Michael Helman

Bats R Throws R6'0" 195 lbBorn 1996 Lincoln, USADebut 2024Team TEXDraft 2018 R11 #334 Minnesota Twins, Texas A&MContract 1 y (26) 2026: $599,721

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 76.3FIELD+ 100.6 at CFTotal 0.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	139	126	27	5	1	4	10	32	4	0.217	0.279	0.362	0.641	0.145	0.281	22.7	6.9	77.9	0.06
2027	122	109	23	4	0	3	8	29	3	0.211	0.277	0.348	0.624	0.136	0.276	23.5	6.9	73.1	-0.02

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 94 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	Kite Thomas	1952	127.2	67.8	122
2	George Jackson	1911	129.7	91.3	456
3	Pat Lennon	1997	102.5	289.7	4
4	Joe Connolly	1923	106.3	6.3	13
5	Terrell Lowery	2000	102.9	did not play
6	Pete Scott	1927	114.3	122.1	203
7	Dutch Holland	1933	102.9	84.3	142
8	Jim Pendleton	1953	106.0	29.7	179
9	Mike Kinkade	2002	116.4	90.0	191
10	Kevin Ward	1991	97.3	60.5	165

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			122		23	4	0	3		3	8	29	0.211	0.277	0.348	0.624	73.1
2026*	TEX	15	35	2	5	1	0	1		0	1	6	0.167	0.235	0.300	0.535	57.8
2025	TEX	38	110	18	23	5	1	5	20	4	7	21	0.232	0.290	0.455	0.744	115.3
2024	MIN	9	10	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.300	0.300	0.500	0.800	117.5
Career		47	120	20	26	7	1	5	20	4	7	24	0.239	0.291	0.459	0.749	115.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	35	82.9	23.9	0.0	7.7	20.9	43.3	0.147	0.208	0.200	29.7
2025	110	82.7	19.6	8.6	24.7	24.1	33.0	0.184	0.328	0.254	29.4
2024	10	86.1	19.8	0.0	28.6	33.3	44.4	0.120	0.155	0.116	28.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	OF	35	260	89	1	0	1	1.000
2025	TEX	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2024	MIN	OF	7	22	2	0	1	0	0.667
2024	MIN	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0

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	Round Rock Express	Bat	152	5 HR, 5 SB	0.198	0.635
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	73	1 HR, 1 SB	0.185	0.552
2025	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	238	8 HR, 11 SB	0.245	0.744
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	311	9 HR, 12 SB	0.231	0.700
2024	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	314	14 HR, 12 SB	0.271	0.837
2023	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	118	6 HR, 5 SB	0.296	0.902
2023	AA	Wichita Wind Surge	Bat	24	1 HR, 0 SB	0.227	0.659
2023	A	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	Bat	24	0 HR, 3 SB	0.421	1.226
2022	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	415	14 HR, 30 SB	0.250	0.741
2022	AA	Wichita Wind Surge	Bat	166	6 HR, 10 SB	0.278	0.839
2021	A+	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	453	19 HR, 21 SB	0.246	0.798
2019	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	306	3 HR, 3 SB	0.197	0.525
2018	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	118	2 HR, 4 SB	0.355	0.884
2018	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	46	2 HR, 6 SB	0.375	1.010

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.259	0.217	0.281	0.197
2025	0.271	0.377	0.324	0.334
2024	0.340		0.208	0.537

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