Zack Littell

Bats R Throws R6'4" 220 lbBorn 1995 Burlington, USADebut 2018Team CINDraft 2013 R11 #327 Seattle Mariners, Eastern Alamance (NC) HSContract 1 y/$7M (26)+27 m opt 2026: $200,214

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	601	18.1	4.9	3.71	20.2	6.56	100.2
2027							99.7
2028							99.6

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 88 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	Jeff Samardzija	2014	102.3	95.3	910
2	Ryan Yarbrough	2021	103.0	88.0	355
3	Todd Wellemeyer	2008	101.0	80.6	561
4	Jordan Lyles	2020	93.7	87.4	769
5	Victor Zambrano	2005	98.7	83.2	97
6	Jason Vargas	2012	98.8	94.0	644
7	Aaron Cook	2008	103.6	99.5	675
8	Frankie Montas	2022	100.3	77.7	7
9	Caleb Smith	2021	100.6	93.5	302
10	Tim Stauffer	2011	98.2	76.4	24

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CIN	32	0	0	0
2024	TB	29	0	0	0
2023	TB	28	0	0	0
2022	SF	39	0	0	0
2021	SF	63	4	1	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	32.0
2020	MIN	6	0	0	0
2019	MIN	29	0	0	0
2018	MIN	8	0	0	0
Career		234	4	1	3	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500	32.0

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									601				99.7
2026*									519				90.7	99.4	90.0
2025	CIN	10	8	3.81	32	32	0	186.7	759	36	32	130	101.7	99.1	100.7
2024	TB	8	10	3.63	29	29	0	156.3	656	22	31	141	98.7	98.4	97.1
2023	TB	3	6	4.10	28	14	0	90.0	379	13	12	74	102.8	98.0	100.7
2022	SF	3	3	5.08	39	0	1	44.3	190	8	13	39	87.8	100.7	88.5
2021	SF	4	0	2.92	63	2	2	61.7	252	7	24	63	109.1	100.7	109.7
2020	MIN	0	0	9.95	6	0	0	6.3	31	5	3	3	7.7	118.3	26.1
2019	MIN	6	0	2.68	29	0	0	37.0	146	4	9	32	106.7	99.7	106.4
2018	MIN	0	2	6.20	8	2	0	20.3	101	3	11	14	77.4	104.9	82.3
Career		34	29	3.88	234	79	3	602.7	2514	98	135	496	98.9		98.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	4	97.2	7.0	0.0	100.0	83.3	55.6	0.148	0.171	0.139

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	P	32	187	13	16	1	2	0.967	-0.9
2024	TB	P	29	156	11	9	1	2	0.952	-1.3
2023	TB	P	28	90	14	3	1	1	0.944	-0.9
2022	SF	P	39	44	5	2	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2021	SF	P	63	62	6	7	1	0	0.929	+0.2
2020	MIN	P	6	6	0	2	0	1	1.000	+0.7
2019	MIN	P	29	37	1	3	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2018	MIN	P	8	20	0	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
2023	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	48	12.0 IP, 33% K	2.25
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	62	14.0 IP, 27% K	4.50
2022	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	56	13.1 IP, 23% K	6.87
2019	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	265	63.0 IP, 26% K	3.71
2018	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Pit	453	106.0 IP, 22% K	3.57
2018	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Pit	101	23.0 IP, 32% K	5.87
2017	A+	Tampa Yankees	Pit	282	71.1 IP, 20% K	1.77
2017	AA	nan	Pit	349	85.2 IP, 24% K	2.43
2017	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Pit	174	41.2 IP, 19% K	2.84
2017	AA	Trenton Thunder	Pit	175	44.0 IP, 30% K	2.05
2016	A+	Bakersfield Blaze	Pit	276	68.0 IP, 22% K	2.51
2016	A	Clinton LumberKings	Pit	393	97.2 IP, 24% K	2.78
2015	A	Clinton LumberKings	Pit	483	112.2 IP, 17% K	3.93
2014	Rk	Pulaski Mariners	Pit	297	69.2 IP, 22% K	4.55
2013	Rk	AZL Mariners	Pit	152	33.1 IP, 18% K	5.98

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.225	0.000	0.450

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	1	8.71	1	1	3.1	6	0	0	2	1.94
2023	0	0.00	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	4	0.00
2021	0	10.12	2	0	2.7	6	1	0	5	2.25
2019	1	54.00	2	0	0.3	0	0	1	0	3.00
Career	2	8.89	6	1	8.1	12	1	1	11	1.60