Steven

Kwan

LFAge : 29Bats : L

#38

Steven Kwan

#38LFCleveland Guardians

Height : 5' 8" · Weight : 77 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2022-04-07

Born in : Los Gatos, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Cleveland Guardians	151	539	152	3	32	.282	.731
2025	Cleveland Guardians	156	625	170	11	56	.272	.704
2024	Cleveland Guardians	122	480	140	14	44	.292	.793
2023	Cleveland Guardians	158	638	171	5	54	.268	.710
2022	Cleveland Guardians	147	563	168	6	52	.298	.773
Career totals		734	2845	801	39	238	.282	.739

ContractCleveland Guardians payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 7.7 M$
AAV: 7.73 M$

2026
7.73 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

114

wOBA

.334

xwOBA

.329

OPS

.731

AVG

.282

OBP

.382

RBI

637

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

3.9

Home runs

2026 WAR

3.8

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

Trend

→ Stable (+7)

20233.0 WAR · 2.5 per full season
20244.1 WAR · 4.6 per full season
20253.1 WAR · 2.7 per full season
20263.8 WAR · 3.6 per full season

Outlook, age included

+17 · 28 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; 97
POW: Power; 41
EYE: Eye; 95
SPD: Speed; 76
FLD: Fielding; 88
DUR: Durability; 86
EX: Experience; 61

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

3.8

#37 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

66 / 100

#90 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

83 / 100

Surplus $29.4M · salary $7.7M

PAL: dimensions

Offense69

Power1

Discipline99

Speed54

Defense81

WAR, in runs

Batting+10.5

Baserunning+0.4

Fielding+6.1

Positional-2.5

Replacement+19.4

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

83.9 mi/h

2th percentile

Max exit velocity

102.2 mi/h

0th percentile

Barrels

0.4 %

1th percentile

Hard-hit

10.5 %

0th percentile

xBA

.278

90th percentile

Bat speed

62.4 mi/h

0th percentile

Sprint speed

27.4 pi/s

50th percentile

Outs above average

83th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CLE	3.8	66	79	83.9	102.2	0.4	10.5	.278
2025	CLE	3.1	53	80	86.2	104.2	1.9	19.3	.273
2024	CLE	4.1	88	80	86.3	105.6	2.6	23.7	.283
2023	CLE	3.0	53	82	86.0	105.2	1.1	18.8	.281
2022	CLE	4.7	81	82	85.1	107.1	1.4	20.8	.269

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 26	@ KC	4	3	1	1	0	.282
Sep 25	@ KC	3	0	0	2	0	.279
Sep 24	@ BOS	3	0	0	1	0	.280
Sep 23	@ BOS	4	2	0	0	0	.282
Sep 22	@ BOS	4	1	0	1	2	.280
Sep 20	vs ATH	4	3	0	0	0	.280
Sep 19	vs ATH	5	2	1	0	0	.277
Sep 18	vs ATH	3	0	0	2	1	.275
Sep 16	vs CWS	3	0	0	1	0	.277
Sep 15	vs CWS	3	1	0	1	0	.279