Ethan Roberts

Bats R Throws R5'10" 180 lbBorn 1997 Sparta, USADebut 2022Team CHCDraft 2018 R4 #128 Chicago Cubs, Tennessee TechContract 1 y (26) 2026: $268,891

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	120	22.1	8.5	2.79	20.4	6.44	103.1
2027							104.4
2028							103.1

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 91 PITCH+ the next season; 7 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	Greg Aquino	2005	73.6	93.2	220
2	Reymin Guduan	2019	76.5	did not play
3	Jeremy Guthrie	2006	73.0	107.6	723
4	Alex McRae	2020	74.5	97.7	10
5	Chris Hatcher	2012	76.6	68.8	44
6	Wei-Chung Wang	2019	76.4	did not play
7	Jose Valdez	2017	80.4	52.6	24
8	Ross Wolf	2010	76.6	did not play
9	David Goforth	2016	78.1	145.7	4
10	Eric Surkamp	2015	77.6	70.7	197

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									120				104.4
2026*									110				95.0	100.5	95.5
2025	CHC	1	0	6.00	10	0	0	9.0	39	3	2	6	72.9	98.9	71.8
2024	CHC	1	1	3.71	21	0	0	26.7	118	3	10	26	88.2	96.8	84.9
2022	CHC	0	1	8.22	9	0	0	7.7	38	3	6	9	43.0	109.3	52.3
Career		2	2	4.98	40	0	0	43.3	195	9	18	41	76.3		76.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	P	10	9	1	0	1.000	-0.1
2024	CHC	P	21	27	1	2	1.000	-0.5
2022	CHC	P	9	8	0	1	1.000	+0.4

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	80	19.0 IP, 26% K	2.37
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	181	41.2 IP, 30% K	2.18
2024	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	67	16.1 IP, 31% K	1.68
2021	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	97	22.0 IP, 28% K	4.50
2021	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Pit	124	32.0 IP, 36% K	1.97
2019	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Pit	97	24.0 IP, 24% K	2.62
2019	A	South Bend Cubs	Pit	147	35.0 IP, 21% K	2.57

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.358	0.310	0.320	0.339
2025	0.444	0.359	0.480	0.208
2024	0.326	0.361	0.331	0.355
2022	0.442	0.511	0.408	0.532

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