Leody Taveras

Bats B Throws R6'2" 195 lbBorn 1998 Tenares, D.R.Debut 2020Team BALContract 1 y/$2M (26) 2026: $2,000,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.6FIELD+ 99.6 at CFTotal 0.63 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	252	229	55	11	1	7	18	58	10	0.242	0.298	0.390	0.687	0.148	0.300	23.0	7.3	91.8	0.53
2027	340	304	73	13	2	8	27	76	11	0.239	0.300	0.381	0.681	0.142	0.299	22.5	7.8	87.5	0.54

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 64 HIT+ the next season; 7 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	Aaron Hicks	2016	75.6	123.5	361
2	Victor Reyes	2021	80.9	87.0	336
3	Stan Javier	1990	86.5	57.4	197
4	Melvin Nieves	1998	92.0	did not play
5	Randy Winn	2000	78.5	99.3	480
6	John O'Neill	1906	81.2	did not play
7	Billy Burns	2016	85.2	-21.8	6
8	Paul Householder	1985	84.3	61.4	90
9	Adrian Brown	2000	82.1	40.3	34
10	Mel Almada	1939	79.1	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			340		73	13	2	8		11	27	76	0.239	0.300	0.381	0.681	87.5
2026*	BAL	110	388	48	79	13	6	7		10	36	95	0.232	0.306	0.367	0.673	88.6
2025	SEA	58	180	13	35	6	1	3	17	9	5	50	0.205	0.226	0.304	0.530	51.0
2024	TEX	151	529	59	110	17	3	12	44	23	42	112	0.229	0.289	0.352	0.641	86.3
2023	TEX	143	554	67	136	31	3	14	67	14	35	117	0.266	0.312	0.421	0.733	95.7
2022	TEX	99	341	39	82	14	2	5	34	11	21	88	0.261	0.309	0.366	0.675	92.8
2021	TEX	49	185	14	28	6	2	3	9	10	9	60	0.161	0.207	0.270	0.477	29.1
2020	TEX	33	134	20	27	6	1	4	6	8	14	43	0.227	0.308	0.395	0.703	91.2
Career		533	1923	212	418	80	12	41	177	75	126	470	0.236	0.287	0.365	0.651	81.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	388	87.9	16.0	4.3	32.4	25.3	31.4	0.218	0.328	0.281	28.9
2025	180	88.5	21.2	6.4	35.2	25.2	34.6	0.198	0.316	0.232	28.8
2024	529	89.0	14.7	5.9	35.5	26.2	29.2	0.238	0.378	0.299	28.5
2023	554	90.1	10.2	7.2	43.1	24.2	28.2	0.266	0.412	0.320	29.1
2022	341	89.3	12.0	4.3	36.1	28.5	31.8	0.226	0.325	0.269	29.3
2021	185	87.2	7.0	6.1	35.7	26.6	26.2	0.201	0.305	0.245	29.7
2020	134	88.9	14.3	6.5	41.6	30.2	30.7	0.232	0.375	0.305	29.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	SEA	OF	57	444	112	3	4	0	0.966
2024	TEX	OF	148	1227	376	9	3	2	0.992
2023	TEX	OF	140	1226	357	5	1	0	0.997
2022	TEX	OF	93	766	211	3	2	1	0.991
2021	TEX	OF	48	402	128	1	3	1	0.977
2020	TEX	OF	33	273	81	1	2	1	0.976

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	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	372	11 HR, 27 SB	0.280	0.804
2022	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	221	7 HR, 7 SB	0.294	0.820
2021	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	381	17 HR, 13 SB	0.245	0.818
2019	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	293	3 HR, 11 SB	0.265	0.695
2019	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Bat	290	2 HR, 21 SB	0.294	0.744
2018	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Bat	580	5 HR, 19 SB	0.246	0.644
2017	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	577	8 HR, 20 SB	0.249	0.672
2016	Rk	DSL Rangers 2	Bat	45	0 HR, 4 SB	0.385	1.005
2016	Rk	AZL Rangers	Bat	155	1 HR, 11 SB	0.278	0.711
2016	Rk	nan	Bat	200	1 HR, 15 SB	0.301	0.775

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.256	0.338	0.318	0.306
2025	0.289	0.226	0.212	0.268
2024	0.250	0.304	0.303	0.285
2023	0.297	0.335	0.354	0.298
2022	0.289	0.304	0.319	0.280
2021	0.220	0.215	0.227	0.209
2020	0.361	0.295	0.355	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
2023	17	57	8	10	1	1	1	3	4	10	13	0.175	0.299	0.281	0.579
Career	17	57	8	10	1	1	1	3	4	10	13	0.175	0.299	0.281	0.579