C Wilfi Payan #34
Kansas City Royals MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
04/12/2026
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C WILFI PAYAN #34 - AGE: 27 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
6 14 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 .429 .467 .500 1 0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 35 40 40
BABIP 40 35 45 45
Avoid K's 35 30 40 40
Gap 40 35 40 40
Power 45 40 50 45
Eye 40 35 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 25 20
Errors: - 40 30
Arm: 65 45 25
Turn DP: - 25 -
Framing: 50 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 55 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 65
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
04/11/2026 CWS Win, 10-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
04/10/2026 CWS Loss, 2-7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
04/09/2026 CWS Win, 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/06/2026 @ CLE Win, 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
04/04/2026 MIL Loss, 2-5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
03/29/2026 @ ATL Loss, 6-7 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
03/11/2026 @ TEX Loss, 5-15 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
PERSONALITY
Payan is considered one of the team leaders.
Birthday:08/20/1998
Born in:Bonao, MON
Nationality:Dominican
Height:6' 3"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,700,000
Signed Through:2026 Season
Major Service:2 Years, 108 Days
Service This Yr:18 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, 18 Days
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet, but possibly eligible after this season
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 6 14 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 .429 .467 .500 .967 .433 .071 190
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 100.0 3.6 12.25 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   22 8 1 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 .364 .391 .409 .800
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   7 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Last Week   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
March   4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
April   10 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .300 .364 .300 .664
Spring Training   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Last Year   82 16 1 0 2 9 9 6 26 1 1 2 .195 .264 .280 .544
2 Years Ago   157 36 4 0 1 14 13 11 39 1 0 0 .229 .278 .274 .552
Career   435 98 12 2 5 38 38 29 105 2 3 3 .225 .277 .297 .574
Home   10 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600
Road   4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .750 .800 1.000 1.800
Grass   14 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 .429 .467 .500 .967
Day   11 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .455 .455 .545 1.000
Night   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
As Starter   14 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 .429 .429 .500 .929
As Reliever / Substitution   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Close/Late   5 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100
Inning 1-3   8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Inning 4-6   11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
Inning 7-9   7 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
Extra Innings   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
0 Outs   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
1 Outs   9 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .556 .556 .667 1.222
2 Outs   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Scoring Position   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Bases Empty   19 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 .316 .316 .368 .684
Runner on 1st   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 2nd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
First Pitch   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 0-2   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 1-1   4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 1-2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Full Count   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Behind in Count   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ahead in Count   9 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .700 .667 1.367
Batting 8th   4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Batting 9th   22 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 .227 .261 .227 .488
Low Leverage   16 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .423
Medium Leverage   6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
High Leverage   4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
SSG WINTER LEAGUE 2018 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 24 88 19 1 1 0 4 9 5 21 .216 .253 .250 .503 .225 .034 41
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 24 95 0 0 0 1 0 2 22 2 2 0 100.0 6.1 2.30 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 .105 .150 .105 .255
