Zachary

McKinstry

RFAge : 31Bats : L

#39

Zach McKinstry

#39RFDetroit Tigers

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 82 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-09-16

Born in : Toledo, OH, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Detroit Tigers	129	371	74	4	26	.199	.582
2025	Detroit Tigers	144	452	117	12	49	.259	.771
2024	Detroit Tigers	118	297	64	4	23	.215	.614
2023	Detroit Tigers	148	464	107	9	35	.231	.653
2022		57	166	33	5	14	.199	.634
2022	Chicago Cubs	47	155	32	4	12	.206	.633
2022	Los Angeles Dodgers	10	11	1	1	2	.091	.650
2021	Los Angeles Dodgers	60	158	34	7	29	.215	.668
2020	Los Angeles Dodgers	4	7	2	0	0	.286	.715
Career totals		660	1915	431	41	176	.225	.661

ContractDetroit Tigers payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 4.2 M$
AAV: 4.20 M$

2026
4.20 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.265

xwOBA

.284

OPS

.582

AVG

.199

OBP

.288

RBI

423

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.9

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.9

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-17)

20231.1 WAR · 1.3 per full season
20241.0 WAR · 1.8 per full season
20253.2 WAR · 3.8 per full season
20260.9 WAR · 1.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

-17 · 31 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; 75
POW: Power; 54
EYE: Eye; 78
SPD: Speed; 81
FLD: Fielding; 86
DUR: Durability; 78
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

0.9

#188 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

17 / 100

#221 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

35 / 100

Surplus $4.6M · salary $4.2M

PAL: dimensions

Offense1

Power4

Discipline79

Speed49

Defense93

WAR, in runs

Batting-17.0

Baserunning-0.7

Fielding+11.9

Positional-0.7

Replacement+12.9

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

85.8 mi/h

7th percentile

Max exit velocity

106.0 mi/h

2th percentile

Barrels

2.0 %

3th percentile

Hard-hit

22.5 %

3th percentile

xBA

.230

21th percentile

Bat speed

68.0 mi/h

4th percentile

Sprint speed

27.9 pi/s

60th percentile

Outs above average

85th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	DET	0.9	17	73	85.8	106.0	2.0	22.5	.230
2025	DET	3.2	60	71	85.7	108.7	6.1	30.5	.247
2024	DET	1.0	34	70	88.0	108.1	4.3	32.6	.240
2023	DET	1.1	31	69	87.2	108.3	7.6	33.5	.244
2022	CHC	0.8	43	60	86.4	104.2	4.3	30.2	.227
2021	LAD	-0.1	18	58	88.4	106.2	8.1	35.1	.208

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs PIT	3	0	1	.199
Sep 26	vs PIT	0	0	0	.201
Sep 23	vs WSH	1	1	0	.201
Sep 22	vs WSH	0	0	0	.202
Sep 21	vs WSH	1	0	0	.202
Sep 19	@ CWS	0	0	0	.202
Sep 18	@ CWS	2	0	2	.202
Sep 17	@ CWS	2	0	0	.203
Sep 15	@ TOR	5	0	1	.204
Sep 14	@ TOR	3	1	0	.207