Joshua

Rojas

3BAge : 32Bats : L

#40

Josh Rojas

#403BKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-08-12

Born in : Litchfield Park, AZ, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Kansas City Royals	44	106	24	2	14	.226	.586
2025	Chicago White Sox	69	189	34	2	11	.180	.511
2024	Seattle Mariners	143	422	95	8	31	.225	.640
2023		105	314	77	4	40	.245	.641
2023	Seattle Mariners	46	125	34	4	14	.272	.721
2023	Arizona Diamondbacks	59	189	43	0	26	.228	.588
2022	Arizona Diamondbacks	125	443	119	9	56	.269	.740
2021	Arizona Diamondbacks	139	484	128	11	44	.264	.752
2020	Arizona Diamondbacks	17	61	11	0	2	.180	.437
2019	Arizona Diamondbacks	41	138	30	2	16	.217	.624
Career totals		683	2157	518	38	214	.240	.666

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.3 M$
AAV: 1.26 M$

2026
1.26 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.260

xwOBA

.220

OPS

.586

AVG

.226

OBP

.265

RBI

115

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.3

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.2

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

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+8)

20231.0 WAR · 1.7 per full season
20241.9 WAR · 2.4 per full season
2025-1.3 WAR · -3.7 per full season
2026-0.2 WAR

Outlook, age included

-7 · 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

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 71
POW: Power; 56
EYE: Eye; 71
SPD: Speed; 69
FLD: Fielding; 77
DUR: Durability; 50
EX: Experience; 75

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

-0.2

PAL Rating

8 / 100

Value Rating

21 / 100

Surplus $-3.2M · salary $1.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense9

Power23

Discipline41

Speed42

Defense42

WAR, in runs

Batting-5.4

Baserunning+0.3

Fielding-1.1

Positional-0.1

Replacement+3.5

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

86.1 mi/h

9th percentile

Max exit velocity

104.2 mi/h

0th percentile

Barrels

1.1 %

1th percentile

Hard-hit

28.3 %

8th percentile

xBA

.189

0th percentile

Bat speed

68.7 mi/h

11th percentile

Sprint speed

26.2 pi/s

22th percentile

Outs above average

-2

35th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	KC	-0.2	8	46	86.1	104.2	1.1	28.3	.189
2025	CWS	-1.3	1	52	89.6	107.8	3.5	36.8	.209
2024	SEA	1.9	45	66	88.2	108.4	5.7	38.2	.221
2023	AZ	1.0	23	61	87.1	105.7	3.8	28.9	.228
2022	AZ	2.5	51	63	88.8	109.1	4.5	36.1	.239
2021	AZ	1.7	19	54	88.2	104.6	4.8	31.1	.228

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs CLE	1	0	0	0	1	.226
Sep 26	vs CLE	4	0	0	0	0	.229
Sep 22	vs CWS	1	0	1	0	0	.238
Sep 16	@ HOU	3	1	0	1	0	.240
Sep 13	@ BOS	1	0	0	0	0	.237
Sep 12	@ BOS	0	0	0	0	0	.240
Sep 6	vs TOR	3	0	0	0	1	.240
Sep 5	vs TOR	2	0	0	0	0	.247
Sep 3	vs MIA	2	0	0	0	0	.253
Sep 1	vs MIA	4	2	0	0	0	.258