Colby Thomas

Bats R Throws R5'10" 190 lbBorn 2001 Valdosta, USADebut 2025Team ATHDraft 2019 R37 #1098 Baltimore Orioles, Valdosta HSContract 1 y (26) 2026: $48,143

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 90.9FIELD+ 100.0 at RFTotal 0.32 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	142	129	31	7	1	6	8	43	2	0.240	0.298	0.450	0.748	0.210	0.321	30.2	6.0	103.3	0.50
2027	160	145	34	7	1	6	9	48	2	0.232	0.290	0.418	0.708	0.186	0.306	29.8	5.9	93.6	0.37

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 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 71 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	Austin Dean	2018	82.9	72.3	189
2	John Christensen	1985	81.1	did not play
3	John Balaz	1975	79.4	did not play
4	Hank Butcher	1911	82.3	54.1	91
5	Carl Warwick	1961	75.0	98.5	551
6	Luke Williams	2021	74.9	68.2	136
7	Scott Lydy	1993	73.5	did not play
8	Jimmy Outlaw	1937	74.8	did not play
9	Ryan Thompson	1992	85.5	94.9	316
10	Henry Cotto	1985	78.7	36.7	83

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			160		34	7	1	6		2	9	48	0.232	0.290	0.418	0.708	93.6
2026*	ATH	55	121	11	23	3	0	4		1	4	37	0.202	0.235	0.333	0.569	51.5
2025	ATH	49	132	20	27	5	0	6	19	2	7	49	0.225	0.267	0.417	0.684	82.3
Career		49	132	20	27	5	0	6	19	2	7	49	0.225	0.267	0.417	0.684	82.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	121	89.1	20.9	8.9	34.2	34.3	42.9	0.182	0.357	0.248	28.2
2025	132	92.2	21.2	13.3	49.3	37.1	40.2	0.203	0.379	0.278	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	OF	48	270	64	2	0	0	1.000

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	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	78	5 HR, 1 SB	0.309	0.971
2026	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Bat	48	0 HR, 0 SB	0.182	0.477
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	126	5 HR, 1 SB	0.259	0.779
2025	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	384	18 HR, 7 SB	0.291	0.895
2024	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Bat	314	17 HR, 3 SB	0.272	0.903
2024	AA	Midland RockHounds	Bat	261	14 HR, 12 SB	0.282	0.908
2023	A+	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	237	10 HR, 11 SB	0.290	0.849
2023	A	Stockton Ports	Bat	327	8 HR, 14 SB	0.283	0.840

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.291	0.053	0.286	0.208
2025	0.380	0.223	0.334	0.278

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