Jason Adam

Bats R Throws R6'3" 229 lbBorn 1991 Omaha, USADebut 2018Team SD1x All-StarDraft 2010 R5 #149 Kansas City Royals, Blue Valley Northwest HSContract 1 y/$6.675M (26) 2026: $6,675,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	219	24.6	7.8	2.43	20.6	5.96	111.8
2027							110.3
2028							108.5

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Heath Bell	2011	113.6	91.8	286
2	Pat Neshek	2014	115.8	104.5	223
3	Jose Valverde	2011	114.5	109.1	294
4	Brian Fuentes	2009	112.8	114.2	196
5	Will Harris	2018	113.4	127.7	229
6	David Robertson	2018	115.0	83.1	33
7	Steve Cishek	2019	112.5	88.3	93
8	Rafael Betancourt	2008	115.9	119.2	227
9	Joaquin Benoit	2011	115.8	103.3	288
10	Pedro Strop	2018	115.2	99.9	178

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									219				110.3
2026*									134				102.7	97.5	100.1
2025	SD	8	4	1.93	65	0	0	65.3	270	4	25	70	115.7	99.6	115.3
2024	SD	7	2	1.95	74	0	4	73.7	282	5	23	81	125.7	99.9	125.6
2023	TB	4	2	2.98	56	0	12	54.3	222	7	20	69	110.1	101.8	111.9
2022	TB	2	3	1.56	67	0	8	63.3	237	5	17	75	129.2	99.1	128.3
2021	CHC	1	0	5.91	12	0	0	10.7	50	1	6	19	87.6	97.3	84.8
2020	CHC	2	1	3.29	13	0	0	13.7	58	2	8	21	105.5	103.8	109.3
2019	TOR	3	0	2.91	23	0	0	21.7	91	1	10	18	115.7	102.1	117.7
2018	KC	0	3	6.12	31	0	0	32.3	142	9	15	37	84.3	98.9	83.2
Career		27	15	2.69	341	0	24	335.0	1352	34	124	390	114.5		114.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	P	65	65	4	7	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2024	SD	P	74	74	4	7	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2023	TB	P	56	54	4	5	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2022	TB	P	67	63	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2021	CHC	P	12	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2020	CHC	P	13	14	0	2	1	0	0.667	+0.3
2019	TOR	P	23	22	3	2	1	1	0.833	+0.2
2018	KC	P	31	32	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2021	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	24	6.1 IP, 25% K	0.00
2019	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	56	14.0 IP, 36% K	2.57
2018	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	44	11.1 IP, 39% K	1.62
2018	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	52	12.2 IP, 29% K	1.48
2017	Rk	nan	Pit	29	6.2 IP, 41% K	4.35
2017	Rk	AZL Padres	Pit	20	4.2 IP, 40% K	6.43
2017	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	27	6.1 IP, 41% K	7.38
2017	AA	nan	Pit	34	8.1 IP, 38% K	5.56
2014	AA	nan	Pit	460	105.1 IP, 20% K	5.05
2014	AA	New Britain Rock Cats	Pit	32	7.0 IP, 9% K	5.14
2014	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	428	98.1 IP, 21% K	5.05
2014	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	66	15.1 IP, 17% K	2.38

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.241	0.381	0.238	0.396
2025	0.247	0.306	0.265	0.293
2024	0.208	0.256	0.200	0.272
2023	0.294	0.288	0.287	0.297
2022	0.181	0.234	0.202	0.230
2021	0.392	0.320	0.444	0.129
2020	0.276	0.364	0.282	0.375
2019	0.224	0.306	0.277	0.264

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	SO	WHIP
2024	3.53	5	5.1	4	1	6	0.78
2022	0.00	1	2.0	1	0	2	0.50
Career	2.54	6	7.1	5	1	8	0.70