Paul Sewald

Bats R Throws R6'3" 219 lbBorn 1990 Las Vegas, USADebut 2017Team DETDraft 2012 R10 #320 New York Mets, San DiegoContract 1 y/$1.5M (26) 2026: $368,984

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	101	24.6	7.4	3.27	19.9	6.19	104.2
2027							104.3
2028							104.2

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 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 99 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	Dan Miceli	2006	104.3	did not play
2	Jim Mecir	2005	107.7	did not play
3	Mike DeJean	2006	105.3	did not play
4	Jason Grilli	2012	104.7	114.6	202
5	Brad Lidge	2012	104.9	did not play
6	Salomon Torres	2007	106.2	108.2	344
7	Brendan Donnelly	2007	108.0	78.0	69
8	Scott Eyre	2007	103.2	103.0	106
9	Ron Villone	2005	104.2	98.9	365
10	Richard Bleier	2022	106.8	92.9	132

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	DET	22	0	0
2024	ARI	42	0	0
2023	ARI	65	0	0
2022	SEA	65	0	0
2021	SEA	62	0	0
2020	NYM	5	0	0
2019	NYM	17	1	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-106.6
2018	NYM	46	6	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-114.7
2017	NYM	57	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.1
Career		381	9	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-114.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									101				104.3
2026*									170				96.4	99.5	95.9
2025	DET	1	1	4.58	22	0	2	19.7	81	4	6	20	98.7	99.0	97.7
2024	ARI	1	2	4.31	42	0	16	39.7	165	6	10	43	100.3	98.4	98.8
2023	ARI	3	2	3.12	65	0	34	60.7	249	8	24	80	110.6	99.3	109.9
2022	SEA	5	4	2.67	65	0	20	64.0	242	10	17	72	123.5	103.4	127.0
2021	SEA	10	3	3.06	62	0	11	64.7	264	10	24	104	116.3	99.0	115.4
2020	NYM	0	0	13.50	5	0	0	6.0	35	1	4	2	56.4	96.6	52.9
2019	NYM	1	1	4.58	17	0	1	19.7	80	3	3	22	107.0	98.3	105.3
2018	NYM	0	7	6.07	46	0	2	56.3	253	8	23	58	87.0	99.3	86.3
2017	NYM	0	6	4.55	57	0	0	65.3	275	8	21	69	104.9	100.5	105.4
Career		21	26	4.11	381	0	86	396.0	1644	58	132	470	105.9		105.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2019	1	66.2	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.333	0.365	0.304
2018	6	79.8	6.1	27.3	12.5	0.049	0.055	0.048
2017	2			25.0	0.0	0.084	0.107	0.094

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	DET	P	22	20	0	0	1	0.000	-0.1
2024	ARI	P	42	40	3	3	0	1.000	-0.3
2023	ARI	P	65	61	3	2	0	1.000	-0.2
2022	SEA	P	65	64	3	13	0	1.000	+1.0
2021	SEA	P	62	65	4	4	2	0.800	-0.3
2020	NYM	P	5	6	0	0	0		-0.1
2019	NYM	P	17	20	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2018	NYM	P	46	56	2	6	1	0.889	-0.2
2017	NYM	P	57	65	2	6	1	0.889	+0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2019	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	217	51.0 IP, 24% K	3.35
2018	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	32	8.0 IP, 22% K	1.12
2017	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	36	8.2 IP, 33% K	2.20
2016	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	278	65.2 IP, 29% K	3.31
2015	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	195	51.1 IP, 29% K	1.76
2014	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	21	4.1 IP, 33% K	4.39
2014	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	211	52.0 IP, 29% K	1.73
2013	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	223	56.0 IP, 30% K	1.77

Splits

Year	vs LHP	Home	Away
2019			0.000
2018	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017		0.000

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
2023	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	1	5.40	10	6	10.0	9	2	3	16	1.20
2022	0	17.42	3	0	3.1	4	0	2	6	1.94
Career	1	8.24	13	6	13.1	13	2	5	22	1.37