Luke

Maile

CAge : 35Bats : R

#18

Luke Maile

#18CKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2015-09-01

Born in : Edgewood, KY, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Kansas City Royals	19	44	7	1	5	.159	.502
2025	Kansas City Royals	25	45	11	1	6	.244	.702
2024	Cincinnati Reds	55	135	24	2	8	.178	.520
2023	Cincinnati Reds	78	179	42	6	25	.235	.699
2022	Cleveland Guardians	76	181	40	3	17	.221	.627
2021	Milwaukee Brewers	15	30	9	0	3	.300	.815
2019	Toronto Blue Jays	45	119	18	2	9	.151	.440
2018	Toronto Blue Jays	68	202	50	3	27	.248	.699
2017	Toronto Blue Jays	46	130	19	2	7	.146	.407
2016	Tampa Bay Rays	42	119	27	3	15	.227	.613
2015	Tampa Bay Rays	15	35	6	0	2	.171	.428
Career totals		484	1219	253	23	124	.208	.594

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.9 M$
AAV: 0.94 M$

2026
0.94 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2024HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.241

xwOBA

.244

OPS

.520

AVG

.178

OBP

.268

RBI

154

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2025 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.7

Home runs

2024 WAR

-0.6

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-16)

20220.7 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20230.5 WAR · 1.5 per full season
2024-0.6 WAR · -2.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

-31 · 33 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

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

Player ratings, 2024All 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; 54
POW: Power; 58
EYE: Eye; 66
SPD: Speed; 63
FLD: Fielding; 78
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, 2024How 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

-0.6

PAL Rating

4 / 100

PAL: dimensions

Offense5

Power14

Discipline16

Speed33

Defense67

WAR, in runs

Batting-9.3

Baserunning+0.1

Fielding-0.1

Positional+3.1

Replacement+4.7

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2024 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

84.7 mi/h

3th percentile

Max exit velocity

106.0 mi/h

3th percentile

Barrels

3.5 %

12th percentile

Hard-hit

24.7 %

4th percentile

xBA

.176

0th percentile

Bat speed

—

Sprint speed

25.5 pi/s

9th 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
2024	CIN	-0.6	4	35	84.7	106.0	3.5	24.7	.176
2023	CIN	0.5	45	48	87.7	106.0	10.7	33.6	.231
2022	CLE	0.7	26	45	84.5	106.5	5.4	25.4	.192

Game log, 2024

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 29	@ CHC	4	2	0	1	.178
Sep 19	vs ATL	4	2	0	0	.168
Sep 14	@ MIN	1	0	0	0	.157
Sep 11	@ STL	3	0	0	3	.159
Sep 8	@ NYM	2	0	0	1	.163
Sep 4	vs HOU	1	0	0	1	.165
Aug 31	vs MIL	1	1	1	0	.167
Aug 30	vs MIL	4	1	0	2	.160
Aug 24	@ PIT	1	0	0	0	.157
Aug 22	@ PIT	3	0	0	1	.158