Seth Lugo

Bats R Throws R6'4" 233 lbBorn 1989 Shreveport, USADebut 2016Team KC1x All-StarDraft 2011 R34 #1032 New York Mets, Centenary College of LouisianaContract 2 y/$46 (26-27)+28 opt 2026: $21,500,000

Awards: All-MLB Second Team, Rawlings AL Gold Glove

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	542	19.9	7.0	3.35	20.5	6.39	100.5
2027							99.6
2028							99.1

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 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 97 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	Miguel Batista	2006	101.3	96.3	860
2	Ryan Dempster	2012	104.0	91.6	754
3	Jon Lieber	2005	105.7	99.3	714
4	Derek Lowe	2008	109.9	93.7	855
5	Paul Byrd	2006	98.3	97.0	835
6	Hisashi Iwakuma	2016	104.1	93.2	128
7	Kenta Maeda	2023	108.3	86.8	485
8	R. A. Dickey	2010	97.8	103.8	876
9	Jorge De La Rosa	2016	98.2	105.4	219
10	Jose Contreras	2007	103.8	102.8	522

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	KC	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	SD	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NYM	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYM	46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-112.6
2020	NYM	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	NYM	61	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	457.7
2018	NYM	54	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	0.091	0.167	0.091	0.258	-22.2
2017	NYM	20	34	4	4	2	1	2	0	10	0.138	0.138	0.310	0.448	4.9
2016	NYM	17	18	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	0.188	0.222	0.250	0.472	15.6
Career		361	67	7	9	3	1	4	2	20	0.155	0.180	0.259	0.439	7.5

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									542				99.6
2026*									619				93.0	100.2	93.2
2025	KC	8	7	4.15	26	26	0	145.3	611	27	55	125	94.8	102.7	97.5
2024	KC	16	9	3.00	33	33	0	206.7	836	16	48	181	112.8	101.5	114.3
2023	SD	8	7	3.57	26	26	0	146.3	604	19	36	140	104.1	98.8	102.8
2022	NYM	3	2	3.60	62	0	3	65.0	272	9	18	69	104.1	102.8	106.8
2021	NYM	4	3	3.50	46	0	1	46.3	195	6	19	55	100.7	100.0	100.8
2020	NYM	3	4	5.15	16	7	3	36.7	160	8	10	47	91.7	99.5	91.2
2019	NYM	7	4	2.70	61	0	6	80.0	314	8	16	104	123.8	99.2	123.0
2018	NYM	3	4	2.66	54	5	3	101.3	410	9	28	103	115.2	100.1	115.3
2017	NYM	7	5	4.71	19	18	0	101.3	436	13	25	85	96.8	98.2	95.0
2016	NYM	5	2	2.67	17	8	0	64.0	260	7	21	45	110.5	100.8	111.3
Career		64	47	3.49	360	123	16	993.0	4098	122	276	954	106.1		106.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1			0.0	0.0	50.0	100.0	0.188	0.188	0.169
2019	1	75.0	14.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.660	0.700	0.594
2018	13	92.3	-6.9	0.0	25.0	42.9	29.2	0.069	0.075	0.115
2017	34	87.1	-7.5	6.3	20.8	33.9	30.6	0.128	0.238	0.155	26.2
2016	18	86.1	9.4	0.0	20.0	13.3	41.7	0.222	0.267	0.229	25.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	26	145	12	15	0	0	1.000	+2.0
2024	KC	P	33	207	14	29	0	3	1.000	+1.6
2023	SD	P	26	146	5	9	0	1	1.000	-0.9
2022	NYM	P	62	65	3	8	0	0	1.000	+0.9
2021	NYM	P	46	46	6	3	1	1	0.900	+0.0
2020	NYM	P	16	37	4	3	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2019	NYM	P	61	80	12	6	0	0	1.000	-0.3
2018	NYM	P	54	101	10	8	1	0	0.947	+0.1
2017	NYM	P	19	101	8	7	0	1	1.000	-0.9
2016	NYM	P	17	64	2	10	0	1	1.000	+0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2017	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Pit	52	13.0 IP, 29% K	2.77
2017	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	31	6.2 IP, 13% K	8.71
2016	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	341	73.1 IP, 18% K	6.53
2015	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	114	27.0 IP, 26% K	4.00
2015	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	466	109.0 IP, 21% K	3.80
2014	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	455	105.0 IP, 25% K	4.11
2013	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	121	32.0 IP, 32% K	2.53
2011	Rk	Kingsport Mets	Pit	204	46.2 IP, 22% K	3.70

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000	0.000
2019		0.900		0.900
2018	0.350	0.090	0.117	0.150
2017	0.394	0.000	0.292	0.156
2016	0.000	0.268	0.129	0.317

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	2.97	2	2	0	9.1	7	1	5	8	1.32
2022	0.00	3	0	1	2.0	2	0	1	3	1.50
Career	2.43	5	2	1	11.1	9	1	6	11	1.35