Michael Lorenzen

Bats R Throws R6'3" 217 lbBorn 1992 Anaheim, USADebut 2015Team KC1x All-StarDraft 2010 R7 #221 Tampa Bay Rays, Fullerton HSContract 1 y/$8M (26)+27 opt 2026: $7,750,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	511	18.8	8.3	3.54	20.4	6.59	96.4
2027							97.6
2028							98.4

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 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 99 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	C. J. Wilson	2014	104.0	102.3	553
2	Braden Looper	2008	100.8	88.9	866
3	Ryan Vogelsong	2011	102.0	102.2	788
4	Cory Lidle	2005	100.3	95.5	745
5	Seth Lugo	2023	106.6	112.8	836
6	Jesse Chavez	2017	95.2	113.8	377
7	Drew Smyly	2022	99.2	91.8	626
8	Ross Stripling	2023	102.1	88.1	381
9	Jorge De La Rosa	2014	99.0	101.2	635
10	Ryan Dempster	2010	106.6	91.3	881

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	KC	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	PHI	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	LAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CIN	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-130.6
2020	CIN	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			364.9
2019	CIN	105	53	6	10	2	0	1	6	5	5	17	0.208	0.283	0.312	0.596	54.4
2018	CIN	55	34	5	9	1	0	4	10	0	2	9	0.290	0.333	0.710	1.043	172.2
2017	CIN	73	12	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	0.167	0.167	0.417	0.583	38.5
2016	CIN	36	5	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0.200	0.200	0.800	1.000	151.5
2015	CIN	33	41	4	9	0	1	0	4	0	0	13	0.250	0.270	0.306	0.576	51.5
Career		452	147	20	31	3	1	7	24	5	7	47	0.233	0.282	0.429	0.710	83.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									511				97.6
2026*									562				79.0	99.9	79.0
2025	KC	7	11	4.64	27	26	0	141.7	606	25	39	127	91.4	101.1	92.5
2024	KC	7	6	3.31	26	24	0	130.3	536	17	60	97	101.9	102.3	104.2
2023	PHI	9	9	4.18	29	25	1	153.0	624	20	47	111	105.9	99.1	105.0
2022	LAA	8	6	4.24	18	18	0	97.7	411	11	44	85	102.4	101.5	104.0
2021	CIN	1	2	5.59	27	0	4	29.0	125	2	14	21	107.4	105.8	113.2
2020	CIN	3	1	4.28	18	2	0	33.7	147	3	17	35	109.0	102.2	111.2
2019	CIN	1	4	2.92	73	0	7	83.3	343	9	28	85	114.3	103.9	118.2
2018	CIN	4	2	3.11	45	3	1	81.0	344	6	34	54	102.4	99.8	102.2
2017	CIN	8	4	4.45	70	0	2	83.0	361	9	34	80	105.2	98.9	104.1
2016	CIN	2	1	2.88	35	0	0	50.0	202	5	13	48	111.1	103.9	115.0
2015	CIN	4	9	5.40	27	21	0	113.3	515	18	57	83	79.9	100.5	80.4
Career		54	55	4.08	395	119	15	996.0	4214	125	387	826	100.5		101.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1					66.7	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	1						0.0	0.000	0.000	0.728
2019	53	96.5	0.2	3.7	64.3	35.2	38.7	0.214	0.327	0.275	28.6
2018	34	93.3	2.9	20.0	52.2	31.0	39.2	0.232	0.403	0.299	28.1
2017	12	83.5	-11.3	20.0	14.3	32.1	40.0	0.210	0.465	0.277	29.3
2016	5	97.0	22.5	33.3	66.7	30.0	23.1	0.238	0.569	0.336
2015	41	87.9	1.8	0.0	33.3	28.0	38.7	0.231	0.318	0.253	27.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	27	142	15	15	0	1	1.000	+0.8
2024	KC	P	26	130	8	12	2	4	0.909	+1.5
2023	PHI	P	29	153	14	8	2	1	0.917	-0.7
2022	LAA	P	18	98	8	9	1	1	0.944	+0.8
2021	CIN	P	27	29	4	5	0	1	1.000	+0.9
2021	CIN	OF	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
2020	CIN	P	18	34	3	4	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2020	CIN	OF	3	4	1	0	0	0	1.000
2019	CIN	P	73	83	11	12	1	0	0.958	+1.6
2019	CIN	OF	29	89	27	1	0	0	1.000
2018	CIN	P	45	81	8	12	1	1	0.952	-0.1
2018	CIN	OF	1	1	0	0	0	0
2017	CIN	P	70	83	13	8	0	2	1.000	-0.5
2016	CIN	P	35	50	10	5	1	0	0.938	+1.0
2015	CIN	P	27	113	13	11	0	3	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	OPS
2014	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	38	1 HR, 0 SB	0.233	0.757
2025	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	41	8.2 IP, 22% K	7.68
2024	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	55	11.1 IP, 24% K	6.49
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	69	14.2 IP, 25% K	5.70
2022	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	32	6.2 IP, 25% K	11.61
2022	A	Inland Empire 66ers	Pit	23	6.0 IP, 22% K	3.00
2015	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	165	43.0 IP, 12% K	1.88
2014	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	504	120.2 IP, 17% K	3.14
2013	A+	Bakersfield Blaze	Pit	30	5.2 IP, 20% K	6.92
2013	A	Dayton Dragons	Pit	32	8.1 IP, 22% K	0.00
2013	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	28	6.0 IP, 18% K	4.50

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000		0.000
2020		0.700	0.700
2019	0.262	0.288	0.496	0.203
2018	0.360	0.484	0.642	0.117
2017	0.414	0.000	0.290	0.000
2016	0.000	0.667	0.500	0.000
2015	0.192	0.304	0.263	0.267

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
2020	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	L	ERA	G	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	1	4.29	2	2.1	3	1	3	1.90
2023	0	0.00	2	2.2	2	2	1	1.82
2020	0	0.00	2	2.7	2	0	6	0.75
Career	1	1.29	6	7.0	7	3	10	1.44

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	CIN	$516,500

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.