209	0.723
2022	A	Stockton Ports	Bat	193	7 HR, 14 SB	0.295	0.965
2021	Rk	ACL Athletics	Bat	22	1 HR, 1 SB	0.316	0.988

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.202	0.173	0.233	0.151
2025	0.280	0.283	0.248	0.322

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