Vaughn Grissom

Bats R Throws R6'3" 210 lbBorn 2001 Orlando, USADebut 2022Team LAADraft 2019 R11 #337 Atlanta Braves, Hagerty HSContract 1 y/$800,000 (26) 2026: $800,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.5FIELD+ 98.7 at 2BTotal 0.64 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2027	351	317	79	15	1	8	25	67	3	0.250	0.315	0.378	0.693	0.128	0.306	19.1	7.2	89.9	0.66

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 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 93 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	J. J. Hardy	2006	80.7	101.6	638
2	Dickie Thon	1981	80.7	111.9	540
3	Gary Sutherland	1968	79.0	64.6	596
4	Gene Mauch	1949	77.0	69.9	137
5	Tucker Ashford	1978	81.9	did not play
6	Tony Batista	1997	79.5	114.4	318
7	Miguel de la Hoz	1962	80.4	109.2	161
8	Wally Smith	1911	80.1	90.5	257
9	Alan Storke	1908	86.7	97.4	322
10	Curtis Mead	2024	75.7	76.3	264

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			351		79	15	1	8		3	25	67	0.250	0.315	0.378	0.693	89.9
2026*	LAA	84	323	32	71	16	0	7		1	22	60	0.244	0.304	0.371	0.675	88.7
2024	BOS	31	114	10	20	3	0	0	6	2	7	24	0.190	0.246	0.219	0.465	29.0
2023	ATL	23	80	5	21	3	1	0	9	0	2	15	0.280	0.312	0.347	0.659	75.4
2022	ATL	41	156	24	41	6	0	5	18	5	11	34	0.291	0.353	0.440	0.792	121.2
Career		95	350	39	82	12	1	5	33	7	20	73	0.255	0.309	0.346	0.654	80.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	323	88.2	12.7	6.4	38.3	22.6	31.5	0.249	0.380	0.309	26.9
2024	114	86.1	8.3	4.9	32.9	22.4	29.4	0.250	0.345	0.291	27.4
2023	80	86.2	5.1	6.6	36.1	20.0	34.1	0.268	0.379	0.299	27.2
2022	156	84.6	9.0	7.4	34.3	25.6	35.2	0.257	0.428	0.330	27.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2024	BOS	2B	30	245	35	85	3	16	0.976	-0.6
2023	ATL	SS	19	158	20	37	6	8	0.905	-4.8
2023	ATL	2B	4	21	2	3	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2022	ATL	2B	40	347	57	87	4	14	0.973	-1.1
2022	ATL	SS	2	10	3	4	0	2	1.000	-0.4

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	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	41	0 HR, 0 SB	0.308	0.700
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	418	13 HR, 9 SB	0.270	0.783
2024	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	234	6 HR, 10 SB	0.259	0.758
2023	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	468	8 HR, 13 SB	0.330	0.920
2022	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	98	3 HR, 7 SB	0.363	0.924
2022	A+	Rome Braves	Bat	344	11 HR, 20 SB	0.312	0.891
2021	A+	Rome Braves	Bat	52	2 HR, 3 SB	0.378	1.114
2021	A	Augusta GreenJackets	Bat	328	5 HR, 13 SB	0.311	0.848
2019	Rk	GCL Braves	Bat	184	3 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.761

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.315	0.304	0.269	0.344
2024	0.327	0.207	0.232	0.232
2023	0.231	0.341	0.339	0.256
2022	0.404	0.320	0.406	0.304

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO
2023	1	1	1
2022	2	3	3
Career	3	4	4