Kyle Higashioka

Bats R Throws R6'1" 202 lbBorn 1990 Huntington Beach, USADebut 2017Team TEXDraft 2008 R7 #230 New York Yankees, Edison HSContract 2 y/$13.5M (25-26)+27 m opt 2026: $6,750,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 109.9FIELD+ 96.2 at CTotal 0.91 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	232	212	46	9	0	8	16	58	1	0.216	0.273	0.377	0.650	0.160	0.283	25.0	7.0	80.6	0.17
2027	205	187	40	7	0	7	15	52	1	0.214	0.274	0.366	0.640	0.151	0.281	25.4	7.2	79.8	0.13

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 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 77 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	Charlie O'Brien	1995	77.5	90.0	375
2	Buck Martinez	1984	72.8	45.6	113
3	Al Todd	1937	82.9	80.7	521
4	Todd Greene	2006	78.5	did not play
5	Bob Scheffing	1949	87.5	72.4	67
6	Rick Cerone	1989	74.7	99.1	146
7	Frank Bowerman	1904	74.7	94.4	327
8	Ray Mueller	1947	96.2	47.8	38
9	Rod Barajas	2011	75.5	72.2	361
10	Rick Dempsey	1985	89.8	92.1	382

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			205		40	7	0	7		1	15	52	0.214	0.274	0.366	0.640	79.8
2026*	TEX	58	186	20	36	4	0	7		0	19	47	0.218	0.306	0.370	0.676	103.1
2025	TEX	94	327	33	73	14	1	11	47	3	20	72	0.241	0.291	0.403	0.693	102.1
2024	SD	84	263	29	54	10	1	17	45	2	15	74	0.220	0.263	0.476	0.739	98.7
2023	NYY	92	260	24	57	13	0	10	34	0	14	74	0.236	0.274	0.413	0.687	82.0
2022	NYY	83	248	27	52	7	0	10	31	0	12	52	0.227	0.264	0.389	0.653	79.7
2021	NYY	67	211	20	35	10	0	10	29	0	17	59	0.181	0.246	0.389	0.635	70.3
2020	NYY	16	48	7	12	1	0	4	10	0	0	11	0.250	0.250	0.521	0.771	103.1
2019	NYY	18	57	8	12	5	0	3	11	0	0	26	0.214	0.211	0.464	0.675	67.3
2018	NYY	29	79	6	12	2	0	3	6	0	6	16	0.167	0.241	0.319	0.560	47.6
2017	NYY	9	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0.000	0.100	0.000	0.100	-74.0
Career		492	1513	156	307	62	2	68	213	5	86	390	0.218	0.263	0.410	0.673	83.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	186	88.2	17.3	8.5	38.1	26.3	31.1	0.219	0.351	0.295	24.6
2025	327	88.9	17.2	8.6	39.1	21.9	27.5	0.233	0.394	0.295	25.1
2024	263	88.4	20.7	10.9	37.4	25.6	28.1	0.216	0.434	0.299	25.4
2023	260	90.1	15.5	11.0	48.3	28.6	31.0	0.235	0.449	0.310	25.6
2022	248	90.9	17.2	9.9	48.1	26.8	28.4	0.253	0.462	0.321	25.8
2021	211	90.5	21.7	15.8	48.1	31.3	25.4	0.228	0.514	0.344	25.4
2020	48	89.7	18.5	13.5	29.7	23.2	32.9	0.237	0.513	0.312	25.9
2019	57	89.8	17.7	9.7	38.7	28.5	41.2	0.165	0.326	0.210	26.0
2018	79	88.4	28.0	11.1	30.4	28.2	24.4	0.211	0.433	0.308	25.0
2017	20	79.7	21.2	0.0	16.7	23.1	25.0	0.174	0.219	0.226	25.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	C	71	604	585	16	3	2	0.995	+3.1
2024	SD	C	83	666	669	20	9	1	0.987	+0.6
2023	NYY	C	90	642	663	14	9	1	0.987	+6.8
2022	NYY	C	82	622	669	21	5	2	0.993	+4.4
2021	NYY	C	66	519	609	18	3	1	0.995	+4.2
2020	NYY	C	14	107	108	7	2	1	0.983	+0.1
2019	NYY	C	18	137	146	8	0	2	1.000	-0.0
2018	NYY	C	27	192	225	14	1	1	0.996	+0.0
2017	NYY	C	8	48	55	2	0	0	1.000	-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
2019	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	270	20 HR, 0 SB	0.278	0.929
2018	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	211	5 HR, 2 SB	0.202	0.622
2017	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	57	2 HR, 0 SB	0.264	0.769
2016	AA	Trenton Thunder	Bat	256	11 HR, 0 SB	0.293	0.864
2016	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	160	10 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.820
2015	A+	Tampa Yankees	Bat	331	5 HR, 0 SB	0.254	0.680
2014	A+	Tampa Yankees	Bat	31	1 HR, 0 SB	0.231	0.785
2014	Rk	GCL Yankees1	Bat	27	0 HR, 0 SB	0.217	0.557
2013	AA	Trenton Thunder	Bat	26	1 HR, 0 SB	0.320	0.880
2012	A+	Tampa Yankees	Bat	139	6 HR, 1 SB	0.185	0.614
2012	AA	Trenton Thunder	Bat	26	0 HR, 0 SB	0.087	0.241
2011	A	Charleston RiverDogs	Bat	144	4 HR, 0 SB	0.223	0.642
2011	A+	Tampa Yankees	Bat	180	4 HR, 1 SB	0.238	0.672
2010	A	Charleston RiverDogs	Bat	359	6 HR, 0 SB	0.225	0.641
2008	Rk	GCL Yankees	Bat	50	1 HR, 0 SB	0.261	0.648

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.365	0.297	0.295	0.333
2025	0.305	0.319	0.296	0.331
2024	0.320	0.325	0.358	0.292
2023	0.349	0.286	0.310	0.297
2022	0.327	0.276	0.299	0.283
2021	0.331	0.262	0.294	0.276
2020	0.113	0.430	0.467	0.213
2019	0.360	0.249	0.222	0.336

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	7	19	3	5	1	3	5	1	3	0.263	0.273	0.789	1.062
2022	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.000	0.143	0.000	0.143
2021	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	5	18	2	5	0	1	2	1	3	0.278	0.316	0.444	0.760
Career	16	45	5	10	1	4	7	3	13	0.222	0.260	0.511	0.771