Buddy Kennedy

Bats R Throws R6'1" 190 lbBorn 1998 Millville, USADebut 2022Team SFDraft 2017 R5 #142 Arizona Diamondbacks, Millville (NJ) HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $233,583

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 81.0FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal 0.09 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	104	92	22	4	0	3	10	21	1	0.242	0.324	0.385	0.709	0.144	0.314	20.2	9.3	96.6	0.28
2027	115	101	24	5	0	3	10	24	1	0.239	0.321	0.378	0.699	0.139	0.310	21.2	9.1	94.9	0.29

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 55 HIT+ the next season; 6 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	Babe Dahlgren	1938	76.8	77.4	603
2	Harry Swacina	1908	45.3	did not play
3	Lou Guisto	1921	49.4	66.2	90
4	Brandon Dixon	2018	44.0	85.3	420
5	Doug Howard	1974	47.1	31.3	29
6	Jesus Vega	1982	59.8	did not play
7	J. R. Towles	2010	57.7	44.5	165
8	Brad Eldred	2007	68.3	did not play
9	Billy Jo Robidoux	1990	65.8	did not play
10	Jose Leon	2003	67.5	24.3	69

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			115		24	5	0	3		1	10	24	0.239	0.321	0.378	0.699	94.9
2026*	SFN	21	41	4	4	1	0	0		0	4	13	0.111	0.220	0.139	0.358	8.7
2025	LAD	13	32	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	0.069	0.156	0.103	0.260	-26.5
2024	PHI	14	26	3	4	1	0	1	6	1	4	7	0.190	0.308	0.381	0.689	90.8
2023	ARI	10	29	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	6	0.167	0.310	0.208	0.519	58.0
2022	ARI	30	94	10	18	2	2	1	12	0	8	23	0.217	0.287	0.325	0.613	74.2
Career		67	181	16	28	5	2	2	20	1	18	44	0.178	0.271	0.274	0.545	56.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	41	83.8	28.3	8.7	34.8	28.4	28.9	0.176	0.263	0.252	26.4
2025	32	87.9	18.9	4.8	42.9	24.1	23.2	0.136	0.221	0.202	28.7
2024	26	88.8	12.6	13.3	53.3	19.2	20.9	0.288	0.440	0.392	28.9
2023	29	84.8	15.3	0.0	22.2	26.7	20.0	0.225	0.285	0.304	29.3
2022	94	88.6	13.0	1.6	32.3	21.5	18.1	0.196	0.287	0.257	29.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	3B	9	57	4	10	0	0	1.000	-1.6
2025	PHI	1B	2	14	12	0	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2025	TOR	2B	1	5	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2024	PHI	2B	6	33	8	11	0	3	1.000	-0.7
2024	PHI	3B	4	16	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2023	ARI	3B	6	43	2	9	0	0	1.000	+0.8
2023	ARI	2B	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2022	ARI	2B	22	174	38	34	2	10	0.973	+1.5
2022	ARI	3B	2	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	+0.4

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	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	218	8 HR, 5 SB	0.321	0.967
2025	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	268	8 HR, 3 SB	0.283	0.835
2025	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	116	0 HR, 1 SB	0.275	0.686
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	384	8 HR, 4 SB	0.280	0.790
2024	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	163	3 HR, 2 SB	0.234	0.714
2024	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	300	10 HR, 2 SB	0.294	0.900
2024	AAA	nan	Bat	463	13 HR, 4 SB	0.272	0.834
2023	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	417	5 HR, 3 SB	0.318	0.925
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	46	0 HR, 0 SB	0.216	0.542
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	463	5 HR, 3 SB	0.307	0.887
2022	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	394	7 HR, 8 SB	0.261	0.748
2021	AA	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Bat	279	17 HR, 7 SB	0.278	0.920
2021	A+	Hillsboro Hops	Bat	127	5 HR, 9 SB	0.315	0.881
2019	A	Kane County Cougars	Bat	438	7 HR, 4 SB	0.262	0.726
2018	Rk	Missoula Osprey	Bat	255	4 HR, 2 SB	0.327	0.861
2017	Rk	ACL D-backs	Bat	201	0 HR, 7 SB	0.270	0.753

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.163	0.262	0.188	0.215
2025	0.169	0.145	0.117	0.171
2024	0.239	0.375	0.219	0.385
2023	0.263	0.233	0.108	0.378
2022	0.343	0.223	0.351	0.195

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