Isiah

Kiner-Falefa

2BAge : 31Bats : R

Isiah Kiner-Falefa

Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 88 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2018-04-10

Born in : Honolulu, HI, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Boston Red Sox	66	161	39	2	16	.242	.633
2025		138	431	113	2	40	.262	.631
2025	Toronto Blue Jays	19	30	7	1	5	.233	.625
2025	Pittsburgh Pirates	119	401	106	1	35	.264	.632
2024		133	465	125	8	43	.269	.682
2024	Pittsburgh Pirates	50	208	50	1	10	.240	.587
2024	Toronto Blue Jays	83	257	75	7	33	.292	.758
2023	New York Yankees	115	326	79	6	37	.242	.646
2022	New York Yankees	142	483	126	4	48	.261	.641
2021	Texas Rangers	158	635	172	8	53	.271	.669
2020	Texas Rangers	58	211	59	3	10	.280	.699
2019	Texas Rangers	65	202	48	1	21	.238	.621
2018	Texas Rangers	111	356	93	4	34	.261	.682
Career totals		986	3270	854	38	302	.261	.658

ContractBoston Red Sox payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 6.0 M$
AAV: 6.00 M$

2026
6.00 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.290

xwOBA

.297

OPS

.633

AVG

.242

OBP

.322

RBI

183

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.8

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.1

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

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+12)

20230.5 WAR · 0.8 per full season
20242.0 WAR · 2.4 per full season
20250.6 WAR · 0.8 per full season
20261.1 WAR · 3.6 per full season

Outlook, age included

+12 · 31 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

Depth

CON: Contact; 79
POW: Power; 45
EYE: Eye; 70
SPD: Speed; 79
FLD: Fielding; 81
DUR: Durability; 61
EX: Experience; 78

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

1.1

PAL Rating

48 / 100

Value Rating

35 / 100

Surplus $4.8M · salary $6.0M

PAL: dimensions

Offense22

Power6

Discipline79

Speed78

Defense91

WAR, in runs

Batting-4.2

Baserunning+1.4

Fielding+5.9

Positional+1.0

Replacement+5.6

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

82.5 mi/h

0th percentile

Max exit velocity

109.0 mi/h

23th percentile

Barrels

2.2 %

4th percentile

Hard-hit

25.5 %

4th percentile

xBA

.256

65th percentile

Bat speed

68.4 mi/h

8th percentile

Sprint speed

27.5 pi/s

52th percentile

Outs above average

85th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	BOS	1.1	48	61	82.5	109.0	2.2	25.5	.256
2025	TOR	0.6	2	61	84.6	106.3	1.4	27.5	.245
2024	TOR	2.0	32	66	86.1	107.9	2.3	29.7	.251
2023	NYY	0.5	22	64	88.8	109.6	3.1	39.2	.253
2022	NYY	1.4	17	69	86.2	109.8	1.2	30.1	.261
2021	TEX	1.6	6	66	85.5	107.9	1.8	28.8	.265

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 25	vs CHC	1	1	2	0	.242
Sep 25	vs CHC	4	1	0	0	.238
Sep 24	vs CLE	3	0	0	2	.237
Sep 23	vs CLE	0	0	0	0	.242
Sep 22	vs CLE	3	0	1	2	.242
Sep 20	@ TB	3	0	0	0	.247
Sep 19	@ TB	3	0	0	1	.252
Sep 18	@ TB	3	0	0	2	.257
Sep 17	@ TEX	0	0	0	0	.262
Sep 16	@ TEX	3	0	0	1	.262