Richie Palacios

Bats L Throws R5'10" 180 lbBorn 1997 Brooklyn, USADebut 2022Team TBDraft 2018 R3 #103 Cleveland Guardians, Towson UniversityContract 1 y/$945,000 (26) 2026: $945,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.4FIELD+ 101.7 at 2BTotal 0.57 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	161	141	32	6	0	3	16	33	5	0.225	0.310	0.348	0.658	0.123	0.295	20.7	10.0	87.7	0.26
2027	314	276	63	12	1	5	31	61	9	0.227	0.311	0.338	0.648	0.110	0.292	19.3	9.9	86.3	0.45

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 63 HIT+ the next season; 6 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	Tommy La Stella	2017	100.0	79.0	188
2	Tom O'Malley	1989	89.2	74.7	133
3	Dave Hansen	1997	99.2	did not play
4	Spider Jorgensen	1948	105.1	92.7	160
5	Jerry Kenney	1973	84.8	did not play
6	Ryan Noda	2024	111.7	30.7	59
7	Scott Moore	2012	88.4	did not play
8	Luis Guillorme	2023	95.6	68.5	187
9	Lloyd Christenbury	1922	104.1	did not play
10	Conor Gillaspie	2016	91.2	31.5	87

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			314		63	12	1	5		9	31	61	0.227	0.311	0.338	0.648	86.3
2026*	TBA	97	312	41	65	12	2	5		11	38	57	0.243	0.341	0.358	0.699	103.5
2025	TB	17	48	10	14	2	0	1	3	4	5	9	0.333	0.396	0.452	0.848	139.8
2024	TB	92	315	46	59	8	1	5	21	19	45	67	0.223	0.346	0.318	0.664	99.8
2023	STL	32	102	9	24	6	0	6	16	2	6	11	0.258	0.307	0.516	0.823	117.7
2022	CLE	54	123	7	26	6	0	0	10	2	9	20	0.232	0.293	0.286	0.578	67.0
Career		195	588	72	123	22	1	12	50	27	65	107	0.241	0.332	0.358	0.690	99.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	311	86.2	13.5	3.8	27.7	21.7	31.5	0.248	0.338	0.312	26.8
2025	48	89.9	10.6	5.9	44.1	24.1	20.2	0.315	0.443	0.360	26.7
2024	316	86.2	14.0	3.5	30.3	24.7	23.4	0.247	0.342	0.325	27.9
2023	102	88.1	6.3	7.1	33.3	15.1	22.2	0.241	0.424	0.308	28.0
2022	123	85.0	13.5	1.1	21.5	16.6	26.4	0.243	0.306	0.275	27.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	OF	7	34	6	0	0	0	1.000
2025	TB	2B	5	31	10	9	1	2	0.950	-1.1
2025	TB	1B	3	16	9	1	1	0	0.909	-0.0
2024	TB	OF	53	371	83	0	0	0	1.000
2024	TB	2B	37	262	48	84	5	15	0.964	+6.7
2024	TB	3B	2	10	1	3	2	0	0.667	-0.6
2024	TB	SS	1	2	0	0	0	0		-0.6
2023	STL	OF	27	214	41	2	2	0	0.956
2023	STL	2B	1	9	2	2	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2022	CLE	OF	25	156	43	2	0	1	1.000
2022	CLE	2B	2	3	2	1	0	1	1.000	-0.5

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	Durham Bulls	Bat	82	2 HR, 3 SB	0.158	0.483
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	21	0 HR, 0 SB	0.222	0.555
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	269	3 HR, 6 SB	0.217	0.669
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	195	5 HR, 3 SB	0.299	0.877
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	464	8 HR, 9 SB	0.251	0.756
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	206	4 HR, 12 SB	0.279	0.829
2021	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	145	1 HR, 10 SB	0.292	0.850
2021	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	283	6 HR, 10 SB	0.299	0.885
2018	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	82	2 HR, 3 SB	0.300	0.742
2018	Rk	AZL Indians 1	Bat	22	2 HR, 2 SB	0.438	1.466

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.236	0.339	0.317	0.331
2025	0.300	0.421	0.243	0.483
2024	0.311	0.311	0.271	0.349
2023	0.542	0.326	0.294	0.437
2022	0.467	0.252	0.248	0.278

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