Zach Cole

Bats L Throws R6'2" 190 lbBorn 2000 Ozark, USADebut 2025Team HOUDraft 2022 R10 #313 Houston Astros, Ball StateContract 1 y (26) 2026: $214,386

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 73.7FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	144	128	27	5	1	6	13	55	5	0.213	0.294	0.398	0.692	0.185	0.302	38.0	9.1	94.0	0.34
2027	159	142	29	5	1	6	13	61	4	0.204	0.281	0.378	0.659	0.174	0.289	38.2	8.3	87.6	0.25

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 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 72 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Yonder Alonso	2011	126.7	109.1	619
2	Rico Brogna	1994	147.7	118.0	540
3	R C Stevens	1959	136.2	-122.2	3
4	Ryan O'Hearn	2018	156.3	70.3	370
5	Mitch Moreland	2010	117.4	81.3	512
6	Marv Throneberry	1958	112.9	92.6	214
7	Jason Giambi	1995	112.4	108.3	598
8	Mike Carp	2010	105.1	122.2	313
9	Sam Horn	1988	111.2	19.7	62
10	Carlos Santana	2010	146.0	124.9	658

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			159		29	5	1	6		4	13	61	0.204	0.281	0.378	0.659	87.6
2026*	HOU	19	53	4	8	1	0	3		0	1	21	0.157	0.189	0.353	0.542	39.7
2025	HOU	15	52	9	12	2	0	4	11	3	5	20	0.255	0.327	0.553	0.880	139.5
Career		15	52	9	12	2	0	4	11	3	5	20	0.255	0.327	0.553	0.880	139.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	53	92.5	15.3	16.7	50.0	43.3	28.2	0.209	0.438	0.289	28.0
2025	52	90.1	12.8	14.8	48.1	42.0	26.6	0.198	0.431	0.305	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	OF	17	116	27	1	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	161	3 HR, 4 SB	0.161	0.514
2026	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	25	1 HR, 0 SB	0.250	0.950
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	61	5 HR, 3 SB	0.353	1.204
2025	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	355	14 HR, 15 SB	0.267	0.868
2024	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	295	10 HR, 14 SB	0.214	0.710
2024	Rk	FCL Astros	Bat	26	1 HR, 1 SB	0.273	0.930
2023	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	175	8 HR, 12 SB	0.247	0.829
2023	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	312	11 HR, 25 SB	0.265	0.891
2022	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	117	2 HR, 15 SB	0.211	0.685
2022	Rk	FCL Astros Orange	Bat	20	0 HR, 2 SB	0.150	0.350

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.261	0.244	0.208
2025	0.273	0.400	0.361	0.379

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