Sal Frelick

Bats L Throws R5'10" 182 lbBorn 2000 Boston, USADebut 2023Team MILDraft 2021 R1 #15 Milwaukee Brewers, Boston CollegeContract 1 y/$800,600 (26) 2026: $800,600

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 93.2FIELD+ 104.3 at RFTotal 0.79 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	458	410	108	18	3	6	37	64	14	0.264	0.330	0.365	0.694	0.101	0.309	14.1	8.2	95.4	1.17
2027	345	309	81	15	2	5	29	43	9	0.263	0.330	0.368	0.698	0.104	0.310	12.5	8.3	94.8	0.86

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 107 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	Michael Brantley	2012	97.0	108.1	611
2	Max Kepler	2018	96.7	122.2	596
3	Darin Erstad	1999	96.9	136.7	747
4	Eddie Rosario	2017	103.9	112.3	592
5	Trent Grisham	2022	100.7	91.9	554
6	Daulton Varsho	2022	102.7	85.0	580
7	Lou Brock	1964	102.8	113.7	697
8	Roy Weatherly	1940	94.6	102.1	404
9	Jo-Jo Moore	1934	105.7	110.2	744
10	Ken Landreaux	1980	96.7	89.6	420

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			345		81	15	2	5		9	29	43	0.263	0.330	0.368	0.698	94.8
2026*	MIL	90	313	33	65	14	0	4		6	25	31	0.236	0.301	0.330	0.630	75.1
2025	MIL	142	590	76	152	20	3	12	63	19	47	80	0.288	0.351	0.405	0.756	113.2
2024	MIL	145	521	66	123	22	4	2	32	18	39	78	0.259	0.320	0.335	0.655	87.0
2023	MIL	57	223	29	47	9	1	3	24	7	28	37	0.246	0.341	0.351	0.692	94.7
Career		344	1334	171	322	51	8	17	119	44	114	195	0.270	0.337	0.369	0.706	99.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	313	85.9	9.3	2.0	27.8	10.7	23.8	0.243	0.322	0.281	28.7
2025	594	85.5	12.1	3.1	27.4	12.8	26.3	0.255	0.339	0.299	28.9
2024	524	83.4	9.7	0.8	19.5	12.9	25.9	0.246	0.309	0.283	29.3
2023	223	83.3	8.1	2.5	23.6	14.6	29.0	0.234	0.309	0.298	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	OF	148	1188	294	10	3	2	0.990
2025	MIL	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2025	MIL	3B	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2024	MIL	OF	155	1128	269	6	3	1	0.989
2024	MIL	3B	2	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2023	MIL	OF	71	446	95	4	0	1	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	Nashville Sounds	Bat	40	2 HR, 1 SB	0.281	0.973
2023	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	183	2 HR, 8 SB	0.247	0.675
2022	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Bat	217	4 HR, 9 SB	0.365	0.943
2022	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Bat	253	5 HR, 9 SB	0.317	0.844
2022	A+	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Bat	92	2 HR, 6 SB	0.291	0.847
2021	A+	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Bat	71	1 HR, 3 SB	0.167	0.563
2021	A	Carolina Mudcats	Bat	81	1 HR, 6 SB	0.437	1.086

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.236	0.324	0.318	0.288
2025	0.332	0.349	0.382	0.306
2024	0.315	0.306	0.309	0.306
2023	0.262	0.325	0.338	0.292

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	9	31	2	5	1	0	1	1	2	5	0.161	0.206	0.194	0.399
2024	3	11	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.364	0.364	0.727	1.091
2023	2	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.250	0.222	0.250	0.472
Career	14	50	4	11	2	1	3	1	2	9	0.220	0.241	0.320	0.561