Paxton Kling
Texas Rangers (A+)OF
Age: 23
Bats/Throws: R/R
6'0" / 210
DOB: 5/28/2003
(23 years, 11 days)
OF
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Preseason ProjectionsIn-Season ProjectionsMinor LeaguesSpring TrainingCollege
| Season | Team | Level | Age | G G - Games Played | PA PA - Plate Appearances | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | SB SB - Stolen Bases | divider | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | xwOBA xwOBA - Expected weighted on-base average | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA | divider | BsR Base Running - Base running runs above average, includes SB or CS | divider | Off Offense - Batting and Base Running combined (above average) | Def Defense - Fielding and Positional Adjustment combined (above average) | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | NCAA | 20 | 57 | 106 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 8.5% | 25.5% | .233 | .373 | .289 | .390 | .522 | .403 | 104 | |||||||||
| 2024 | LSU | NCAA | 21 | 61 | 173 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 15.6% | 24.9% | .095 | .318 | .222 | .409 | .317 | .362 | 83 | |||||||||
| 2025 | PSU | NCAA | 22 | 56 | 269 | 13 | 63 | 54 | 15 | 13.8% | 16.7% | .274 | .394 | .358 | .470 | .632 | .481 | 150 | |||||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A | 22 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7.0% | 20.9% | .237 | .433 | .368 | .395 | .605 | .459 | 177 | |||||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A+ | 22 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8.0% | 20.0% | .067 | .314 | .244 | .320 | .311 | .307 | 92 | |||||||||
| 2025 | TEX | MiLB | 22 | 21 | 93 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7.5% | 20.4% | .145 | .369 | .301 | .355 | .446 | .377 | 131 | |||||||||
| 2026 | TEX | ST | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | 1.000 | .667 | .667 | .667 | .605 | 275 | |||||||||
| 2026 | OOPSY | PROJ | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0% | 25.5% | .129 | .284 | .225 | .285 | .353 | .281 | 79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 2026 | TEX | A+ | 23 | 48 | 218 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 14.7% | 25.2% | .139 | .339 | .254 | .396 | .393 | .374 | 117 | |||||||||
| 2026 | Steamer | ROS | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7% | 31.4% | .092 | .261 | .186 | .259 | .277 | .246 | 54 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Season | Team | Level | Age | G G - Games Played | PA PA - Plate Appearances | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | SB SB - Stolen Bases | divider | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | xwOBA xwOBA - Expected weighted on-base average | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA | divider | BsR Base Running - Base running runs above average, includes SB or CS | divider | Off Offense - Batting and Base Running combined (above average) | Def Defense - Fielding and Positional Adjustment combined (above average) | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | NCAA | 20 | 57 | 106 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 8.5% | 25.5% | .233 | .373 | .289 | .390 | .522 | .403 | 104 | |||||||||
| 2024 | LSU | NCAA | 21 | 61 | 173 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 15.6% | 24.9% | .095 | .318 | .222 | .409 | .317 | .362 | 83 | |||||||||
| 2025 | PSU | NCAA | 22 | 56 | 269 | 13 | 63 | 54 | 15 | 13.8% | 16.7% | .274 | .394 | .358 | .470 | .632 | .481 | 150 | |||||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A | 22 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7.0% | 20.9% | .237 | .433 | .368 | .395 | .605 | .459 | 177 | |||||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A+ | 22 | 11 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8.0% | 20.0% | .067 | .314 | .244 | .320 | .311 | .307 | 92 | |||||||||
| 2025 | TEX | MiLB | 22 | 21 | 93 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 7.5% | 20.4% | .145 | .369 | .301 | .355 | .446 | .377 | 131 | |||||||||
