César Prieto

Bats L Throws R5'9" 195 lbBorn 1999 Cienfuegos, CubaDebut 2025Team STLContract 1 y/$781,550 (26) 2026: $249,301

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 67.9FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.10 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	87	80	20	4	0	2	5	14	1	0.252	0.301	0.372	0.673	0.120	0.295	16.4	5.4	80.0	0.06
2027	113	104	26	5	0	2	6	19	1	0.249	0.299	0.375	0.674	0.127	0.295	16.5	5.4	81.8	0.10

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 77 HIT+ the next season; 3 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	Eddie Shokes	1946	26.1	did not play
2	Eric Valent	2003	5.5	108.6	300
3	John McHale	1948	42.4	did not play
4	Kory Casto	2008	42.8	did not play
5	Wayne Tolleson	1982	-9.5	81.4	521
6	Joe Cannon	1980	0.9	did not play
7	Carlos Rivera	2004	49.7	did not play
8	Diory Hernandez	2010	-4.5	40.5	35
9	George McQuinn	1936	52.6	did not play
10	Lou Limmer	1951	44.1	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			113		26	5	2		1	6	19	0.249	0.299	0.375	0.674	81.8
2026*	SLN	12	31	1	2	0	0		0	0	4	0.065	0.065	0.065	0.129	-73.9
2025	STL	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333	-13.4
Career		3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333	-13.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	31	87.7	4.3	3.8	29.6	21.3	40.4	0.232	0.351	0.249	25.9
2025	6				0.0	50.0	68.8	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	2B	2	9	0	1	1	0	0.500	-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
2026	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	313	12 HR, 6 SB	0.304	0.876
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	515	9 HR, 12 SB	0.300	0.815
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	535	14 HR, 5 SB	0.279	0.763
2023	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Bat	115	2 HR, 2 SB	0.317	0.836
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	176	4 HR, 2 SB	0.270	0.701
2023	AAA	nan	Bat	291	6 HR, 4 SB	0.288	0.753
2023	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	249	4 HR, 5 SB	0.364	0.882
2022	AA	Bowie Baysox	Bat	389	4 HR, 2 SB	0.255	0.644
2022	A+	Aberdeen IronBirds	Bat	105	7 HR, 3 SB	0.340	1.000

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.064	0.113	0.000
2025		0.000	0.000	0.000

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