Zach McKinstry

Bats L Throws R6'0" 180 lbBorn 1995 Toledo, USADebut 2020Team DET1x All-StarDraft 2016 R33 #1001 Los Angeles Dodgers, Central MichiganContract 1 y/$4.2M (26) 2026: $4,200,000

Awards: AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 84.8FIELD+ 101.0 at SSTotal 0.39 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	371	330	75	15	4	7	33	79	12	0.228	0.303	0.357	0.660	0.129	0.293	21.4	8.8	81.0	0.29
2027	306	272	62	12	2	5	27	60	5	0.227	0.302	0.345	0.647	0.118	0.289	19.6	8.9	81.4	0.26

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 78 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	Mickey Morandini	1996	87.1	102.8	640
2	Josh Rojas	2024	94.0	44.3	211
3	Adam Kennedy	2006	90.4	44.4	306
4	Jackie Tavener	1928	78.0	51.4	292
5	Jack Perconte	1985	91.0	53.6	85
6	Sherry Robertson	1949	85.0	99.9	145
7	Bernie Allen	1969	84.5	101.5	305
8	Brandon Crawford	2017	94.5	94.3	594
9	Fred Hatfield	1955	79.4	88.4	388
10	Roy Hartzell	1912	92.6	96.2	577

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			306		62	12	2	5		5	27	60	0.227	0.302	0.345	0.647	81.4
2026*	DET	102	349	34	68	14	3	4		1	36	54	0.222	0.306	0.327	0.633	78.7
2025	DET	144	511	68	117	23	11	12	49	19	46	111	0.259	0.333	0.438	0.771	112.8
2024	DET	118	325	32	64	14	5	4	23	16	24	69	0.215	0.277	0.337	0.614	73.0
2023	DET	148	518	60	107	21	4	9	35	16	44	113	0.231	0.302	0.351	0.654	79.6
2022	CHC	57	185	21	33	6	3	5	14	7	16	52	0.199	0.273	0.361	0.635	77.1
2021	LAD	60	172	19	34	9	0	7	29	1	10	50	0.215	0.263	0.405	0.668	72.7
2020	LAD	4	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.286	0.286	0.429	0.714	89.1
Career		531	1718	201	357	74	23	37	150	59	140	398	0.231	0.300	0.381	0.680	87.3

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR	BB
2025	DET	0.00	1	0.3	1	0	0
2024	DET	9.00	3	2.0	8	1	1
2023	DET	18.00	1	1.0	6	1	0
Career		10.80	5	3.3	15	2	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	349	85.6	14.3	2.3	22.6	15.8	28.1	0.238	0.322	0.291	27.9
2025	511	85.7	14.1	6.1	30.5	22.8	26.5	0.247	0.358	0.305	28.3
2024	325	88.0	18.7	4.3	32.6	22.1	28.1	0.240	0.383	0.301	28.4
2023	518	87.2	17.8	7.6	33.5	20.5	27.1	0.243	0.401	0.312	28.5
2022	185	86.4	12.9	4.3	30.2	21.1	28.4	0.227	0.345	0.288	28.3
2021	172	88.4	13.7	8.1	35.1	26.0	30.9	0.208	0.378	0.274	28.0
2020	7	85.2	-6.1	0.0	50.0	37.5	27.8	0.271	0.328	0.258

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	3B	85	578	37	118	6	11	0.963	-4.0
2025	DET	OF	45	288	67	2	0	0	1.000
2025	DET	SS	40	248	46	79	4	22	0.969	+0.8
2025	DET	2B	6	31	10	11	2	1	0.913	+1.4
2025	DET	1B	1	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2025	DET	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2024	DET	SS	48	317	33	91	5	19	0.961	+0.3
2024	DET	3B	38	181	8	27	4	2	0.897	-2.5
2024	DET	OF	30	124	27	0	0	0	1.000
2024	DET	2B	18	104	16	23	0	3	1.000	-0.8
2024	DET	P	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2023	DET	OF	62	341	77	6	0	0	1.000
2023	DET	3B	52	289	16	59	5	6	0.938	+2.1
2023	DET	2B	47	272	52	87	3	15	0.979	+3.4
2023	DET	SS	23	139	25	32	1	5	0.983	-0.6
2023	DET	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	CHC	3B	22	146	12	33	3	4	0.938	+3.2
2022	CHC	2B	21	160	31	50	0	8	1.000	+3.0
2022	CHC	SS	10	66	9	15	0	5	1.000	+0.2
2022	LAD	OF	4	19	6	0	0	0	1.000
2021	LAD	OF	36	189	31	3	0	0	1.000
2021	LAD	2B	20	112	17	29	5	7	0.902	+0.5
2021	LAD	3B	12	65	5	16	0	1	1.000	+2.8
2020	LAD	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2020	LAD	OF	1	8	3	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	223	4 HR, 0 SB	0.335	0.904
2021	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	171	7 HR, 4 SB	0.272	0.878
2019	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	95	7 HR, 0 SB	0.382	1.174
2019	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	384	12 HR, 8 SB	0.279	0.807
2018	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	87	2 HR, 0 SB	0.193	0.543
2018	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Bat	114	2 HR, 0 SB	0.308	0.920
2018	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	72	3 HR, 2 SB	0.377	1.202
2017	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	45	0 HR, 0 SB	0.256	0.689
2017	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Bat	355	3 HR, 5 SB	0.226	0.594
2017	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	69	1 HR, 2 SB	0.308	0.978
2016	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	165	0 HR, 6 SB	0.261	0.674

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.243	0.333	0.344	0.284
2025	0.378	0.329	0.426	0.250
2024	0.211	0.291	0.298	0.270
2023	0.304	0.300	0.326	0.274
2022	0.228	0.291	0.315	0.265
2021	0.279	0.315	0.335	0.271
2020		0.307		0.307

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	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	8	29	2	5	0	0	3	1	4	10	0.172	0.273	0.172	0.445
2024	5	7	1	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0.429	0.556	1.143	1.698
Career	13	36	3	8	2	1	4	1	5	10	0.222	0.333	0.361	0.694