Lucas Sims

Bats R Throws R6'2" 225 lbBorn 1994 Lawrenceville, USADebut 2017Team WSHDraft 2012 R1 #21 Atlanta Braves, Brookwood HS (GA)

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	130	21.8	12.3	2.78	19.6	6.35	100.9
2027							102.8
2028							104.0

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 56 PITCH+ the next season; 2 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	Marc Rzepczynski	2017	100.1	58.8	57
2	Tyler Lyons	2019	100.7	53.0	10
3	Scott Williamson	2007	97.9	did not play
4	Zach Miner	2013	98.3	did not play
5	Esteban Yan	2006	98.6	did not play
6	Luis Cessa	2023	98.1	did not play
7	Luis Ayala	2009	96.8	did not play
8	Sam LeCure	2015	103.6	did not play
9	Tyler Yates	2009	99.5	did not play
10	Edward Mujica	2015	101.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	WSH	18	0	0	0	0
2024	BOS	58	0	0	0	0
2023	CIN	67	0	0	0	0
2022	CIN	6	0	0	0	0
2021	CIN	47	2	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-130.6
2020	CIN	20	0	0	0	0
2019	CIN	24	8	0	1	5	0.125	0.125	0.125	0.250	-47.1
2018	CIN	9	2	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-126.2
2017	ATL	14	18	1	1	8	0.067	0.067	0.067	0.133	-80.1
Career		263	30	1	2	15	0.074	0.074	0.074	0.148	-77.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									130				102.8
2026*									46				93.2	100.9	94.1
2025	WSH	1	0	13.86	18	0	0	12.3	72	2	14	13	59.7	101.3	61.0
2024	BOS	1	6	4.38	58	0	1	49.3	215	8	30	49	95.1	100.8	95.9
2023	CIN	7	3	3.10	67	0	3	61.0	258	5	39	72	110.1	101.0	111.1
2022	CIN	1	0	9.45	6	0	1	6.7	31	0	6	5	97.7	99.8	97.5
2021	CIN	5	3	4.40	47	0	7	47.0	195	6	18	76	110.5	99.7	110.2
2020	CIN	3	0	2.45	20	0	0	25.7	103	3	11	34	123.9	98.0	121.9
2019	CIN	2	1	4.60	24	4	0	43.0	177	8	19	57	106.7	98.3	104.9
2018	CIN	0	0	7.47	9	0	0	15.7	77	3	13	16	83.1	98.5	81.5
2017	ATL	3	6	5.62	14	10	0	57.7	255	9	23	44	87.4	100.9	88.3
Career		23	19	4.86	263	14	12	318.3	1383	44	173	366	99.8		99.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2021	2	54.6	-48.5	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.086	0.086	0.087
2019	8	92.3	5.5	0.0	33.3	53.3	23.1	0.042	0.045	0.038
2018	2				0.0	40.0	0.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2017	18	84.4	7.8	0.0	10.0	38.9	40.5	0.108	0.120	0.101

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	WSH	P	18	12	1	1	1	0	0.667	+0.1
2024	BOS	P	58	49	4	5	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2023	CIN	P	67	61	4	5	1	0	0.900	+0.3
2022	CIN	P	6	7	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2021	CIN	P	47	47	0	3	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2020	CIN	P	20	26	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	CIN	P	24	43	2	3	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2018	CIN	P	9	16	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2017	ATL	P	14	58	3	5	2	0	0.800	+0.3

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AA	Mississippi Braves	Bat	21	0 HR, 0 SB	0.095	0.190
2026	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	67	13.1 IP, 33% K	8.24
2025	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	156	34.0 IP, 23% K	5.56
2021	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	22	4.2 IP, 18% K	4.29
2019	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	340	79.0 IP, 30% K	4.56
2018	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	310	73.0 IP, 27% K	2.84
2018	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	113	28.1 IP, 28% K	3.84
2018	AAA	nan	Pit	423	101.1 IP, 27% K	3.12
2017	AAA	Gwinnett Braves	Pit	469	115.1 IP, 28% K	3.75
2016	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	391	91.0 IP, 26% K	2.67
2016	AAA	Gwinnett Braves	Pit	241	50.0 IP, 24% K	7.56
2015	AA	Mississippi Braves	Pit	199	47.2 IP, 28% K	3.24
2015	A+	Carolina Mudcats	Pit	179	40.0 IP, 21% K	5.17
2015	Rk	GCL Braves	Pit	26	5.0 IP, 27% K	9.00
2014	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Pit	676	156.2 IP, 16% K	4.21
2013	A	Rome Braves	Pit	481	116.2 IP, 28% K	2.63

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.000		0.000
2019	0.450	0.000	0.000	0.300
2018		0.000		0.000
2017	0.000	0.100	0.000	0.100

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2020	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.7	0	0	1	5	0.38
Career	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.7	0	0	1	5	0.38