James

Farmer

DHAge : 36Bats : R

#15

Kyle Farmer

#15DHAtlanta Braves

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 93 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2017-07-30

Born in : Atlanta, GA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Atlanta Braves	14	18	4	0	3	.222	.489
2025	Colorado Rockies	97	277	63	8	31	.227	.645
2024	Minnesota Twins	107	215	46	5	25	.214	.646
2023	Minnesota Twins	120	336	86	11	46	.256	.725
2022	Cincinnati Reds	145	526	134	14	78	.255	.701
2021	Cincinnati Reds	147	483	127	16	63	.263	.732
2020	Cincinnati Reds	32	64	17	0	4	.266	.642
2019	Cincinnati Reds	97	183	42	9	27	.230	.689
2018	Los Angeles Dodgers	39	68	16	0	9	.235	.636
2017	Los Angeles Dodgers	20	20	6	0	2	.300	.650
Career totals		818	2190	541	63	288	.247	.692

ContractAtlanta Braves payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.9 M$
AAV: 0.91 M$

2026
0.91 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2025HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.282

xwOBA

.285

OPS

.645

AVG

.227

OBP

.280

RBI

300

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2026 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.8

Home runs

2025 WAR

-1.0

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-18)

20221.5 WAR · 1.5 per full season
20231.4 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20240.5 WAR · 1.2 per full season
2025-1.0 WAR · -2.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

-33 · 34 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2025All 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; 61
EYE: Eye; 66
SPD: Speed; 61
FLD: Fielding; —
DUR: Durability; 65
EX: Experience; 78

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, 2025How 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

-1.0

#275 of 277 regular hitters

PAL Rating

2 / 100

#271 of 277 regular hitters

PAL: dimensions

Offense9

Power25

Discipline25

Speed18

Defense18

WAR, in runs

Batting-12.0

Baserunning-1.5

Fielding-3.5

Positional-2.8

Replacement+9.1

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2025 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

87.0 mi/h

10th percentile

Max exit velocity

105.8 mi/h

2th percentile

Barrels

6.1 %

24th percentile

Hard-hit

35.2 %

19th percentile

xBA

.228

17th percentile

Bat speed

—

Sprint speed

26.2 pi/s

21th percentile

Outs above average

-5

21th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2025	COL	-1.0	2	37	87.0	105.8	6.1	35.2	.228
2024	MIN	0.5	35	45	87.7	108.7	5.4	29.8	.223
2023	MIN	1.4	35	48	86.4	105.5	6.7	32.9	.249
2022	CIN	1.5	25	60	85.5	106.6	4.4	33.8	.258
2021	CIN	2.1	35	57	87.2	107.6	4.3	31.9	.248

Game log, 2025

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 23	@ SEA	3	0	0	0	0	1	.227
Sep 19	vs LAA	2	0	0	0	0	1	.230
Sep 17	vs MIA	3	2	0	1	0	1	.232
Sep 14	@ SD	4	1	0	0	0	2	.227
Sep 12	@ SD	1	1	1	1	1	0	.226
Sep 10	@ LAD	2	0	0	0	0	1	.223
Sep 8	@ LAD	2	0	0	1	0	0	.225
Sep 7	vs SD	1	0	0	0	0	1	.227
Sep 2	vs SF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.228
Aug 31	vs CHC	3	1	0	0	1	1	.230