Mason Black

Bats R Throws R6'3" 228 lbBorn 1999 Scranton, USADebut 2024Team SFDraft 2021 R3 #85 San Francisco Giants, LehighContract 1 y (26) 2026: $444,822

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	165	19.2	8.7	3.64	20.2	6.84	96.2
2027							99.0
2028							99.2

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 25

His ten closest age-25 comparables averaged 87 PITCH+ the next season; 6 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	Casey Kelly	2015	77.4	80.9	102
2	Clayton Mortensen	2010	80.1	94.8	244
3	Daniel Wright	2016	73.9	98.5	85
4	Aaron Blair	2017	75.9	did not play
5	Kyle Weiland	2012	73.8	did not play
6	Sean Nolin	2015	79.2	did not play
7	J. C. Mejia	2022	75.8	83.7	50
8	Chris Rusin	2012	80.0	95.6	282
9	Joe Wieland	2015	80.8	67.2	23
10	Chris Schwinden	2012	82.5	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									165				99.0
2026*									130				90.5	102.4	92.9
2025	SF	0	0	6.75	1	0	0	4.0	19	2	0	5	74.0	100.0	74.0
2024	SF	1	5	6.44	9	8	0	36.3	169	7	15	31	76.6	98.9	75.5
Career		1	5	6.47	10	8	0	40.3	188	9	15	36	76.3		75.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	P	1	4	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2024	SF	P	9	36	2	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
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	212	48.2 IP, 19% K	5.98
2025	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	531	119.1 IP, 21% K	5.82
2024	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	367	84.1 IP, 24% K	4.60
2023	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	258	60.2 IP, 28% K	3.89
2023	AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Pit	254	63.0 IP, 33% K	3.57
2022	A+	Eugene Emeralds	Pit	328	77.2 IP, 28% K	3.96
2022	A	San Jose Giants	Pit	135	34.1 IP, 33% K	1.58

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.432	0.280	0.367	0.311
2025	0.414	0.554		0.503
2024	0.338	0.431	0.389	0.387

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