Pavin

Smith

1BAge : 30Bats : L

#26

Pavin Smith

#261BArizona Diamondbacks

Height : 6' 2" · Weight : 94 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2020-09-12

Born in : Jupiter, FL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Arizona Diamondbacks	40	109	20	3	12	.183	.556
2025	Arizona Diamondbacks	87	244	63	8	28	.258	.796
2024	Arizona Diamondbacks	60	137	37	9	36	.270	.895
2023	Arizona Diamondbacks	69	191	36	7	30	.188	.642
2022	Arizona Diamondbacks	75	245	54	9	33	.220	.667
2021	Arizona Diamondbacks	145	498	133	11	49	.267	.732
2020	Arizona Diamondbacks	12	37	10	1	4	.270	.746
Career totals		488	1461	353	48	192	.242	.723

ContractArizona Diamondbacks payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.3 M$
AAV: 2.25 M$

2026
2.25 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3
2028
—
Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.252

xwOBA

.281

OPS

.556

AVG

.183

OBP

.262

RBI

122

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.9

Home runs

2026 WAR

-0.6

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-15)

2023-0.7 WAR · -1.8 per full season
20240.9 WAR · 3.4 per full season
20250.7 WAR · 1.5 per full season
2026-0.6 WAR

Outlook, age included

-15 · 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

Depth

CON: Contact; 67
POW: Power; 74
EYE: Eye; 83
SPD: Speed; 61
FLD: Fielding; 73
DUR: Durability; 35
EX: Experience; 71

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

-0.6

PAL Rating

11 / 100

Value Rating

14 / 100

Surplus $-8.1M · salary $2.3M

PAL: dimensions

Offense12

Power36

Discipline60

Speed14

Defense51

WAR, in runs

Batting-6.6

Baserunning-1.1

Fielding+1.0

Positional-3.0

Replacement+3.7

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

87.6 mi/h

27th percentile

Max exit velocity

109.7 mi/h

33th percentile

Barrels

4.7 %

22th percentile

Hard-hit

37.6 %

36th percentile

xBA

.216

8th percentile

Bat speed

71.0 mi/h

34th percentile

Sprint speed

25.1 pi/s

6th percentile

Outs above average

58th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	AZ	-0.6	11	66	87.6	109.7	4.7	37.6	.216
2025	AZ	0.7	53	68	90.1	110.9	11.7	46.1	.215
2024	AZ	0.9	85	78	90.2	112.1	14.7	44.0	.287
2023	AZ	-0.7	19	63	89.9	110.7	7.5	41.8	.221
2022	AZ	-0.1	28	61	87.9	109.2	9.9	35.9	.212
2021	AZ	0.7	18	61	87.2	110.8	5.1	42.7	.251

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ SD	4	0	0	0	0	1	.183
Sep 26	@ SD	3	1	0	0	0	0	.190
Sep 25	@ SD	2	0	0	0	0	1	.186
Sep 24	@ COL	3	2	0	2	1	0	.190
Sep 23	@ COL	3	1	0	0	0	1	.175
Sep 20	vs NYY	1	0	0	0	1	1	.170
Sep 19	vs NYY	1	1	1	2	0	0	.172
Sep 18	vs NYY	2	0	0	0	0	1	.163
Sep 16	vs MIA	4	2	1	1	0	0	.167
Sep 15	vs MIA	3	0	0	0	0	1	.151