Seiya Suzuki

Bats R Throws R5'11" 182 lbBorn 1994 Arakawa, JapanDebut 2022Team CHCContract 5 y/$85M (22-26) 2026: $19,000,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 112.9FIELD+ 101.8 at RFTotal 2.24 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	337	292	74	15	2	14	40	84	4	0.254	0.344	0.460	0.804	0.206	0.348	24.8	11.8	122.8	1.99
2027	478	414	102	21	2	18	56	120	4	0.247	0.339	0.435	0.773	0.188	0.337	25.2	11.8	114.1	2.31

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 117 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	Khris Davis	2018	127.1	82.9	533
2	Mitch Haniger	2021	124.2	112.8	247
3	Jay Buhner	1995	123.3	127.7	667
4	Riggs Stephenson	1928	131.7	145.3	582
5	Gus Zernial	1953	122.5	97.6	373
6	Bernard Gilkey	1997	120.4	71.3	419
7	Chick Hafey	1933	133.6	124.5	596
8	Hunter Pence	2013	121.0	122.7	708
9	Gorman Thomas	1981	119.4	136.4	666
10	Bob Johnson	1936	130.4	144.0	576

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			478		102	21	2	18		4	56	120	0.247	0.339	0.435	0.773	114.1
2026*	CHN	110	483	71	112	24	0	22		2	58	124	0.268	0.360	0.483	0.844	141.7
2025	CHC	151	651	75	140	31	3	32	103	5	71	164	0.245	0.326	0.478	0.804	128.6
2024	CHC	132	585	74	145	27	6	21	73	16	63	160	0.283	0.366	0.482	0.848	138.6
2023	CHC	138	583	75	147	31	6	20	74	6	59	130	0.285	0.357	0.485	0.842	122.3
2022	CHC	111	446	54	104	22	2	14	46	9	42	110	0.262	0.336	0.433	0.770	115.6
Career		532	2265	278	536	111	17	87	296	36	235	564	0.269	0.346	0.472	0.818	127.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	483	88.5	18.7	10.8	38.7	24.9	22.8	0.247	0.427	0.336	27.8
2025	651	91.3	17.9	16.6	48.7	23.9	20.4	0.247	0.493	0.352	28.4
2024	585	91.7	16.2	11.5	49.2	24.5	20.7	0.252	0.464	0.348	28.3
2023	583	91.4	10.8	10.5	48.0	21.3	19.8	0.278	0.475	0.357	28.5
2022	446	89.6	11.2	11.1	41.3	22.8	21.3	0.243	0.429	0.328	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CHC	OF	48	415	91	1	3	1	0.968
2024	CHC	OF	73	625	150	5	3	3	0.981
2023	CHC	OF	132	1147	221	2	3	1	0.987
2022	CHC	OF	106	905	201	3	4	2	0.981

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.426	0.356	0.397	0.351
2025	0.356	0.346	0.337	0.360
2024	0.376	0.371	0.351	0.391
2023	0.377	0.363	0.343	0.388
2022	0.376	0.348	0.382	0.331

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	8	31	4	7	3	0	3	5	0	1	10	0.226	0.250	0.613	0.863
Career	8	31	4	7	3	0	3	5	0	1	10	0.226	0.250	0.613	0.863