Sam Long

Bats L Throws L6'1" 185 lbBorn 1995 Fair Oaks, USADebut 2021Team KCDraft 2016 R18 #540 Tampa Bay Rays, Sacramento State

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	159	19.8	9.0	3.11	20.9	6.29	100.8
2027							101.7
2028							101.2

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 89 PITCH+ the next season; 7 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	Dustin Nippert	2010	94.5	did not play
2	Yohan Ramirez	2024	94.6	95.8	155
3	John Parrish	2007	91.2	93.5	179
4	Jose Ruiz	2024	94.4	69.5	79
5	Robert Stephenson	2022	94.0	122.2	201
6	Denny Bautista	2010	94.2	did not play
7	Jesse Chavez	2013	92.6	100.8	621
8	Roman Colon	2009	91.8	36.7	14
9	Austin Pruitt	2019	96.3	did not play
10	Chasen Shreve	2020	98.5	105.4	235

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	39	0	0	0
2024	KC	43	0	0	0
2023	OAK	40	0	0	0
2022	SF	28	0	0	0
2021	SF	12	11	1	4	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.200	-56.6
Career		162	11	1	4	0.100	0.100	0.100	0.200	-56.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									159				101.7
2026*									0
2025	KC	2	3	5.36	39	0	0	40.3	189	7	22	33	81.2	98.2	79.3
2024	KC	3	3	3.16	43	0	1	42.7	176	5	17	44	109.3	97.9	107.2
2023	OAK	0	1	5.60	40	1	2	45.0	199	5	21	32	89.8	98.9	88.7
2022	SF	1	3	3.61	28	6	1	42.3	181	8	14	33	93.8	99.9	93.7
2021	SF	2	1	5.53	12	5	0	40.7	176	5	15	38	100.1	99.3	99.4
Career		8	11	4.65	162	12	4	211.0	921	30	89	180	94.5		93.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	11	78.6	-16.1	0.0	14.3	40.0	60.0	0.223	0.246	0.207

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	39	40	0	5	1	0	0.833	-0.4
2024	KC	P	43	43	1	6	0	1	1.000	-0.5
2023	OAK	P	40	45	1	4	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2022	SF	P	28	42	0	5	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2021	SF	P	12	41	1	4	0	0	1.000	-0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	50	9.0 IP, 22% K	10.00
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	84	20.2 IP, 27% K	1.34
2023	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	49	10.0 IP, 14% K	9.90
2023	AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pit	60	13.2 IP, 22% K	4.09
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	109	23.2 IP, 18% K	6.59
2022	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	78	16.2 IP, 21% K	4.44
2021	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pit	102	26.1 IP, 30% K	2.07
2021	AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Pit	60	15.0 IP, 37% K	3.00
2019	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Pit	390	97.0 IP, 29% K	3.06
2017	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Pit	43	8.1 IP, 16% K	1.11
2016	Rk	Princeton Rays	Pit	110	26.0 IP, 30% K	3.12
2016	Rk	nan	Pit	115	27.0 IP, 30% K	3.33

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.113	0.000	0.150

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
2024	0	0	2.25	5	0	0	4.0	1	0	4	2	1.25
Career	0	0	2.25	5	0	0	4.0	1	0	4	2	1.25