Carlos Estevez

Bats R Throws R6'6" 277 lbBorn 1992 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2016Team KC2x All-StarContract 2 y/$22M (25-26)+27 cl opt 2026: $10,100,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	221	21.3	6.9	2.59	20.6	6.07	108.9
2027							106.8
2028							105.2

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 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 98 PITCH+ 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	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jose Alvarez	2021	105.0	81.2	76
2	Glen Perkins	2015	101.3	50.4	12
3	Brad Brach	2018	106.7	95.7	242
4	Wandy Peralta	2024	102.9	104.4	313
5	Jeremy Affeldt	2011	103.5	108.4	267
6	Santiago Casilla	2013	104.4	126.4	218
7	Shawn Kelley	2016	106.1	77.7	121
8	Hector Neris	2021	106.7	116.0	263
9	Luke Jackson	2024	99.0	104.5	219
10	Yusmeiro Petit	2017	101.6	111.5	368

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									221				106.8
2026*									7				36.2	93.7	29.9
2025	KC	4	5	2.45	67	0	42	66.0	269	5	22	54	115.1	103.8	118.9
2024	PHI	4	5	2.45	54	0	26	55.0	212	5	12	50	121.4	99.4	120.8
2023	LAA	5	5	3.90	63	0	31	62.3	281	7	31	78	96.9	97.5	94.5
2022	COL	4	4	3.47	62	0	2	57.0	235	7	23	54	108.9	100.0	108.9
2021	COL	3	5	4.38	64	0	11	61.7	270	8	21	60	93.2	97.5	90.7
2020	COL	1	3	7.50	26	0	1	24.0	116	6	9	27	72.0	102.2	74.2
2019	COL	2	2	3.75	71	0	0	72.0	308	12	23	81	105.5	98.8	104.3
2017	COL	5	0	5.57	35	0	0	32.3	149	3	14	31	98.2	99.5	97.7
2016	COL	3	7	5.24	63	0	11	55.0	246	6	28	59	104.2	97.8	102.0
Career		31	36	3.97	505	0	124	485.3	2086	59	183	494	103.5		102.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	67	66	4	4	0	0	1.000	+1.3
2024	PHI	P	54	55	1	4	1	0	0.833	-0.2
2023	LAA	P	63	62	1	3	0	0	1.000	-0.8
2022	COL	P	62	57	6	5	0	1	1.000	-0.0
2021	COL	P	64	62	5	5	0	1	1.000	-0.8
2020	COL	P	26	24	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2019	COL	P	71	72	4	4	1	1	0.889	-0.4
2017	COL	P	35	32	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2016	COL	P	63	55	2	5	2	0	0.778	-0.7

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2018	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	131	28.1 IP, 27% K	6.41
2017	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	130	33.2 IP, 26% K	1.36
2016	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	26	5.2 IP, 15% K	3.46
2015	AA	New Britain Rock Cats	Pit	157	36.0 IP, 27% K	4.50
2015	A+	Modesto Nuts	Pit	72	19.2 IP, 35% K	1.41
2014	A	Asheville Tourists	Pit	226	53.1 IP, 22% K	4.75
2013	Rk	Grand Junction Rockies	Pit	148	35.2 IP, 21% K	3.84
2012	Rk	DSL Rockies	Pit	225	54.1 IP, 17% K	4.16
2011	Rk	DSL Rockies	Pit	143	34.0 IP, 19% K	3.44

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	1.017	0.000		0.871
2025	0.281	0.227	0.254	0.260
2024	0.248	0.234	0.255	0.222
2023	0.353	0.310	0.337	0.321
2022	0.314	0.275	0.288	0.303
2021	0.338	0.367	0.362	0.343
2020	0.424	0.425	0.441	0.410
2019	0.382	0.299	0.365	0.303

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2017	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	4.09	3	2.2	2	1	1	4	1.36
2017	27.00	1	0.3	1	0	0	1	3.00
Career	7.11	4	2.5	3	1	1	5	1.58