Tyler Stephenson

Bats R Throws R6'4" 225 lbBorn 1996 Atlanta, USADebut 2020Team CINDraft 2015 R1 #11 Cincinnati Reds, Kennesaw Mountain (GA) HSContract 1 y/$6.8M (26) 2026: $6,800,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 109.5FIELD+ 90.1 at CTotal 1.51 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	354	311	74	15	1	11	37	94	1	0.238	0.322	0.395	0.718	0.158	0.316	26.6	10.3	96.2	0.94
2027	350	307	73	15	1	11	36	91	0	0.239	0.324	0.394	0.718	0.155	0.317	26.1	10.4	99.5	1.07

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 89 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	Chris Iannetta	2011	100.1	111.7	253
2	Terry Steinbach	1990	103.4	95.4	494
3	Steve Yeager	1977	97.2	54.7	266
4	Frankie Hayes	1943	102.6	96.5	647
5	Welington Castillo	2015	97.8	88.9	457
6	Bill Carrigan	1912	93.4	88.9	293
7	John Stearns	1980	104.2	92.2	305
8	Buddy Rosar	1943	95.6	91.4	375
9	Bob O'Farrell	1925	105.7	112.0	567
10	Geovany Soto	2011	109.2	59.7	361

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			350		73	15	1	11		0	36	91	0.239	0.324	0.394	0.718	99.5
2026*	CIN	100	353	33	75	16	0	12		0	37	94	0.240	0.323	0.407	0.730	99.7
2025	CIN	88	342	40	69	18	0	13	50	0	37	116	0.231	0.316	0.421	0.737	96.1
2024	CIN	138	515	69	118	26	1	19	66	1	48	117	0.258	0.338	0.444	0.782	110.8
2023	CIN	142	517	59	113	20	2	13	56	0	47	135	0.243	0.317	0.378	0.696	86.4
2022	CIN	50	183	24	53	9	0	6	35	1	12	47	0.319	0.372	0.482	0.854	131.0
2021	CIN	132	402	56	100	21	0	10	45	0	41	75	0.286	0.366	0.431	0.797	103.4
2020	CIN	8	20	4	5	0	0	2	6	0	2	9	0.294	0.400	0.647	1.047	169.2
Career		558	1979	252	458	94	3	63	258	2	187	499	0.261	0.338	0.426	0.764	102.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	351	91.1	18.2	12.6	46.1	25.8	22.0	0.249	0.460	0.344	27.0
2025	342	90.5	12.9	14.5	49.2	30.6	25.2	0.216	0.413	0.313	26.8
2024	515	90.2	10.9	9.1	43.9	22.7	23.7	0.238	0.413	0.325	26.5
2023	517	89.4	8.9	7.6	43.5	28.4	24.1	0.240	0.401	0.314	26.9
2022	183	87.1	11.1	6.6	34.7	27.0	25.3	0.254	0.397	0.316	26.6
2021	402	88.4	7.4	5.4	38.2	19.2	21.0	0.255	0.397	0.325	26.8
2020	20	89.5	16.5	12.5	50.0	26.7	12.8	0.204	0.405	0.324

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	C	69	586	551	16	2	6	0.996	-8.4
2024	CIN	C	127	1001	945	32	4	4	0.996	-5.0
2023	CIN	C	92	703	648	18	4	3	0.994	-9.0
2023	CIN	1B	8	39	25	3	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2022	CIN	C	45	352	385	16	0	1	1.000	-4.4
2022	CIN	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2021	CIN	C	78	588	661	22	0	4	1.000	+1.1
2021	CIN	1B	23	147	128	10	1	8	0.993	+1.4
2021	CIN	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2020	CIN	C	4	19	23	1	0	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
2025	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	40	2 HR, 0 SB	0.152	0.664
2019	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	363	6 HR, 0 SB	0.285	0.782
2018	A+	Daytona Tortugas	Bat	450	11 HR, 1 SB	0.250	0.730
2017	A	Dayton Dragons	Bat	348	6 HR, 2 SB	0.278	0.788
2016	A	Dayton Dragons	Bat	153	3 HR, 0 SB	0.216	0.602
2016	Rk	AZL Reds	Bat	23	1 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.798
2015	Rk	Billings Mustangs	Bat	219	1 HR, 0 SB	0.268	0.713

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.295	0.336	0.287	0.368
2025	0.384	0.315	0.313	0.344
2024	0.367	0.346	0.364	0.339
2023	0.352	0.315	0.341	0.310
2022	0.375	0.377	0.461	0.296
2021	0.373	0.367	0.395	0.345
2020	0.270	0.610	0.573	0.278

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	2	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.143	0.125	0.286	0.411
Career	2	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.143	0.125	0.286	0.411