Shane Baz

Bats R Throws R6'2" 190 lbBorn 1999 Cypress, USADebut 2021Team TBDraft 2017 R1 #12 Pittsburgh Pirates, Concordia Lutheran (TX) HSContract 5 y/$68M (26-30) 2026: $1,800,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	554	23.8	8.5	3.31	20.5	6.77	99.8
2027							99.9
2028							99.6

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 92 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	Wade Miley	2013	100.9	95.3	866
2	Anibal Sanchez	2010	102.9	101.5	830
3	Joey Lucchesi	2019	102.4	62.5	32
4	Jameson Taillon	2018	103.2	111.7	158
5	Dave Bush	2006	103.7	93.6	810
6	Daniel Cabrera	2007	100.8	90.6	821
7	Jeff Francis	2007	99.5	93.2	636
8	Travis Wood	2013	104.1	88.7	781
9	Ricky Romero	2011	103.1	86.3	829
10	James Shields	2008	104.5	99.5	930

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									554				99.9
2026*									623				100.3	98.4	98.7
2025	TB	10	12	4.87	31	31	0	166.3	711	26	64	176	95.8	98.3	94.1
2024	TB	4	3	3.06	14	14	0	79.3	319	9	27	69	113.8	98.9	112.7
2022	TB	1	2	5.00	6	6	0	27.0	117	5	9	30	92.7	98.2	90.9
2021	TB	2	0	2.02	3	3	0	13.3	49	3	3	18	126.4	94.1	120.5
Career		17	17	4.25	54	54	0	286.0	1196	43	103	293	101.5		99.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	P	31	166	7	14	1	0	0.955	-1.5
2024	TB	P	14	79	4	3	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2022	TB	P	6	27	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2021	TB	P	3	13	0	0	0	0		-0.4

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	178	39.1 IP, 25% K	4.14
2022	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	53	13.0 IP, 38% K	1.38
2021	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	178	46.0 IP, 36% K	1.76
2021	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Pit	120	32.2 IP, 41% K	2.52
2019	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Pit	342	81.1 IP, 25% K	3.00
2018	Rk	Bristol Pirates	Pit	207	45.1 IP, 26% K	3.99
2018	Rk	Princeton Rays	Pit	37	7.0 IP, 14% K	7.71
2018	Rk	nan	Pit	244	52.1 IP, 24% K	4.49
2017	Rk	GCL Pirates	Pit	105	23.2 IP, 18% K	3.88

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.342	0.295	0.337	0.310
2025	0.328	0.347	0.359	0.315
2024	0.267	0.281	0.272	0.274
2022	0.294	0.381	0.249	0.401
2021	0.358	0.152	0.204	0.309

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2021	0	0	11.57	1	1	0	2.3	6	1	1	2	3.00
Career	0	0	11.57	1	1	0	2.3	6	1	1	2	3.00