Danny Jansen

Bats R Throws R6'2" 215 lbBorn 1995 Elmhurst, USADebut 2018Team TEXDraft 2013 R16 #475 Toronto Blue Jays, Appleton A. West (WI) HSContract 2 y/$14.5M (26-27)+28 m opt 2026: $4,250,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 116.8FIELD+ 92.7 at CTotal 1.13 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	271	233	49	10	0	11	31	64	1	0.211	0.312	0.390	0.702	0.179	0.311	23.5	11.6	98.1	0.78
2027	214	186	38	8	0	7	22	53	1	0.207	0.300	0.372	0.672	0.166	0.299	24.7	10.3	91.7	0.45

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 94 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	Welington Castillo	2017	98.9	95.9	181
2	Don Slaught	1989	97.8	134.3	267
3	John Stearns	1982	104.6	did not play
4	Rick Ferrell	1936	100.9	76.7	412
5	Wes Westrum	1953	108.5	65.5	299
6	Harry Danning	1942	102.2	did not play
7	Chris Iannetta	2013	103.8	127.2	373
8	Butch Henline	1925	106.2	80.9	320
9	Bill Carrigan	1914	96.1	76.6	119
10	Ozzie Virgil	1987	103.9	95.6	350

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			214		38	8	0	7		1	22	53	0.207	0.300	0.372	0.672	91.7
2026*	TEX	42	146	11	21	6	1	3		1	13	42	0.165	0.269	0.299	0.568	79.1
2025	MIL	98	337	38	62	11	0	14	36	0	42	86	0.215	0.321	0.399	0.721	104.4
2024	BOS	92	324	35	57	13	0	9	24	0	40	61	0.205	0.309	0.349	0.658	88.4
2023	TOR	86	301	38	61	15	0	17	53	0	23	62	0.228	0.312	0.474	0.786	115.1
2022	TOR	72	248	34	56	10	0	15	44	1	25	44	0.260	0.339	0.516	0.855	139.8
2021	TOR	70	205	32	41	13	0	11	28	0	17	44	0.223	0.299	0.473	0.772	106.5
2020	TOR	43	147	18	22	3	0	6	20	0	21	31	0.183	0.312	0.358	0.671	89.1
2019	TOR	107	384	41	72	12	1	13	43	0	31	79	0.207	0.279	0.360	0.640	71.5
2018	TOR	31	95	12	20	6	0	3	8	0	9	17	0.247	0.347	0.432	0.779	119.1
Career		599	2041	248	391	83	1	88	256	1	208	424	0.220	0.311	0.415	0.726	101.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	146	87.2	22.8	5.8	32.6	26.1	24.9	0.165	0.267	0.249	26.9
2025	337	87.6	24.0	8.8	39.0	24.0	20.0	0.199	0.356	0.299	26.1
2024	324	86.6	21.7	6.4	29.7	20.9	20.3	0.198	0.345	0.293	26.6
2023	301	88.3	19.7	10.7	37.4	22.9	24.8	0.215	0.428	0.316	27.1
2022	248	90.4	22.2	13.1	46.6	21.8	21.0	0.260	0.525	0.368	27.5
2021	205	90.0	20.5	8.6	44.7	25.6	23.6	0.236	0.463	0.333	27.7
2020	147	85.1	16.3	8.7	35.5	24.9	19.9	0.247	0.439	0.354	27.2
2019	384	88.9	16.3	6.6	40.0	20.4	25.7	0.243	0.415	0.312	27.3
2018	95	85.1	21.1	11.1	27.7	16.9	21.5	0.209	0.392	0.314	27.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIL	C	93	739	733	30	6	2	0.992	-8.8
2024	BOS	C	82	654	619	18	6	1	0.991	-4.3
2023	TOR	C	73	577	603	20	6	2	0.990	+0.1
2022	TOR	C	63	524	501	18	7	3	0.987	-1.3
2021	TOR	C	69	481	522	17	2	3	0.996	-1.9
2020	TOR	C	43	342	332	20	2	2	0.994	-0.9
2019	TOR	C	103	853	803	47	4	8	0.995	+9.4
2018	TOR	C	29	207	169	13	2	1	0.989	+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
2021	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	26	1 HR, 0 SB	0.238	0.727
2018	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	360	12 HR, 5 SB	0.275	0.863
2017	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	78	3 HR, 0 SB	0.328	0.975
2017	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Bat	210	2 HR, 1 SB	0.291	0.797
2017	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	136	5 HR, 0 SB	0.369	0.963
2016	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	217	1 HR, 7 SB	0.218	0.584
2015	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	184	4 HR, 2 SB	0.206	0.630
2015	Rk	GCL Blue Jays	Bat	23	1 HR, 0 SB	0.238	0.733
2014	Rk	Bluefield Blue Jays	Bat	146	5 HR, 2 SB	0.282	0.874
2013	Rk	GCL Blue Jays	Bat	140	0 HR, 0 SB	0.246	0.645

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.278	0.253	0.227	0.283
2025	0.328	0.327	0.357	0.295
2024	0.349	0.283	0.304	0.301
2023	0.351	0.348	0.377	0.323
2022	0.362	0.373	0.354	0.388
2021	0.274	0.376	0.403	0.297
2020	0.221	0.381	0.405	0.254
2019	0.321	0.270	0.277	0.296

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	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2022	2	8	0	3	1	0	2	4	0.375	0.375	0.500	0.875
2020	2	5	2	2	0	2	2	0	0.400	0.400	1.600	2.000
Career	4	13	2	5	1	2	4	4	0.385	0.385	0.923	1.308