Christopher Morel

Bats R Throws R6'0" 140 lbBorn 1999 Santiago, D.R.Debut 2022Team NYMContract 1 y/$2M (26) 2026: $175,187

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.8FIELD+ 97.6 at 3BTotal 0.37 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	255	226	50	9	1	11	25	78	5	0.222	0.303	0.422	0.725	0.200	0.315	30.5	9.6	102.3	0.87
2027	198	176	39	7	1	8	18	59	3	0.219	0.297	0.409	0.705	0.190	0.308	29.9	9.1	96.8	0.54

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 107 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	Andy Carey	1958	99.1	86.8	109
2	Brett Lawrie	2016	100.6	did not play
3	Wil Cordero	1998	95.2	115.2	217
4	Dick Green	1967	86.6	105.4	226
5	Aaron Hill	2008	96.3	114.4	734
6	Lyn Lary	1932	104.1	87.0	158
7	Paul Schaal	1969	89.6	96.8	427
8	Jerry Coleman	1951	89.5	178.2	47
9	Dick Howser	1962	95.3	73.8	239
10	George Magoon	1901	98.8	106.8	189

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			198		39	7	1	8		3	18	59	0.219	0.297	0.409	0.705	96.8
2026*	NYN	23	77	3	12	3	0	0		1	5	28	0.169	0.234	0.211	0.445	16.5
2025	TB	105	305	37	61	16	0	11	33	7	25	109	0.219	0.289	0.396	0.684	90.3
2024	TB	152	611	56	105	11	3	21	60	8	61	159	0.196	0.288	0.346	0.634	80.1
2023	CHC	107	429	62	96	17	3	26	70	6	36	133	0.247	0.313	0.508	0.821	114.6
2022	CHC	113	425	55	89	19	4	16	47	10	38	137	0.235	0.308	0.433	0.741	107.0
Career		477	1770	210	351	63	10	74	210	31	160	538	0.222	0.299	0.415	0.714	96.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	77	88.7	20.8	2.3	41.9	34.8	34.8	0.184	0.235	0.222	27.1
2025	305	91.8	17.0	14.8	49.7	38.9	30.9	0.213	0.420	0.304	28.0
2024	611	89.2	14.2	10.3	40.4	34.1	26.3	0.222	0.401	0.316	27.3
2023	429	92.1	12.4	16.0	50.0	37.0	28.9	0.239	0.491	0.340	28.6
2022	425	89.6	9.1	13.6	40.3	38.5	28.8	0.228	0.445	0.324	28.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	OF	70	481	101	2	3	0	0.972
2025	TB	2B	1	3	0	0	0	0
2024	CHC	3B	74	579	47	112	9	8	0.946	-8.1
2024	TB	2B	21	184	25	63	3	7	0.967	-1.2
2024	TB	OF	11	84	12	0	1	0	0.923
2023	CHC	OF	28	182	38	2	1	1	0.976
2023	CHC	2B	19	148	28	50	1	15	0.987	+1.0
2023	CHC	3B	5	39	2	4	1	0	0.857	-1.2
2023	CHC	SS	2	10	0	3	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2022	CHC	OF	58	467	112	4	3	1	0.975
2022	CHC	2B	33	242	39	57	1	11	0.990	+2.5
2022	CHC	3B	18	141	14	31	4	4	0.918	+2.0
2022	CHC	SS	13	91	13	28	2	5	0.953	-0.4

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	Syracuse Mets	Bat	123	12 HR, 0 SB	0.321	1.098
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	139	12 HR, 0 SB	0.309	1.033
2023	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	134	11 HR, 4 SB	0.330	1.155
2022	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	122	7 HR, 3 SB	0.306	0.945
2021	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	39	1 HR, 2 SB	0.257	0.704
2021	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	417	17 HR, 16 SB	0.220	0.732
2019	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	278	6 HR, 9 SB	0.284	0.787
2018	Rk	AZL Cubs 1	Bat	128	2 HR, 1 SB	0.257	0.694
2017	Rk	DSL Cubs 1	Bat	268	7 HR, 23 SB	0.220	0.691

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.222	0.200	0.228	0.171
2025	0.313	0.304	0.364	0.235
2024	0.240	0.302	0.289	0.290
2023	0.397	0.348	0.340	0.378
2022	0.293	0.342	0.366	0.288

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