Sean Hjelle

Bats R Throws R6'11" 228 lbBorn 1997 Fridley, USADebut 2022Team SFDraft 2018 R2 #45 San Francisco Giants, Kentucky

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	128	19.9	6.7	2.76	22.4	6.33	101.6
2027							101.2
2028							99.9

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 92 PITCH+ the next season; 5 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	Brian Bass	2010	89.8	did not play
2	Anthony Misiewicz	2023	92.4	67.4	6
3	Daniel Stumpf	2019	90.5	did not play
4	Warwick Saupold	2018	90.5	did not play
5	Yacksel Rios	2021	89.4	did not play
6	Jesus Colome	2006	90.3	105.3	286
7	Austin Davis	2021	90.3	94.7	264
8	Jesse Biddle	2020	93.5	91.7	51
9	Michael Blazek	2017	94.9	did not play
10	Chad Harville	2005	90.4	99.2	184

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									128				101.2
2026*									0
2025	SF	1	1	7.80	12	1	0	15.0	73	2	9	11	73.5	98.8	72.3
2024	SF	3	4	3.90	58	0	0	80.7	337	10	14	75	100.8	99.9	100.8
2023	SF	2	1	6.52	15	0	0	29.0	139	3	13	31	81.4	104.2	85.6
2022	SF	1	2	5.76	8	0	0	25.0	115	3	8	28	88.0	102.0	90.0
Career		7	8	5.11	93	1	0	149.7	664	18	44	145	91.5		92.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SF	P	12	15	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2024	SF	P	58	81	14	13	0	2	1.000	-0.0
2023	SF	P	15	29	6	7	0	0	1.000	+0.7
2022	SF	P	8	25	1	2	2	1	0.600	+0.3

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	285	67.2 IP, 25% K	3.08
2023	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	420	93.0 IP, 17% K	6.00
2022	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	443	97.0 IP, 18% K	4.92
2021	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	248	53.1 IP, 14% K	5.76
2021	AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Pit	274	65.2 IP, 25% K	3.17
2019	AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Pit	119	25.1 IP, 18% K	6.10
2019	A+	San Jose Giants	Pit	325	77.2 IP, 23% K	2.80
2019	A	Augusta GreenJackets	Pit	172	40.2 IP, 26% K	2.69

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.503	0.324	0.387	0.431
2024	0.328	0.297	0.267	0.359
2023	0.368	0.393	0.311	0.457
2022	0.203	0.474	0.508	0.295

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