Austin Cox

Bats L Throws L6'4" 235 lbBorn 1997 Macon, USADebut 2023Team ATLDraft 2018 R5 #152 Kansas City Royals, Mercer

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	155	19.7	8.9	3.43	20.5	6.44	99.0
2027							101.0
2028							99.0

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 5 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	Kyle McGowin	2020	89.4	107.9	128
2	Evan Reed	2014	91.2	did not play
3	Chris Seddon	2012	93.1	did not play
4	Nick Vespi	2024	91.0	did not play
5	Matt Thornton	2005	89.1	114.5	227
6	Andres Machado	2021	91.0	97.3	261
7	Chaz Roe	2015	91.2	107.1	124
8	Luis Perdomo	2012	91.2	did not play
9	Jose Cuas	2022	89.3	95.1	292
10	Kyle Keller	2021	87.5	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									155				101.0
2026*									0
2025	ATL	0	0	8.86	13	1	0	21.3	102	9	7	22	62.7	94.0	56.7
2023	KC	0	1	4.54	24	3	1	35.7	149	2	17	33	109.7	97.7	107.4
Career		0	1	6.16	37	4	1	57.0	251	11	24	55	90.6		86.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	P	13	21	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2023	KC	P	24	36	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.4

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	55	12.2 IP, 33% K	3.69
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	123	27.1 IP, 15% K	4.65
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	178	40.0 IP, 20% K	4.28
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	250	55.0 IP, 24% K	4.25
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	195	47.1 IP, 20% K	3.63
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	648	147.1 IP, 16% K	4.22
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	31	5.0 IP, 13% K	18.00
2021	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	260	63.0 IP, 22% K	3.00
2019	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	223	55.1 IP, 23% K	2.78
2019	A	Lexington Legends	Pit	311	75.1 IP, 25% K	2.76
2018	Rk	Burlington Royals	Pit	143	33.1 IP, 36% K	3.81

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.450	0.438	0.376	0.496
2023	0.255	0.341	0.296	0.317

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