Daniel Lynch

Bats L Throws L6'6" 200 lbBorn 1996 Richmond, USADebut 2021Team KCDraft 2018 R1C #34 Kansas City Royals, Virginia

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	236	17.9	7.6	3.37	21.4	6.45	101.1
2027							100.7
2028							100.2

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 100 PITCH+ the next season; 9 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	Matt Wisler	2021	95.2	112.9	176
2	Seth McClung	2009	94.0	did not play
3	Brian Matusz	2015	94.5	26.3	53
4	Robert Stephenson	2021	94.5	91.7	247
5	Andrew Miller	2013	92.7	132.3	242
6	Wade Davis	2014	99.6	135.0	251
7	Vance Worley	2016	96.4	75.0	333
8	Reynaldo Lopez	2022	99.6	108.6	278
9	Buck Farmer	2019	90.3	111.6	89
10	Tommy Hunter	2015	99.1	108.1	139

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									236				100.7
2026*									218				121.4	99.5	120.9
2025	KC	6	2	3.06	57	2	1	67.7	289	8	26	45	95.2	100.8	96.0
2024	KC	2	0	3.32	16	3	1	43.3	174	6	14	39	114.9	105.1	120.0
2023	KC	3	4	4.64	9	9	0	52.3	223	9	16	34	103.5	102.4	105.8
2022	KC	4	13	5.13	27	27	0	131.7	600	21	52	122	87.1	98.5	85.6
2021	KC	4	6	5.69	15	15	0	68.0	311	9	31	55	86.6	97.8	84.4
Career		19	25	4.56	124	56	2	363.0	1597	53	139	295	93.8		93.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	57	68	1	8	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2024	KC	P	16	43	3	6	1	1	0.900	+1.1
2023	KC	P	9	52	2	7	0	1	1.000	+0.6
2022	KC	P	27	132	3	10	1	0	0.929	-1.1
2021	KC	P	15	68	1	4	0	1	1.000	-0.8

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	494	119.1 IP, 19% K	3.55
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	82	20.0 IP, 22% K	3.15
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	30	7.0 IP, 27% K	3.86
2021	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	257	57.0 IP, 24% K	5.84
2019	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	327	78.1 IP, 24% K	3.11
2019	Rk	AZL Royals	Pit	33	9.0 IP, 36% K	1.00
2018	A	Lexington Legends	Pit	153	40.0 IP, 31% K	1.57
2018	Rk	Burlington Royals	Pit	47	11.1 IP, 30% K	1.62

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.194	0.320	0.228	0.311
2025	0.324	0.330	0.362	0.291
2024	0.174	0.331	0.306	0.256
2023	0.325	0.325	0.363	0.277
2022	0.417	0.358	0.382	0.352
2021	0.199	0.392	0.387	0.355

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