Zach Thompson

Bats R Throws R6'7" 250 lbBorn 1993 Burleson, USADebut 2021Team ATLDraft 2011 R48 #1442 Pittsburgh Pirates, Grace Prep Academy (TX)

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	111	17.7	8.6	3.26	20.5	6.71	99.5
2027							101.1
2028							99.4

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 98 PITCH+ the next season; 3 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	Chris Narveson	2013	98.7	did not play
2	Andrew Triggs	2020	100.8	did not play
3	Sam Deduno	2015	94.2	did not play
4	Nate Karns	2019	97.4	did not play
5	Yohan Pino	2015	96.1	did not play
6	Eric Stults	2011	93.5	107.9	413
7	Horacio Ramirez	2011	93.0	did not play
8	Victor Zambrano	2007	93.1	did not play
9	Ryan Weber	2022	93.9	94.1	60
10	Dustin McGowan	2013	103.8	91.9	354

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	2B	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ATL	2	0	0	0	0
2022	PIT	29	0	0	0	0
2021	MIA	27	18	2	1	9	0.133	0.133	0.200	0.333	-20.6
Career		58	18	2	1	9	0.133	0.133	0.200	0.333	-20.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									111				101.1
2026*									0
2025	ATL	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.7	12	0	1	3	181.2	100.0	181.2
2022	PIT	3	10	5.18	29	22	0	121.7	543	19	46	90	89.1	97.8	86.8
2021	MIA	3	7	3.24	26	14	0	75.0	315	6	28	66	105.9	101.4	107.3
Career		6	17	4.36	57	36	0	200.3	870	25	75	159	96.4		95.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	18	90.6	-9.4	0.0	22.2	39.5	40.0	0.065	0.076	0.063	24.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ATL	P	2	4	0	0	0	0
2022	PIT	P	29	122	5	5	0	0	1.000	-1.5
2021	MIA	P	26	75	2	10	1	2	0.923	+0.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	126	27.0 IP, 13% K	6.67
2025	AA	Columbus Clingstones	Pit	44	10.0 IP, 27% K	6.30
2023	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	460	105.1 IP, 17% K	4.62
2021	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Pit	69	15.0 IP, 30% K	6.60
2019	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	313	70.1 IP, 25% K	5.52
2019	AA	Birmingham Barons	Pit	21	5.1 IP, 29% K	1.76
2018	AA	Birmingham Barons	Pit	164	40.0 IP, 24% K	1.35
2018	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Pit	146	35.1 IP, 25% K	1.79
2017	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Pit	427	93.1 IP, 17% K	5.51
2016	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Pit	245	54.2 IP, 16% K	5.65
2016	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Pit	351	86.0 IP, 25% K	2.62
2015	A	Kannapolis Intimidators	Pit	335	75.0 IP, 19% K	4.44
2014	Rk	Great Falls Voyagers	Pit	182	44.0 IP, 14% K	3.27

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.537	0.000	0.196	0.000

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