Jeffrey Springs

Bats L Throws L6'3" 218 lbBorn 1992 Belmont, USADebut 2018Team ATHDraft 2015 R30 #888 Texas Rangers, Appalachian StateContract 4 yr/$31M (23-26)+27 cl opt 2026: $10,500,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	578	19.7	7.1	3.47	20.2	6.51	101.1
2027							101.4
2028							101.1

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 32

His ten closest age-32 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ the next season; 10 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	Derek Lowe	2005	104.6	113.5	913
2	C. J. Wilson	2013	105.7	93.3	761
3	Marco Estrada	2016	106.3	96.9	806
4	Michael Lorenzen	2024	102.1	91.4	606
5	Ryan Dempster	2009	107.8	103.1	918
6	Ross Stripling	2022	103.9	89.6	381
7	Jeff Samardzija	2017	101.8	90.4	207
8	Braden Looper	2007	102.1	98.8	842
9	Hisashi Iwakuma	2013	106.2	107.4	709
10	Jake Westbrook	2010	102.4	89.4	809

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									578				101.4
2026*									504				85.7	100.0	85.6
2025	ATH	11	11	4.11	32	30	0	171.0	713	28	54	138	102.7	99.7	102.4
2024	TB	2	2	3.27	7	7	0	33.0	142	5	11	37	94.4	96.2	90.6
2023	TB	2	0	0.56	3	3	0	16.0	55	1	4	24	156.8	102.6	159.4
2022	TB	9	5	2.46	33	25	0	135.3	549	14	31	144	112.2	99.7	112.0
2021	TB	5	1	3.43	43	0	2	44.7	179	9	14	63	102.9	98.5	101.4
2020	BOS	0	2	7.08	16	0	0	20.3	99	5	7	28	76.7	99.3	76.0
2019	TEX	4	1	6.40	25	0	0	32.3	155	4	23	32	85.2	99.0	84.3
2018	TEX	1	1	3.38	18	2	0	32.0	141	4	14	31	99.7	101.3	100.9
Career		34	23	3.64	177	67	2	484.7	2033	70	158	497	103.4		102.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATH	P	32	171	3	11	1	2	0.933	-0.3
2024	TB	P	7	33	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2023	TB	P	3	16	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2022	TB	P	33	135	4	10	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2021	TB	P	43	45	1	2	0	1	1.000	-0.3
2020	BOS	P	16	20	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2019	TEX	P	25	32	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2018	TEX	P	18	32	2	4	0	0	1.000	+0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	126	30.0 IP, 25% K	4.50
2019	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	26	7.0 IP, 46% K	3.86
2018	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	80	19.1 IP, 38% K	2.83
2018	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Pit	155	37.1 IP, 44% K	4.85
2017	A+	Down East Wood Ducks	Pit	472	112.1 IP, 31% K	3.69
2016	A+	High Desert Mavericks	Pit	218	48.2 IP, 24% K	5.41
2016	A	Hickory Crawdads	Pit	113	31.0 IP, 35% K	1.16

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.365	0.374	0.386	0.355
2025	0.297	0.326	0.338	0.304
2024	0.271	0.337	0.299	0.364
2023	0.144	0.151	0.149
2022	0.325	0.276	0.299	0.278
2021	0.370	0.277	0.285	0.329
2020	0.398	0.436	0.426	0.404
2019	0.403	0.378	0.335	0.439

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