Michael Massey

Bats L Throws R6'0" 190 lbBorn 1998 Palos Park, USADebut 2022Team KCDraft 2019 R4 #109 Kansas City Royals, University of IllinoisContract 1 y/$1.57M (26) 2026: $1,570,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 96.3FIELD+ 103.4 at 2BTotal 0.94 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	219	202	50	10	1	7	12	39	2	0.247	0.294	0.399	0.693	0.152	0.300	17.9	5.5	88.6	0.38
2027	350	322	80	15	1	11	20	63	2	0.248	0.294	0.406	0.700	0.158	0.303	18.0	5.6	90.7	0.69

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 70 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Bill Friel	1903	81.1	did not play
2	Daniel Descalso	2014	80.1	37.7	209
3	Tom Foley	1987	79.9	91.1	411
4	Jerry Remy	1980	84.6	102.1	410
5	Harold Castro	2021	84.8	95.6	443
6	Jeff Huson	1992	79.0	-23.4	46
7	Lew Riggs	1937	89.4	82.4	589
8	Ryan Flaherty	2014	76.3	69.8	301
9	Jace Peterson	2017	77.8	82.8	246
10	Steve Lyons	1987	73.5	91.3	526

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			350		80	15	1	11		2	20	63	0.248	0.294	0.406	0.700	90.7
2026*	KCA	106	352	44	89	20	1	11		2	18	62	0.272	0.306	0.440	0.746	103.8
2025	KC	77	277	20	64	9	0	3	20	2	9	43	0.244	0.268	0.313	0.581	58.8
2024	KC	100	356	45	86	17	2	14	45	1	15	56	0.259	0.294	0.449	0.743	103.8
2023	KC	129	461	42	98	18	1	15	55	6	24	99	0.229	0.274	0.381	0.655	75.9
2022	KC	52	194	16	42	9	1	4	17	3	9	46	0.243	0.307	0.376	0.683	93.2
Career		358	1288	123	290	53	4	36	137	12	57	244	0.243	0.283	0.384	0.667	82.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	352	89.8	16.4	6.3	40.1	20.2	39.2	0.241	0.397	0.296	26.9
2025	277	87.5	22.2	4.0	33.0	18.5	37.6	0.238	0.346	0.265	26.0
2024	356	89.2	16.8	7.1	36.9	17.9	37.3	0.256	0.429	0.315	26.8
2023	461	88.6	19.7	7.8	39.5	22.4	32.3	0.257	0.434	0.318	27.3
2022	194	89.3	16.4	13.1	38.2	27.8	35.6	0.241	0.461	0.334	27.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	2B	60	495	95	152	1	45	0.996	+1.0
2025	KC	OF	14	85	24	1	1	0	0.962
2024	KC	2B	82	623	122	177	3	39	0.990	+0.7
2023	KC	2B	118	906	193	257	3	71	0.993	-6.6
2022	KC	2B	48	402	95	123	4	37	0.982	-4.2
2022	KC	3B	1	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	-1.1

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	106	4 HR, 0 SB	0.258	0.754
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	54	2 HR, 1 SB	0.333	0.958
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	143	7 HR, 4 SB	0.325	0.987
2022	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	248	9 HR, 9 SB	0.305	0.854
2021	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	439	21 HR, 12 SB	0.289	0.882

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.386	0.305	0.350	0.300
2025	0.235	0.266	0.245	0.275
2024	0.314	0.334	0.336	0.323
2023	0.265	0.300	0.304	0.283
2022	0.304	0.321	0.287	0.343

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
2024	6	23	1	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	6	0.304	0.360	0.435	0.795
Career	6	23	1	7	1	1	0	1	0	2	6	0.304	0.360	0.435	0.795