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Samuel
Antonacci
LFAge : 23Bats : L
#17
Sam Antonacci
#17LF
Chicago White Sox
Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 88 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2026-04-15
Born in : Springfield, IL, USA
MLB record
| Year | Team | PJ | AB | H | HR | PP | MOY | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chicago White Sox | 140 | 480 | 133 | 8 | 48 | .277 | .766 |
| Career totals | 140 | 480 | 133 | 8 | 48 | .277 | .766 | |
ContractChicago White Sox payroll →
- Type
- Pre-Arbitration
- Length
- 1 yr · 2026–2026
- Total value
- 0.8 M$
- AAV
- 0.78 M$
2026
0.78 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Pre-arb (placeholder)
2028
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Pre-arb (placeholder)
2029
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Arb 1
2030
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Arb 2
2031
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Arb 3
2032
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Arb 4
Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →
wRC+
122
wOBA
.345
xwOBA
.348
OPS
.766
AVG
.277
OBP
.370
HR
8
RBI
48
SB
20
PA
557
Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.
2027 projectionMLB trends →
Projected WAR
2.4
Home runs
8
2026 WAR
2.3
This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.
Trend
→ Stable (0)
- 20262.3 WAR · 2.5 per full season
Outlook, age included
+25 · 23 y.o. · usually still improving
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
73
Established regular
- CON
- Contact
- 87
- POW
- Power
- 66
- EYE
- Eye
- 78
- SPD
- Speed
- 82
- FLD
- Fielding
- 49
- DUR
- Durability
- 83
- EX
- Experience
- 24
Why these ratings?Hide details
- 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
2.3
#107 of 267 regular hitters
PAL Rating
50 / 100
#133 of 267 regular hitters
Value Rating
70 / 100
Surplus $21.7M · salary $0.8MPAL: dimensions
Offense79
Power16
Discipline69
Speed81
Defense5
WAR, in runs
Batting+14.0
Baserunning+2.4
Fielding-8.7
Positional-4.8
Replacement+17.0
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
87.5 mi/h
25th percentile
Max exit velocity
108.4 mi/h
15th percentile
Barrels
5.0 %
23th percentile
Hard-hit
33.6 %
22th percentile
xBA
.284
94th percentile
Bat speed
69.6 mi/h
18th percentile
Sprint speed
28.2 pi/s
72th percentile
Outs above average
-9
8th percentile
Game log, 2026
| Date | Opponent | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vs COL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| Sep 26 | vs COL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| Sep 25 | vs COL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| Sep 24 | @ KC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Sep 23 | @ KC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Sep 20 | vs DET | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Sep 19 | vs DET | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Sep 18 | vs DET | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Sep 16 | @ CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Sep 15 | @ CLE | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .271 |