Vinnie Pasquantino

Bats L Throws L6'4" 245 lbBorn 1997 Richmond, USADebut 2022Team KCDraft 2019 R11 #319 Kansas City Royals, Old DominionContract 2 y/$11.1M (26-27) 2026: $4,200,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 112.0FIELD+ 100.3 at 1BTotal 2.15 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	516	460	120	25	1	21	46	76	0	0.261	0.331	0.456	0.787	0.195	0.338	14.7	9.0	116.7	2.66
2027	468	416	105	21	1	18	43	75	2	0.253	0.325	0.436	0.762	0.184	0.329	16.0	9.2	113.4	2.23

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 122 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	Mark Grace	1991	118.0	131.3	689
2	Greg Walker	1987	114.3	88.5	412
3	Bill White	1961	108.8	122.2	682
4	Wally Joyner	1989	119.6	111.6	358
5	Ray Sanders	1944	122.8	110.8	631
6	Norm Siebern	1961	121.5	140.2	719
7	Dan Driessen	1979	112.9	121.6	632
8	Adam LaRoche	2007	111.4	120.1	554
9	Jake Daubert	1911	112.2	116.8	627
10	Jason Giambi	1998	120.5	152.8	695

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			468		105	21	1	18		2	43	75	0.253	0.325	0.436	0.762	113.4
2026*	KCA	82	349	37	74	13	2	7		4	38	60	0.243	0.327	0.367	0.694	86.7
2025	KC	160	682	72	164	33	1	32	113	1	49	107	0.264	0.323	0.475	0.798	118.4
2024	KC	131	554	64	130	30	2	19	97	1	40	71	0.262	0.315	0.446	0.760	110.3
2023	KC	61	259	24	57	17	0	9	26	0	25	31	0.247	0.324	0.437	0.762	106.5
2022	KC	72	298	25	76	10	0	10	26	1	35	34	0.295	0.383	0.450	0.832	139.5
Career		424	1793	185	427	90	3	70	262	3	149	243	0.266	0.330	0.456	0.787	117.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	349	89.4	19.5	7.3	41.0	15.7	31.1	0.252	0.405	0.323	25.7
2025	682	90.9	16.3	10.8	44.7	18.2	30.4	0.259	0.463	0.334	25.5
2024	554	91.0	14.6	7.1	46.5	14.5	30.8	0.264	0.452	0.336	25.6
2023	260	89.3	17.4	7.5	40.3	17.4	32.4	0.277	0.457	0.349	25.8
2022	298	91.2	12.1	8.9	46.9	15.3	26.5	0.289	0.495	0.379	25.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	1B	126	1084	965	63	4	104	0.996	-7.2
2024	KC	1B	103	893	805	71	2	76	0.998	+2.0
2023	KC	1B	44	364	309	11	1	27	0.997	-2.1
2022	KC	1B	37	307	273	16	2	37	0.993	-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
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	32	0 HR, 0 SB	0.259	0.640
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	313	18 HR, 3 SB	0.277	0.932
2021	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	237	11 HR, 2 SB	0.310	0.965
2021	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	276	13 HR, 4 SB	0.291	0.949

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.253	0.347	0.315	0.327
2025	0.279	0.372	0.355	0.345
2024	0.286	0.342	0.352	0.306
2023	0.317	0.338	0.309	0.358
2022	0.401	0.374	0.429	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	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	0.130	0.231	0.174	0.405
Career	6	23	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	0.130	0.231	0.174	0.405