Kyle Freeland

Bats L Throws L6'4" 204 lbBorn 1993 Denver, USADebut 2017Team COLDraft 2011 R35 #1081 Philadelphia Phillies, Thomas Jefferson (CO) HSContract 5 y/$64.5M (22-26) 2026: $16,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	479	17.7	5.9	3.42	21.1	6.56	94.5
2027							95.4
2028							95.7

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 96 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	Joe Saunders	2013	95.2	59.7	215
2	Livan Hernandez	2007	94.0	82.9	811
3	Ian Kennedy	2017	99.0	95.2	518
4	Kyle Lohse	2011	97.0	112.5	864
5	Chris Capuano	2011	97.5	103.2	817
6	Jordan Lyles	2023	92.8	135.7	19
7	Andrew Heaney	2023	97.7	98.4	693
8	Ivan Nova	2019	95.1	90.5	88
9	Jeff Suppan	2007	97.4	89.1	780
10	Jeremy Guthrie	2011	100.2	92.2	788

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	COL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	COL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	COL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	COL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	COL	25	40	3	6	1	0	4	2	17	0.182	0.222	0.212	0.434	2.2
2020	COL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	COL	22	31	1	2	0	0	0	3	15	0.087	0.192	0.087	0.279	-36.4
2018	COL	33	71	5	6	2	0	2	2	40	0.092	0.119	0.123	0.242	-64.4
2017	COL	35	56	3	8	1	1	2	1	30	0.154	0.170	0.231	0.401	-20.3
Career		241	198	12	22	4	1	8	8	102	0.127	0.165	0.168	0.332	-34.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									479				95.4
2026*									554				85.6	99.6	85.1
2025	COL	5	17	4.98	31	31	0	162.7	709	22	38	124	94.6	98.5	93.1
2024	COL	5	8	5.24	21	21	0	113.3	490	22	26	85	88.1	100.2	88.3
2023	COL	6	14	5.03	29	29	0	155.7	677	29	42	94	90.8	99.8	90.6
2022	COL	9	11	4.53	31	31	0	174.7	766	19	53	131	92.7	100.8	93.5
2021	COL	7	8	4.33	23	23	0	120.7	515	20	38	105	92.1	99.3	91.3
2020	COL	2	3	4.33	13	13	0	70.7	304	9	23	46	98.3	100.2	98.5
2019	COL	3	11	6.73	22	22	0	104.3	473	25	39	79	87.3	100.0	87.3
2018	COL	17	7	2.85	33	33	0	202.3	844	17	70	173	111.0	99.4	110.4
2017	COL	11	11	4.10	33	28	0	156.0	688	17	63	107	99.2	100.9	100.1
Career		65	90	4.54	236	231	0	1260.3	5466	180	392	944	95.7		95.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	40	86.9	15.6	0.0	14.3	49.2	28.0	0.130	0.150	0.153	24.9
2019	31	93.6	-11.6	0.0	30.8	38.8	29.8	0.074	0.082	0.146	23.9
2018	71	83.4	1.7	0.0	13.8	50.4	29.9	0.065	0.086	0.087	27.4
2017	56	81.8	-3.3	5.9	12.0	40.0	34.1	0.106	0.175	0.130	27.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	COL	P	31	163	4	13	4	1	0.810	-1.3
2024	COL	P	21	113	2	9	1	0	0.917	+0.1
2023	COL	P	29	156	5	12	0	2	1.000	-0.2
2022	COL	P	31	175	2	14	0	0	1.000	+0.8
2021	COL	P	23	121	5	10	0	3	1.000	-0.5
2021	COL	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2020	COL	P	13	71	3	11	1	1	0.933	+0.1
2019	COL	P	22	104	3	12	1	1	0.938	-0.0
2018	COL	P	33	202	1	18	0	3	1.000	-0.6
2017	COL	P	33	156	3	32	3	2	0.921	+0.7

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.739
2024	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	31	8.0 IP, 26% K	3.38
2021	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	37	10.0 IP, 11% K	1.80
2019	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	143	29.2 IP, 20% K	8.94
2016	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	308	73.2 IP, 19% K	3.93
2016	AA	Hartford Yard Goats	Pit	367	88.1 IP, 14% K	3.88
2015	A+	Modesto Nuts	Pit	169	39.2 IP, 11% K	4.82
2015	Rk	Grand Junction Rockies	Pit	27	7.0 IP, 33% K	0.00
2014	A	Asheville Tourists	Pit	82	21.2 IP, 22% K	0.85
2014	Rk	Grand Junction Rockies	Pit	66	17.1 IP, 23% K	1.58

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.250	0.213	0.278	0.169
2019	0.078	0.153	0.107	0.156
2018	0.037	0.123	0.117	0.068
2017	0.050	0.256	0.173	0.194

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
2018	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2018	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6.7	4	0	1	6	0.75
Career	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6.7	4	0	1	6	0.75