Victor
Mesa
RFAge : 25Bats : L
#25
Victor Mesa Jr.
#25RF
Tampa Bay Rays
Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 88 kg · Bats : L · Throws : L · MLB debut : 2025-05-26
Born in : Havana, Cuba
MLB record
| Year | Team | PJ | AB | H | HR | PP | MOY | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tampa Bay Rays | 79 | 235 | 61 | 14 | 34 | .260 | .825 |
| 2025 | Miami Marlins | 16 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .188 | .641 |
| Career totals | 95 | 267 | 67 | 15 | 40 | .251 | .802 | |
ContractTampa Bay Rays 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+
128
wOBA
.355
xwOBA
.329
OPS
.825
AVG
.260
OBP
.327
HR
14
RBI
34
SB
9
PA
262
Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.
2027 projectionMLB trends →
Projected WAR
1.5
Home runs
8
2026 WAR
2.6
This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.
Trend
→ Stable (0)
- 20262.6 WAR · 6.0 per full season
Outlook, age included
+25 · 24 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
84
Very good
- CON
- Contact
- 74
- POW
- Power
- 78
- EYE
- Eye
- 77
- SPD
- Speed
- 79
- FLD
- Fielding
- 91
- DUR
- Durability
- 35
- EX
- Experience
- 37
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).
PAL: dimensions
WAR, in runs
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
89.4 mi/h
54th percentile
Max exit velocity
110.4 mi/h
47th percentile
Barrels
10.8 %
73th percentile
Hard-hit
42.2 %
60th percentile
xBA
.249
53th percentile
Bat speed
74.0 mi/h
75th percentile
Sprint speed
27.9 pi/s
60th percentile
Outs above average
9
87th percentile
Game log, 2026
| Date | Opponent | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | @ PHI | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Sep 26 | @ PHI | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Sep 25 | @ PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| Sep 24 | @ NYY | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .248 |
| Sep 23 | @ NYY | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Sep 22 | @ NYY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Sep 20 | vs BOS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| Sep 19 | vs BOS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .249 |
| Sep 18 | vs BOS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .254 |
| Sep 16 | vs ATH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .252 |