Mark Payton — OGILVIE

Mark PaytonOF Charlotte Knights

Age 34 L/L 5'7" / 180 lbs AAA HR +4% Svc 6.000 · Ctrl thru 2026

2026 FULL-SEASON PROJECTIONpark-neutral Marcel · 455 proj PA

wRC+†87

AVG/OBP/SLG.242 / .301 / .364

PA455

HR8

SB7

K%22

BB%7

ISO123

MLB%10%

Value2026 · WAR

trajectory · projected WAR by year

Tools · ContractCON 53 / POW 40

Toolsscout grade · Statcast %ile · 2020-2022

CONTACT53

Whiff%

4211.9%

xwOBA

100.239

POWER40

Barrel%

102.2

Avg EV

1084.6

EYE46

Chase%

3534.5%

SPEED46

Sprint

5027.5

Contract ESTIMATED · service-time + WAR-based estimator (needs verification)

Status FA

MLB Debut 2020

Service 6.000 yrs.days

Team Control Through 2026

First FA Year 2027

Year	Status	Salary	Proj WAR	Value	Surplus
2026ROS	Ext / FA-deal	$0.4M	—	—	—
Totals		$0.4M		$0.0M	-$0.4M

Career Stats + Projections

Viewactual = stats as recorded (prior seasons combined) + projected real-world MLB lines · MLE = level/park-neutral translations

Methodology▸ how these numbers are built

All seasons translated to park-neutral MLB-equivalent (MLE) and combined per year. 2026 = actual YTD + projected ROS + total. 2027+ via Advanced Marcel + aging curve.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	MLB%	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2014	22	A+	2 teams	—	208	184	52	13	2	4	20	48	2	4	4	283	359	440	799	158	358	23	10	350	126	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	22	A+	2 teams	—	208	175	56	15	2	4	29	32	2	4	4	320	422	497	919	177	369	15	14	405	168	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	23	AA	2 teams	—	513	464	106	15	3	5	32	130	7	11	7	228	288	306	594	78	302	25	6	261	58	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	23	AA	2 teams	—	513	446	119	17	5	6	50	92	7	11	7	267	350	368	718	101	320	18	10	321	104	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24	AA	2 teams	—	479	438	111	16	5	10	28	91	3	10	5	253	303	381	684	128	297	19	6	297	85	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	24	AA	2 teams	—	479	419	117	17	6	10	47	68	3	10	5	279	356	420	776	141	311	14	10	341	119	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25	AAA	2 teams	—	355	336	73	14	3	3	14	82	2	4	6	217	253	304	556	86	276	23	4	248	48	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	25	AAA	2 teams	—	355	324	83	15	5	6	26	67	2	4	6	256	315	389	704	133	303	19	7	313	97	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	—	237	210	46	5	2	5	21	59	1	2	6	219	293	333	626	114	277	25	9	274	68	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	26	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	—	237	197	51	6	2	6	34	49	1	2	6	259	371	401	772	142	312	21	14	343	121	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	27	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	—	447	407	102	25	2	19	33	100	1	7	4	251	308	462	770	211	284	22	7	325	107	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	27	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	—	447	395	132	30	3	30	45	76	1	7	4	334	404	653	1.057	319	348	17	10	448	201	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	28	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	—	20	18	3	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	167	250	222	472	56	231	25	10	218	25	-2	+0	-0	-0	+1	-0.1
2020	28	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	—	20	18	3	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	167	250	222	472	56	231	25	10	224	30	-2	+0	-0	-0	+1	-0.1
2021	29	AAA	2 teams	—	349	323	80	20	3	6	21	71	2	6	3	248	298	384	682	136	297	20	6	297	86	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	29	AAA	2 teams	—	349	312	89	19	3	8	32	57	2	6	3	285	355	442	798	157	324	16	9	353	128	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	30	AAA	2 teams	—	564	512	118	25	6	12	38	100	6	15	6	230	291	373	664	143	261	18	7	288	78	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022	30	AAA	2 teams	—	564	492	141	31	5	25	58	80	6	15	6	287	369	522	891	236	295	14	10	385	153	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	32	AAA	Charlotte Knights	—	479	436	113	26	2	8	34	99	0	5	7	259	313	383	696	124	314	21	7	303	90	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	32	AAA	Charlotte Knights	—	479	417	129	30	2	10	53	81	0	5	7	309	387	463	850	153	360	17	11	372	143	—	—	—	—	—	—
▸ 2026 Season
2026	34	MLB	CWS	—	455	416	101	22	2	8	34	102	2	7	4	243	303	363	666	120	301	22	7	299	87	-7	-0	-0	-5	+13	0.0
▸ 2027+ Projections WITH CONTEXT · MLB TIME ONLY ⓘPARK-NEUTRAL MLE · ALL-LEVEL PT ⓘ
2027	35	MLB	CWS	6%	391	357	84	17	2	7	29	90	2	4	2	235	296	353	649	118	293	23	7	291	81	-9	+0	-6	-4	+11	-0.7
2027	35	MLB	CWS	6%	22	20	4	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	200	273	250	523	50	294	23	9	289	79	-1	+0	-0	-0	+1	-0.0
▸ Career Totals
Career	—			—	91	81	14	2	0	0	10	21	0	1	0	173	264	198	461	25	233	23	11	235	38	-6	+0	-2	-10	+3	-1.6
/ 162G	—			—	650	579	100	14	0	0	71	150	0	7	0	173	263	197	460	24	233	23	11	235	38	-46	+1	-11	-73	+18	-11.2
Career	—			—	4497	4101	989	199	32	87	306	977	28	76	54	241	298	369	667	128	293	22	7	292	82	-93	-6	-7	-48	+127	-2.8
/ 162G	—			—	650	593	144	29	5	13	44	141	4	11	8	243	300	374	674	132	295	22	7	292	82	-14	-1	-1	-7	+18	-0.4

