José Fermín

Bats R Throws R5'9" 200 lbBorn 1999 Puerto Plata, D.R.Debut 2023Team STLContract 1 y/$792,350 (26) 2026: $792,350

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 81.3FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.20 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	180	156	37	7	0	4	18	25	5	0.237	0.327	0.360	0.687	0.123	0.308	13.8	9.9	92.5	0.40
2027	248	215	50	10	1	6	25	34	6	0.234	0.321	0.365	0.686	0.131	0.307	13.5	9.9	95.2	0.63

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; 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	Steve Balboni	1983	72.1	122.6	488
2	Russ Morman	1988	73.6	56.6	67
3	Hugh Bradley	1911	71.5	62.3	160
4	Brad Eldred	2007	68.3	did not play
5	John Jaha	1992	67.4	103.7	582
6	Jose Leon	2003	67.5	24.3	69
7	Brandon Snyder	2013	80.4	did not play
8	John Wockenfuss	1975	77.5	96.1	163
9	Al Niehaus	1925	79.0	did not play
10	Eduardo Perez	1996	70.8	102.9	330

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			248		50	10	1	6		6	25	34	0.234	0.321	0.365	0.686	95.2
2026*	SLN	89	269	21	57	13	0	5		6	26	33	0.242	0.317	0.360	0.677	88.8
2025	STL	30	70	5	17	5	0	1	9	2	8	10	0.283	0.377	0.417	0.793	130.2
2024	STL	45	79	7	11	1	1	0	4	2	7	11	0.155	0.241	0.197	0.438	27.8
2023	STL	21	61	2	12	1	0	0	4	0	6	8	0.235	0.339	0.255	0.594	74.6
Career		96	210	14	40	7	1	1	17	4	21	29	0.220	0.314	0.286	0.600	75.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	269	86.8	16.8	1.9	32.4	13.4	21.2	0.255	0.349	0.305	27.3
2025	70	87.1	16.0	0.0	29.4	15.2	20.9	0.275	0.367	0.332	27.1
2024	79	85.4	8.3	0.0	25.0	10.7	21.7	0.194	0.238	0.244	28.9
2023	61	89.5	9.9	0.0	33.3	12.2	23.6	0.275	0.340	0.325	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	2B	15	97	20	27	0	5	1.000	+3.2
2025	STL	3B	5	21	0	4	0	0	1.000	-0.8
2025	STL	OF	5	24	4	0	0	0	1.000
2024	STL	3B	13	55	5	6	0	0	1.000	-2.1
2024	STL	2B	11	70	8	18	0	2	1.000	-0.5
2024	STL	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2023	STL	2B	10	74	13	28	1	2	0.976	+2.0
2023	STL	3B	8	69	8	16	1	3	0.960	-1.9

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	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	293	7 HR, 20 SB	0.300	0.913
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	240	8 HR, 18 SB	0.311	0.924
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	81	4 HR, 1 SB	0.227	0.843
2023	A	Palm Beach Cardinals	Bat	23	1 HR, 1 SB	0.200	0.704
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	330	6 HR, 9 SB	0.215	0.658
2021	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	336	6 HR, 4 SB	0.258	0.712
2019	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	456	6 HR, 28 SB	0.293	0.753
2017	Rk	AZL Indians	Bat	182	1 HR, 5 SB	0.229	0.603
2016	Rk	DSL Indians	Bat	66	0 HR, 2 SB	0.224	0.665

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.339	0.289	0.319	0.306
2025	0.341	0.372	0.350	0.379
2024	0.119	0.312	0.282	0.132
2023	0.216	0.339	0.352	0.237

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