Versus Right   69 17 1 1 0 4 8 4 12 2 0 0 .246 .280 .290 .570
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Career   88 19 1 1 0 4 9 5 21 2 0 0 .216 .253 .250 .503
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 Kansas City - MLB 24 66 182 40 6 2 2 15 13 11 1 0 38 0 1 .220 .268 .308 .576 66 68 0.2
2024 Kansas City - MLB 25 46 157 36 4 0 1 14 13 11 0 1 39 0 0 .229 .278 .274 .552 61 65 0.1
2025 Kansas City - MLB 26 31 82 16 1 0 2 9 9 6 2 1 26 2 1 .195 .264 .280 .544 52 59 0.1
2026 Kansas City - MLB 27 6 14 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .429 .467 .500 .967 179 190 0.3
Total MLB 149 435 98 12 2 5 38 38 29 3 2 105 3 2 .225 .277 .297 .574 65 69 0.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2015 Cleveland (DSL) - R 16 59 196 50 12 3 4 22 21 15 10 0 42 0 1 .255 .339 .408 .748 108 105 0.9
2016 Cleveland (DSL) - R 17 64 211 61 9 1 6 28 29 27 9 2 48 3 2 .289 .390 .427 .816 121 119 1.3
2017 Mahoning Valley - S A 18 45 143 43 5 1 6 27 18 10 3 1 35 2 2 .301 .357 .476 .832 131 133 1.1
2018 Hickory - A 19 110 353 71 14 1 6 32 31 37 10 0 110 4 4 .201 .295 .297 .592 80 79 0.3
2018 WL - AAA 19 24 88 19 1 1 0 4 9 5 0 2 21 2 0 .216 .253 .250 .503 41 41 -0.2
2019 Hickory - A 20 74 240 67 11 1 12 33 38 18 8 3 65 1 1 .279 .346 .483 .829 130 127 2.0
2020 Hickory - A 21 90 309 83 23 4 5 45 39 20 6 3 72 2 1 .269 .322 .417 .740 112 110 1.6
2021 Frisco - AA 22 115 380 104 17 2 19 61 63 43 6 6 83 4 1 .274 .352 .479 .831 137 137 3.6
2022 Frisco - AA 23 50 145 42 8 2 7 24 20 10 2 3 41 0 0 .290 .338 .517 .855 127 123 1.0
2022 Round Rock - AAA 23 38 127 36 4 0 5 20 17 13 3 0 39 1 1 .283 .364 .433 .797 120 117 0.8
2025 Omaha - AAA 26 40 113 30 1 2 2 12 12 10 1 0 32 1 3 .265 .331 .363 .693 85 75 -0.1
Total PCL 78 240 66 5 2 7 32 29 23 4 0 71 2 4 .275 .348 .400 .748 104 98
Total TEX 165 525 146 25 4 26 85 83 53 8 9 124 4 1 .278 .348 .490 .837 134 133
Total SAL 274 902 221 48 6 23 110 108 75 24 6 247 7 6 .245 .318 .388 .706 104 102
Total NYP 45 143 43 5 1 6 27 18 10 3 1 35 2 2 .301 .357 .476 .832 131 133
Total DSL 123 407 111 21 4 10 50 50 42 19 2 90 3 3 .273 .366 .418 .784 114 112
Total WINTER 24 88 19 1 1 0 4 9 5 0 2 21 2 0 .216 .253 .250 .503 41 41
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 Kansas City - MLB 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0.0
Total MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2018 WL - AAA C 24 24 235 16 0 253 2 .992 212.1 10.64 -0.5 .761 5 12 5 41.7
2023 Kansas City - MLB C 54 47 344 27 8 371 0 1.000 431.2 7.74 -0.1 .950 2 44 11 25.0
2023 Kansas City - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Kansas City - MLB C 45 45 338 20 0 359 1 .997 396.0 8.14 -0.6 1.001 3 39 6 15.4
2025 Kansas City - MLB C 30 24 180 12 1 192 0 1.000 222.0 7.78 +0.4 1.105 1 18 4 22.2
2026 Kansas City - MLB C 6 4 31 4 0 35 0 1.000 38.1 8.22 +0.3 1.015 0 2 1 50.0
TOTAL C 159 144 1128 79 9 1210 3 .998 1300.1 8.35 -0.4 .945 11 115 27 23.5
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
12/22/2017 Was traded by the Cleveland Spiders to the Texas Rangers in exchange for RP Jerad Eickhoff.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 35 (55); Eye: 35 (40).
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 35 (40).
05/23/2019 Goes 5-5 against the Kannapolis Intimidators, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 2 R.
06/23/2019 Was selected to the 2019 South Atlantic League All-Star Game.
07/15/2019 Injured (Knee contusion), day-to-day for 2 weeks.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
07/24/2020 Injured (Intercostal strain), out for 6 days.
09/24/2020 Wins the 2020 South Atlantic League Round 2 with the Hickory Crawdads!
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
03/30/2021 Injured (sprained elbow), day-to-day for one week.
06/14/2021 Wins the TEX Player of the Week Award.
06/27/2021 Was selected to the 2021 Texas League All-Star Game.
08/13/2021 Hits three home runs against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, going 3-5 with 7 RBI and 3 runs scored!
10/07/2021 Wins the 2021 TEX Platinum Stick Award at C.
10/10/2021 Finished 3rd in 2021 TEX Most Valuable Player Award voting.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
06/26/2022 Was selected to the 2022 Texas League All-Star Game.
09/27/2022 Wins the 2022 Pacific Coast League Round 2 with the Round Rock Express!
11/25/2022 Became a minor league free agent.
12/26/2022 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Kansas City Royals organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
11/27/2023 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $1,700,000.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
06/15/2024 Injured (sinus infection),day-to-day for 2 days.
09/14/2024 Injured (hyperextended knee),day-to-day for one week.
12/02/2024 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $1,700,000.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
05/22/2025 Injured (sinusitis),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/24/2025 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $1,700,000.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
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