Kyle

Isbel

CFAge : 29Bats : L

#28

Kyle Isbel

#28CFKansas City Royals

Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 86 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-04-01

Born in : Fontana, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Kansas City Royals	100	294	66	6	24	.224	.591
2025	Kansas City Royals	135	368	94	4	33	.255	.654
2024	Kansas City Royals	136	384	88	8	42	.229	.654
2023	Kansas City Royals	91	292	70	5	34	.240	.662
2022	Kansas City Royals	106	256	54	5	28	.211	.604
2021	Kansas City Royals	28	76	21	1	7	.276	.771
Career totals		596	1670	393	29	168	.235	.641

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.7 M$
AAV: 2.70 M$

2026
2.70 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.262

xwOBA

.255

OPS

.591

AVG

.224

OBP

.268

RBI

323

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.1

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-9)

20231.2 WAR · 2.3 per full season
20241.5 WAR · 2.1 per full season
20251.1 WAR · 1.6 per full season
20260.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

-9 · 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

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 72
POW: Power; 58
EYE: Eye; 59
SPD: Speed; 78
FLD: Fielding; 85
DUR: Durability; 69
EX: Experience; 66

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

0.1

#242 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

4 / 100

#256 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

23 / 100

Surplus $-1.7M · salary $2.7M

PAL: dimensions

Offense1

Power17

Discipline10

Speed67

Defense75

WAR, in runs

Batting-14.6

Baserunning+1.8

Fielding+1.0

Positional+1.3

Replacement+9.8

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

88.4 mi/h

37th percentile

Max exit velocity

107.8 mi/h

9th percentile

Barrels

2.6 %

8th percentile

Hard-hit

32.9 %

19th percentile

xBA

.225

15th percentile

Bat speed

71.3 mi/h

38th percentile

Sprint speed

27.3 pi/s

48th percentile

Outs above average

83th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	KC	0.1	4	57	88.4	107.8	2.6	32.9	.225
2025	KC	1.1	20	64	87.8	109.5	1.6	36.1	.220
2024	KC	1.5	39	69	88.1	109.6	3.9	36.3	.231
2023	KC	1.2	44	69	89.4	110.6	5.5	39.8	.243
2022	KC	0.5	36	68	89.7	111.2	4.9	44.6	.220

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs CLE	4	2	1	.224
Sep 25	vs CLE	3	1	0	.221
Sep 24	vs CWS	3	2	1	.220
Sep 23	vs CWS	0	0	0	.215
Sep 22	vs CWS	4	0	3	.215
Sep 20	@ PIT	0	0	0	.218
Sep 19	@ PIT	4	0	1	.218
Sep 18	@ PIT	2	1	1	.221
Sep 17	@ HOU	3	0	1	.219
Sep 16	@ HOU	1	0	0	.221