Jorge

Polanco

DHAge : 33Bats : S

#11

Jorge Polanco

#11DHNew York Mets

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 94 kg · Bats : S · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2014-06-26

Born in : San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	New York Mets	37	135	20	2	6	.148	.431
2025	Seattle Mariners	138	471	125	26	78	.265	.821
2024	Seattle Mariners	118	417	89	16	45	.213	.651
2023	Minnesota Twins	80	302	77	14	48	.255	.789
2022	Minnesota Twins	104	375	88	16	56	.235	.751
2021	Minnesota Twins	152	588	158	33	98	.269	.826
2020	Minnesota Twins	55	209	54	4	19	.258	.658
2019	Minnesota Twins	153	631	186	22	79	.295	.841
2018	Minnesota Twins	77	302	87	6	42	.288	.772
2017	Minnesota Twins	133	488	125	13	74	.256	.723
2016	Minnesota Twins	69	245	69	4	27	.282	.756
2015	Minnesota Twins	4	10	3	0	1	.300	.717
2014	Minnesota Twins	5	6	2	0	3	.333	1.333
Career totals		1125	4179	1083	156	576	.259	.761

ContractNew York Mets payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 2 yrs · 2026–2027
Total value: 40.0 M$
AAV: 20.00 M$

2026
17.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
23.00 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.196

xwOBA

.234

OPS

.431

AVG

.148

OBP

.201

RBI

145

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-3.0

Home runs

2026 WAR

-1.4

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

Trend

↓ Declining (-34)

20231.3 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20240.2 WAR · 0.3 per full season
20252.6 WAR · 3.0 per full season
2026-1.4 WAR

Outlook, age included

-49 · 32 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

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; 72
POW: Power; 75
EYE: Eye; 71
SPD: Speed; 70
FLD: Fielding; —
DUR: Durability; 60
EX: Experience; 90

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

-1.4

PAL Rating

0 / 100

Value Rating

1 / 100

Surplus $-33.7M · salary $20.0M

PAL: dimensions

Offense0

Power20

Discipline24

Speed32

Defense37

WAR, in runs

Batting-13.9

Baserunning-0.4

Fielding-0.3

Positional-3.8

Replacement+4.4

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

86.0 mi/h

9th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.7 mi/h

20th percentile

Barrels

4.0 %

16th percentile

Hard-hit

31.0 %

13th percentile

xBA

.189

0th percentile

Bat speed

69.5 mi/h

17th percentile

Sprint speed

26.1 pi/s

20th percentile

Outs above average

51th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	NYM	-1.4	0	67	86.0	108.7	4.0	31.0	.189
2025	SEA	2.6	78	81	90.8	111.9	10.3	45.8	.266
2024	SEA	0.2	6	77	88.3	110.7	8.9	37.2	.224
2023	MIN	1.3	53	82	88.4	111.4	13.8	40.6	.248
2022	MIN	1.7	67	87	89.0	111.0	10.2	38.7	.249
2021	MIN	4.0	74	87	89.4	109.9	10.1	37.4	.261

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Aug 17	vs SD	3	1	0	0	0	0	.148
Aug 16	vs WSH	4	1	0	1	0	1	.144
Aug 15	vs WSH	4	1	0	0	0	2	.141
Aug 11	@ ATL	3	0	0	0	0	1	.137
Aug 10	@ ATL	3	1	0	0	1	0	.140
Aug 8	@ PIT	3	0	0	0	0	1	.136
Aug 7	@ PIT	4	0	0	0	0	1	.139
Aug 5	@ CLE	4	2	1	1	0	1	.144
Aug 2	vs MIA	3	0	0	0	1	2	.131
Jul 31	vs MIA	4	0	0	0	0	2	.135