Zac Gallen

Bats R Throws R6'2" 189 lbBorn 1995 Gibbsboro, USADebut 2019Team ARI1x All-StarDraft 2016 R3 #106 St. Louis Cardinals, North CarolinaContract 1 y/$22.025M (26)* 2026: $16,199,618

Awards: All-MLB First Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	643	22.5	7.7	3.35	19.6	6.68	101.4
2027							102.3
2028							102.5

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 97 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	Madison Bumgarner	2019	108.8	80.6	190
2	Jon Lester	2013	104.6	110.8	885
3	Jose Berrios	2023	102.3	101.5	786
4	Yovani Gallardo	2015	103.8	90.4	526
5	Jordan Montgomery	2022	106.0	107.2	777
6	Aaron Harang	2007	106.0	93.0	793
7	Cliff Lee	2008	104.6	107.5	969
8	Roy Oswalt	2007	108.3	109.2	862
9	Freddy Garcia	2006	104.4	81.6	264
10	Brad Penny	2007	105.1	86.7	426

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ARI	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	ARI	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	ARI	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	ARI	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ARI	23	42	2	6	2	3	1	18	0.188	0.212	0.250	0.462	20.0
2020	ARI	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	ARI	15	24	2	2	0	1	0	8	0.105	0.105	0.105	0.211	-53.0
Career		176	66	4	8	2	4	1	26	0.157	0.173	0.196	0.369	-6.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									643				102.3
2026*									440				85.1	100.2	85.4
2025	ARI	13	15	4.83	33	33	0	192.0	813	31	66	175	99.2	99.2	98.4
2024	ARI	14	6	3.65	28	28	0	148.0	621	13	54	156	103.7	99.5	103.2
2023	ARI	17	9	3.47	34	34	0	210.0	846	22	47	220	109.3	98.2	107.5
2022	ARI	12	4	2.54	31	31	0	184.0	714	15	47	192	119.5	102.3	121.8
2021	ARI	4	10	4.30	23	23	0	121.3	523	19	49	139	101.5	100.8	102.3
2020	ARI	3	2	2.75	12	12	0	72.0	291	9	25	82	115.9	98.9	114.8
2019	ARI	3	6	2.81	15	15	0	80.0	334	8	36	96	109.6	98.5	108.1
Career		66	52	3.58	176	176	0	1007.3	4142	117	324	1060	107.7		107.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	42	96.2	3.7	0.0	34.8	33.3	22.0	0.148	0.190	0.163	26.1
2019	24	84.2	-0.3	0.0	18.8	26.2	35.7	0.124	0.151	0.119	22.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ARI	P	33	192	15	15	1	1	0.968	-0.8
2024	ARI	P	28	148	12	7	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2023	ARI	P	34	210	15	12	0	1	1.000	-1.8
2022	ARI	P	31	184	10	16	1	3	0.963	+2.0
2021	ARI	P	23	121	4	11	1	0	0.938	+0.5
2020	ARI	P	12	72	3	4	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2019	ARI	P	15	80	4	6	0	0	1.000	-0.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Bat	25	0 HR, 0 SB	0.095	0.190
2018	AAA	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Bat	27	0 HR, 0 SB	0.130	0.297
2019	AAA	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Pit	333	91.1 IP, 34% K	1.78
2018	AAA	New Orleans Baby Cakes	Pit	588	133.1 IP, 23% K	3.65
2017	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	85	20.2 IP, 27% K	3.56
2017	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Pit	304	71.1 IP, 14% K	3.80
2017	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Pit	219	55.2 IP, 26% K	1.63
2016	Rk	GCL Cardinals	Pit	36	9.2 IP, 42% K	1.96

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.288	0.152	0.191	0.221
2019	0.225	0.060	0.090	0.100

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
2023	2	3	4.61	6	6	0	33.2	31	6	14	24	1.36
Career	2	3	4.61	6	6	0	33.2	31	6	14	24	1.36