Jonathan Ornelas

Bats R Throws R6'0" 196 lbBorn 2000 Glendale, USADebut 2023Team MILDraft 2018 R3 #91 Texas Rangers, Raymond S Kellis HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $179,359

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 57.9FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.24 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	88	79	17	3	0	2	7	23	1	0.220	0.286	0.321	0.607	0.101	0.271	26.6	7.6	63.9	-0.11
2027	113	102	23	4	0	2	8	30	1	0.228	0.291	0.343	0.634	0.115	0.282	26.6	7.1	71.8	-0.04

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 36 HIT+ the next season; 4 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	Harry Swacina	1907	37.9	49.4	186
2	Jim Beauchamp	1965	46.2	did not play
3	Steve Balboni	1982	48.9	101.9	95
4	Derrick White	1995	34.0	did not play
5	Ed Miller	1914	26.4	did not play
6	Rich Murray	1983	63.3	did not play
7	John McHale	1947	43.7	-118.4	1
8	Brandon Laird	2013	67.8	did not play
9	Jim Tatum	1993	19.1	did not play
10	Jeff Liefer	2000	51.1	109.2	279

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			113		23	4	2		1	8	30	0.228	0.291	0.343	0.634	71.8
2026*	MIL	9	22	1	4	0	0		0	1	11	0.190	0.227	0.190	0.418	-1.4
2025	ATL	6	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.222	0.300	0.222	0.522	61.5
2024	TEX	18	40	1	8	2	0	3	0	2	13	0.216	0.256	0.270	0.527	52.5
2023	TEX	8	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.143	0.250	0.143	0.393	17.6
Career		32	58	4	11	2	0	3	0	3	20	0.208	0.263	0.245	0.508	49.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	22	91.9	18.6	50.0	36.5	45.5	0.155	0.198	0.178
2025	10	81.2	-12.5	33.3	25.0	28.6	0.088	0.093	0.143	26.5
2024	40	94.3	0.9	56.0	29.3	28.0	0.225	0.278	0.246	27.3
2023	8	90.1	24.4	33.3	41.7	28.6	0.114	0.165	0.195

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	SS	5	16	2	7	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2025	TEX	2B	1	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2025	ATL	3B	1	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.8
2024	TEX	3B	7	61	6	14	2	0	0.909	-1.7
2024	TEX	SS	6	30	7	9	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2024	TEX	2B	4	15	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2024	TEX	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2023	TEX	SS	4	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2023	TEX	3B	3	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.8

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	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	280	9 HR, 9 SB	0.299	0.842
2026	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	28	2 HR, 2 SB	0.435	1.319
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	308	11 HR, 11 SB	0.310	0.883
2025	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	121	0 HR, 3 SB	0.204	0.574
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	333	10 HR, 6 SB	0.193	0.604
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	454	10 HR, 9 SB	0.196	0.598
2024	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	368	3 HR, 9 SB	0.251	0.648
2023	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	517	8 HR, 15 SB	0.253	0.727
2022	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	580	14 HR, 14 SB	0.299	0.785
2021	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	405	8 HR, 9 SB	0.261	0.704
2019	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	472	6 HR, 13 SB	0.257	0.706
2018	Rk	AZL Rangers	Bat	203	3 HR, 15 SB	0.302	0.848

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.200	0.180	0.257	0.167
2025	0.533	0.129	0.225	0.350
2024	0.190	0.269	0.186	0.306
2023	0.000	0.533	0.000	0.229

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