Jesús

Sánchez

DHAge : 28Bats : L

#18

Jesús Sánchez

#18DH

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 101 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-08-21

Born in : Higuey, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		105	284	72	8	35	.254	.712
2026	Arizona Diamondbacks	6	15	2	0	0	.133	.321
2026	Toronto Blue Jays	99	269	70	8	35	.260	.734
2025		134	451	107	14	48	.237	.699
2025	Houston Astros	48	146	29	4	12	.199	.611
2025	Miami Marlins	86	305	78	10	36	.256	.740
2024	Miami Marlins	149	489	123	18	64	.252	.730
2023	Miami Marlins	125	360	91	14	52	.253	.777
2022	Miami Marlins	98	313	67	13	36	.214	.683
2021	Miami Marlins	64	227	57	14	36	.251	.808
2020	Miami Marlins	10	25	1	0	2	.040	.252
Career totals		685	2149	518	81	273	.241	.724

ContractArizona Diamondbacks payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 6.8 M$
AAV: 6.80 M$

2026
6.80 M$
Not 40 man

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.311

xwOBA

.321

OPS

.712

AVG

.254

OBP

.311

RBI

315

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.5

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.4

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-13)

20231.4 WAR · 2.1 per full season
20241.6 WAR · 1.8 per full season
20251.1 WAR · 1.3 per full season
2026-0.4 WAR · -0.8 per full season

Outlook, age included

-3 · 28 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; 71
POW: Power; 81
EYE: Eye; 63
SPD: Speed; 70
FLD: Fielding; —
DUR: Durability; 69
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

-0.4

#254 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

12 / 100

#235 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

11 / 100

Surplus $-10.7M · salary $6.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense43

Power57

Discipline14

Speed19

Defense3

WAR, in runs

Batting-0.6

Baserunning-1.9

Fielding-7.8

Positional-4.9

Replacement+9.6

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

90.7 mi/h

80th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.3 mi/h

68th percentile

Barrels

10.7 %

72th percentile

Hard-hit

45.3 %

78th percentile

xBA

.255

62th percentile

Bat speed

73.5 mi/h

70th percentile

Sprint speed

26.4 pi/s

26th percentile

Outs above average

-8

11th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	AZ	-0.4	12	75	90.7	112.3	10.7	45.3	.255
2025	HOU	1.1	42	81	91.3	114.8	11.1	43.4	.242
2024	MIA	1.6	66	81	92.5	117.2	12.2	51.3	.261
2023	MIA	1.4	60	78	90.4	114.8	12.2	46.3	.261
2022	MIA	0.5	28	71	89.5	114.7	9.9	40.5	.220
2021	MIA	0.9	62	72	90.2	113.9	12.7	42.7	.237

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 23	@ COL	3	0	0	0	2	.254
Sep 20	vs NYY	3	0	0	1	0	.256
Sep 19	vs NYY	2	0	0	0	0	.259
Sep 18	vs NYY	2	1	0	0	1	.261
Sep 16	vs MIA	2	0	0	0	1	.259
Sep 15	vs MIA	3	1	0	0	1	.261
Sep 9	@ ATH	0	0	0	0	0	.260
Sep 8	@ ATH	4	1	0	0	2	.260
Sep 6	@ KC	2	0	0	0	0	.260
Sep 3	@ CLE	3	1	1	0	1	.262