Clay Holmes

Bats R Throws R6'5" 245 lbBorn 1993 Dothan, USADebut 2018Team NYM2x All-StarDraft 2011 R9 #272 Pittsburgh Pirates, Slocomb (AL) HSContract 3 y/$38M (25-27) 2026: $3,823,529

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	522	18.9	8.7	2.29	21.7	6.21	102.9
2027							102.7
2028							102.8

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 98 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	Derek Lowe	2005	104.6	113.5	913
2	C. J. Wilson	2013	105.7	93.3	761
3	Braden Looper	2007	102.1	98.8	842
4	Michael Lorenzen	2024	102.1	91.4	606
5	Ryan Dempster	2009	107.8	103.1	918
6	Marco Estrada	2016	106.3	96.9	806
7	Ross Stripling	2022	103.9	89.6	381
8	Jeff Samardzija	2017	101.8	90.4	207
9	Ryan Yarbrough	2024	102.1	98.3	264
10	Hisashi Iwakuma	2013	106.2	107.4	709

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYM	33	0	0	0
2024	NYY	67	0	0	0
2023	NYY	66	0	0	0
2022	NYY	62	0	0	0
2021	NYY	69	1	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.6
2020	PIT	1	0	0	0
2019	PIT	35	5	0	4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-110.6
2018	PIT	11	6	1	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-120.7
Career		344	12	1	7	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-116.2

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									522				102.7
2026*									277				121.0	102.4	123.4
2025	NYM	12	8	3.53	33	31	0	165.7	708	14	66	129	103.5	100.5	104.0
2024	NYY	3	5	3.14	67	0	30	63.0	271	4	22	68	105.5	95.0	100.5
2023	NYY	4	4	2.86	66	0	24	63.0	262	2	23	71	116.9	101.5	118.4
2022	NYY	7	4	2.54	62	0	20	63.7	260	2	20	65	117.4	99.5	116.9
2021	NYY	8	4	3.60	69	0	0	70.0	292	5	29	78	116.1	103.2	119.3
2020	PIT	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.3	6	0	0	1	110.1	85.5	95.6
2019	PIT	1	2	5.58	35	0	0	50.0	240	5	36	56	95.9	102.2	98.2
2018	PIT	1	3	6.84	11	4	0	26.3	129	2	23	21	81.7	106.5	88.2
Career		36	30	3.65	344	35	74	503.0	2168	34	219	489	106.6		107.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	1					0.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019	5	82.9	-20.7		0.0	60.0	50.0	0.015	0.015	0.013
2018	6	85.8	5.1	0.0	0.0	25.0	14.3	0.115	0.126	0.105

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	P	33	166	13	20	1	0	0.971	+0.4
2024	NYY	P	67	63	6	4	0	0	1.000	-1.7
2023	NYY	P	66	63	4	8	1	0	0.923	+0.5
2022	NYY	P	62	64	8	8	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2021	NYY	P	69	70	7	11	0	0	1.000	+1.1
2020	PIT	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2019	PIT	P	35	50	4	14	1	1	0.947	+0.7
2018	PIT	P	11	26	3	6	0	1	1.000	+1.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2017	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	24	0 HR, 0 SB	0.048	0.139
2016	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	24	0 HR, 0 SB	0.050	0.274
2026	A+	Brooklyn Cyclones	Pit	23	5.1 IP, 13% K	5.29
2019	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	80	15.2 IP, 16% K	6.51
2018	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	409	95.1 IP, 24% K	3.41
2018	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	22	6.0 IP, 36% K	1.50
2017	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	475	112.2 IP, 21% K	3.37
2016	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	597	136.1 IP, 17% K	4.23
2015	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	93	23.0 IP, 17% K	2.74
2015	Rk	FCL Pirates	Pit	56	13.1 IP, 18% K	2.06
2013	A	West Virginia Power	Pit	528	119.0 IP, 17% K	4.08

Splits

Year	vs LHP	Away
2021
2019		0.000
2018	0.000	0.000

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
2021	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	3	1	2.25	13	12.0	8	1	5	12	1.08
2022	0	0	0.00	5	6.0	2	0	2	7	0.67
2021	0	0	0.00	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0.50
Career	3	1	1.35	19	20.0	11	1	7	20	0.90