Robert Stephenson

Bats R Throws R6'3" 205 lbBorn 1993 Martinez, USADebut 2016Team LAADraft 2011 R1 #27 Cincinnati Reds, Alhambra (CA) HSContract 3 yr/$33M (24-26)+27 cond opt 2026: $11,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	131	25.0	7.8	3.08	20.0	6.32	105.0
2027							105.2
2028							103.9

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 76 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	Anthony Swarzak	2018	98.3	95.1	234
2	Shane Greene	2021	99.0	89.4	13
3	Amir Garrett	2024	96.3	did not play
4	Chris Rusin	2019	96.7	41.1	17
5	Brandon Workman	2021	101.0	did not play
6	Boone Logan	2017	98.9	60.4	58
7	Glen Perkins	2015	101.3	50.4	12
8	Luke Jackson	2024	99.0	104.5	219
9	Manny Parra	2015	93.9	did not play
10	David Phelps	2019	101.1	93.5	85

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	LAA	12	0	0	0	0	0
2023	TB	60	0	0	0	0	0
2022	PIT	58	0	0	0	0	0
2021	COL	49	0	0	0	0	0
2020	CIN	10	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CIN	57	1	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.6
2018	CIN	4	3	0	0	1	1	0.000	0.333	0.000	0.333	38.1
2017	CIN	26	25	1	1	0	15	0.043	0.043	0.043	0.087	-95.7
2016	CIN	8	13	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-123.0
Career		284	42	1	1	1	22	0.028	0.054	0.028	0.082	-95.1

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									131				105.2
2026*									0
2025	LAA	2	0	2.70	12	0	0	10.0	42	1	3	10	110.9	99.8	110.7
2023	TB	3	4	3.10	60	0	1	52.3	201	8	16	77	122.2	101.2	123.3
2022	PIT	2	2	5.43	58	0	0	58.0	247	10	14	55	91.7	101.8	93.5
2021	COL	2	1	3.13	49	0	1	46.0	197	5	18	52	102.9	97.6	100.5
2020	CIN	0	0	9.90	10	0	0	10.0	43	8	3	13	50.6	99.7	50.3
2019	CIN	3	2	3.76	57	0	0	64.7	262	9	24	81	116.7	103.0	119.8
2018	CIN	0	2	9.26	4	3	0	11.7	63	2	12	11	57.9	95.1	53.0
2017	CIN	5	6	4.68	25	11	1	84.7	383	12	53	86	92.8	99.8	92.7
2016	CIN	2	3	6.08	8	8	0	37.0	170	9	19	31	79.1	99.8	78.9
Career		19	20	4.59	283	22	3	374.3	1608	64	162	416	98.0		98.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2019	1					33.3	100.0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2018	3	75.5	37.5	0.0	0.0	75.0	0.0	0.017	0.017	0.240
2017	25	81.2	4.7	0.0	20.0	46.9	31.3	0.061	0.110	0.072	23.3
2016	13	84.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	23.5	0.093	0.111	0.086

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAA	P	12	10	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2023	TB	P	60	52	5	2	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2022	PIT	P	58	58	2	4	1	0	0.857	+0.5
2021	COL	P	49	46	2	3	1	0	0.833	-0.6
2020	CIN	P	10	10	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2019	CIN	P	57	65	4	6	4	0	0.714	+1.0
2018	CIN	P	4	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2017	CIN	P	25	85	4	5	3	0	0.750	-0.1
2016	CIN	P	8	37	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2016	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.000	0.000
2015	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	22	0 HR, 0 SB	0.056	0.109
2014	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	39	0 HR, 0 SB	0.176	0.428
2023	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	20	3.1 IP, 30% K	8.71
2018	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	467	113.0 IP, 29% K	2.87
2017	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	161	40.1 IP, 28% K	3.82
2016	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	591	136.2 IP, 20% K	4.43
2015	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	325	78.1 IP, 27% K	3.69
2015	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	242	55.2 IP, 21% K	4.08
2014	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	601	136.2 IP, 23% K	4.76
2013	A+	Bakersfield Blaze	Pit	83	20.2 IP, 27% K	3.12
2013	A	Dayton Dragons	Pit	307	77.0 IP, 31% K	2.57
2013	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Pit	75	16.2 IP, 24% K	5.00
2012	A	Dayton Dragons	Pit	150	34.1 IP, 23% K	4.22
2012	Rk	Billings Mustangs	Pit	123	30.2 IP, 30% K	2.09

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2019		0.000	0.000
2018		0.233		0.233
2017	0.000	0.120	0.069	0.100
2016	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

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