Eric Lauer

Bats R Throws L6'3" 228 lbBorn 1995 Elyria, USADebut 2018Team TORDraft 2013 R17 #505 Toronto Blue Jays, Midview (OH) HSContract 1 y/$4.4M (26) 2026: $3,129,412

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	367	21.8	7.2	3.46	20.8	6.59	101.5
2027							100.9
2028							100.4

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 102 PITCH+ the next season; 9 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	Wei-Yin Chen	2016	98.1	116.3	132
2	Anthony DeSclafani	2020	100.1	113.3	676
3	Nathan Eovaldi	2020	98.0	107.5	764
4	Jarrod Washburn	2005	99.2	99.7	809
5	Jason Vargas	2013	98.1	98.8	790
6	Danny Duffy	2019	99.9	99.8	242
7	Tomo Ohka	2006	100.2	89.3	251
8	Jakob Junis	2023	95.0	118.1	253
9	Josh Towers	2007	95.3	did not play
10	Glendon Rusch	2005	94.6	73.8	311

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	TOR	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	MIL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	MIL	26	37	3	4	0	1	4	3	15	0.154	0.258	0.269	0.527	44.3
2020	MIL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	SD	30	47	1	4	2	0	0	1	23	0.100	0.122	0.150	0.272	-32.0
2018	SD	23	37	1	2	1	0	1	1	15	0.067	0.094	0.100	0.194	-56.9
Career		150	121	5	10	3	1	5	5	53	0.104	0.154	0.167	0.321	-16.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									367				100.9
2026*									437				95.7	102.7	98.4
2025	TOR	9	2	3.18	28	15	0	104.7	426	15	26	102	106.9	99.9	106.8
2023	MIL	4	6	6.56	10	9	0	46.7	211	16	24	43	71.9	99.7	71.6
2022	MIL	11	7	3.69	29	29	0	158.7	661	27	59	157	100.7	101.8	102.5
2021	MIL	7	5	3.19	24	20	0	118.7	489	16	41	117	112.4	100.2	112.6
2020	MIL	0	2	13.09	4	2	0	11.0	61	2	9	12	63.9	99.2	63.1
2019	SD	8	10	4.45	30	29	0	149.7	651	20	51	138	98.1	99.0	97.1
2018	SD	6	7	4.34	23	23	0	112.0	504	15	46	100	90.9	99.5	90.4
Career		45	39	4.13	148	127	0	701.3	3003	111	256	669	98.5		98.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	37	91.3	13.3	5.9	22.2	34.5	20.0	0.115	0.195	0.205	23.5
2019	48	85.2	14.3	6.3	13.0	31.6	25.8	0.128	0.202	0.153	25.0
2018	37	85.3	4.1	0.0	20.0	36.8	27.9	0.088	0.118	0.105	23.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	P	28	105	2	3	2	0	0.714	-0.1
2023	MIL	P	10	47	1	2	1	0	0.750	-0.1
2022	MIL	P	29	159	9	10	1	0	0.950	+1.4
2021	MIL	P	24	119	4	15	2	1	0.905	+0.1
2020	MIL	P	4	11	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2019	SD	P	30	150	11	15	3	1	0.897	-0.8
2018	SD	P	23	112	1	21	0	0	1.000	-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	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	102	24.0 IP, 21% K	4.50
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	127	29.1 IP, 29% K	5.57
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	213	46.0 IP, 23% K	5.09
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	340	75.1 IP, 25% K	5.27
2023	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	206	43.2 IP, 31% K	5.21
2018	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	86	21.1 IP, 26% K	2.56
2017	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	227	55.0 IP, 21% K	3.93
2017	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	284	67.2 IP, 30% K	2.81
2016	Rk	AZL Padres	Pit	20	4.0 IP, 35% K	6.75

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.200	0.265	0.425	0.050
2019	0.221	0.102	0.080	0.186
2018	0.129	0.081	0.044	0.143

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	3.29	5	0	8.2	6	6	8	1.46
2021	4.91	1	1	3.7	4	2	2	1.64
Career	3.79	6	1	11.9	10	8	10	1.52