Historical Stats — Raw (Per Stint)

Actual MLB + MiLB stats as they happened, one row per stint at each level. Use this to see what really got recorded; the table above shows MLB-equivalent translations + projections.

Year	Age	Lvl	Team	MLB%	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%	wOBA	wRC+	BAT	RUN	FLD	POS	REP	WAR
2014	22	A+	Tampa Yankees	—	111	91	26	11	1	2	16	17	2	3	2	286	404	495	898	209	324	15	14	391	157	+7	-0	—	—	+3	1.0
2014	22	A	Charleston RiverDogs	—	97	84	30	4	1	2	13	15	0	1	2	357	443	500	943	143	418	15	13	421	180	+9	-1	—	—	+3	1.1
2015	23	AA	Trenton Thunder	—	297	264	66	9	1	5	24	60	3	5	3	250	320	348	668	98	300	20	8	299	87	-4	-0	—	—	+8	0.4
2015	23	A+	Tampa Yankees	—	216	182	53	8	4	1	26	32	4	6	4	291	392	396	787	104	347	15	12	352	128	+7	-0	—	—	+6	1.3
2016	24	AA	Trenton Thunder	—	381	338	92	15	5	7	31	50	3	8	2	272	339	408	747	136	300	13	8	327	108	+4	+1	—	—	+11	1.6
2016	24	A+	Tampa Yankees	—	98	81	25	2	1	3	16	18	0	2	3	309	423	469	892	160	361	18	16	396	161	+7	-1	—	—	+3	0.9
2017	25	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	—	296	268	73	14	2	6	24	51	2	4	5	272	337	407	743	134	315	17	8	331	112	+4	-1	—	—	+8	1.1
2017	25	AA	Trenton Thunder	—	59	56	10	1	3	0	2	16	0	0	1	179	207	304	510	125	244	27	3	220	26	-5	-0	—	—	+2	-0.4
2018	26	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	—	237	197	51	6	2	6	34	49	1	2	6	259	371	401	772	142	312	21	14	343	121	+6	-2	—	—	+7	1.1
2019	27	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	—	447	395	132	30	3	30	45	76	1	7	4	334	404	653	1.057	319	348	17	10	448	201	+51	-0	—	—	+13	6.5
2020	28	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	—	20	18	3	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	167	250	222	472	56	231	25	10	224	30	-2	+0	-0	-0	+1	-0.1
2021	29	MLB	Cincinnati Reds	—	24	22	4	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	182	250	182	432		267	29	8	209	18	-2	+0	-1	-4	+1	-0.6
2021	29	AAA	Syracuse Mets	—	325	290	85	19	3	8	30	50	2	6	3	293	363	462	825	169	328	15	9	363	136	+13	+0	—	—	+9	2.3
2022	30	MLB	Chicago White Sox	—	25	21	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	143	280	143	423		176	16	16	220	27	-2	+0	-0	-6	+1	-0.8
2022	30	AAA	Charlotte Knights	—	539	471	138	31	5	25	54	76	6	15	6	293	373	539	912	246	301	14	10	393	159	+36	+1	—	—	+15	5.3
2024	32	AAA	Charlotte Knights	—	479	417	129	30	2	10	53	81	0	5	7	309	387	463	850	153	360	17	11	372	143	+23	-2	—	—	+14	3.6
▸ Career Totals (raw MLB only — historical actual)
MLB Career	—			—	69	61	10	1	0	0	8	16	0	1	0	164	261	180	441	16	222	23	12	218	25	-6	+0	-1	-10	+2	-1.5

