Nick Madrigal

Bats R Throws R5'8" 175 lbBorn 1997 Sacramento, USADebut 2020Team LAADraft 2015 R17 #514 Cleveland Guardians, Elk Grove (CA) HS

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 72.2FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.06 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2027	188	168	44	8	1	2	14	21	3	0.263	0.330	0.357	0.688	0.094	0.307	11.0	7.2	86.1	0.27

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 91 HIT+ the next season; 3 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	Brian Hunter	1995	84.8	87.0	221
2	Nippy Jones	1952	77.5	did not play
3	Kevin Young	1996	70.7	117.5	362
4	Bill Abstein	1910	76.8	did not play
5	Ken Harvey	2005	86.1	did not play
6	Matt LaPorta	2012	92.5	did not play
7	Carlos Martinez	1993	80.5	did not play
8	Jordan Pacheco	2013	71.3	67.5	165
9	Rip Russell	1942	82.9	did not play
10	Joe Kutina	1912	74.2	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			188		44	8	1	2		3	14	21	0.263	0.330	0.357	0.688	86.1
2026*	LAA	15	52	7	12	1	0	0		1	7	3	0.273	0.385	0.295	0.680	103.8
2024	CHC	51	94	5	19	3	0	0	10	1	4	10	0.221	0.280	0.256	0.535	56.6
2023	CHC	92	294	34	71	16	1	2	28	10	10	24	0.263	0.311	0.352	0.663	78.3
2022	CHC	59	228	19	52	7	0	0	7	3	14	27	0.249	0.305	0.282	0.588	69.2
2021	CWS	54	215	30	61	10	4	2	21	1	11	17	0.305	0.349	0.425	0.774	111.6
2020	CWS	29	109	8	35	3	0	0	11	2	4	7	0.340	0.376	0.369	0.745	109.6
Career		285	940	96	238	39	5	4	77	17	43	85	0.274	0.323	0.344	0.667	85.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	52	88.7	9.8	0.0	24.4	8.7	31.6	0.232	0.286	0.298	26.8
2024	94	85.1	3.4	0.0	18.2	11.2	33.5	0.242	0.288	0.271	27.5
2023	294	86.2	3.7	0.8	27.5	9.4	29.6	0.276	0.342	0.298	28.0
2022	228	85.9	-0.2	0.0	24.6	10.3	28.6	0.257	0.314	0.284	27.4
2021	215	85.5	1.7	1.1	23.4	8.4	28.3	0.262	0.326	0.289	28.0
2020	109	83.7	4.3	0.0	19.8	10.7	26.1	0.302	0.355	0.314	28.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2024	CHC	3B	36	138	10	26	2	4	0.947	+1.9
2024	CHC	2B	15	91	11	19	0	4	1.000	-1.7
2023	CHC	3B	72	560	45	123	4	9	0.977	+5.9
2023	CHC	2B	14	74	14	24	0	6	1.000	+2.9
2022	CHC	2B	59	487	106	144	1	46	0.996	+1.9
2021	CWS	2B	53	452	76	106	5	28	0.973	-5.1
2020	CWS	2B	29	249	32	74	4	12	0.964	+3.8

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	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	168	2 HR, 3 SB	0.275	0.719
2026	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	153	1 HR, 8 SB	0.341	0.876
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	321	3 HR, 11 SB	0.306	0.794
2023	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	70	1 HR, 0 SB	0.424	1.192
2022	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	43	0 HR, 0 SB	0.308	0.705
2019	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	134	1 HR, 4 SB	0.331	0.822
2019	AA	Birmingham Barons	Bat	180	1 HR, 14 SB	0.341	0.851
2019	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Bat	218	2 HR, 17 SB	0.272	0.723
2018	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Bat	107	0 HR, 6 SB	0.306	0.702
2018	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Bat	49	0 HR, 2 SB	0.341	0.756

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.273	0.366	0.408	0.276
2024	0.271	0.255	0.238	0.284
2023	0.271	0.311	0.302	0.297
2022	0.242	0.283	0.277	0.258
2021	0.456	0.328	0.404	0.319
2020	0.245	0.375	0.320	0.366

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
2020	3	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500
Career	3	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500