Wenceel Pérez

Bats B Throws R6'0" 203 lbBorn 1999 Azua, D.R.Debut 2024Team DETContract 1 y (26) 2026: $764,523

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.9FIELD+ 101.1 at RFTotal 0.43 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	313	282	67	13	3	9	26	64	7	0.237	0.304	0.392	0.695	0.154	0.304	20.6	8.2	92.5	0.69
2027	233	210	49	9	2	7	19	47	5	0.235	0.300	0.394	0.694	0.160	0.303	20.2	8.0	92.2	0.50

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 91 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	Anthony Santander	2020	98.2	90.1	438
2	Melvin Nieves	1997	91.5	96.2	147
3	Jerry Mumphrey	1978	93.3	93.4	375
4	Devon White	1988	96.0	82.4	678
5	George Wright	1984	92.0	27.6	393
6	Rick Peters	1981	103.1	did not play
7	Jose Cruz	1999	102.5	93.0	681
8	Roger Cedeno	2000	96.3	100.8	572
9	Felix Jose	1990	91.8	124.0	625
10	Milton Bradley	2003	100.7	112.1	597

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			233		49	9	2	7		5	19	47	0.235	0.300	0.394	0.694	92.2
2026*	DET	53	175	22	29	4	1	7		3	14	29	0.180	0.246	0.348	0.594	60.8
2025	DET	100	383	47	84	17	4	13	43	8	31	87	0.244	0.308	0.430	0.738	101.8
2024	DET	112	425	51	94	16	6	9	37	9	32	92	0.242	0.300	0.383	0.683	93.2
Career		212	808	98	178	33	10	22	80	17	63	179	0.243	0.304	0.405	0.709	97.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	175	87.2	17.0	7.6	33.3	18.2	29.1	0.203	0.348	0.272	28.2
2025	383	90.3	18.4	8.8	40.1	26.0	32.7	0.242	0.393	0.310	27.8
2024	425	88.4	18.0	4.4	30.6	20.9	28.5	0.240	0.364	0.295	28.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	OF	113	817	179	5	3	0	0.984
2024	DET	OF	116	846	189	1	2	0	0.990

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	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	62	2 HR, 3 SB	0.204	0.660
2024	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	63	2 HR, 4 SB	0.164	0.652
2023	A	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	22	0 HR, 1 SB	0.381	0.933
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	160	3 HR, 6 SB	0.264	0.890
2023	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	343	6 HR, 19 SB	0.271	0.728
2022	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	236	9 HR, 13 SB	0.286	0.893
2022	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	171	5 HR, 5 SB	0.307	0.914
2021	A	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	107	1 HR, 9 SB	0.293	0.785
2021	A+	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	369	3 HR, 13 SB	0.245	0.661
2019	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	516	3 HR, 21 SB	0.233	0.613
2018	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	71	0 HR, 4 SB	0.309	0.765
2018	Rk	GCL Tigers West	Bat	93	2 HR, 2 SB	0.383	1.005
2017	Rk	DSL Tigers	Bat	258	0 HR, 16 SB	0.314	0.745

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.314	0.238	0.289	0.235
2025	0.362	0.303	0.334	0.306
2024	0.291	0.320	0.294	0.334

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	RBI	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	6	19	2	2	1	2	7	0.105	0.105	0.158	0.263
2024	6	20	1	5	1	1	7	0.250	0.250	0.300	0.550
Career	12	39	3	7	2	3	14	0.179	0.179	0.231	0.410