| 2026 | TEX | ST | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 33.3% | .000 | 1.000 | .667 | .667 | .667 | .605 | 275 | |||||||||
| 2026 | OOPSY | PROJ | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0% | 25.5% | .129 | .284 | .225 | .285 | .353 | .281 | 79 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 2026 | TEX | A+ | 23 | 48 | 218 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 14.7% | 25.2% | .139 | .339 | .254 | .396 | .393 | .374 | 117 | |||||||||
| 2026 | Steamer | ROS | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7% | 31.4% | .092 | .261 | .186 | .259 | .277 | .246 | 54 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Preseason ProjectionsIn-Season ProjectionsMinor LeaguesSpring TrainingCollege
| Season | Team | Level | G G - Games Played | AB AB - At Bats | PA PA - Plate Appearances | H H - Hits | 1B 1B - Singles | 2B 2B - Doubles | 3B 3B - Triples | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional Walks | SO SO - Strike Outs | HBP HBP - Hit by Pitch | SF SF - Sacrifice Fly | SH SH - Sacrifice Hit | GDP GDP - Ground into Double Play | SB SB - Stolen Bases | CS CS - Caught Stealing | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | NCAA | 57 | 90 | 106 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .289 | |
| 2024 | LSU | NCAA | 61 | 126 | 173 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .222 | |
| 2025 | PSU | NCAA | 56 | 212 | 269 | 76 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 63 | 54 | 37 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | .358 | |
| 2025 | TEX | A | 10 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .368 |
| 2025 | TEX | A+ | 11 | 45 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| 2025 | TEX | MiLB | 21 | 83 | 93 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .301 |
| 2026 | TEX | ST | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 2026 | OOPSY | PROJ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 | |
| 2026 | TEX | A+ | 48 | 173 | 218 | 44 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | .254 |
| 2026 | Steamer | ROS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Season | Team | Level | G G - Games Played | AB AB - At Bats | PA PA - Plate Appearances | H H - Hits | 1B 1B - Singles | 2B 2B - Doubles | 3B 3B - Triples | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional Walks | SO SO - Strike Outs | HBP HBP - Hit by Pitch | SF SF - Sacrifice Fly | SH SH - Sacrifice Hit | GDP GDP - Ground into Double Play | SB SB - Stolen Bases | CS CS - Caught Stealing | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | NCAA | 57 | 90 | 106 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .289 | |
| 2024 | LSU | NCAA | 61 | 126 | 173 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .222 | |
| 2025 | PSU | NCAA | 56 | 212 | 269 | 76 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 63 | 54 | 37 | 45 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | .358 | |
| 2025 | TEX | A | 10 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .368 |
| 2025 | TEX | A+ | 11 | 45 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| 2025 | TEX | MiLB | 21 | 83 | 93 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .301 |
| 2026 | TEX | ST | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| 2026 | OOPSY | PROJ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 | |
| 2026 | TEX | A+ | 48 | 173 | 218 | 44 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | .254 |
| 2026 | Steamer | ROS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
Preseason ProjectionsIn-Season ProjectionsMinor LeaguesSpring TrainingAveragesCollege
| Season | Team | Level | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | BB/K BB/K - Walk to Strikeout Ratio (BB/SO) | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | OPS OPS - On Base + Slugging Percentage | divider | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | Spd Spd - Speed Score (4 Component Version) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | UBR UBR - Ultimate Base Running in runs above average, does not include SB or CS | wGDP wGDP - Ground into Double Play Runs above average | XBR XBR - Statcast baserunning above average | wSB wSB - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing runs above average | divider | wRC wRC - Runs Created based wOBA | wRAA wRAA - Runs Above Average based on wOBA | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | NCAA | 8.5% | 25.5% | 0.33 | .289 | .390 | .522 | .913 | .233 | 8.4 | .373 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.7 | .403 | 104 | |||||||
