Ke'Bryan

Hayes

3BAge : 29Bats : R

Ke'Bryan Hayes

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-09-01

Born in : Tomball, TX, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Cincinnati Reds	94	227	32	5	9	.141	.419
2025		152	527	124	5	49	.235	.596
2025	Cincinnati Reds	52	158	37	3	13	.234	.657
2025	Pittsburgh Pirates	100	369	87	2	36	.236	.569
2024	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	365	85	4	25	.233	.573
2023	Pittsburgh Pirates	124	494	134	15	61	.271	.762
2022	Pittsburgh Pirates	136	505	123	7	41	.244	.659
2021	Pittsburgh Pirates	96	362	93	6	38	.257	.689
2020	Pittsburgh Pirates	24	85	32	5	11	.376	1.124
Career totals		722	2565	623	47	234	.243	.652

ContractCincinnati Reds payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 8 yrs · 2022–2029
Total value: 70.0 M$
AAV: 8.75 M$

2026
7.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
7.00 M$
Guaranteed
2028
8.00 M$
Guaranteed
2029
8.00 M$
Guaranteed
2030
12.00 M$
Club option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.191

xwOBA

.287

OPS

.419

AVG

.141

OBP

.194

RBI

242

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-2.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

-1.3

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

Trend

↓ Declining (-25)

20233.2 WAR · 3.7 per full season
20240.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season
20251.4 WAR · 1.5 per full season
2026-1.3 WAR · -3.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

-25 · 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; 80
POW: Power; 67
EYE: Eye; 63
SPD: Speed; 71
FLD: Fielding; 99
DUR: Durability; 71
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

-1.3

PAL Rating

0 / 100

Value Rating

4 / 100

Surplus $-21.6M · salary $8.9M

PAL: dimensions

Offense0

Power34

Discipline26

Speed42

Defense82

WAR, in runs

Batting-25.4

Baserunning-0.1

Fielding+4.0

Positional+1.1

Replacement+7.4

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

90.4 mi/h

75th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.8 mi/h

21th percentile

Barrels

6.7 %

40th percentile

Hard-hit

38.5 %

40th percentile

xBA

.236

29th percentile

Bat speed

70.7 mi/h

31th percentile

Sprint speed

26.9 pi/s

37th percentile

Outs above average

77th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CIN	-1.3	0	71	90.4	108.8	6.7	38.5	.236
2025	CIN	1.4	31	70	89.3	109.7	4.5	42.5	.238
2024	PIT	0.1	8	76	88.9	110.4	2.4	42.9	.244
2023	PIT	3.2	83	82	92.2	113.1	7.4	48.3	.265
2022	PIT	3.1	74	79	91.0	113.0	3.9	46.8	.246
2021	PIT	1.9	56	74	90.2	111.0	5.1	45.8	.238

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	AVG
Sep 26	@ TOR	0	0	0	.141
Sep 25	@ TOR	0	0	0	.141
Sep 24	@ ATL	4	0	0	.141
Sep 23	@ ATL	3	0	0	.143
Sep 22	@ ATL	0	0	0	.145
Sep 20	vs CHC	2	0	0	.145
Sep 19	vs CHC	3	1	1	.147
Sep 18	vs CHC	0	0	0	.144
Sep 17	vs LAD	3	0	0	.144
Sep 16	vs LAD	0	0	0	.146