Curtis

Mead

3BAge : 25Bats : R

#11

Curtis Mead

#113BBoston Red Sox

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-08-04

Born in : Adelaide, Australia

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		88	285	72	17	48	.253	.851
2026	Boston Red Sox	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.500
2026	Washington Nationals	87	284	72	17	48	.254	.852
2025		90	240	56	3	19	.233	.620
2025	Chicago White Sox	41	125	30	0	11	.240	.584
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	49	115	26	3	8	.226	.657
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	38	122	29	1	7	.238	.569
2023	Tampa Bay Rays	24	83	21	1	5	.253	.675
Career totals		240	730	178	22	79	.244	.709

ContractBoston Red Sox payroll →

Type: Pre-Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.8 M$
AAV: 0.79 M$

2026
0.79 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Pre-arb
2028
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Arb 1
2029
—
Arb 2
2030
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Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

133

wOBA

.370

xwOBA

.358

OPS

.851

AVG

.253

OBP

.353

RBI

329

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.4

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.5

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+14)

2024-0.3 WAR
20250.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season
20261.5 WAR · 2.7 per full season

Outlook, age included

+39 · 25 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

CON: Contact; 75
POW: Power; 74
EYE: Eye; 78
SPD: Speed; 72
FLD: Fielding; 54
DUR: Durability; 54
EX: Experience; 55

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.5

#150 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

77 / 100

#61 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

54 / 100

Surplus $13.9M · salary $0.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense88

Power77

Discipline81

Speed42

Defense7

WAR, in runs

Batting+13.0

Baserunning-0.7

Fielding-6.3

Positional-1.6

Replacement+10.0

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

88.0 mi/h

32th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.1 mi/h

41th percentile

Barrels

10.8 %

73th percentile

Hard-hit

42.3 %

61th percentile

xBA

.259

70th percentile

Bat speed

72.6 mi/h

57th percentile

Sprint speed

27.0 pi/s

40th percentile

Outs above average

-9

8th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	BOS	1.5	77	65	88.0	110.1	10.8	42.3	.259
2025	CWS	0.1	11	50	87.5	111.0	4.5	34.8	.234
2024	TB	-0.3	8	48	88.8	112.4	4.3	36.6	.239

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jul 27	@ ATH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.253
Jul 25	vs AZ	3	0	0	0	2	0	.254
Jul 24	vs AZ	2	0	0	0	2	0	.256
Jul 21	@ COL	4	0	0	0	0	3	.258
Jul 20	@ COL	5	3	0	0	0	1	.262
Jul 19	@ ATH	3	1	0	1	2	0	.256
Jul 18	@ ATH	2	0	0	0	0	2	.255
Jul 17	@ ATH	6	4	0	3	0	1	.257
Jul 12	vs NYY	2	1	1	1	0	0	.247
Jul 11	vs NYY	3	2	1	1	1	0	.245