| 2024 | LSU | NCAA | 15.6% | 24.9% | 0.63 | .222 | .409 | .317 | .727 | .095 | 5.8 | .318 | 0.2 | 26 | -5.4 | .362 | 83 | |||||||
| 2025 | PSU | NCAA | 13.8% | 16.7% | 0.82 | .358 | .470 | .632 | 1.102 | .274 | 7.5 | .394 | 0.9 | 71 | 23.7 | .481 | 150 | |||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A | 7.0% | 20.9% | 0.33 | .368 | .395 | .605 | 1.001 | .237 | 7.0 | .433 | 0.1 | 9 | 3.9 | .459 | 177 | |||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A+ | 8.0% | 20.0% | 0.40 | .244 | .320 | .311 | .631 | .067 | 3.8 | .314 | -0.4 | 5 | -0.4 | .307 | 92 | |||||||
| 2025 | TEX | MiLB | 7.5% | 20.4% | 0.37 | .301 | .355 | .446 | .801 | .145 | 5.9 | .369 | -0.3 | 14 | 3.4 | .377 | 131 | |||||||
| 2026 | TEX | ST | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.00 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | .000 | 2.6 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | .605 | 275 | |||||||
| 2026 | OOPSY | PROJ | 7.0% | 25.5% | 0.28 | .225 | .285 | .353 | .638 | .129 | 3.9 | .284 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | .281 | 79 | |||||||
| 2026 | TEX | A+ | 14.7% | 25.2% | 0.58 | .254 | .396 | .393 | .789 | .139 | 4.6 | .339 | -1.6 | 37 | 5.2 | .374 | 117 | |||||||
| 2026 | Steamer | ROS | 7.7% | 31.4% | 0.24 | .186 | .259 | .277 | .536 | .092 | 4.3 | .261 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.1 | .246 | 54 |
| Season | Team | Level | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | BB/K BB/K - Walk to Strikeout Ratio (BB/SO) | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | OPS OPS - On Base + Slugging Percentage | divider | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | Spd Spd - Speed Score (4 Component Version) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | UBR UBR - Ultimate Base Running in runs above average, does not include SB or CS | wGDP wGDP - Ground into Double Play Runs above average | XBR XBR - Statcast baserunning above average | wSB wSB - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing runs above average | divider | wRC wRC - Runs Created based wOBA | wRAA wRAA - Runs Above Average based on wOBA | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | LSU | NCAA | 8.5% | 25.5% | 0.33 | .289 | .390 | .522 | .913 | .233 | 8.4 | .373 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.7 | .403 | 104 | |||||||
| 2024 | LSU | NCAA | 15.6% | 24.9% | 0.63 | .222 | .409 | .317 | .727 | .095 | 5.8 | .318 | 0.2 | 26 | -5.4 | .362 | 83 | |||||||
| 2025 | PSU | NCAA | 13.8% | 16.7% | 0.82 | .358 | .470 | .632 | 1.102 | .274 | 7.5 | .394 | 0.9 | 71 | 23.7 | .481 | 150 | |||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A | 7.0% | 20.9% | 0.33 | .368 | .395 | .605 | 1.001 | .237 | 7.0 | .433 | 0.1 | 9 | 3.9 | .459 | 177 | |||||||
| 2025 | TEX | A+ | 8.0% | 20.0% | 0.40 | .244 | .320 | .311 | .631 | .067 | 3.8 | .314 | -0.4 | 5 | -0.4 | .307 | 92 | |||||||
| 2025 | TEX | MiLB | 7.5% | 20.4% | 0.37 | .301 | .355 | .446 | .801 | .145 | 5.9 | .369 | -0.3 | 14 | 3.4 | .377 | 131 | |||||||
| 2026 | TEX | ST | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.00 | .667 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | .000 | 2.6 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | .605 | 275 | |||||||
| 2026 | OOPSY | PROJ | 7.0% | 25.5% | 0.28 | .225 | .285 | .353 | .638 | .129 | 3.9 | .284 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | .281 | 79 | |||||||
| 2026 | TEX | A+ | 14.7% | 25.2% | 0.58 | .254 | .396 | .393 | .789 | .139 | 4.6 | .339 | -1.6 | 37 | 5.2 | .374 | 117 | |||||||
| 2026 | Steamer | ROS | 7.7% | 31.4% | 0.24 | .186 | .259 | .277 | .536 | .092 | 4.3 | .261 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.1 | .246 | 54 |
