TJ Friedl

Bats L Throws L5'10" 180 lbBorn 1995 Sewickley, USADebut 2021Team CINContract 1 y/$3.8M (26) 2026: $3,800,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 88.3FIELD+ 98.2 at CFTotal 0.45 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	542	464	106	17	3	12	57	93	11	0.228	0.325	0.352	0.676	0.123	0.305	17.2	10.5	87.1	0.84
2027	265	228	50	8	1	5	25	51	6	0.218	0.309	0.336	0.645	0.118	0.292	19.3	9.5	82.7	0.26

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 100 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	Troy O'Leary	1999	102.3	79.2	563
2	Lenny Green	1962	102.5	79.3	319
3	Charlie Blackmon	2016	105.4	142.7	725
4	Johnny Barrett	1945	103.5	60.4	134
5	Brett Gardner	2013	99.4	113.4	636
6	Alejandro De Aza	2013	99.3	98.1	528
7	Mule Haas	1933	99.7	81.2	422
8	Jacque Jones	2004	100.3	92.6	585
9	Johnny Frederick	1931	112.8	129.3	414
10	Garret Anderson	2001	96.7	122.1	678

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			265		50	8	1	5		6	25	51	0.218	0.309	0.336	0.645	82.7
2026*	CIN	72	246	19	34	6	1	3		5	20	57	0.157	0.241	0.236	0.477	28.0
2025	CIN	152	685	82	151	22	2	14	53	12	81	115	0.261	0.364	0.378	0.742	106.3
2024	CIN	85	341	35	67	5	1	13	55	9	26	52	0.226	0.310	0.380	0.690	87.4
2023	CIN	138	556	73	136	22	8	18	66	27	47	90	0.279	0.352	0.467	0.819	118.5
2022	CIN	72	258	33	54	10	5	8	25	7	20	40	0.240	0.314	0.436	0.750	98.1
2021	CIN	14	36	9	9	1	0	1	2	0	4	2	0.290	0.361	0.419	0.780	97.9
Career		461	1876	232	417	60	16	54	201	55	178	299	0.257	0.344	0.414	0.758	105.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	246	87.3	22.0	2.5	27.3	25.1	25.4	0.173	0.239	0.231	26.8
2025	685	87.1	14.3	2.7	32.1	17.5	18.1	0.227	0.317	0.300	26.7
2024	341	86.0	16.7	3.2	31.5	17.9	23.9	0.223	0.322	0.293	26.5
2023	556	86.7	16.1	3.2	27.6	18.4	24.7	0.234	0.320	0.287	28.3
2022	258	87.2	19.8	4.7	29.8	20.3	23.9	0.212	0.339	0.283	28.1
2021	36	88.1	24.3	6.7	33.3	14.5	13.2	0.239	0.343	0.295	27.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CIN	OF	149	1295	371	4	3	0	0.992
2024	CIN	OF	82	678	192	3	3	1	0.985
2023	CIN	OF	151	1090	305	9	1	2	0.997
2022	CIN	OF	61	466	123	4	1	1	0.992
2021	CIN	OF	11	74	12	1	2	0	0.867

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	Louisville Bats	Bat	81	3 HR, 2 SB	0.271	0.841
2024	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	32	0 HR, 0 SB	0.185	0.646
2022	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	241	8 HR, 10 SB	0.278	0.839
2021	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	448	12 HR, 13 SB	0.264	0.779
2019	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	269	5 HR, 13 SB	0.235	0.732
2018	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	296	2 HR, 19 SB	0.276	0.719
2018	A+	Daytona Tortugas	Bat	274	3 HR, 11 SB	0.294	0.817
2017	A+	Daytona Tortugas	Bat	199	2 HR, 2 SB	0.257	0.659
2017	A	Dayton Dragons	Bat	292	5 HR, 14 SB	0.284	0.850
2016	Rk	Billings Mustangs	Bat	137	3 HR, 7 SB	0.347	0.968

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.190	0.234	0.222	0.234
2025	0.323	0.349	0.321	0.360
2024	0.330	0.310	0.289	0.337
2023	0.444	0.347	0.403	0.333
2022	0.470	0.313	0.367	0.299
2021	0.358	0.340	0.474	0.197

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.125	0.300	0.125	0.425
Career	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0.125	0.300	0.125	0.425