Emmanuel Clase

Bats R Throws R6'2" 206 lbBorn 1998 Río San Juan, D.R.Debut 2019Team CLE2x All-StarContract 5 yr/$20M (22-26) restricted list 2026: $6,400,000

Awards: All-MLB First Team x2, Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year x2, All-MLB Second Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	220	23.1	5.3	2.02	21.3	5.87	118.1
2027							114.3
2028							111.8

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 117 PITCH+ the next season; 9 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	Craig Kimbrel	2015	129.8	123.2	220
2	Kenley Jansen	2015	123.6	138.9	251
3	Aroldis Chapman	2015	125.2	135.2	222
4	Josh Hader	2021	126.9	97.6	219
5	Carl Edwards	2019	121.5	132.1	17
6	Sean Doolittle	2014	123.3	107.2	57
7	Andrew Bailey	2011	125.7	82.0	74
8	Dellin Betances	2015	125.7	119.9	299
9	Rafael Soriano	2007	120.0	117.2	57
10	Joakim Soria	2011	120.7	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									220				114.3
2026*									0
2025	CLE	5	3	3.23	48	0	24	47.3	201	2	12	47	107.8	96.8	104.6
2024	CLE	4	2	0.61	74	0	47	74.3	270	2	10	66	144.2	98.3	142.5
2023	CLE	3	9	3.22	75	0	44	72.7	302	4	16	64	115.1	104.5	119.6
2022	CLE	3	4	1.36	77	0	42	72.7	271	3	10	77	138.9	98.4	137.3
2021	CLE	4	5	1.29	71	0	24	69.7	279	2	16	74	131.5	96.0	127.5
2019	TEX	2	3	2.31	21	1	1	23.3	94	2	6	21	111.3	94.9	106.2
Career		21	26	1.88	366	1	182	360.0	1417	15	70	349	127.1		125.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	P	48	47	4	3	2	0	0.778	-0.8
2024	CLE	P	74	74	4	5	2	1	0.818	-0.6
2023	CLE	P	75	73	1	16	1	0	0.944	+1.7
2022	CLE	P	77	73	7	6	0	1	1.000	-0.5
2021	CLE	P	71	70	9	9	1	1	0.947	-1.4
2019	TEX	P	21	23	0	0	2	0	0.000	-0.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2019	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	153	37.2 IP, 25% K	3.39
2019	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Pit	25	7.0 IP, 44% K	0.00
2017	Rk	AZL Padres 2	Pit	174	35.2 IP, 24% K	5.37
2016	Rk	AZL Padres	Pit	110	24.2 IP, 21% K	4.09
2015	Rk	DSL Padres	Pit	238	54.1 IP, 21% K	2.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.282	0.307	0.236	0.335
2024	0.146	0.222	0.175	0.201
2023	0.282	0.268	0.218	0.332
2022	0.236	0.201	0.152	0.279
2021	0.216	0.268	0.219	0.269
2019	0.316	0.297	0.274	0.345

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	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	2	9.00	7	2	8.0	12	3	1	8	1.62
2022	1	0	0.00	4	1	6.0	1	0	2	6	0.50
Career	1	2	5.14	11	3	14.0	13	3	3	14	1.14