Luis Contreras

Bats R Throws R6'1" 175 lbBorn 1996 Maracaibo, VenezuelaDebut 2024Team HOU

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	125	21.1	9.9	2.64	20.3	6.32	104.6
2027							104.8
2028							103.4

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 40 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	Josh Walker	2024	89.6	67.5	25
2	Jose Valdez	2012	90.4	did not play
3	Matt Dermody	2020	91.1	did not play
4	Tayler Saucedo	2022	93.0	105.4	207
5	Mitch Harris	2015	94.6	did not play
6	Kyle Dowdy	2022	89.7	did not play
7	Randy Williams	2005	85.5	did not play
8	Jake Reed	2022	94.6	-92.0	7
9	Kevin Shackelford	2018	91.5	did not play
10	Neil Wagner	2013	93.6	79.8	49

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									125				104.8
2026*									0
2025	HOU	0	0	6.75	9	0	0	12.0	54	2	8	13	88.4	102.0	90.5
2024	HOU	0	0	9.00	5	0	0	6.0	26	0	2	6	98.6	98.0	96.6
Career		0	0	7.50	14	0	0	18.0	80	2	10	19	91.7		92.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	9	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2024	HOU	P	5	6	0	0	0	0		-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	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	201	46.1 IP, 21% K	3.90
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	180	46.2 IP, 28% K	1.75
2023	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	201	45.1 IP, 30% K	4.79
2023	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Pit	82	18.0 IP, 35% K	4.00
2022	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	45	9.0 IP, 31% K	8.00
2022	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Pit	178	42.0 IP, 33% K	3.00
2021	AA	Biloxi Shuckers	Pit	40	8.2 IP, 48% K	5.49
2019	A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Pit	104	25.0 IP, 31% K	3.96
2019	Rk	AZL Brewers Gold	Pit	86	22.1 IP, 45% K	2.04

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.392	0.309	0.236	0.467
2024	0.312	0.328	0.312	0.325

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