Sebastian Rivero

Bats R Throws R6'1" 210 lbBorn 1998 Maracay, VenezuelaDebut 2021Team LAAContract 1 y (26) 2026: $646,525

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 39.4FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.57 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	84	77	17	3	0	2	5	20	0	0.214	0.264	0.328	0.592	0.113	0.261	23.9	5.4	57.4	-0.18
2027	131	120	25	5	0	2	7	30	1	0.207	0.256	0.308	0.564	0.101	0.250	23.1	5.2	53.3	-0.34

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 41 HIT+ the next season; 4 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	Brandon Dixon	2018	44.0	85.3	420
2	Eddie Shokes	1946	26.1	did not play
3	Ryan Kreidler	2024	16.8	-14.9	44
4	Harry Swacina	1908	45.3	did not play
5	Brian Bixler	2009	22.4	did not play
6	Steve Korcheck	1959	4.6	did not play
7	Dick Smith	1953	15.0	20.0	37
8	Russ Mitchell	2011	22.3	did not play
9	John Flaherty	1994	3.7	74.9	385
10	Ed Cihocki	1933	12.0	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			131		25	5	2		1	7	30	0.207	0.256	0.308	0.564	53.3
2026*	LAA	24	57	5	13	2	0		0	3	12	0.245	0.286	0.283	0.569	57.4
2025	LAA	11	34	4	6	2	0	2	1	1	9	0.182	0.206	0.242	0.448	17.3
2022	KC	17	29	2	4	0	0	1	0	2	10	0.154	0.214	0.154	0.368	2.3
2021	KC	17	44	1	7	2	0	3	0	3	15	0.175	0.250	0.225	0.475	30.6
Career		45	107	7	17	4	0	6	1	6	34	0.172	0.226	0.212	0.439	18.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	57	82.0	19.2	0.0	14.3	25.7	44.7	0.261	0.304	0.272	25.5
2025	34	86.9	15.3	8.3	29.2	35.4	49.1	0.168	0.278	0.204	24.8
2022	29	87.2	12.7	5.9	35.3	33.3	31.0	0.163	0.274	0.222	25.0
2021	44	86.6	13.0	0.0	24.0	30.7	32.9	0.186	0.267	0.242	24.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAA	C	11	85	86	5	1	0.989	-0.1
2022	KC	C	17	73	70	2	0	1.000	+0.3
2021	KC	C	17	106	95	8	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	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	51	0 HR, 0 SB	0.239	0.558
2025	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	254	9 HR, 1 SB	0.264	0.738
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	97	0 HR, 1 SB	0.213	0.529
2024	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	162	1 HR, 0 SB	0.169	0.463
2023	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	213	4 HR, 0 SB	0.232	0.638
2023	AA	Birmingham Barons	Bat	54	0 HR, 0 SB	0.167	0.447
2022	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	178	5 HR, 1 SB	0.218	0.704
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	163	3 HR, 2 SB	0.260	0.699
2019	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	326	1 HR, 2 SB	0.212	0.548
2018	A	Lexington Legends	Bat	306	7 HR, 0 SB	0.258	0.692
2017	Rk	Burlington Royals	Bat	198	4 HR, 0 SB	0.265	0.669
2016	Rk	DSL Royals	Bat	29	0 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.690
2016	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	143	0 HR, 0 SB	0.269	0.646
2016	Rk	nan	Bat	172	0 HR, 0 SB	0.280	0.654

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.192	0.307	0.154	0.364
2025	0.320	0.272	0.405	0.120
2022	0.410	0.050	0.243	0.114
2021	0.333	0.220	0.226	0.256

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