Thomas Saggese

Bats R Throws R5'11" 185 lbBorn 2002 Carlsbad, USADebut 2024Team STLDraft 2020 R5 #145 Texas Rangers, Carlsbad HSContract 1 y/$787,200 (26) 2026: $467,985

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 88.9FIELD+ 99.5 at 2BTotal 0.41 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	307	281	73	14	1	8	19	74	4	0.259	0.312	0.400	0.711	0.141	0.311	24.2	6.3	95.7	0.79
2027	228	208	51	10	1	6	15	59	3	0.243	0.300	0.383	0.683	0.139	0.299	25.9	6.8	86.6	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 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 123 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Luis Urias	2020	76.7	111.7	567
2	Jose Baez	1977	72.3	22.5	58
3	Gabriel Arias	2023	78.0	67.0	161
4	Pat Kelly	1991	72.8	89.0	362
5	Eric Soderholm	1972	67.4	139.8	135
6	Henry Davis	2023	78.7	31.1	121
7	George Nill	1905	70.3	105.1	375
8	Felix Mantilla	1958	76.4	50.2	274
9	Nate Oliver	1964	73.9	520.7	2
10	Andy Reese	1927	72.5	92.1	432

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			228		51	10	1	6		3	15	59	0.243	0.300	0.383	0.683	86.6
2026*	SLN	32	82	9	14	2	1	1		1	6	26	0.184	0.244	0.276	0.520	46.6
2025	STL	82	295	25	71	17	0	2	25	3	16	83	0.258	0.299	0.342	0.641	81.2
2024	STL	18	52	5	10	2	0	1	4	0	2	14	0.204	0.250	0.306	0.556	53.8
Career		100	347	30	81	19	0	3	29	3	18	97	0.250	0.292	0.336	0.628	77.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	82	88.8	13.2	10.0	38.0	33.0	36.9	0.203	0.365	0.274	27.9
2025	295	90.2	12.9	5.6	44.1	26.5	34.3	0.239	0.350	0.280	28.4
2024	52	85.7	11.3	2.9	25.7	22.5	40.9	0.203	0.318	0.251	27.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	2B	35	289	52	91	4	24	0.973	-7.1
2025	STL	SS	33	240	24	57	1	7	0.988	-2.2
2025	STL	3B	18	117	4	27	2	0	0.939	-0.3
2024	STL	2B	13	80	11	31	1	7	0.977	+3.8
2024	STL	SS	3	26	5	8	1	2	0.929	+0.3
2024	STL	3B	2	17	1	4	1	0	0.833	-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	232	10 HR, 8 SB	0.259	0.788
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	189	5 HR, 5 SB	0.317	0.847
2024	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	528	20 HR, 9 SB	0.253	0.751
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	63	1 HR, 1 SB	0.207	0.615
2023	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	418	15 HR, 8 SB	0.313	0.891
2023	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Bat	149	10 HR, 3 SB	0.331	1.065
2023	AA	nan	Bat	567	25 HR, 11 SB	0.318	0.936
2022	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	22	1 HR, 1 SB	0.381	1.266
2022	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	419	14 HR, 11 SB	0.308	0.846
2021	A	Down East Wood Ducks	Bat	288	10 HR, 11 SB	0.256	0.835

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.325	0.189	0.285	0.191
2025	0.275	0.293	0.288	0.289
2024	0.323	0.218	0.172	0.309

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