Nicholas

Hoerner

2BAge : 29Bats : R

Nico Hoerner

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-09-09

Born in : Oakland, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Chicago Cubs	159	628	165	8	72	.263	.666
2025	Chicago Cubs	156	599	178	7	61	.297	.739
2024	Chicago Cubs	151	582	159	7	48	.273	.708
2023	Chicago Cubs	150	619	175	9	68	.283	.729
2022	Chicago Cubs	135	481	135	10	55	.281	.737
2021	Chicago Cubs	44	149	45	0	16	.302	.751
2020	Chicago Cubs	48	108	24	0	13	.222	.571
2019	Chicago Cubs	20	78	22	3	17	.282	.741
Career totals		863	3244	903	44	350	.278	.712

ContractChicago Cubs payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 3 yrs · 2024–2026
Total value: 35.0 M$
AAV: 11.67 M$

2026
12.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
23.83 M$
Guaranteed
2028
23.83 M$
Guaranteed
2029
23.33 M$
Guaranteed
2030
23.33 M$
Guaranteed
2031
23.33 M$
Guaranteed
2032
23.33 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.297

xwOBA

.322

OPS

.666

AVG

.263

OBP

.316

RBI

689

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.6

Home runs

2026 WAR

2.8

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-17)

20234.5 WAR · 3.9 per full season
20243.8 WAR · 3.6 per full season
20254.8 WAR · 4.4 per full season
20262.8 WAR · 2.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

-17 · 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

Very good

CON: Contact; 96
POW: Power; 55
EYE: Eye; 80
SPD: Speed; 85
FLD: Fielding; 90
DUR: Durability; 95
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

2.8

#77 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

46 / 100

#144 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

58 / 100

Surplus $15.7M · salary $11.7M

PAL: dimensions

Offense22

Power1

Discipline83

Speed85

Defense91

WAR, in runs

Batting-10.0

Baserunning+3.9

Fielding+7.2

Positional+3.6

Replacement+21.0

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

85.9 mi/h

8th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.9 mi/h

22th percentile

Barrels

1.4 %

2th percentile

Hard-hit

29.1 %

9th percentile

xBA

.297

99th percentile

Bat speed

68.3 mi/h

7th percentile

Sprint speed

28.3 pi/s

75th 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	CHC	2.8	46	81	85.9	108.9	1.4	29.1	.297
2025	CHC	4.8	83	83	86.7	108.1	2.3	30.3	.292
2024	CHC	3.8	68	82	85.7	110.1	1.2	27.6	.281
2023	CHC	4.5	73	81	86.6	109.2	1.8	33.4	.272
2022	CHC	4.3	80	80	87.2	109.7	2.6	33.5	.275
2021	CHC	1.6	78	79	87.0	107.8	1.6	34.4	.278

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ BOS	2	0	0	0	0	.263
Sep 25	@ BOS	4	2	0	0	0	.264
Sep 25	@ BOS	4	0	0	0	0	.262
Sep 24	vs MIA	4	1	1	0	0	.264
Sep 23	vs MIA	3	1	0	0	1	.264
Sep 22	vs MIA	3	0	0	1	1	.264
Sep 20	@ CIN	4	1	1	1	0	.265
Sep 19	@ CIN	4	2	1	0	0	.265
Sep 18	@ CIN	4	1	0	0	0	.263
Sep 16	vs ATL	4	0	0	0	0	.263