Triston McKenzie

Bats R Throws R6'5" 165 lbBorn 1997 Brooklyn, USADebut 2020Team CLEDraft 2015 RCB-A #42 Cleveland Guardians, Royal Palm Beach (FL) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	169	21.4	11.5	3.94	19.2	6.62	96.6
2027							99.7
2028							100.7

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 75 PITCH+ the next season; 6 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	Shelby Miller	2018	100.6	82.3	220
2	Dontrelle Willis	2009	100.1	82.2	316
3	Scott Kazmir	2011	99.9	did not play
4	Jair Jurrjens	2013	102.2	41.6	50
5	Enrique Gonzalez	2010	99.7	64.0	44
6	Brad Keller	2023	99.2	85.6	192
7	Jarred Cosart	2017	98.8	did not play
8	Sal Romano	2021	93.0	did not play
9	Paul Blackburn	2021	90.0	94.2	467
10	Drew Hutchison	2018	91.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CLE	4	0	0
2024	CLE	16	0	0
2023	CLE	4	0	0
2022	CLE	31	0	0
2021	CLE	25	2	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	180.4
2020	CLE	8	0	0
Career		88	2	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	180.4

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									169				99.7
2026*									0
2025	CLE	0	0	11.12	4	0	0	5.7	30	1	7	4	61.0	97.9	59.0
2024	CLE	3	5	5.11	16	16	0	75.7	340	19	49	74	86.4	97.3	83.7
2023	CLE	0	3	5.06	4	4	0	16.0	73	1	13	16	100.4	99.0	99.3
2022	CLE	11	11	2.96	31	30	0	191.3	741	25	44	190	114.4	99.8	114.2
2021	CLE	5	9	4.95	25	24	0	120.0	495	21	58	136	105.9	102.0	107.9
2020	CLE	2	1	3.24	8	6	0	33.3	127	6	9	42	118.1	100.0	118.1
Career		21	29	4.07	88	80	0	442.0	1806	73	180	462	105.6		105.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2	95.0	-6.3	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	0.473	0.536	0.442

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	P	4	6	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2024	CLE	P	16	76	9	2	1	0	0.917	-1.1
2023	CLE	P	4	16	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2022	CLE	P	31	191	12	9	1	1	0.955	-0.2
2021	CLE	P	25	120	5	12	0	0	1.000	+1.2
2020	CLE	P	8	33	0	4	0	0	1.000	+0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	110	16.1 IP, 20% K	16.21
2025	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	43	7.0 IP, 26% K	7.71
2025	Rk	ACL Guardians	Pit	65	14.1 IP, 31% K	7.02
2024	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	238	53.1 IP, 24% K	5.25
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	56	14.0 IP, 27% K	5.14
2021	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	91	21.1 IP, 25% K	2.99
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	362	90.2 IP, 24% K	2.69
2017	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	568	143.0 IP, 33% K	3.46
2016	A	Lake County Captains	Pit	133	34.0 IP, 37% K	3.18
2015	Rk	AZL Indians	Pit	43	12.0 IP, 40% K	0.75

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.450		0.450

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2022	3.27	2	2	11.0	6	2	3	13	0.82
2020	10.80	1	0	1.7	1	1	2	2	1.80
Career	4.26	3	2	12.7	7	3	5	15	0.95