John Rave

Bats L Throws L5'11" 194 lbBorn 1997 Canton, USADebut 2025Team KCDraft 2016 R35 #1048 Boston Red Sox, Central Catholic HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $453,819

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 87.2FIELD+ 100.8 at RFTotal 0.22 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	120	106	24	5	1	3	11	31	4	0.229	0.304	0.377	0.682	0.149	0.301	25.7	9.3	86.8	0.18
2027	141	124	28	5	1	4	13	35	4	0.227	0.304	0.378	0.681	0.150	0.301	24.7	9.4	89.0	0.25

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 92 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	Joe Martin	1903	67.8	did not play
2	Fred Kommers	1913	70.1	did not play
3	Felipe Montemayor	1955	59.2	did not play
4	George Wilson	1952	56.7	54.1	11
5	Red Smyth	1918	61.9	did not play
6	Rob Butler	1997	69.2	did not play
7	Nino Bongiovanni	1939	56.9	did not play
8	Luke Raley	2022	61.0	127.4	406
9	Milt Galatzer	1934	71.6	95.2	302
10	Alexis Gomez	2006	69.1	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			141		28	5	1	4		4	13	35	0.227	0.304	0.378	0.681	89.0
2026*	KCA	26	65	10	12	5	1	2		2	5	14	0.207	0.270	0.431	0.701	87.2
2025	KC	72	175	18	30	5	0	4	14	7	18	46	0.196	0.283	0.307	0.590	68.3
Career		72	175	18	30	5	0	4	14	7	18	46	0.196	0.283	0.307	0.590	68.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	65	86.1	16.0	13.0	30.4	23.6	28.5	0.234	0.419	0.311	29.2
2025	175	88.3	8.4	5.5	40.0	24.2	22.8	0.228	0.349	0.302	28.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	OF	81	432	104	3	3	1	0.973

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	355	13 HR, 18 SB	0.285	0.877
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	274	11 HR, 19 SB	0.285	0.888
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	578	21 HR, 17 SB	0.259	0.816
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	302	7 HR, 4 SB	0.236	0.702
2023	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	236	5 HR, 6 SB	0.275	0.809
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	43	2 HR, 1 SB	0.195	0.623
2022	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	461	14 HR, 22 SB	0.262	0.778
2021	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	322	14 HR, 13 SB	0.252	0.805
2019	A	Lexington Legends	Bat	196	2 HR, 6 SB	0.253	0.660

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.332	0.317	0.282	0.341
2025	0.332	0.261	0.247	0.292

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