José Fermín
St. Louis Cardinals · No. 15 · LF

José Fermín

5' 10", 198 lbs·Age 27·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL10 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2023–2026 · 278 batted balls
2026 · 36 G
.262
AVG
.690
OPS
3
HR
14
RBI
33
H
7
BB
22
SO
3
SB
The Almanac's Take

AI-generated analysis coming soon.

Career Highs
.709
Best OPS · 2026
4
Most HR · 2026
20
Most RBI · 2026
.265
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 12410200.259
Jul 10300002.260
Jul 9300010.265
Jul 8311100.270
Jul 7310000.269
Jul 7300002.268
Jul 6320100.273
Jul 5300011.265
Jul 4410001.271
Jul 3520101.271

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2023215104
2024457104
2025306019
202661162420
Career157344537
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

278 BBE · 2023–2026 · 84.3 mph avg EV · 1.1% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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