Daulton

Varsho

CFAge : 30Bats : L

#18

Daulton Varsho

#18CFHouston Astros

Height : 5' 8" · Weight : 94 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-07-30

Born in : Marshfield, WI, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		140	484	107	12	40	.221	.636
2026	Houston Astros	41	151	26	5	14	.172	.535
2026	Toronto Blue Jays	99	333	81	7	26	.243	.682
2025	Toronto Blue Jays	71	248	59	20	55	.238	.832
2024	Toronto Blue Jays	136	459	98	18	58	.214	.700
2023	Toronto Blue Jays	158	527	116	20	61	.220	.674
2022	Arizona Diamondbacks	151	531	125	27	74	.235	.745
2021	Arizona Diamondbacks	95	284	70	11	38	.246	.755
2020	Arizona Diamondbacks	37	101	19	3	9	.188	.653
Career totals		788	2634	594	111	335	.226	.709

ContractHouston Astros payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 10.8 M$
AAV: 10.75 M$

2026
10.75 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.281

xwOBA

.283

OPS

.636

AVG

.221

OBP

.281

RBI

526

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.6

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.8

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

Trend

↓ Declining (-23)

20231.9 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20243.2 WAR · 3.7 per full season
20252.2 WAR · 4.9 per full season
20260.8 WAR · 0.9 per full season

Outlook, age included

-23 · 29 y.o. · prime years

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

Established regular

CON: Contact; 63
POW: Power; 70
EYE: Eye; 67
SPD: Speed; 78
FLD: Fielding; 85
DUR: Durability; 76
EX: Experience; 71

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

0.8

#197 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

14 / 100

#229 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

21 / 100

Surplus $-2.9M · salary $10.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense7

Power23

Discipline38

Speed61

Defense72

WAR, in runs

Batting-13.6

Baserunning+1.3

Fielding-0.4

Positional+1.8

Replacement+16.0

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

86.7 mi/h

13th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.4 mi/h

47th percentile

Barrels

6.9 %

42th percentile

Hard-hit

36.5 %

32th percentile

xBA

.228

19th percentile

Bat speed

72.9 mi/h

62th percentile

Sprint speed

27.4 pi/s

50th percentile

Outs above average

83th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	HOU	0.8	14	70	86.7	110.4	6.9	36.5	.228
2025	TOR	2.2	87	76	89.9	113.9	15.9	40.3	.226
2024	TOR	3.2	72	76	86.1	110.2	6.2	34.0	.186
2023	TOR	1.9	48	80	87.8	112.5	7.3	36.1	.229
2022	AZ	4.3	88	80	87.7	110.3	10.2	35.6	.213
2021	AZ	1.8	66	79	87.7	110.9	7.3	39.9	.245

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
Sep 19	vs ATL	3	0	0	0	1	.221
Sep 18	vs ATL	4	0	0	0	2	.222
Sep 17	vs KC	4	1	1	1	1	.224
Sep 16	vs KC	4	1	0	0	0	.224
Sep 15	vs KC	3	0	0	0	0	.224
Sep 13	@ TB	2	0	0	0	0	.225
Sep 12	@ TB	4	0	0	0	3	.226
Sep 11	@ TB	4	1	0	0	1	.228
Sep 10	@ PHI	4	0	0	0	1	.228
Sep 9	@ PHI	4	1	0	0	0	.230