Rafael Marchan

Bats B Throws R5'9" 170 lbBorn 1999 San Cristobal, VenezuelaDebut 2020Team PHIContract 1 y/$860,000 (26) 2026: $860,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 118.6FIELD+ 101.6 at CTotal 0.81 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	168	149	34	6	0	3	14	29	1	0.225	0.300	0.335	0.634	0.110	0.284	17.3	8.3	74.6	0.00
2027	144	129	28	6	0	3	10	25	1	0.219	0.286	0.329	0.615	0.111	0.275	17.5	7.1	68.7	-0.10

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 60 HIT+ the next season; 8 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	Jason Varitek	1998	82.4	98.1	544
2	Josh Bard	2004	80.8	48.1	95
3	Jorge Posada	1997	93.2	112.3	409
4	John Tamargo	1978	82.1	86.0	92
5	Jason Jaramillo	2009	77.5	13.8	97
6	Paul Florence	1926	75.6	did not play
7	Andrew Knapp	2018	81.4	68.3	160
8	Ramon Cabrera	2016	74.6	did not play
9	Blake Swihart	2018	82.5	32.7	99
10	Doug Camilli	1963	82.6	22.6	134

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			144		28	6	0	3		1	10	25	0.219	0.286	0.329	0.615	68.7
2026*	PHI	32	92	5	9	0	0	2		0	2	14	0.102	0.141	0.170	0.312	-23.7
2025	PHI	42	118	9	22	4	0	2	13	0	10	17	0.210	0.282	0.305	0.587	60.6
2024	PHI	17	56	8	15	4	0	3	6	0	3	8	0.294	0.345	0.549	0.894	143.9
2021	PHI	20	56	7	12	1	1	1	4	0	4	10	0.231	0.286	0.346	0.632	70.4
2020	PHI	3	9	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	0.500	0.556	0.875	1.431	274.3
Career		82	239	27	53	9	1	7	26	0	18	37	0.245	0.308	0.394	0.702	90.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	92	83.2	25.4	2.7	18.9	16.7	32.8	0.181	0.248	0.208	26.0
2025	118	85.6	11.1	2.2	22.2	22.8	24.0	0.213	0.293	0.261	26.3
2024	56	86.2	16.7	9.1	31.8	15.6	25.6	0.330	0.511	0.387	26.1
2021	56	83.8	17.5	0.0	19.0	15.9	29.7	0.250	0.318	0.280	27.8
2020	9	92.2	10.5	16.7	50.0	33.3	40.9	0.420	0.680	0.494

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	C	42	283	269	14	2	1	0.993	-0.1
2024	PHI	C	17	129	126	6	2	3	0.985	-0.1
2021	PHI	C	17	115	107	6	1	0	0.991	+0.0
2021	PHI	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2020	PHI	C	3	23	25	1	1	0	0.963	+0.0

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	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.650
2024	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	141	2 HR, 0 SB	0.229	0.637
2023	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	207	2 HR, 1 SB	0.297	0.831
2022	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	263	4 HR, 1 SB	0.233	0.674
2021	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	265	0 HR, 1 SB	0.203	0.515
2019	A+	Clearwater Threshers	Bat	86	0 HR, 1 SB	0.231	0.573
2019	A	Lakewood BlueClaws	Bat	265	0 HR, 1 SB	0.271	0.686
2017	Rk	GCL Phillies	Bat	93	0 HR, 1 SB	0.238	0.588
2016	Rk	DSL Phillies 2	Bat	192	0 HR, 6 SB	0.333	0.766

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.217	0.137	0.152	0.169
2025	0.304	0.250	0.318	0.210
2024	0.376	0.386	0.421	0.331
2021	0.404	0.217	0.205	0.353
2020		0.600	0.750	0.300

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