Keibert

Ruiz

CAge : 28Bats : S

#20

Keibert Ruiz

#20CWashington Nationals

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 108 kg · Bats : S · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-08-16

Born in : Valencia, Venezuela

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Washington Nationals	105	332	93	10	48	.280	.759
2025	Washington Nationals	68	255	63	2	25	.247	.595
2024	Washington Nationals	127	459	105	13	57	.229	.619
2023	Washington Nationals	136	523	136	18	67	.260	.717
2022	Washington Nationals	112	394	99	7	36	.251	.673
2021		29	88	24	3	15	.273	.742
2021	Washington Nationals	23	81	23	2	14	.284	.743
2021	Los Angeles Dodgers	6	7	1	1	1	.143	.714
2020	Los Angeles Dodgers	2	8	2	1	1	.250	.875
Career totals		579	2059	522	54	249	.254	.681

ContractWashington Nationals payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 8 yrs · 2023–2030
Total value: 50.0 M$
AAV: 6.25 M$

2026
5.38 M$
Guaranteed
2027
5.38 M$
Guaranteed
2028
7.38 M$
Guaranteed
2029
9.38 M$
Guaranteed
2030
9.38 M$
Guaranteed
2031
12.00 M$
Club option
2032
14.00 M$
Club option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

105

wOBA

.328

xwOBA

.289

OPS

.759

AVG

.280

OBP

.316

RBI

354

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.7

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.9

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

Trend

↑ Rising (+32)

2023-0.5 WAR · -0.5 per full season
2024-0.4 WAR · -0.5 per full season
2025-1.1 WAR · -2.5 per full season
20261.9 WAR · 3.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

+42 · 27 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

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 93
POW: Power; 64
EYE: Eye; 69
SPD: Speed; 46
FLD: Fielding; 56
DUR: Durability; 62
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

1.9

#129 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

37 / 100

#168 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

51 / 100

Surplus $12.3M · salary $6.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense44

Power38

Discipline58

Speed1

Defense70

WAR, in runs

Batting+2.1

Baserunning-4.7

Fielding-1.5

Positional+7.0

Replacement+10.8

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

88.1 mi/h

34th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.7 mi/h

20th percentile

Barrels

5.0 %

23th percentile

Hard-hit

36.6 %

33th percentile

xBA

.247

49th percentile

Bat speed

67.7 mi/h

4th percentile

Sprint speed

25.1 pi/s

6th percentile

Outs above average

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Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	WSH	1.9	37	48	88.1	108.7	5.0	36.6	.247
2025	WSH	-1.1	3	50	86.2	110.4	2.2	30.9	.271
2024	WSH	-0.4	2	53	85.4	107.9	3.2	25.6	.250
2023	WSH	-0.5	15	62	87.4	110.1	5.8	31.9	.271
2022	WSH	1.5	47	70	88.0	109.4	3.7	32.3	.275

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
Sep 26	vs NYM	3	0	0	1	.280
Sep 25	vs NYM	4	1	1	0	.283
Sep 23	@ DET	0	0	0	0	.283
Sep 22	@ DET	3	1	0	0	.283
Sep 21	@ DET	3	0	0	0	.283
Sep 20	@ STL	1	0	0	0	.285
Sep 19	@ STL	5	1	0	0	.286
Sep 16	vs PHI	2	0	0	0	.288
Sep 13	vs LAA	3	1	0	0	.289
Sep 12	vs LAA	4	3	0	0	.289