Kyle

Higashioka

CAge : 36Bats : R

#11

Kyle Higashioka

#11CTexas Rangers

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 92 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2017-04-10

Born in : Huntington Beach, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Texas Rangers	58	165	36	7	18	.218	.676
2025	Texas Rangers	94	303	73	11	47	.241	.694
2024	San Diego Padres	84	246	54	17	45	.220	.739
2023	New York Yankees	92	242	57	10	34	.236	.687
2022	New York Yankees	83	229	52	10	31	.227	.653
2021	New York Yankees	67	193	35	10	29	.181	.635
2020	New York Yankees	16	48	12	4	10	.250	.771
2019	New York Yankees	18	56	12	3	11	.214	.675
2018	New York Yankees	29	72	12	3	6	.167	.560
2017	New York Yankees	9	18	0	0	0	.000	.100
Career totals		550	1572	343	75	231	.218	.674

ContractTexas Rangers payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 2 yrs · 2025–2026
Total value: 13.5 M$
AAV: 6.75 M$

2026
6.75 M$
Guaranteed
2027
7.00 M$
Mutual option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.303

xwOBA

.295

OPS

.676

AVG

.218

OBP

.306

RBI

186

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.5

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.4

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

Trend

→ Stable (-3)

20231.4 WAR · 3.2 per full season
20241.6 WAR · 3.7 per full season
20251.0 WAR · 1.8 per full season
20260.4 WAR · 1.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

-33 · 36 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; 67
POW: Power; 73
EYE: Eye; 64
SPD: Speed; 52
FLD: Fielding; 35
DUR: Durability; 35
EX: Experience; 81

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

0.4

PAL Rating

28 / 100

Value Rating

21 / 100

Surplus $-2.8M · salary $6.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense33

Power50

Discipline44

Speed7

Defense49

WAR, in runs

Batting-1.2

Baserunning-1.0

Fielding-2.1

Positional+2.7

Replacement+5.7

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

88.2 mi/h

35th percentile

Max exit velocity

107.1 mi/h

5th percentile

Barrels

8.5 %

56th percentile

Hard-hit

38.1 %

39th percentile

xBA

.219

9th percentile

Bat speed

71.0 mi/h

34th percentile

Sprint speed

24.6 pi/s

1th 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	TEX	0.4	28	35	88.2	107.1	8.5	38.1	.219
2025	TEX	1.0	16	47	88.9	108.8	8.6	39.1	.233
2024	SD	1.6	45	49	88.4	107.2	10.9	37.4	.216
2023	NYY	1.4	17	58	90.1	109.2	11.0	48.3	.235
2022	NYY	1.6	54	74	90.9	109.1	9.8	48.1	.254
2021	NYY	0.7	30	62	90.5	109.5	15.6	48.1	.230

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jul 20	vs CWS	0	0	0	0	1	0	.218
Jul 19	@ ATL	4	1	0	1	0	1	.218
Jul 18	@ ATL	2	0	0	0	1	0	.217
Jul 12	vs HOU	4	1	1	1	0	1	.220
Jul 10	vs HOU	4	0	0	0	0	2	.219
Jul 9	vs LAA	3	1	0	0	0	1	.225
Jul 8	vs LAA	1	1	1	1	0	0	.223
Jul 7	vs LAA	1	1	0	0	0	0	.218
Jul 2	vs DET	5	0	0	0	0	1	.212
Jul 1	@ CLE	1	0	0	1	2	0	.220