Tyler Tolbert

Bats R Throws R5'11" 185 lbBorn 1998 Birmingham, USADebut 2025Team KCDraft 2019 R13 #379 Kansas City Royals, Alabama - BirminghamContract 1 y/$783,000 (26) 2026: $698,384

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 55.7FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.35 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	110	99	23	4	1	2	7	28	7	0.229	0.289	0.345	0.634	0.116	0.281	25.0	6.5	71.0	-0.05
2027	149	133	30	5	1	2	11	35	12	0.225	0.289	0.325	0.614	0.100	0.275	23.5	7.1	69.6	-0.09

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 55 HIT+ the next season; 8 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	Mauro Gomez	2012	97.7	did not play
2	Charles Tolson	1926	104.9	117.4	61
3	Brett Pill	2012	97.9	85.2	92
4	Jack Phillips	1949	90.7	107.2	229
5	Geronimo Berroa	1992	78.1	-27.4	36
6	John Wockenfuss	1976	86.8	120.8	178
7	Brian Banks	1998	85.9	66.3	249
8	Taylor Jones	2021	73.1	-124.8	1
9	Nate Freiman	2014	101.7	did not play
10	John Hicks	2017	78.9	93.7	312

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			149		30	5	1	2		12	11	35	0.225	0.289	0.325	0.614	69.6
2026*	KCA	58	111	25	30	5	0	3		17	10	19	0.312	0.374	0.458	0.832	130.7
2025	KC	64	57	19	14	2	0	1	6	21	1	11	0.280	0.321	0.380	0.701	94.9
Career		64	57	19	14	2	0	1	6	21	1	11	0.280	0.321	0.380	0.701	94.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	111	85.4	8.8	3.7	28.0	27.2	27.8	0.264	0.343	0.313	29.3
2025	57	88.3	11.3	2.4	38.1	26.2	31.3	0.260	0.343	0.313	28.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	OF	46	140	37	1	0	0	1.000
2025	KC	2B	5	11	2	4	0	1	1.000	+0.4
2025	KC	SS	5	8	1	2	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2025	KC	3B	3	10	1	1	1	1	0.667	-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	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	86	0 HR, 8 SB	0.260	0.653
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	115	3 HR, 11 SB	0.265	0.747
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	90	0 HR, 8 SB	0.141	0.414
2024	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	462	4 HR, 40 SB	0.260	0.693
2023	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	574	10 HR, 50 SB	0.276	0.755
2022	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	517	4 HR, 60 SB	0.224	0.653
2021	A	Columbia Fireflies	Bat	347	5 HR, 49 SB	0.219	0.709
2019	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	174	0 HR, 26 SB	0.221	0.599

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.377	0.408	0.363	0.405
2025	0.291	0.376	0.271	0.398

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