JT Brubaker

Bats R Throws R6'3" 185 lbBorn 1993 Springfield, USADebut 2020Team SFDraft 2015 R6 #187 Pittsburgh Pirates, AkronContract 1 y/$1.82M (26) 2026: $1,820,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	163	19.8	8.1	3.38	20.3	6.64	102.1
2027							102.0
2028							99.7

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 98 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	Brian Lawrence	2007	95.4	did not play
2	Clayton Richard	2015	96.0	93.6	306
3	Kazuhisa Ishii	2005	94.5	did not play
4	Horacio Ramirez	2011	93.0	did not play
5	Jaret Wright	2007	92.7	did not play
6	Wade LeBlanc	2016	92.5	105.0	283
7	Victor Zambrano	2007	93.1	did not play
8	Scott Elarton	2007	90.9	104.6	70
9	Nate Karns	2019	97.4	did not play
10	Roberto Hernandez	2012	97.7	89.3	643

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	SF	17	0	0	0	0	0
2022	PIT	28	0	0	0	0	0
2021	PIT	25	43	3	3	4	15	0.079	0.167	0.079	0.246	-27.9
2020	PIT	11	0	0	0	0	0
Career		81	43	3	3	4	15	0.079	0.167	0.079	0.246	-27.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									163				102.0
2026*									236				109.7	99.5	109.1
2025	SF	0	0	3.77	17	1	0	28.7	117	0	12	22	112.9	100.0	112.9
2022	PIT	3	12	4.69	28	28	0	144.0	646	17	54	147	90.6	101.0	91.6
2021	PIT	5	13	5.36	24	24	0	124.3	538	28	38	129	92.8	100.0	92.7
2020	PIT	1	3	4.94	11	9	0	47.3	205	6	17	48	98.1	100.4	98.5
Career		9	28	4.89	80	62	0	344.3	1506	51	121	346	94.1		94.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	43	81.5	-13.3	0.0	12.5	29.4	18.3	0.111	0.137	0.168	25.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	P	17	29	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2022	PIT	P	28	144	5	14	3	2	0.864	+0.8
2021	PIT	P	24	124	6	15	1	2	0.955	-0.0
2020	PIT	P	11	47	3	2	0	1	1.000	+0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	48	11.2 IP, 23% K	4.82
2025	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	43	11.0 IP, 16% K	1.64
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	91	22.2 IP, 20% K	3.24
2025	AA	Somerset Patriots	Pit	24	6.2 IP, 12% K	1.45
2024	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	29	6.2 IP, 14% K	4.35
2019	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	86	21.0 IP, 23% K	2.57
2018	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	503	119.0 IP, 19% K	3.10
2018	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	144	35.0 IP, 24% K	1.80
2017	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	576	129.2 IP, 19% K	4.46
2016	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	300	67.2 IP, 14% K	5.36
2016	A	West Virginia Power	Pit	260	62.0 IP, 30% K	3.48

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.069	0.164	0.143	0.125

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