César Salazar

Bats L Throws R5'9" 185 lbBorn 1996 Hermosillo, MéxicoDebut 2023Team HOUDraft 2018 R7 #222 Houston Astros, Arizona

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 64.4FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.13 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	78	68	14	3	0	2	7	16	0	0.211	0.302	0.326	0.628	0.115	0.284	20.3	8.4	74.1	-0.00
2027	105	91	20	4	0	2	9	21	1	0.218	0.309	0.337	0.646	0.120	0.292	20.0	8.4	78.3	0.05

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 49 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	Jordan Brown	2013	57.7	did not play
2	Tom Alston	1955	75.0	-122.4	2
3	Efren Navarro	2015	78.8	did not play
4	Joe Altobelli	1961	56.8	did not play
5	Tim Unroe	2000	69.5	did not play
6	Chris Pritchett	1999	49.1	-35.2	12
7	Pete Susko	1934	86.2	did not play
8	Sam Ewing	1978	77.1	did not play
9	Phil Stephenson	1990	88.1	125.6	9
10	Ryan Jackson	2001	70.4	229.6	7

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			105		20	4	2		1	9	21	0.218	0.309	0.337	0.646	78.3
2026*	HOU	9	22	0	1	0	0		0	3	3	0.056	0.227	0.056	0.283	-2.8
2025	HOU	11	16	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0.231	0.375	0.231	0.606	89.4
2024	HOU	12	32	5	8	2	0	8	0	2	6	0.320	0.387	0.400	0.787	126.1
2023	HOU	13	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.111	0.158	0.111	0.269	-28.2
Career		36	67	6	13	2	0	9	0	5	14	0.232	0.318	0.268	0.586	73.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2025	HOU	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0
Career		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	0	0	0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	22	88.6	11.2	33.3	14.3	27.8	0.237	0.328	0.328
2025	16	82.1	11.9	18.2	26.9	26.1	0.213	0.253	0.298	22.4
2024	32	85.6	17.7	13.6	22.8	30.9	0.323	0.378	0.340	25.5
2023	19	85.9	17.1	8.3	27.7	30.2	0.138	0.174	0.166

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	C	8	34	39	1	2	0.952	-0.0
2025	HOU	P	1	1	0	0	0
2024	HOU	C	10	70	83	4	2	0.978	-0.1
2023	HOU	C	9	40	38	4	2	0.955	+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	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	169	4 HR, 6 SB	0.274	0.812
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	186	5 HR, 2 SB	0.213	0.706
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	321	8 HR, 1 SB	0.253	0.788
2023	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	222	2 HR, 3 SB	0.191	0.634
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	66	0 HR, 0 SB	0.203	0.493
2022	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	351	16 HR, 8 SB	0.277	0.839
2021	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	122	8 HR, 2 SB	0.243	0.853
2021	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	96	3 HR, 2 SB	0.238	0.744
2019	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	279	3 HR, 5 SB	0.262	0.694
2018	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	50	3 HR, 0 SB	0.182	0.666

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.180	0.165	0.162	0.178
2025	0.486	0.156	0.300	0.300
2024	0.312	0.356	0.333	0.356
2023	0.000	0.156	0.208	0.000

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