Cole Sulser

Bats R Throws R6'1" 190 lbBorn 1990 Poway, USADebut 2019Team TBDraft 2013 R25 #741 Cleveland Guardians, DartmouthContract 1 y/$1.05M (26) 2026: $1,050,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	167	22.1	8.1	2.81	20.6	6.07	107.6
2027							105.3
2028							104.6

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 102 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	Randy Choate	2011	108.1	115.0	168
2	Brooks Raley	2023	105.6	145.4	25
3	Chris Martin	2021	105.6	114.0	225
4	Jay Jackson	2023	108.7	86.3	114
5	Ryan Tepera	2023	108.4	did not play
6	Brendan Donnelly	2007	108.0	78.0	69
7	Damaso Marte	2010	107.8	did not play
8	Javier Lopez	2013	104.0	107.2	167
9	Yoshihisa Hirano	2019	109.0	71.3	63
10	Jim Mecir	2005	107.7	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									167				105.3
2026*									197				98.6	101.8	100.3
2025	TB	2	1	1.99	18	0	0	22.7	90	1	7	22	114.1	98.4	112.5
2024	TB	1	0	2.76	10	2	0	16.3	66	1	9	15	119.3	97.2	116.5
2023	ARI	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	5.3	23	2	3	4	74.1	104.1	78.2
2022	MIA	1	4	5.29	39	0	2	34.0	149	6	16	38	80.8	97.9	78.7
2021	BAL	5	4	2.70	60	0	8	63.3	257	5	23	73	118.4	99.9	118.2
2020	BAL	1	5	5.56	19	0	5	22.7	100	2	17	19	102.5	104.7	107.2
2019	TB	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	7.3	29	0	3	9	127.1	95.4	122.6
Career		10	14	3.51	157	2	15	171.7	714	17	78	180	106.8		106.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	P	18	23	1	1	1	1.000	-0.2
2024	TB	P	10	16	0	1	0	1.000	-0.2
2023	ARI	P	4	5	1	1	0	1.000	+0.1
2022	MIA	P	39	34	3	4	1	1.000	-0.4
2021	BAL	P	60	63	6	4	0	1.000	-0.0
2020	BAL	P	19	23	2	3	0	1.000	+0.6
2019	TB	P	7	7	0	1	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
2025	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	130	34.2 IP, 26% K	1.32
2024	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	121	30.1 IP, 28% K	1.50
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	169	43.1 IP, 27% K	1.67
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	48	13.0 IP, 23% K	2.08
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	95	20.2 IP, 23% K	4.46
2023	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	85	18.2 IP, 22% K	3.96
2022	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Pit	30	6.1 IP, 33% K	5.90
2019	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	273	66.0 IP, 33% K	3.27
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	30	9.0 IP, 57% K	0.00
2018	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	218	51.2 IP, 36% K	4.57
2017	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Pit	210	48.0 IP, 28% K	2.62
2017	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Pit	59	15.1 IP, 19% K	2.98

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.211	0.473	0.283	0.360
2025	0.257	0.282	0.355	0.110
2024	0.147	0.362	0.267	0.231
2023	0.504	0.300	0.430	0.389
2022	0.230	0.479	0.301	0.439
2021	0.250	0.285	0.251	0.288
2020	0.241	0.448	0.323	0.373
2019	0.156	0.271	0.279	0.203

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