Nolan

Arenado

3BAge : 35Bats : R

#28

Nolan Arenado

#283BArizona Diamondbacks

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 98 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2013-04-28

Born in : Newport Beach, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Arizona Diamondbacks	152	533	136	30	86	.255	.806
2025	St. Louis Cardinals	107	401	95	12	52	.237	.666
2024	St. Louis Cardinals	152	578	157	16	71	.272	.719
2023	St. Louis Cardinals	144	560	149	26	93	.266	.774
2022	St. Louis Cardinals	148	557	163	30	103	.293	.891
2021	St. Louis Cardinals	157	593	151	34	105	.255	.806
2020	Colorado Rockies	48	182	46	8	26	.253	.737
2019	Colorado Rockies	155	588	185	41	118	.315	.962
2018	Colorado Rockies	156	590	175	38	110	.297	.935
2017	Colorado Rockies	159	606	187	37	130	.309	.959
2016	Colorado Rockies	160	618	182	41	133	.294	.932
2015	Colorado Rockies	157	616	177	42	130	.287	.898
2014	Colorado Rockies	111	432	124	18	61	.287	.828
2013	Colorado Rockies	133	486	130	10	52	.267	.706
Career totals		1939	7340	2057	383	1270	.280	.843

ContractArizona Diamondbacks payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 9 yrs · 2019–2027
Total value: 275.0 M$
AAV: 30.56 M$

2026
27.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
15.00 M$
Guaranteed

Full no-trade clause

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

120

wOBA

.349

xwOBA

.300

OPS

.806

AVG

.255

OBP

.331

RBI

599

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

2.8

Home runs

2026 WAR

3.5

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

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+17)

20232.8 WAR · 2.7 per full season
20243.2 WAR · 3.0 per full season
20250.8 WAR · 1.1 per full season
20263.5 WAR · 3.5 per full season

Outlook, age included

-13 · 35 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

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; 74
POW: Power; 67
EYE: Eye; 76
SPD: Speed; 54
FLD: Fielding; 83
DUR: Durability; 80
EX: Experience; 92

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

3.5

#47 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

62 / 100

#101 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

53 / 100

Surplus $13.2M · salary $21.0M

PAL: dimensions

Offense71

Power58

Discipline53

Speed6

Defense66

WAR, in runs

Batting+14.6

Baserunning-3.1

Fielding+2.3

Positional+1.2

Replacement+18.2

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

85.2 mi/h

4th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.5 mi/h

17th percentile

Barrels

7.0 %

43th percentile

Hard-hit

31.3 %

14th percentile

xBA

.231

23th percentile

Bat speed

71.4 mi/h

40th percentile

Sprint speed

25.1 pi/s

6th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	AZ	3.5	62	64	85.2	108.5	7.0	31.3	.231
2025	STL	0.8	19	73	86.8	108.3	3.9	32.6	.245
2024	STL	3.2	52	78	86.3	107.5	3.2	31.6	.253
2023	STL	2.8	56	83	88.8	110.3	7.3	38.1	.262
2022	STL	7.2	99	89	88.8	111.4	8.2	38.9	.263
2021	STL	4.2	78	82	89.0	110.6	6.7	37.5	.245

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ SD	3	1	0	0	0	0	.255
Sep 26	@ SD	3	1	0	1	1	1	.255
Sep 25	@ SD	3	1	1	2	1	0	.254
Sep 24	@ COL	5	3	1	3	0	1	.254
Sep 23	@ COL	4	1	0	1	0	2	.250
Sep 22	@ COL	5	3	1	1	0	1	.250
Sep 20	vs NYY	4	1	1	4	0	1	.247
Sep 19	vs NYY	4	2	0	0	0	1	.247
Sep 18	vs NYY	4	2	0	0	0	0	.245
Sep 16	vs MIA	4	2	1	1	0	0	.243