Yohel Pozo

Bats R Throws R6'0" 201 lbBorn 1997 Maracaibo, VenezuelaDebut 2021Team BALContract 1 y/$800,000 (26) 2026: $275,254

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 136.9FIELD+ 99.2 at CTotal 1.01 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	152	145	38	7	0	5	5	22	0	0.262	0.286	0.408	0.694	0.146	0.298	14.3	3.1	89.4	0.28
2027	129	123	31	6	0	4	4	20	0	0.254	0.279	0.396	0.675	0.141	0.290	15.4	3.2	83.8	0.15

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 88 HIT+ the next season; 7 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	Merv Shea	1929	73.5	did not play
2	John Peters	1922	75.7	did not play
3	Tony Rensa	1930	79.3	10.0	35
4	Eddie Perez	1996	78.7	48.0	206
5	Dave Skaggs	1979	77.6	52.0	82
6	John Hester	2012	74.4	385.0	1
7	Gary Bennett	2000	75.5	55.1	148
8	Bobby Hughes	1999	72.3	did not play
9	Barry Lyons	1988	70.0	81.1	252
10	Alan Knicely	1983	71.5	-12.1	35

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			129		31	6	4		4	20	0.254	0.279	0.396	0.675	83.8
2026*	BAL	29	50	3	12	1	1		1	6	0.250	0.260	0.333	0.593	64.9
2025	STL	67	168	16	37	8	5	19	7	22	0.231	0.262	0.375	0.637	75.5
2021	TEX	21	77	8	21	4	1	9	3	10	0.284	0.312	0.378	0.690	89.6
Career		88	245	24	58	12	6	28	10	32	0.248	0.278	0.376	0.654	79.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	50	86.7	14.8	2.3	25.6	16.1	53.1	0.243	0.303	0.246	24.5
2025	168	87.7	17.8	2.2	35.3	19.8	48.0	0.246	0.357	0.276	24.8
2021	77	87.7	14.6	3.1	37.5	19.0	44.7	0.270	0.386	0.299	25.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	C	46	324	268	12	5	0	0.982	+1.6
2025	STL	1B	6	14	13	0	0	2	1.000	-0.3
2021	TEX	C	2	18	15	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0

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	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	86	3 HR, 0 SB	0.229	0.642
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	21	2 HR, 1 SB	0.333	1.095
2024	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	361	15 HR, 0 SB	0.324	0.873
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	391	18 HR, 2 SB	0.306	0.861
2022	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	267	6 HR, 0 SB	0.320	0.826
2021	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	324	23 HR, 0 SB	0.337	0.974
2019	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Bat	419	9 HR, 6 SB	0.246	0.631
2018	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	465	10 HR, 0 SB	0.264	0.723
2017	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	150	2 HR, 0 SB	0.338	0.838
2016	Rk	AZL Rangers	Bat	199	1 HR, 1 SB	0.343	0.830
2015	Rk	DSL Rangers 1	Bat	218	1 HR, 4 SB	0.272	0.689
2014	Rk	DSL Rangers 1	Bat	221	0 HR, 1 SB	0.273	0.662

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.305	0.312	0.277	0.323
2025	0.311	0.283	0.276	0.304
2021	0.352	0.280	0.249	0.373

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