Carter Jensen

Bats L Throws R6'0" 210 lbBorn 2003 Kansas City, USADebut 2025Team KCDraft 2021 R3 #78 Kansas City Royals, Park Hill Senior HSContract 1 y/$781,150 (26) 2026: $781,150

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 123.1FIELD+ 103.8 at CTotal 2.65 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	259	230	56	11	2	8	27	65	2	0.242	0.321	0.411	0.732	0.169	0.320	25.0	10.2	101.4	0.85
2027	440	387	89	18	2	17	47	118	3	0.230	0.313	0.415	0.728	0.186	0.318	26.8	10.6	103.5	1.56

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 21

His ten closest age-21 comparables averaged 114 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	Joe Mauer	2004	135.7	106.1	554
2	Corey Seager	2015	174.5	139.4	687
3	Bob O'Farrell	1918	138.7	55.4	135
4	Willie McCovey	1959	190.0	128.2	307
5	Salvador Perez	2011	127.3	114.2	305
6	Ben Grieve	1997	136.0	127.0	678
7	Brett Lawrie	2011	155.3	97.4	536
8	Zack Wheat	1909	140.0	116.9	670
9	Corbin Carroll	2022	133.8	134.4	645
10	Adam Dunn	2001	137.3	125.8	676

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			440		89	18	2	17		3	47	118	0.230	0.313	0.415	0.728	103.5
2026*	KCA	119	472	56	92	25	1	16		1	49	137	0.221	0.303	0.401	0.704	93.8
2025	KC	20	69	12	18	6	0	3	13	0	9	12	0.300	0.391	0.550	0.941	163.3
Career		20	69	12	18	6	0	3	13	0	9	12	0.300	0.391	0.550	0.941	163.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	472	90.7	20.8	10.2	43.3	29.8	25.1	0.202	0.358	0.287	27.8
2025	69	95.4	7.3	20.8	58.3	24.6	24.5	0.336	0.633	0.447	27.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	C	10	67	66	4	0	0	1.000	-0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	184	14 HR, 3 SB	0.288	1.051
2025	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	308	6 HR, 7 SB	0.292	0.780
2024	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	170	8 HR, 1 SB	0.233	0.780
2024	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	376	10 HR, 16 SB	0.271	0.821
2023	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	497	11 HR, 11 SB	0.211	0.719
2022	A	Columbia Fireflies	Bat	485	11 HR, 8 SB	0.226	0.745
2021	Rk	ACL Royals Gold	Bat	65	1 HR, 4 SB	0.273	0.767
2021	Rk	nan	Bat	67	1 HR, 4 SB	0.281	0.792

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.294	0.321	0.332	0.297
2025	0.229	0.449	0.463	0.347

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