Zack Short

Bats R Throws R5'10" 180 lbBorn 1995 Kingston, USADebut 2021Team NYMDraft 2016 R17 #524 Chicago Cubs, Sacred Heart University

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 69.8FIELD+ 99.7 at SSTotal -0.05 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	109	94	18	4	0	3	13	32	1	0.190	0.291	0.324	0.615	0.134	0.279	28.9	11.5	72.0	-0.03
2027	100	86	16	3	0	2	11	29	1	0.183	0.279	0.307	0.586	0.124	0.267	29.2	10.9	65.2	-0.11

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 62 HIT+ the next season; 6 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	Mike Benjamin	1996	51.9	47.1	123
2	Julio Gonzalez	1983	59.2	did not play
3	Chase d'Arnaud	2017	54.8	66.0	100
4	Bobby Malkmus	1962	52.5	did not play
5	Mario Diaz	1992	59.0	77.2	226
6	Domingo Ramos	1988	53.2	83.8	204
7	Terry Shumpert	1997	65.6	52.2	28
8	Clarke Pittenger	1929	55.0	did not play
9	Tripp Cromer	1998	55.4	48.6	57
10	Frank O'Rourke	1922	55.8	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			100		16	3	2		1	11	29	0.183	0.279	0.307	0.586	65.2
2026*	NYN	29	62	4	7	2	0		0	8	19	0.140	0.262	0.180	0.442	37.3
2025	HOU	22	56	9	11	2	2	7	0	4	18	0.220	0.291	0.380	0.671	85.8
2024	ATL	42	88	11	9	3	0	5	2	14	24	0.129	0.282	0.171	0.454	43.0
2023	DET	112	253	17	45	9	7	33	5	28	66	0.204	0.292	0.339	0.631	74.4
2022	DET	6	13	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	0.000	0.154	0.000	0.154	-39.6
2021	DET	61	184	21	22	4	6	20	2	22	59	0.141	0.239	0.282	0.521	46.6
Career		243	594	60	87	18	15	67	10	70	172	0.172	0.271	0.296	0.567	59.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2023	DET	0	0	6.00	6	0	0	6.0	32	0	1	1
Career		0	0	6.00	6	0	0	6.0	32	0	1	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	62	88.7	27.9	5.9	20.6	31.1	27.1	0.159	0.269	0.256	27.2
2025	56	86.2	20.9	3.0	39.4	29.4	25.0	0.175	0.281	0.241	27.4
2024	88	88.6	21.2	4.1	26.5	26.6	13.7	0.170	0.265	0.276	26.8
2023	253	87.6	21.2	8.9	33.5	24.9	16.4	0.207	0.366	0.296	28.1
2022	13	91.8	39.8	33.3	50.0	45.0	20.0	0.097	0.295	0.237
2021	184	87.5	24.3	4.9	33.0	27.5	18.6	0.150	0.276	0.246	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	SS	22	149	21	37	2	8	0.967	-4.5
2024	ATL	3B	21	147	5	29	3	3	0.919	-2.2
2024	ATL	SS	11	48	5	8	1	1	0.929	-0.0
2024	ATL	2B	4	19	1	6	1	1	0.875	-0.1
2023	DET	2B	53	262	57	81	2	20	0.986	+3.8
2023	DET	SS	33	174	28	51	2	12	0.975	+0.2
2023	DET	3B	31	161	15	30	4	1	0.918	+2.2
2023	DET	P	6	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2023	DET	OF	4	8	0	0	0	0
2022	DET	SS	4	15	1	9	0	1	1.000	-0.3
2022	DET	2B	2	16	7	3	0	3	1.000	+0.9
2021	DET	SS	52	399	56	159	4	30	0.982	+8.1
2021	DET	3B	3	15	1	3	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2021	DET	2B	2	11	3	8	1	2	0.917	+0.2

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	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	65	1 HR, 2 SB	0.200	0.583
2026	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Bat	96	2 HR, 1 SB	0.200	0.636
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	166	3 HR, 3 SB	0.209	0.628
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	475	15 HR, 5 SB	0.200	0.705
2024	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Bat	109	0 HR, 3 SB	0.216	0.634
2023	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	100	5 HR, 1 SB	0.195	0.767
2022	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	559	11 HR, 11 SB	0.229	0.728
2021	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	198	9 HR, 2 SB	0.236	0.841
2019	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	160	6 HR, 2 SB	0.211	0.752
2019	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	74	0 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.697
2019	Rk	AZL Cubs 1	Bat	25	0 HR, 0 SB	0.375	1.100
2018	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	524	17 HR, 8 SB	0.227	0.773
2017	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	277	6 HR, 3 SB	0.263	0.786
2017	A	South Bend Cubs	Bat	300	7 HR, 15 SB	0.237	0.817
2016	Rk	AZL Cubs	Bat	60	0 HR, 5 SB	0.318	0.886

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.314	0.147	0.133	0.273
2025	0.434	0.224	0.231	0.410
2024	0.184	0.266	0.227	0.265
2023	0.319	0.273	0.323	0.256
2022	0.140	0.000	0.000	0.140
2021	0.247	0.220	0.230	0.234

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