Michael

Massey

2BAge : 28Bats : L

#19

Michael Massey

#192BKansas City Royals

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 88 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-07-15

Born in : Palos Park, IL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Kansas City Royals	131	423	116	13	50	.274	.735
2025	Kansas City Royals	77	262	64	3	20	.244	.581
2024	Kansas City Royals	100	332	86	14	45	.259	.743
2023	Kansas City Royals	129	428	98	15	55	.229	.655
2022	Kansas City Royals	52	173	42	4	17	.243	.683
Career totals		489	1618	406	49	187	.251	.685

ContractKansas City Royals payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.6 M$
AAV: 1.57 M$

2026
1.57 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.316

xwOBA

.307

OPS

.735

AVG

.274

OBP

.305

RBI

452

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.8

Home runs

2026 WAR

2.2

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

Trend

↑ Rising (+22)

20230.5 WAR · 0.7 per full season
20241.5 WAR · 2.5 per full season
2025-0.4 WAR · -0.9 per full season
20262.2 WAR · 2.9 per full season

Outlook, age included

+32 · 28 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

Depth

CON: Contact; 82
POW: Power; 70
EYE: Eye; 60
SPD: Speed; 68
FLD: Fielding; 85
DUR: Durability; 65
EX: Experience; 61

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

2.2

#114 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

51 / 100

#130 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

67 / 100

Surplus $19.9M · salary $1.6M

PAL: dimensions

Offense37

Power44

Discipline28

Speed28

Defense92

WAR, in runs

Batting-0.7

Baserunning-1.9

Fielding+7.0

Positional+1.5

Replacement+13.8

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

89.3 mi/h

52th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.4 mi/h

15th percentile

Barrels

6.2 %

35th percentile

Hard-hit

39.0 %

44th percentile

xBA

.257

67th percentile

Bat speed

71.9 mi/h

48th percentile

Sprint speed

26.7 pi/s

32th percentile

Outs above average

91th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	KC	2.2	51	68	89.3	108.4	6.2	39.0	.257
2025	KC	-0.4	2	61	87.5	108.5	4.0	33.0	.238
2024	KC	1.5	60	75	89.2	110.0	7.1	36.9	.256
2023	KC	0.5	23	70	88.6	110.3	7.8	39.5	.257
2022	KC	0.2	35	65	89.3	108.8	13.0	38.2	.241

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
Sep 26	vs CLE	4	1	0	1	0	.274
Sep 25	vs CLE	5	2	0	0	2	.274
Sep 24	vs CWS	4	0	0	0	1	.273
Sep 23	vs CWS	4	2	0	0	0	.276
Sep 22	vs CWS	5	1	0	1	0	.273
Sep 20	@ PIT	4	0	0	0	1	.274
Sep 19	@ PIT	3	0	0	1	1	.277
Sep 18	@ PIT	4	1	1	1	0	.279
Sep 17	@ HOU	4	0	0	0	1	.279
Sep 16	@ HOU	5	3	1	1	1	.282