Ryan Jeffers

Bats R Throws R6'4" 235 lbBorn 1997 Raleigh, USADebut 2020Team MINDraft 2018 R2 #59 Minnesota Twins, UNC WilmingtonContract 1 y/$6.7M (26) 2026: $6,700,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 121.3FIELD+ 96.4 at CTotal 2.35 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	406	355	84	17	1	13	39	89	2	0.237	0.322	0.397	0.720	0.160	0.318	22.0	9.6	100.6	1.30
2027	407	354	85	16	1	14	43	84	2	0.240	0.331	0.407	0.737	0.167	0.325	20.7	10.5	107.8	1.66

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 107 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Harry Danning	1940	108.7	75.6	493
2	Andy Seminick	1949	109.3	143.4	467
3	Mike Macfarlane	1992	100.3	123.9	451
4	Virgil Davis	1933	117.2	113.6	384
5	Earl Battey	1963	110.4	108.4	471
6	Wes Westrum	1951	111.6	115.7	403
7	Sherm Lollar	1953	102.6	87.4	365
8	Mike Lieberthal	2000	98.8	73.0	136
9	Gus Triandos	1959	110.9	105.8	413
10	J. T. Realmuto	2019	109.4	124.1	195

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			407		85	16	1	14		2	43	84	0.240	0.331	0.407	0.737	107.8
2026*	MIN	65	260	40	62	14	1	10		1	37	43	0.283	0.390	0.493	0.883	143.6
2025	MIN	119	464	47	108	26	0	9	47	1	50	91	0.266	0.356	0.397	0.752	111.0
2024	MIN	122	465	56	93	22	0	21	64	3	32	94	0.226	0.300	0.432	0.732	102.5
2023	MIN	96	335	46	79	15	2	14	43	3	33	93	0.276	0.369	0.490	0.858	135.7
2022	MIN	67	236	25	44	10	1	7	27	0	23	62	0.208	0.285	0.363	0.648	87.6
2021	MIN	85	293	28	53	10	1	14	35	0	22	108	0.199	0.270	0.401	0.670	84.0
2020	MIN	26	62	5	15	0	0	3	7	0	5	19	0.273	0.355	0.436	0.791	120.5
Career		515	1855	207	392	83	4	68	223	7	165	467	0.239	0.321	0.419	0.741	106.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	260	89.3	16.6	11.2	41.0	16.6	24.6	0.255	0.444	0.360	26.4
2025	464	89.3	15.0	6.3	42.1	21.1	24.4	0.243	0.400	0.325	25.9
2024	465	86.9	16.2	8.3	33.8	23.6	34.4	0.224	0.394	0.307	26.3
2023	335	90.5	17.2	11.6	42.7	29.2	30.4	0.230	0.441	0.336	26.5
2022	236	88.2	18.2	13.3	42.4	22.6	25.9	0.217	0.457	0.324	26.1
2021	293	89.2	14.0	14.5	44.0	34.2	28.1	0.202	0.410	0.296	25.8
2020	62	91.6	10.3	14.3	41.7	33.3	23.7	0.236	0.486	0.349	25.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIN	C	88	700	678	32	5	3	0.993	-1.2
2024	MIN	C	86	720	749	31	6	0	0.992	-7.6
2023	MIN	C	82	658	675	31	3	4	0.996	-4.6
2022	MIN	C	59	496	475	14	3	2	0.994	+3.9
2021	MIN	C	84	671	626	30	4	2	0.994	+5.7
2020	MIN	C	25	162	183	4	0	1	1.000	+1.5

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	39	3 HR, 1 SB	0.229	0.822
2021	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	103	5 HR, 0 SB	0.217	0.786
2019	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	99	4 HR, 0 SB	0.287	0.857
2019	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	315	10 HR, 0 SB	0.256	0.732
2018	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	155	4 HR, 0 SB	0.288	0.807
2018	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	129	3 HR, 0 SB	0.422	1.121

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.417	0.378	0.404	0.380
2025	0.399	0.308	0.349	0.326
2024	0.346	0.311	0.345	0.302
2023	0.397	0.365	0.384	0.366
2022	0.405	0.246	0.314	0.273
2021	0.328	0.292	0.303	0.305
2020	0.342	0.389	0.416	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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	6	19	1	2	2	8	0.105	0.261	0.105	0.366
2020	2	5	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	8	24	1	2	2	10	0.083	0.214	0.083	0.298