Julian Merryweather

Bats R Throws R6'4" 215 lbBorn 1991 Berkeley, USADebut 2020Team CHCDraft 2014 R5 #158 Cleveland Guardians, Oklahoma Baptist

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	155	21.9	9.5	2.78	21.1	6.39	100.9
2027							102.3
2028							103.2

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 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 104 PITCH+ the next season; 4 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	Clay Condrey	2009	98.5	did not play
2	Jumbo Diaz	2017	99.6	did not play
3	Scott Sauerbeck	2005	95.5	92.2	121
4	David Carpenter	2019	98.7	did not play
5	Tim Byrdak	2007	97.2	98.4	237
6	Tommy Nance	2024	95.7	128.8	126
7	Brian Sanches	2012	97.2	did not play
8	Chris Hatcher	2018	94.8	did not play
9	Trever Miller	2006	101.3	97.0	211
10	David Hale	2021	93.6	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									155				102.3
2026*									0
2025	CHC	0	1	5.79	21	0	0	18.7	88	2	11	15	79.9	100.1	80.0
2024	CHC	1	1	6.60	15	0	0	15.0	74	0	9	14	74.7	100.3	75.0
2023	CHC	5	1	3.38	69	0	2	72.0	303	8	36	98	108.9	98.6	107.5
2022	TOR	0	3	6.75	26	1	0	26.7	119	4	7	23	87.3	94.9	82.2
2021	TOR	0	1	4.85	13	1	2	13.0	55	4	4	12	89.2	95.2	84.4
2020	TOR	0	0	4.15	8	3	0	13.0	55	0	6	15	116.4	107.5	123.8
Career		6	7	4.72	152	5	4	158.3	694	18	73	177	96.9		95.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	21	19	0	1	1	0.500	+0.0
2024	CHC	P	15	15	2	1	0	1.000	+0.0
2023	CHC	P	69	72	3	2	0	1.000	-0.5
2022	TOR	P	26	27	0	1	0	1.000	-0.7
2021	TOR	P	13	13	0	1	0	1.000	-0.3
2020	TOR	P	8	13	0	3	0	1.000	+0.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	Rk	FCL Twins	Pit	23	4.1 IP, 17% K	13.17
2026	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	39	10.1 IP, 38% K	1.78
2026	A	Fort Myers Mighty Mussels	Pit	20	4.1 IP, 45% K	4.39
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	52	12.0 IP, 29% K	4.50
2025	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	49	11.0 IP, 33% K	7.36
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	101	23.0 IP, 31% K	5.87
2024	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	25	5.2 IP, 32% K	1.73
2022	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	55	14.1 IP, 33% K	0.00
2017	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	357	78.0 IP, 21% K	6.58
2017	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	204	50.2 IP, 25% K	3.41

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.357	0.377	0.426	0.279
2024	0.390	0.381	0.282	0.503
2023	0.317	0.281	0.352	0.227
2022	0.347	0.376	0.398	0.330
2021	0.484	0.289	0.367	0.346
2020	0.160	0.341	0.198	0.356

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