Paul Blackburn

Bats R Throws R6'1" 196 lbBorn 1993 Antioch, USADebut 2017Team NYY1x All-StarDraft 2012 RC-A #56 Chicago Cubs, Heritage HS (CA)Contract 1 y/$2M (26) 2026: $2,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	250	19.0	7.2	3.43	21.9	6.78	96.1
2027							97.0
2028							96.9

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 3 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	Scott Elarton	2007	90.9	104.6	70
2	Tom Koehler	2017	94.4	did not play
3	Josh Fogg	2008	90.6	112.6	187
4	Rodrigo Lopez	2007	95.0	did not play
5	Brian Lawrence	2007	95.4	did not play
6	Vince Velasquez	2023	94.5	did not play
7	Kazuhisa Ishii	2005	94.5	did not play
8	Clayton Richard	2015	96.0	93.6	306
9	Eric Milton	2007	91.6	did not play
10	Jaret Wright	2007	92.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYY	15	0	0
2024	NYM	14	0	0
2023	OAK	21	0	0
2022	OAK	21	0	0
2021	OAK	9	0	0
2020	OAK	1	0	0
2019	OAK	4	0	0
2018	OAK	6	2	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.5
2017	OAK	10	3	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.5
Career		101	5	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									250				97.0
2026*									274				123.1	99.5	122.6
2025	NYY	0	3	6.23	15	4	1	39.0	175	6	12	34	86.2	99.4	85.6
2024	NYM	5	4	4.66	14	14	0	75.3	316	12	21	59	94.0	101.2	95.2
2023	OAK	4	7	4.43	21	20	0	103.7	464	11	43	104	92.1	100.3	92.3
2022	OAK	7	6	4.28	21	21	0	111.3	467	15	30	89	94.2	99.1	93.3
2021	OAK	1	4	5.87	9	9	0	38.3	175	8	10	26	77.6	99.0	76.5
2020	OAK	0	1	27.00	1	1	0	2.3	14	0	2	2	49.4	88.2	37.6
2019	OAK	0	2	10.64	4	1	0	11.0	57	3	4	8	66.2	102.2	68.4
2018	OAK	2	3	7.16	6	6	0	27.7	119	2	6	19	90.5	97.7	88.2
2017	OAK	3	1	3.22	10	10	0	58.7	238	5	16	22	106.9	97.0	104.0
Career		22	31	4.97	101	86	1	467.3	2025	62	144	363	91.7		91.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2018	2	64.6	-43.3	0.0	0.0	33.3	50.0	0.113	0.121	0.107
2017	3	98.4	-15.3	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.071	0.085	0.071

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	P	15	39	5	3	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2024	NYM	P	14	75	5	11	1	0	0.941	+0.4
2023	OAK	P	21	104	12	7	1	0	0.950	+0.2
2022	OAK	P	21	111	9	12	0	2	1.000	-0.5
2021	OAK	P	9	38	1	3	1	0	0.800	-0.2
2020	OAK	P	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	OAK	P	4	11	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2018	OAK	P	6	28	0	0	0	0		-0.3
2017	OAK	P	10	59	1	8	0	0	1.000	-0.9

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	167	42.1 IP, 20% K	2.57
2025	A+	Brooklyn Cyclones	Pit	21	5.0 IP, 33% K	5.40
2024	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	23	3.1 IP, 9% K	14.52
2024	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	24	6.2 IP, 17% K	1.45
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	47	10.0 IP, 13% K	5.40
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	77	16.1 IP, 13% K	7.27
2021	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	400	88.2 IP, 20% K	5.00
2019	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	539	132.2 IP, 17% K	4.36
2017	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	328	79.2 IP, 17% K	3.07
2016	AA	Jackson Generals	Pit	166	40.2 IP, 16% K	3.58
2016	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Pit	421	102.1 IP, 17% K	3.17
2016	AA	nan	Pit	587	143.0 IP, 17% K	3.27
2015	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Pit	371	89.2 IP, 17% K	3.13

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2018	0.000			0.000
2017	0.000	0.000		0.000

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

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	32.73	1	0	0	1.1	6	1	0	0	5.45
Career	0	0	32.73	1	0	0	1.1	6	1	0	0	5.45