Kyle Manzardo

Bats L Throws R6'0" 205 lbBorn 2000 Coeur d'Alene, USADebut 2024Team CLEDraft 2021 R2 #63 Tampa Bay Rays, Washington StateContract 1 y/$798,300 (26) 2026: $673,513

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 100.0FIELD+ 100.7 at 1BTotal 1.05 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	409	358	83	18	1	17	42	98	1	0.231	0.317	0.427	0.744	0.196	0.323	24.0	10.3	104.6	1.50
2027	337	296	65	13	1	14	33	91	1	0.220	0.306	0.408	0.713	0.187	0.312	26.9	9.9	100.7	1.08

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 24

His ten closest age-24 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	Carlos Delgado	1996	99.2	123.9	595
2	Adrian Gonzalez	2006	111.1	125.3	720
3	Gus Suhr	1930	105.6	75.9	312
4	David Ortiz	2000	101.8	100.5	347
5	Willie Montanez	1972	109.1	90.0	609
6	Buddy Hassett	1936	100.7	91.7	595
7	Todd Helton	1998	113.6	117.3	656
8	Chris Chambliss	1973	106.9	84.5	499
9	Ted Kluszewski	1949	97.0	122.9	572
10	Justin Morneau	2005	94.6	137.2	661

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			337		65	13	1	14		1	33	91	0.220	0.306	0.408	0.713	100.7
2026*	CLE	102	356	40	67	10	1	13		0	36	114	0.215	0.306	0.378	0.684	91.7
2025	CLE	142	531	47	110	19	2	27	70	2	48	135	0.234	0.313	0.455	0.768	109.6
2024	CLE	53	156	11	34	12	0	5	15	0	9	41	0.234	0.282	0.421	0.703	95.2
Career		195	687	58	144	31	2	32	85	2	57	176	0.234	0.306	0.447	0.753	106.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	356	89.5	19.3	12.0	41.0	30.6	30.7	0.219	0.379	0.306	25.4
2025	531	90.3	21.3	11.8	43.8	27.7	27.4	0.224	0.443	0.322	25.4
2024	156	89.1	22.1	9.5	40.0	27.6	28.0	0.196	0.390	0.276	25.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	1B	56	460	372	24	4	33	0.990	+2.7
2024	CLE	1B	6	24	13	2	0	1	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
2026	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	53	4 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.908
2024	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	364	20 HR, 3 SB	0.267	0.946
2023	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	313	11 HR, 1 SB	0.238	0.784
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	92	6 HR, 0 SB	0.256	0.938
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	405	17 HR, 1 SB	0.242	0.818
2022	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	122	5 HR, 1 SB	0.323	0.978
2022	A+	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Bat	275	17 HR, 0 SB	0.329	1.072
2021	Rk	FCL Rays	Bat	50	2 HR, 0 SB	0.349	1.045

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.307	0.310	0.298	0.321
2025	0.287	0.344	0.335	0.332
2024	0.250	0.318	0.378	0.255

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	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0.091	0.167	0.091	0.258
2024	9	19	2	6	1	1	2	0	4	0.316	0.316	0.526	0.842
Career	12	30	2	7	1	1	2	1	7	0.233	0.258	0.367	0.625