Miguel Vargas

Bats R Throws R6'3" 205 lbBorn 1999 Havana, CubaDebut 2022Team CWS1x All-StarContract 1 y/$805,700 (26) 2026: $805,700

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 123.8FIELD+ 99.2 at 3BTotal 3.12 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	473	411	99	22	2	16	53	86	6	0.240	0.331	0.417	0.747	0.176	0.328	18.3	11.1	108.9	1.99
2027	519	446	111	26	2	21	62	93	9	0.249	0.346	0.456	0.802	0.207	0.348	18.0	12.0	125.5	3.23

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 74 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	Aaron Ward	1922	79.9	98.7	640
2	Damaso Garcia	1982	77.9	93.2	561
3	Eddie Joost	1941	75.3	83.3	633
4	Ray Mack	1942	77.0	78.0	608
5	Irv Hall	1944	76.1	76.7	668
6	Jeff Hamilton	1989	74.4	-42.1	24
7	Bob Aspromonte	1963	80.0	107.3	608
8	Marty Marion	1942	81.0	87.4	463
9	Chick Galloway	1922	72.7	78.4	556
10	Royce Clayton	1995	75.4	81.3	531

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			519		111	26	2	21		9	62	93	0.249	0.346	0.456	0.802	125.5
2026*	CHA	124	547	86	112	29	1	28		12	71	97	0.242	0.348	0.490	0.838	131.7
2025	CWS	138	569	80	118	32	2	16	60	6	56	100	0.234	0.316	0.401	0.717	101.6
2024	CWS	72	237	22	31	7	0	5	16	3	25	57	0.150	0.249	0.257	0.506	48.1
2023	LAD	81	303	36	50	15	4	7	32	3	38	61	0.195	0.305	0.367	0.672	81.4
2022	LAD	18	50	4	8	1	0	1	8	1	2	13	0.170	0.200	0.255	0.455	14.2
Career		309	1159	142	207	55	6	29	116	13	121	231	0.204	0.294	0.356	0.651	81.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	547	90.7	20.3	14.6	46.5	21.0	22.4	0.264	0.519	0.384	28.4
2025	569	89.7	22.6	9.4	40.5	20.6	21.5	0.237	0.407	0.319	27.5
2024	237	86.2	21.3	4.6	26.3	21.6	21.8	0.175	0.301	0.265	28.6
2023	304	86.8	16.6	6.0	31.5	22.3	20.8	0.208	0.357	0.305	27.9
2022	50	89.7	25.9	8.6	40.0	24.3	30.7	0.198	0.342	0.254	29.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CWS	3B	79	646	50	118	9	12	0.949	-15.4
2025	CWS	1B	63	481	386	41	2	29	0.995	-3.4
2025	CWS	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2024	CWS	3B	36	309	26	60	4	9	0.956	-1.7
2024	CWS	OF	28	175	32	3	1	1	0.972
2024	LAD	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2023	LAD	2B	78	614	120	156	5	46	0.982	-4.2
2023	LAD	1B	5	15	9	2	0	2	1.000	+0.4
2022	LAD	1B	8	41	35	3	0	2	1.000	-0.3
2022	LAD	OF	7	46	9	0	1	0	0.900
2022	LAD	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Oklahoma City Baseball Club	Bat	191	8 HR, 8 SB	0.290	1.006
2023	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	285	10 HR, 8 SB	0.288	0.886
2022	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	520	17 HR, 16 SB	0.304	0.915
2021	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	370	16 HR, 7 SB	0.321	0.909
2021	A+	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	172	7 HR, 4 SB	0.314	0.898
2019	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Bat	236	2 HR, 4 SB	0.284	0.761
2019	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	323	5 HR, 9 SB	0.325	0.863
2018	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	89	0 HR, 0 SB	0.213	0.560
2018	Rk	AZL Dodgers	Bat	37	0 HR, 1 SB	0.419	1.095
2018	Rk	Ogden Raptors	Bat	103	2 HR, 6 SB	0.394	1.043
2018	Rk	nan	Bat	140	2 HR, 7 SB	0.400	1.056

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.401	0.350	0.372	0.360
2025	0.325	0.317	0.286	0.352
2024	0.260	0.242	0.226	0.270
2023	0.320	0.302	0.310	0.305
2022	0.233	0.206	0.208	0.254

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