Career Path Comps

What happened to players with a similar stat profile at this age · Y-axis: wRC+ (100 = league avg, 150 = elite, 80 = below) · Bands: P10–P90 outer, P25–P75 inner · Gold: OGILVIE projection

		Scouting				At Match Age									Next 3 Yrs									Peak 3 Yrs
Comp	Age	HIT	PWR	SPD	EYE	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR	AVG/OBP/SLG	ISO	BABIP	HR	SB	K%	BB%	wRC+	WAR
Mark Payton (OGILVIE)	34	53	40	46	46	242/301/364	122	301	8	7	22%	7%	87	+0.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
✕Joe Thurston 2014 · AAA	34	49→58	45	46→50	50	238/309/361	123	281	12	12	20%	8%	90	+1.0	236/295/334	98	274	8	10	16%	7%	76	+0.1	240/297/310	70	273	5	7	14%	6%	68	-0.3
✕Ramiro Pena 2019 · MLB	34	50→55	44→45	46→50	44	246/293/368	122	290	12	11	20%	5%	84	+0.6	256/290/395	139	281	16	9	15%	4%	90	+1.0	272/299/406	135	293	16	7	14%	3%	96	+1.0
✕Mike Freeman 2021 · MLB	33	49→59	45	43→55	46	237/306/361	124	311	13	8	27%	8%	89	+0.9	221/294/339	118	299	12	8	28%	9%	78	+0.2	196/275/293	97	271	9	6	29%	9%	54	-0.7
✕Jose Espinoza 2009 · AAA	35	55→57	43→45	42→45	50	268/331/374	106	312	11	10	18%	8%	102	+1.8	259/316/362	103	310	9	8	18%	7%	92	+1.2	263/321/363	101	315	7	6	18%	7%	92	+0.6
✕Alejandro De Aza 2018 · MLB	34	46→56	44→50	48→55	49	227/294/350	123	275	11	9	22%	8%	81	+0.4	243/310/373	130	294	13	11	21%	7%	93	+1.3	262/335/392	130	319	12	13	20%	7%	107	+0.6
✕Gerardo Parra 2021 · MLB	34	48→58	46→50	49→55	48	240/303/369	129	276	14	14	19%	7%	89	+1.0	233/307/365	132	297	13	9	25%	9%	90	+1.0	216/298/317	101	288	9	6	26%	9%	71	-0.1
✕Trinidad Robles 2007 · AAA	34	51	44→40	49→45	43	250/303/365	115	310	11	12	23%	6%	88	+0.9	227/281/323	96	278	9	7	21%	6%	68	-0.5	225/282/308	83	273	7	3	20%	6%	63	-0.4
✕Ryan Goins 2021 · MLB	33	50→59	44→45	44→45	44	239/298/363	124	329	10	7	29%	8%	85	+0.7	205/248/285	80	297	7	5	32%	5%	43	-2.2	189/226/242	53	276	4	2	32%	5%	19	-2.1
