Ben Rortvedt

Bats L Throws R5'10" 205 lbBorn 1997 Madison, USADebut 2021Team LADDraft 2016 R2 #56 Minnesota Twins, Verona Area (WI) HSContract 1 y/$1.25M (26) 2026: $367,647

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 130.3FIELD+ 100.3 at CTotal 0.81 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	140	124	26	5	0	2	12	36	1	0.206	0.286	0.308	0.593	0.102	0.269	25.7	8.7	67.9	-0.11
2027	115	102	21	4	0	2	9	30	1	0.206	0.279	0.315	0.594	0.109	0.268	26.0	7.9	69.6	-0.07

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 69 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	Jerry Narron	1983	54.0	70.2	162
2	Sandy Martinez	1998	64.9	0.1	30
3	Dom Nunez	2022	58.8	did not play
4	Mike Brumley	1966	61.9	did not play
5	Chris Herrmann	2015	45.3	115.9	166
6	Jeff Reed	1990	64.5	88.6	300
7	Pinch Thomas	1915	66.9	113.8	265
8	Choo-Choo Coleman	1963	52.3	did not play
9	Jamie Quirk	1982	71.0	63.9	93
10	Vic Roznovsky	1966	60.6	27.5	99

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			115		21	4	2		1	9	30	0.206	0.279	0.315	0.594	69.6
2026*	LAN	10	16	0	3	0	0		0	0	5	0.188	0.188	0.188	0.375	-14.7
2025	LAD	44	128	9	17	3	1	10	0	11	23	0.152	0.240	0.205	0.445	29.9
2024	TB	112	328	27	66	13	3	31	1	34	88	0.228	0.317	0.303	0.621	84.9
2023	NYY	32	79	6	8	1	2	4	0	11	19	0.118	0.241	0.221	0.461	32.4
2021	MIN	39	98	8	15	1	3	7	0	6	29	0.169	0.229	0.281	0.510	42.1
Career		227	633	50	106	18	9	52	1	62	159	0.190	0.279	0.270	0.549	60.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2024	TB	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	11	1	2	1
Career		0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	11	1	2	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	16	83.5	15.8	0.0	9.1	23.3	35.5	0.230	0.265	0.214	26.0
2025	128	81.2	13.6	3.3	19.6	25.4	28.4	0.185	0.246	0.240	25.8
2024	328	86.2	11.9	3.5	30.7	26.7	27.8	0.202	0.291	0.269	25.6
2023	79	88.0	16.3	6.1	34.7	27.9	21.3	0.177	0.282	0.265	25.8
2021	98	84.6	13.7	6.5	29.0	31.6	25.4	0.198	0.337	0.264	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	C	44	325	331	17	1	3	0.997	+0.3
2024	TB	C	111	780	755	26	9	2	0.989	+2.2
2024	TB	P	1	2	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2023	NYY	C	31	212	225	6	2	1	0.991	-0.1
2021	MIN	C	39	256	244	14	3	2	0.989	+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	Syracuse Mets	Bat	167	6 HR, 2 SB	0.234	0.733
2025	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	73	1 HR, 0 SB	0.183	0.598
2025	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	64	2 HR, 0 SB	0.228	0.667
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	137	3 HR, 0 SB	0.205	0.632
2023	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	124	6 HR, 2 SB	0.286	0.900
2022	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	177	6 HR, 0 SB	0.221	0.703
2021	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Bat	136	5 HR, 0 SB	0.254	0.750
2019	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	226	5 HR, 0 SB	0.239	0.687
2019	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	94	2 HR, 0 SB	0.238	0.778
2018	A+	Fort Myers Miracle	Bat	196	4 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.709
2018	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	157	1 HR, 1 SB	0.276	0.711
2017	A	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Bat	336	4 HR, 1 SB	0.224	0.599
2016	Rk	GCL Twins	Bat	66	0 HR, 0 SB	0.203	0.531
2016	Rk	Elizabethton Twins	Bat	47	0 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.598

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.225	0.113	0.129	0.200
2025	0.268	0.220	0.217	0.241
2024	0.252	0.298	0.281	0.302
2023	0.078	0.239	0.219	0.224
2021	0.190	0.240	0.297	0.139

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	4	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.429	0.500	0.571	1.071
Career	4	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.429	0.500	0.571	1.071