Christian Vazquez

Bats R Throws R5'9" 205 lbBorn 1990 Bayamon, P.R.Debut 2014Team HOUDraft 2008 R9 #292 Boston Red Sox, Puerto Rico BB Academy HSContract 1 y/$1M (26) 2026: $1,000,000

Awards: TSN All-Star

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 107.9FIELD+ 109.5 at CTotal 0.75 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	143	130	30	6	0	3	9	28	1	0.227	0.282	0.333	0.615	0.106	0.273	19.7	6.6	63.8	-0.19
2027	176	160	35	6	0	3	11	35	1	0.218	0.271	0.311	0.582	0.093	0.260	20.1	6.3	58.9	-0.34

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 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 30 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	Yorvit Torrealba	2013	77.1	did not play
2	Billy Sullivan	1909	59.9	40.6	151
3	Jason LaRue	2008	84.1	63.8	112
4	Jeff Newman	1983	71.3	54.4	71
5	Hank DeBerry	1929	77.7	60.7	100
6	Junior Ortiz	1994	69.5	did not play
7	Joe Oliver	2000	77.8	58.7	53
8	Randy Hundley	1976	72.8	-129.9	4
9	Charlie Moore	1987	90.1	did not play
10	Jimmie Wilson	1935	81.1	65.0	245

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			176		35	6	0	3		1	11	35	0.218	0.271	0.311	0.582	58.9
2026*	HOU	74	233	21	46	7	0	7		1	17	44	0.219	0.276	0.352	0.629	64.9
2025	MIN	65	214	14	36	7	0	3	14	1	18	35	0.189	0.271	0.274	0.545	51.7
2024	MIN	93	315	29	65	10	0	7	27	3	11	65	0.221	0.248	0.327	0.575	54.3
2023	MIN	102	355	34	73	13	0	6	32	1	25	82	0.223	0.280	0.318	0.598	63.3
2022	HOU	119	426	41	109	23	0	9	52	1	22	69	0.274	0.315	0.399	0.714	96.9
2021	BOS	138	498	51	118	23	1	6	49	8	33	84	0.258	0.308	0.352	0.659	72.8
2020	BOS	47	189	22	49	9	0	7	23	4	16	43	0.283	0.344	0.457	0.801	113.7
2019	BOS	138	521	66	133	26	1	23	72	4	33	101	0.276	0.320	0.477	0.798	100.8
2018	BOS	80	269	24	52	10	0	3	16	4	13	41	0.207	0.257	0.283	0.540	41.8
2017	BOS	99	345	43	94	18	2	5	32	7	17	64	0.290	0.330	0.404	0.735	91.2
2016	BOS	57	184	21	39	9	1	1	12	0	10	39	0.227	0.277	0.308	0.585	47.7
2014	BOS	55	201	15	42	9	0	1	20	0	19	33	0.240	0.308	0.309	0.617	73.1
Career		993	3517	360	810	157	5	71	349	33	217	656	0.250	0.299	0.367	0.666	76.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	233	86.0	15.0	2.3	23.8	19.8	35.9	0.200	0.280	0.243	23.4
2025	214	85.9	15.3	3.8	27.4	16.9	25.7	0.210	0.307	0.271	24.7
2024	315	88.5	16.1	3.8	36.6	20.8	34.2	0.231	0.361	0.272	24.8
2023	355	86.7	10.0	3.3	32.8	26.2	33.1	0.220	0.325	0.267	25.0
2022	426	87.9	10.7	5.1	36.4	17.2	31.9	0.257	0.380	0.300	25.5
2021	498	86.3	13.6	2.7	31.1	17.6	29.8	0.228	0.336	0.273	25.2
2020	189	88.4	14.4	4.7	40.0	22.9	31.3	0.218	0.353	0.281	25.0
2019	521	89.4	13.6	6.4	40.3	20.5	32.7	0.247	0.438	0.310	25.7
2018	269	87.4	13.0	2.1	29.0	14.3	29.3	0.242	0.334	0.277	25.3
2017	345	85.2	8.0	3.0	22.2	17.7	28.6	0.255	0.360	0.287	25.9
2016	184	87.1	1.4	1.8	33.1	16.2	31.5	0.217	0.304	0.252	26.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	MIN	C	64	519	542	20	1	3	0.998	-3.1
2024	MIN	C	86	719	772	29	4	2	0.995	+8.8
2024	MIN	3B	3	11	0	0	0	0		-0.8
2024	MIN	1B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2023	MIN	C	94	793	895	29	9	10	0.990	+4.4
2023	MIN	1B	7	23	18	0	0	3	1.000	-0.1
2023	MIN	2B	2	3	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2022	HOU	C	108	870	863	40	8	5	0.991	+5.7
2022	BOS	1B	9	47	45	2	0	4	1.000	-0.9
2022	BOS	2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2021	BOS	C	132	1051	1136	58	7	6	0.994	+3.4
2021	BOS	2B	2	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2021	BOS	3B	2	4	0	0	0	0		-0.5
2021	BOS	1B	1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2020	BOS	C	42	356	370	19	1	3	0.997	+5.6
2020	BOS	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2019	BOS	C	119	918	994	71	1	6	0.999	+13.3
2019	BOS	1B	10	63	48	6	1	3	0.982	+0.8
2019	BOS	3B	4	11	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2019	BOS	2B	2	11	1	3	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2018	BOS	C	75	604	650	27	3	3	0.996	+7.9
2018	BOS	3B	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2017	BOS	C	95	771	794	47	8	2	0.991	-0.2
2017	BOS	3B	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2016	BOS	C	56	439	423	25	2	3	0.996	+0.1
2014	BOS	C	54	458	338	32	5	4	0.987

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Bat	171	2 HR, 2 SB	0.270	0.713
2014	AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	Bat	270	3 HR, 0 SB	0.279	0.721
2013	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	399	5 HR, 7 SB	0.289	0.771
2012	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	82	0 HR, 0 SB	0.205	0.540
2012	A+	Salem Red Sox	Bat	342	7 HR, 2 SB	0.266	0.756
2011	A	Greenville Drive	Bat	444	18 HR, 1 SB	0.283	0.863
2010	A	Greenville Drive	Bat	299	3 HR, 3 SB	0.263	0.665
2009	Rk	GCL Red Sox	Bat	41	0 HR, 0 SB	0.278	0.783
2008	Rk	GCL Red Sox	Bat	65	0 HR, 0 SB	0.190	0.473

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.260	0.286	0.284	0.277
2025	0.216	0.293	0.236	0.294
2024	0.251	0.278	0.304	0.239
2023	0.331	0.252	0.282	0.256
2022	0.369	0.299	0.349	0.283
2021	0.257	0.323	0.304	0.300
2020	0.368	0.358	0.324	0.392
2019	0.386	0.326	0.343	0.348

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2022	6	17	1	4	0	0	3	1	6	0.235	0.316	0.235	0.551
2021	11	32	5	9	1	1	6	1	7	0.281	0.303	0.406	0.709
2018	12	37	4	8	1	1	2	1	8	0.216	0.237	0.324	0.561
2017	2	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0.333	0.500	0.333	0.833
Career	31	92	11	23	2	2	11	5	23	0.250	0.296	0.337	0.633

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	BOS	$513,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.