Chris Paddack

Bats R Throws R6'5" 217 lbBorn 1996 Austin, USADebut 2019Team DETDraft 2015 R8 #236 Miami Marlins, Cedar Park (TX) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	427	17.9	5.6	3.82	21.0	6.61	96.8
2027							97.3
2028							97.2

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 92 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	Ricky Nolasco	2012	100.0	103.2	834
2	Ian Kennedy	2014	100.4	90.1	713
3	Roberto Hernandez	2010	99.4	93.5	833
4	Cal Quantrill	2024	98.8	82.2	513
5	Joe Blanton	2010	100.6	86.8	180
6	Kyle Freeland	2022	97.9	90.8	677
7	Mike Foltynewicz	2021	96.5	did not play
8	John Danks	2014	99.2	91.1	768
9	Wade Miley	2016	97.7	88.0	728
10	Mark Buehrle	2008	102.5	101.8	874

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	DET	33	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	MIN	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	MIN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	MIN	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	SD	24	42	0	1	0	1	26	0.029	0.081	0.029	0.110	-67.3
2020	SD	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	SD	26	46	3	5	2	0	19	0.119	0.119	0.119	0.238	-42.4
Career		120	88	3	6	2	1	45	0.078	0.101	0.078	0.179	-54.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									427				97.3
2026*									267				86.4	98.7	85.1
2025	DET	5	12	5.35	33	28	1	158.0	670	31	37	112	94.3	101.9	96.2
2024	MIN	5	3	4.99	17	17	0	88.3	384	14	21	79	95.3	97.8	93.1
2023	MIN	1	0	5.40	3	0	0	5.0	22	1	1	8	97.2	109.2	106.4
2022	MIN	1	2	4.03	5	5	0	22.3	93	0	2	20	104.3	96.9	101.2
2021	SD	7	7	5.07	23	22	0	108.3	459	15	22	99	98.9	102.1	101.0
2020	SD	4	5	4.73	12	12	0	59.0	245	14	12	58	93.3	100.9	94.2
2019	SD	9	7	3.33	26	26	0	140.7	568	23	31	153	114.9	102.3	117.3
Career		32	36	4.64	119	110	1	581.7	2441	98	126	529	100.4		101.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	42	88.1	-8.1	0.0	28.6	47.1	27.8	0.060	0.076	0.099
2019	46	84.0	-7.9	0.0	18.5	30.8	26.4	0.122	0.136	0.113	25.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	P	33	158	22	16	1	1	0.974	+1.5
2024	MIN	P	17	88	5	8	0	0	1.000	-1.0
2023	MIN	P	3	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2022	MIN	P	5	22	0	1	1	0	0.500	-0.4
2021	SD	P	23	108	8	10	1	0	0.947	+1.2
2020	SD	P	12	59	3	7	2	1	0.833	+0.3
2019	SD	P	26	141	8	14	2	0	0.917	+1.6

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2018	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	137	37.2 IP, 27% K	1.94
2018	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	203	52.1 IP, 41% K	2.25
2016	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Pit	98	28.1 IP, 49% K	0.96
2016	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	55	14.0 IP, 42% K	0.64
2016	A	nan	Pit	153	42.1 IP, 46% K	0.86
2015	Rk	GCL Marlins	Pit	180	45.1 IP, 22% K	2.20

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.113	0.048	0.000	0.100
2019	0.113	0.127	0.000	0.186

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	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	SO	WHIP
2023	0	0.00	2	0	3.2	1	0	6	0.31
2020	1	23.14	1	1	2.3	8	1	1	3.43
Career	1	9.76	3	1	5.5	9	1	7	1.63