Rafael Marchan
#13 C · Phillies
Height
5'9"
Weight
170 lbs
Age
27
College
N/A
Experience
4 yrs
Bats/Throws
B/R
F
C+
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Career StatsF
| Year | Team | GP | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS | SB | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career |  | 96 | 0.21923077 | 8 | 28 | 0.6355363 | 0 | 57 |
Current Contract
Length
1 year
Total Value
$860K
Guaranteed
$516K
AAV
$860K/yr
Guaranteed %60%
Performance Analysis
F
FCA+
Rafael Marchan grades as a solid performer among MLB catchers, earning a B- Performance grade. He is hitting with a 0.245 batting average and a 0.702 OPS (below the league average of .720) this season. With 7 home runs and 26 RBI through 82 games (a 14-HR, 51-RBI pace over a full season), he brings limited power to the lineup. As a player entering his prime window at 27, Rafael is a key contributor for the Phillies.
Fan & Media Sentiment
C+
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Rafael Marchán's public perception sits in a quietly favorable spot for a depth piece — the sentiment reflects a narrative that outpaces his actual on-field output this season. The driving force behind that goodwill is straightforward: he won the backup catcher competition outright, and the organization responded by shopping Garrett Stubbs rather than Marchán, which is a clear signal of internal confidence that the media has picked up on and amplified. Coverage has been notably stable — no injury concerns, no whispers of a roster squeeze — and at least one prominent outlet framed him as a meaningful contributor to a Phillies team that has been playing its best baseball recently, riding a three-game win streak and posting an 8-2 mark over the last ten games. The disconnect, however, is real: his performance grade tells a harsher story, one that reflects a player who hasn't translated organizational favor into standout production, which is exactly the kind of gap that tends to get closed — or exposed — as the season progresses. The Phillies have been active on the roster-construction front, adding arms like Jhoan Duran and Zack Wheeler, which keeps the organizational spotlight largely on pitching rather than the catching depth battle, inadvertently preserving Marchán's stable reputation. For now, the narrative surrounding the 27-year-old fourth-year player is steady and modestly positive — he's the backup catcher who earned his job and hasn't given anyone a reason to question it publicly, even if the performance data hasn't yet backed up that confidence.
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About this player
Rafael Marchan is a player in his 4th MLB season listed at C for the Phillies. FanVerdicts maintains four independent grades for every MLB player on an active roster — Contract Value Index for the deal itself, Performance for on-field production, Sentiment for media and fan reaction, and Fan Verdict for community voting. Current grades for Rafael Marchan: Contract Value Index pending, Performance F, Sentiment C+, Fan Verdict pending.
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