Nathan Lukes

Bats L Throws R5'11" 180 lbBorn 1994 Portland, USADebut 2023Team TORDraft 2015 R7 #214 Cleveland Guardians, Sacramento StateContract 1 y/$808,500 (26) 2026: $808,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 83.6FIELD+ 100.4 at RFTotal 0.34 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	295	264	70	13	1	6	23	44	2	0.266	0.328	0.393	0.721	0.128	0.317	14.8	7.9	96.5	0.79
2027	300	269	69	12	1	5	21	46	1	0.257	0.316	0.366	0.682	0.109	0.301	15.3	7.1	86.4	0.44

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 85 HIT+ 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	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Johnny Moore	1932	102.2	81.2	562
2	Bob Molinaro	1980	97.0	127.4	53
3	Hal Peck	1947	106.8	77.8	68
4	Jim Norris	1979	100.3	71.2	205
5	Ray Powell	1919	100.5	73.0	666
6	Jim Eisenreich	1989	93.8	107.0	545
7	Ed Hahn	1906	107.1	119.9	698
8	Aaron Guiel	2003	90.1	45.6	157
9	David Newhan	2004	100.8	57.4	249
10	George Harper	1922	91.4	87.6	139

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			300		69	12	1	5		1	21	46	0.257	0.316	0.366	0.682	86.4
2026*	TOR	94	334	32	78	11	0	6		1	19	50	0.258	0.311	0.354	0.665	87.8
2025	TOR	135	438	55	99	19	2	12	65	2	38	60	0.255	0.323	0.407	0.730	99.1
2024	TOR	22	91	13	23	4	2	1	10	1	10	9	0.303	0.371	0.447	0.818	129.9
2023	TOR	29	31	4	5	1	1	0	2	0	4	9	0.192	0.290	0.308	0.598	67.8
Career		186	560	72	127	24	5	13	77	3	52	78	0.259	0.328	0.408	0.737	102.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	333	86.7	9.7	1.5	26.6	17.2	34.9	0.255	0.331	0.285	26.9
2025	438	87.9	11.2	4.8	37.0	14.0	31.5	0.259	0.392	0.315	27.3
2024	91	88.9	13.6	4.2	27.8	14.8	29.8	0.282	0.396	0.329	27.0
2023	31	86.5	13.0	0.0	38.9	19.4	30.0	0.211	0.308	0.278	27.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	TOR	OF	159	909	218	9	2	4	0.991
2024	TOR	OF	23	173	50	4	1	0	0.982
2023	TOR	OF	20	68	11	1	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	231	7 HR, 4 SB	0.333	0.872
2023	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	222	5 HR, 3 SB	0.366	0.953
2022	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	484	11 HR, 20 SB	0.285	0.789
2021	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	326	4 HR, 2 SB	0.303	0.808
2019	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	295	4 HR, 7 SB	0.219	0.613
2018	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	484	6 HR, 9 SB	0.278	0.731
2017	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	404	3 HR, 6 SB	0.270	0.695
2017	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	22	0 HR, 1 SB	0.400	0.905
2016	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Bat	23	0 HR, 1 SB	0.261	0.565
2016	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	71	1 HR, 0 SB	0.194	0.483
2016	A+	nan	Bat	94	1 HR, 1 SB	0.211	0.504
2016	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	393	5 HR, 14 SB	0.301	0.828

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.187	0.329	0.277	0.326
2025	0.313	0.320	0.309	0.328
2024	0.254	0.379	0.311	0.403
2023	0.140	0.294	0.177	0.336

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
2025	17	62	5	17	4	0	0	8	0	5	10	0.274	0.328	0.339	0.667
Career	17	62	5	17	4	0	0	8	0	5	10	0.274	0.328	0.339	0.667