Hunter Gaddis

Bats R Throws R6'6" 260 lbBorn 1998 Canton, USADebut 2022Team CLEDraft 2019 R5 #160 Cleveland Guardians, Georgia StateContract 1 y/$809,500 (26) 2026: $809,500

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	230	23.3	6.8	3.27	19.7	6.30	108.6
2027							106.1
2028							104.5

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 109 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	Manny Delcarmen	2009	107.9	100.7	234
2	Joe Smith	2011	108.5	114.2	278
3	Bryan Shaw	2015	108.3	108.5	275
4	Jonathan Loaisiga	2022	108.3	122.5	69
5	Kyle Ryan	2019	102.6	81.8	66
6	Brian Wilson	2009	110.3	115.7	311
7	Brandon League	2010	104.2	115.6	250
8	Antonio Bastardo	2013	109.2	109.4	271
9	Alex Vesia	2023	109.3	120.0	263
10	Tony Peña	2009	105.6	97.4	444

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									230				106.1
2026*									183				104.6	105.3	109.8
2025	CLE	2	2	3.10	73	0	3	66.7	274	8	21	73	106.0	99.5	105.5
2024	CLE	6	3	1.57	78	0	0	74.7	278	4	14	66	129.2	101.2	130.4
2023	CLE	2	1	4.50	11	7	0	42.0	182	6	14	24	94.2	102.9	97.0
2022	CLE	0	2	18.41	2	2	0	7.3	40	7	3	5	2.9	97.6	0.5
Career		10	8	3.40	164	9	3	190.7	774	25	52	168	106.2		107.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	P	73	67	6	3	1	1	0.900	-0.2
2024	CLE	P	78	75	5	6	2	0	0.846	+0.4
2023	CLE	P	11	42	2	5	0	0	1.000	+0.6
2022	CLE	P	2	7	0	2	0	0	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
2026	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	23	4.1 IP, 22% K	10.98
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	338	74.1 IP, 19% K	6.07
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	181	45.0 IP, 31% K	3.60
2022	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	312	76.1 IP, 33% K	4.26
2021	A+	Lake County Captains	Pit	419	97.1 IP, 30% K	4.17
2019	Rk	AZL Indians Blue	Pit	66	17.1 IP, 39% K	3.16

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.393	0.227	0.279	0.335
2025	0.279	0.305	0.297	0.293
2024	0.243	0.206	0.224	0.225
2023	0.308	0.374	0.372	0.295
2022	0.906	0.523	0.609

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	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	8.18	3	2.2	5	0	1	3	2.73
2024	1	1	5.07	8	7.1	8	2	5	12	1.83
Career	1	1	5.81	11	9.3	13	2	6	15	2.04