David

Lowe

1BAge : 31Bats : L

#46

Nathaniel Lowe

#461BCleveland Guardians

Height : 6' 4" · Weight : 100 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-04-29

Born in : Norfolk, VA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		126	381	96	17	64	.252	.761
2026	Cleveland Guardians	43	133	30	5	27	.226	.651
2026	Cincinnati Reds	83	248	66	12	37	.266	.821
2025		153	540	123	18	84	.228	.688
2025	Boston Red Sox	34	100	28	2	16	.280	.790
2025	Washington Nationals	119	440	95	16	68	.216	.665
2024	Texas Rangers	140	486	129	16	69	.265	.762
2023	Texas Rangers	161	623	163	17	82	.262	.774
2022	Texas Rangers	157	593	179	27	76	.302	.850
2021	Texas Rangers	157	557	147	18	72	.264	.772
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	21	67	15	4	11	.224	.749
2019	Tampa Bay Rays	50	152	40	7	19	.263	.779
Career totals		965	3399	892	124	477	.262	.770

ContractCleveland Guardians payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.8 M$
AAV: 1.75 M$

2026
1.75 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

107

wOBA

.329

xwOBA

.335

OPS

.761

AVG

.252

OBP

.317

RBI

429

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.6

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.5

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

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+8)

20232.7 WAR · 2.2 per full season
20243.0 WAR · 3.2 per full season
2025-0.4 WAR · -0.4 per full season
20260.5 WAR · 0.7 per full season

Outlook, age included

+8 · 30 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

Established regular

CON: Contact; 69
POW: Power; 75
EYE: Eye; 78
SPD: Speed; 62
FLD: Fielding; 75
DUR: Durability; 78
EX: Experience; 75

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

0.5

#215 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

39 / 100

#163 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

32 / 100

Surplus $3.1M · salary $1.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense60

Power67

Discipline39

Speed14

Defense18

WAR, in runs

Batting+3.5

Baserunning-1.2

Fielding-2.1

Positional-9.3

Replacement+13.1

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

89.6 mi/h

58th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.7 mi/h

75th percentile

Barrels

8.3 %

54th percentile

Hard-hit

41.4 %

54th percentile

xBA

.268

82th percentile

Bat speed

74.4 mi/h

81th percentile

Sprint speed

25.6 pi/s

11th percentile

Outs above average

-4

24th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CLE	0.5	39	70	89.6	112.7	8.3	41.4	.268
2025	BOS	-0.4	9	72	89.0	111.7	7.0	41.5	.229
2024	TEX	3.0	80	83	88.9	111.8	5.8	40.0	.250
2023	TEX	2.7	66	81	89.8	111.2	6.5	41.6	.259
2022	TEX	3.1	69	78	90.2	113.0	9.9	44.8	.273
2021	TEX	2.0	49	78	90.8	113.9	9.5	45.5	.231

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ KC	4	1	0	0	0	.252
Sep 26	@ KC	3	1	4	0	0	.252
Sep 25	@ KC	0	0	0	1	0	.251
Sep 23	@ BOS	3	0	0	0	1	.251
Sep 22	@ BOS	0	0	1	0	0	.253
Sep 20	vs ATH	3	0	0	0	0	.253
Sep 18	vs ATH	3	1	0	0	1	.255
Sep 16	vs CWS	0	0	0	0	0	.255
Sep 15	vs CWS	4	2	0	0	0	.255
Sep 14	vs CWS	2	0	0	0	1	.252