Chris Flexen

Bats R Throws R6'3" 219 lbBorn 1994 Newark, USADebut 2017Team CHCDraft 2012 R14 #440 New York Mets, Newark Memorial HS (CA)

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	205	16.2	7.6	3.33	21.4	6.55	97.2
2027							97.9
2028							98.5

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 96 PITCH+ the next season; 6 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	Chad Kuhl	2023	90.6	90.3	240
2	Drew Hutchison	2021	92.0	90.7	464
3	Casey Fossum	2008	92.8	96.3	19
4	Zach Duke	2013	93.3	115.6	238
5	Victor Santos	2007	88.9	did not play
6	Jae Weong Seo	2007	89.4	did not play
7	Tommy Milone	2017	94.9	81.6	118
8	Carlos Silva	2009	92.9	102.8	480
9	Kevin Slowey	2014	93.2	did not play
10	Brian Burres	2011	90.4	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CHC	21	0	0	0	0
2024	CWS	33	0	0	0	0
2023	COL	29	0	0	0	0
2022	SEA	33	0	0	0	0
2021	SEA	31	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-107.9
2019	NYM	9	2	1	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	175.5
2018	NYM	4	0	0	0	0
2017	NYM	14	14	2	1	7	0.154	0.154	0.231	0.385	-9.5
Career		174	19	3	1	7	0.167	0.167	0.222	0.389	-5.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									205				97.9
2026*									0
2025	CHC	5	1	3.09	21	1	1	43.7	178	7	12	22	108.1	102.1	110.2
2024	CWS	3	15	4.95	33	30	0	160.0	707	24	63	123	86.3	99.7	86.0
2023	COL	2	8	6.86	29	16	0	102.3	466	25	38	74	78.8	99.5	78.3
2022	SEA	8	9	3.73	33	22	2	137.7	590	17	51	95	96.7	98.4	95.1
2021	SEA	14	6	3.61	31	31	0	179.7	741	19	40	125	98.9	100.6	99.5
2019	NYM	0	3	6.59	9	1	0	13.7	70	1	13	10	86.2	101.6	87.8
2018	NYM	0	2	12.79	4	1	0	6.3	40	2	6	3	25.4	101.0	26.4
2017	NYM	3	6	7.88	14	9	0	48.0	233	11	35	36	69.1	100.3	69.4
Career		35	50	4.83	174	111	3	691.3	3025	106	258	488	89.4		89.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	3	79.6	48.9	0.0	25.0		0.109	0.126	0.100
2019	2	81.3	-3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.427	0.478	0.396
2017	14	85.0	2.2	14.3	32.1	40.0	0.125	0.204	0.140

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	21	44	3	3	1	0	0.857	+0.5
2024	CWS	P	33	160	8	20	0	3	1.000	-0.2
2023	COL	P	29	102	5	11	0	1	1.000	-0.3
2022	SEA	P	33	138	9	9	1	1	0.947	-1.1
2021	SEA	P	31	180	21	25	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2019	NYM	P	9	14	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2018	NYM	P	4	6	1	4	0	1	1.000	+0.1
2017	NYM	P	14	48	3	9	0	1	1.000	+0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2018	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.176	0.426
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	94	23.1 IP, 22% K	1.17
2023	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	37	9.1 IP, 30% K	0.99
2019	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	345	78.2 IP, 27% K	4.49
2018	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	397	92.0 IP, 20% K	4.40
2017	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Pit	179	48.2 IP, 28% K	1.68
2017	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	53	12.2 IP, 25% K	2.21
2016	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	572	134.0 IP, 17% K	3.56
2015	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	133	33.2 IP, 25% K	1.90
2015	Rk	GCL Mets	Pit	21	6.0 IP, 24% K	0.00
2014	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	318	69.0 IP, 14% K	4.83
2013	Rk	Kingsport Mets	Pit	271	69.0 IP, 23% K	2.09
2012	Rk	Kingsport Mets	Pit	151	32.0 IP, 17% K	5.62

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.000		0.000
2019		0.450		0.450
2017	0.000	0.196	0.208	0.129

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