Bailey Falter

Bats R Throws L6'4" 175 lbBorn 1997 Chino Hills, USADebut 2021Team KCDraft 2015 R5 #144 Philadelphia Phillies, Chino Hills (CA) HSContract 1 y/$3.6M (26) 2026: $1,078,075

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	458	17.0	7.7	3.56	20.1	6.56	98.5
2027							98.7
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 89 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	David Peterson	2024	96.5	101.1	723
2	Jeff Locke	2016	95.8	84.1	152
3	Claudio Vargas	2006	95.1	93.2	605
4	Casey Fossum	2006	97.1	77.9	364
5	Jeff Karstens	2011	94.6	107.9	372
6	Nick Blackburn	2010	94.6	85.8	670
7	Kip Wells	2005	93.7	82.6	208
8	Odalis Perez	2006	96.4	89.7	626
9	Armando Galarraga	2010	97.5	76.1	198
10	Tommy Milone	2015	97.3	88.4	311

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	26	0	0
2024	PIT	28	0	0
2023	PIT	18	0	0
2022	PHI	20	0	0
2021	PHI	22	5	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.6
Career		114	5	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									458				98.7
2026*									57				57.8	96.7	54.5
2025	KC	7	7	4.45	26	24	0	125.3	518	19	46	81	97.4	99.8	97.2
2024	PIT	8	9	4.43	28	28	0	142.3	589	17	45	97	99.7	102.6	102.3
2023	PIT	2	9	5.36	18	14	0	80.7	347	17	20	60	89.0	103.2	92.2
2022	PHI	6	4	3.86	20	16	0	84.0	349	16	17	74	91.3	98.2	89.5
2021	PHI	2	1	5.61	22	1	0	33.7	139	5	6	34	102.0	104.2	106.2
Career		25	30	4.58	114	83	0	466.0	1942	74	134	346	95.9		97.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	5					53.3	54.5	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	26	125	4	10	1	1.000	-0.2
2024	PIT	P	28	142	6	11	0	1.000	+1.9
2023	PIT	P	18	81	1	10	0	1.000	+1.3
2022	PHI	P	20	84	4	4	0	1.000	-0.8
2021	PHI	P	22	34	0	2	0	1.000	+0.7

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	189	43.0 IP, 24% K	3.35
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	208	48.0 IP, 25% K	3.00
2023	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	201	47.0 IP, 17% K	4.21
2022	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	170	47.0 IP, 29% K	1.91
2021	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	120	30.2 IP, 37% K	1.79
2019	AA	Reading Fightin Phils	Pit	319	77.1 IP, 19% K	3.85
2018	A+	Clearwater Threshers	Pit	375	93.2 IP, 22% K	2.70
2018	Rk	GCL Phillies West	Pit	21	4.1 IP, 33% K	6.59
2018	Rk	nan	Pit	34	8.0 IP, 38% K	3.38
2017	A	Lakewood BlueClaws	Pit	473	114.1 IP, 22% K	3.00
2015	Rk	GCL Phillies	Pit	114	28.2 IP, 22% K	3.51

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.000		0.000

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	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	0	0	180.00	1	1	0	0.2	3	1	1	0	20.00
Career	0	0	180.00	1	1	0	0.2	3	1	1	0	20.00