Miguel

Vargas

3BAge : 26Bats : R

#20

Miguel Vargas

#203BChicago White Sox

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-08-03

Born in : Havana, Cuba

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Chicago White Sox	159	588	147	33	93	.250	.837
2025	Chicago White Sox	138	504	118	16	60	.234	.717
2024		72	206	31	5	16	.150	.506
2024	Chicago White Sox	42	135	14	2	7	.104	.387
2024	Los Angeles Dodgers	30	71	17	3	9	.239	.736
2023	Los Angeles Dodgers	81	256	50	7	32	.195	.672
2022	Los Angeles Dodgers	18	47	8	1	8	.170	.455
Career totals		468	1601	354	62	209	.221	.720

ContractChicago White Sox payroll →

Type: Pre-Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.8 M$
AAV: 0.81 M$

2026
0.81 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Arb 1
2028
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Arb 2
2029
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Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

134

wOBA

.363

xwOBA

.378

OPS

.837

AVG

.250

OBP

.363

RBI

704

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

4.8

Home runs

2026 WAR

5.3

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

Trend

↑ Rising (+24)

20230.0 WAR · 0.0 per full season
2024-1.0 WAR · -2.5 per full season
20251.4 WAR · 1.5 per full season
20265.3 WAR · 4.5 per full season

Outlook, age included

+34 · 26 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

High-end

CON: Contact; 78
POW: Power; 80
EYE: Eye; 92
SPD: Speed; 81
FLD: Fielding; 60
DUR: Durability; 77
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

5.3

#12 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

95 / 100

#13 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

98 / 100

Surplus $51.0M · salary $0.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense94

Power87

Discipline98

Speed83

Defense22

WAR, in runs

Batting+28.2

Baserunning+2.9

Fielding-3.9

Positional-0.3

Replacement+21.4

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

90.1 mi/h

69th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.9 mi/h

78th percentile

Barrels

13.0 %

88th percentile

Hard-hit

43.8 %

71th percentile

xBA

.263

75th percentile

Bat speed

73.9 mi/h

74th percentile

Sprint speed

28.6 pi/s

83th percentile

Outs above average

-7

14th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CWS	5.3	95	87	90.1	112.9	13.0	43.8	.263
2025	CWS	1.4	38	67	89.7	110.8	9.3	40.5	.237
2024	CWS	-1.0	1	52	86.2	110.8	4.6	26.3	.175
2023	LAD	0.0	17	61	86.8	109.0	6.0	31.5	.208

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	vs COL	2	0	0	0	3	0	.250
Sep 25	vs COL	3	0	0	1	0	1	.251
Sep 24	@ KC	5	2	0	2	1	3	.252
Sep 23	@ KC	4	1	0	1	0	0	.251
Sep 22	@ KC	4	1	0	1	1	0	.251
Sep 20	vs DET	2	1	0	0	3	1	.251
Sep 19	vs DET	2	1	1	1	2	0	.250
Sep 18	vs DET	5	2	1	3	0	1	.249
Sep 17	vs DET	3	0	0	0	1	1	.248
Sep 16	@ CLE	4	1	0	0	0	1	.249