Cody Bolton

Bats R Throws R6'3" 230 lbBorn 1998 Richmond, USADebut 2023Team CLEDraft 2017 R6 #178 Pittsburgh Pirates, Tracy (CA) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	119	20.6	9.2	2.63	21.2	6.27	102.8
2027							104.0
2028							102.3

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 95 PITCH+ the next season; 4 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	Jose Valdez	2017	80.4	52.6	24
2	Jeff Stevens	2011	80.7	did not play
3	David Goforth	2016	78.1	145.7	4
4	Logan Gillaspie	2024	80.1	88.5	31
5	Luis Santos	2018	80.1	did not play
6	Anthony Castro	2022	79.7	did not play
7	Williams Jerez	2019	78.9	did not play
8	Reymin Guduan	2019	76.5	did not play
9	Greg Aquino	2005	73.6	93.2	220
10	Neal Musser	2008	80.1	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									119				104.0
2026*									95				85.9	100.0	85.9
2025	CLE	0	0	13.50	1	0	0	2.0	10	0	0	1	75.5	91.1	66.6
2024	SEA	0	0	4.34	17	0	0	18.7	83	3	9	17	91.7	101.4	93.1
2023	PIT	1	0	6.33	16	0	0	21.3	107	3	15	22	70.3	96.3	66.6
Career		1	0	5.79	34	0	0	42.0	200	6	24	40	79.4		77.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	P	1	2	0	0	0		-0.1
2024	SEA	P	17	19	0	5	1	0.833	+0.1
2023	PIT	P	16	21	2	0	0	1.000	-0.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	38	9.2 IP, 21% K	4.89
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	63	13.2 IP, 24% K	2.05
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	92	19.2 IP, 23% K	3.28
2024	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	126	29.1 IP, 27% K	3.09
2023	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	195	46.2 IP, 24% K	3.90
2022	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	323	75.2 IP, 25% K	3.11
2019	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	167	40.0 IP, 20% K	5.85
2019	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	239	61.2 IP, 29% K	1.62
2018	A	West Virginia Power	Pit	179	44.1 IP, 25% K	3.67
2017	Rk	GCL Pirates	Pit	108	25.2 IP, 20% K	3.21

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.372	0.367	0.358	0.379
2025	0.600	0.307	0.395
2024	0.291	0.391	0.243	0.445
2023	0.492	0.384	0.397	0.487

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