Nick Gonzales

Bats R Throws R5'9" 190 lbBorn 1999 Vail, USADebut 2023Team PITDraft 2020 R1 #7 Pittsburgh Pirates, New Mexico StateContract 1 y/$801,600 (26) 2026: $801,600

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 83.5FIELD+ 95.3 at 3BTotal 0.56 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	404	369	96	21	2	8	26	80	2	0.259	0.314	0.394	0.707	0.135	0.310	19.7	6.4	92.4	0.88
2027	518	473	123	24	3	8	34	97	4	0.260	0.317	0.370	0.687	0.111	0.304	18.7	6.5	87.5	0.82

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 87 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	Jim Davenport	1960	84.8	110.5	503
2	Lennie Merullo	1943	82.6	55.8	217
3	Harry Arndt	1905	83.6	121.4	279
4	Kevin Newman	2020	89.2	52.5	554
5	Frank Duffy	1973	81.5	66.9	596
6	Bobby Knoop	1965	81.8	89.0	650
7	Eddie Foster	1913	87.4	106.7	684
8	Randy Jackson	1952	86.1	107.0	549
9	Roy Hughes	1937	80.8	88.2	109
10	Steve Mesner	1944	72.7	76.0	611

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			518		123	24	3	8		4	34	97	0.260	0.317	0.370	0.687	87.5
2026*	PIT	120	494	66	140	22	1	6		5	33	82	0.310	0.368	0.404	0.772	114.6
2025	PIT	96	408	39	99	18	3	5	30	0	21	73	0.260	0.299	0.362	0.661	81.7
2024	PIT	94	387	42	97	19	3	7	49	5	18	74	0.270	0.311	0.398	0.709	94.4
2023	PIT	35	128	12	24	8	1	2	13	0	6	36	0.209	0.268	0.348	0.616	65.8
Career		225	923	93	220	45	7	14	92	5	45	183	0.257	0.300	0.375	0.675	84.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	494	86.3	6.7	2.7	34.9	23.3	31.9	0.283	0.387	0.325	28.8
2025	408	88.8	9.1	4.5	38.8	24.7	31.6	0.254	0.368	0.291	28.9
2024	387	87.9	13.0	8.0	36.9	24.9	34.1	0.269	0.415	0.322	29.2
2023	128	85.5	8.7	3.7	26.8	32.4	28.2	0.200	0.313	0.257	28.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PIT	2B	85	731	127	176	8	38	0.974	-5.7
2025	PIT	SS	13	109	6	21	1	3	0.964	-2.1
2024	PIT	2B	85	734	147	231	5	64	0.987	-10.4
2024	PIT	SS	8	62	4	10	2	0	0.875	+0.2
2024	PIT	3B	2	10	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2023	PIT	2B	29	231	53	63	2	18	0.983	-2.8
2023	PIT	SS	9	59	4	13	1	1	0.944	+2.0

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	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	38	0 HR, 0 SB	0.194	0.461
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	154	5 HR, 0 SB	0.356	1.029
2023	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	443	14 HR, 4 SB	0.281	0.886
2022	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	316	7 HR, 5 SB	0.263	0.812
2021	A+	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	369	18 HR, 7 SB	0.302	0.950

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.309	0.374	0.334	0.372
2025	0.313	0.298	0.275	0.328
2024	0.363	0.309	0.298	0.346
2023	0.257	0.277	0.305	0.238

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