Ezequiel Tovar

Bats R Throws R6'0" 162 lbBorn 2001 Maracay, VenezuelaDebut 2022Team COLContract 7 y/$63.5M (24-30)+31 cl opt 2026: $5,214,286

Awards: Rawlings NL Gold Glove

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.5FIELD+ 97.1 at SSTotal 0.83 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	477	442	112	24	3	14	24	115	6	0.253	0.294	0.414	0.708	0.161	0.305	24.1	5.1	84.3	0.57
2027	446	412	99	22	2	13	23	111	6	0.240	0.283	0.396	0.678	0.156	0.293	24.9	5.3	82.5	0.44

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 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 78 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	Frankie Gustine	1943	83.5	59.3	446
2	Hal Janvrin	1916	73.1	47.4	149
3	Phil Lewis	1907	83.9	57.5	444
4	Larry Parrish	1977	84.3	114.4	560
5	Bruno Betzel	1918	72.6	did not play
6	Joe Dugan	1920	69.9	95.9	507
7	John Sullivan	1944	69.1	did not play
8	Dave Roberts	1974	83.7	108.8	132
9	Luis Rivas	2003	80.1	77.2	358
10	Howard Freigau	1926	83.1	63.8	96

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			446		99	22	2	13		6	23	111	0.240	0.283	0.396	0.678	82.5
2026*	COL	117	422	42	79	20	0	9		5	25	107	0.205	0.252	0.326	0.578	46.3
2025	COL	95	390	44	91	18	4	9	33	5	21	98	0.253	0.294	0.400	0.694	78.6
2024	COL	157	694	83	176	45	4	26	78	6	23	200	0.269	0.295	0.469	0.763	96.3
2023	COL	153	615	79	147	37	4	15	73	11	25	166	0.253	0.287	0.408	0.695	71.5
2022	COL	9	35	2	7	1	0	1	2	0	2	9	0.212	0.257	0.333	0.590	50.1
Career		414	1734	208	421	101	12	51	186	22	71	473	0.258	0.291	0.429	0.720	82.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	422	87.3	17.5	6.3	33.3	29.1	45.0	0.218	0.355	0.272	28.0
2025	390	89.4	16.4	9.3	38.9	31.4	41.0	0.261	0.441	0.319	27.6
2024	695	88.8	18.9	9.0	39.8	33.5	44.1	0.231	0.410	0.291	28.1
2023	615	88.0	12.6	8.1	36.2	31.3	42.1	0.243	0.389	0.290	28.1
2022	35	88.6	8.5	12.5	33.3	32.4	40.0	0.247	0.398	0.302	27.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	COL	SS	95	801	148	237	9	57	0.977	+1.5
2024	COL	SS	157	1376	233	435	8	113	0.988	+8.4
2023	COL	SS	153	1327	179	392	7	95	0.988	-7.9
2022	COL	SS	9	78	14	20	1	2	0.971	-1.3

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	Albuquerque Isotopes	Bat	46	0 HR, 0 SB	0.163	0.405
2022	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Bat	23	1 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.867
2022	AA	Hartford Yard Goats	Bat	295	13 HR, 17 SB	0.318	0.931
2021	A+	Spokane Indians	Bat	143	4 HR, 3 SB	0.239	0.662
2021	A	Fresno Grizzlies	Bat	326	11 HR, 21 SB	0.309	0.856
2018	Rk	DSL Colorado	Bat	158	0 HR, 16 SB	0.262	0.723

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.273	0.258	0.258	0.267
2025	0.334	0.298	0.380	0.236
2024	0.330	0.329	0.338	0.321
2023	0.313	0.310	0.343	0.277
2022	0.459	0.171	0.342	0.220

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