Kyle Isbel

Bats L Throws R5'11" 190 lbBorn 1997 Fontana, USADebut 2021Team KCDraft 2018 R3 #94 Kansas City Royals, UNLVContract 1 y/$2.7M (26) 2026: $2,700,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 88.9FIELD+ 102.5 at CFTotal 0.41 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	281	251	60	12	2	5	20	55	5	0.240	0.300	0.365	0.666	0.125	0.294	19.4	7.1	81.2	0.23
2027	227	203	47	8	1	4	15	47	4	0.232	0.291	0.350	0.641	0.117	0.283	20.8	6.7	77.1	0.07

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 81 HIT+ the next season; 8 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	Raimel Tapia	2022	78.4	82.0	168
2	Cozy Dolan	1901	78.4	101.3	640
3	Jack O'Brien	1901	87.2	did not play
4	Tike Redman	2005	77.3	did not play
5	Tony Gwynn	2011	78.8	54.4	277
6	Bradley Zimmer	2021	77.9	24.4	117
7	Endy Chavez	2006	71.9	84.0	165
8	Al Zarilla	1947	88.1	126.5	596
9	Ray Coleman	1950	79.5	96.6	564
10	Ben Revere	2016	84.0	77.7	308

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			227		47	8	1	4		4	15	47	0.232	0.291	0.350	0.641	77.1
2026*	KCA	70	228	21	47	7	1	4		5	12	51	0.229	0.279	0.332	0.611	73.0
2025	KC	135	409	42	94	16	4	4	33	4	23	74	0.255	0.301	0.353	0.654	82.1
2024	KC	136	426	62	88	13	8	8	42	11	27	88	0.229	0.287	0.367	0.654	83.3
2023	KC	91	313	45	70	22	2	5	34	7	17	59	0.240	0.282	0.380	0.662	78.2
2022	KC	106	278	32	54	10	4	5	28	9	16	75	0.211	0.264	0.340	0.603	66.5
2021	KC	28	83	16	21	5	2	1	7	2	7	23	0.276	0.337	0.434	0.772	106.5
Career		496	1509	197	327	66	20	23	144	33	90	319	0.238	0.288	0.365	0.653	80.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	228	88.5	12.3	2.5	34.0	17.9	35.1	0.229	0.307	0.263	27.2
2025	409	87.8	8.7	1.6	36.1	18.2	28.6	0.220	0.290	0.251	27.8
2024	426	88.1	9.0	3.9	36.3	19.3	30.8	0.231	0.333	0.283	27.9
2023	313	89.4	14.6	5.5	39.8	20.8	28.8	0.243	0.380	0.290	27.6
2022	278	89.7	10.6	4.9	44.6	21.9	28.3	0.220	0.334	0.269	28.0
2021	83	87.3	19.0	3.8	30.2	23.9	32.7	0.201	0.293	0.253	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	KC	OF	135	1032	329	3	1	2	0.997
2024	KC	OF	136	1046	293	1	4	1	0.987
2023	KC	OF	89	710	200	2	1	0	0.995
2022	KC	OF	101	656	184	2	4	1	0.979
2021	KC	OF	25	184	46	1	0	0	1.000

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	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	34	0 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.879
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	37	2 HR, 0 SB	0.290	0.953
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	23	1 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.848
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	451	15 HR, 22 SB	0.269	0.801
2019	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	214	5 HR, 8 SB	0.216	0.643
2019	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	27	2 HR, 3 SB	0.360	1.087
2018	A	Lexington Legends	Bat	174	3 HR, 12 SB	0.289	0.779
2018	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Bat	119	4 HR, 12 SB	0.381	1.064

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.200	0.299	0.280	0.271
2025	0.256	0.309	0.329	0.273
2024	0.207	0.318	0.307	0.291
2023	0.354	0.278	0.275	0.307
2022	0.238	0.274	0.307	0.221
2021	0.385	0.342	0.358	0.335

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
2024	6	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.214	0.353	0.286	0.639
Career	6	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0.214	0.353	0.286	0.639