✕Cliff Pennington 2018 · MLB	34	47→55	42→45	49→55	47	230/293/329	99	299	10	8	26%	8%	74	-0.1	205/278/307	102	270	9	10	26%	9%	63	-0.8	170/251/251	80	226	6	9	26%	9%	37	-1.0
✕Issmael Salas 2016 · AAA	34	51→50	44→50	45→50	45	251/294/364	113	282	12	7	16%	5%	83	+0.6	241/285/364	123	268	13	6	15%	5%	80	+0.4	240/282/361	121	263	13	3	14%	4%	77	+0.1
●Jesse Castillo 2017 · AAA	34	54→61	43→45	48→50	51	260/321/370	110	312	10	15	20%	8%	96	+1.5	263/317/404	141	305	16	12	19%	7%	104	+2.0	281/335/436	154	313	20	10	17%	7%	121	+2.6
✕Ildelfonso Lara 2009 · AAA	34	50→54	44→45	50→45	47	246/304/367	121	302	11	6	22%	7%	89	+0.9	239/297/362	123	306	13	8	25%	7%	85	+0.7	245/305/355	110	316	13	5	25%	7%	84	+0.3
✕Jose Munoz 2013 · AAA	34	44→49	40→45	47→50	50	213/291/304	91	278	8	8	25%	9%	68	-0.5	212/279/324	112	277	11	9	26%	8%	68	-0.5	160/238/265	105	201	10	4	25%	9%	32	-0.6
✕James Adduci 2019 · MLB	34	52→60	45→50	52→60	41	253/292/385	132	325	12	12	26%	5%	88	+0.9	240/277/366	126	315	13	12	27%	5%	77	+0.1	233/265/345	112	309	13	12	28%	4%	63	-0.5
✕Charlie Culberson 2023 · MLB	34	48→49	45	47→50	44	238/287/366	127	298	12	13	24%	6%	81	+0.4	226/275/342	116	315	12	12	30%	6%	70	-0.3	182/208/225	43	295	5	14	39%	3%	11	-0.8
✕Yosmany Guerra 2016 · AA	33	48→58	43→45	47→45	50	232/299/349	117	286	10	8	22%	8%	82	+0.5	264/322/363	99	308	4	7	15%	8%	95	+1.4	279/340/390	111	324	6	5	15%	8%	106	+1.6
✕Ramón Vázquez 2011 · MLB	34	49→59	39→45	46→50	51	234/306/325	91	291	6	4	21%	9%	79	+0.3	233/295/318	85	288	6	7	20%	8%	72	-0.2	244/308/291	47	301	2	4	18%	8%	66	-0.3
✕Ricardo Nanita 2014 · AAA	33	50→60	44→45	45→50	45	248/286/359	111	276	13	8	16%	5%	79	+0.3	256/296/379	123	297	13	8	18%	4%	89	+0.9	304/336/427	124	348	12	4	16%	3%	118	+1.2
✕Rob Brantly 2023 · MLB	34	49→57	41→50	49→30	42	235/295/336	100	282	9	5	20%	4%	78	+0.2	230/297/335	105	278	9	5	20%	6%	79	+0.3	220/301/312	92	265	8	0	19%	6%	72	-0.1
✕Darren Bragg 2004 · MLB	34	52	40→45	48→50	50	246/315/345	99	313	6	11	22%	8%	88	+0.9	232/301/372	140	291	15	9	24%	9%	89	+1.0	186/259/353	167	224	21	5	28%	9%	61	-0.2