Anthony Veneziano

Bats L Throws L6'5" 205 lbBorn 1997 Hackettstown, USADebut 2023Team STLDraft 2019 R10 #289 Kansas City Royals, Coastal Carolina

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	141	19.4	8.9	3.13	21.4	6.29	99.1
2027							101.2
2028							98.2

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 93 PITCH+ the next season; 6 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	Michael Rucker	2021	87.0	100.9	229
2	Luis Garcia	2014	87.4	94.2	304
3	Nick Vespi	2023	85.0	112.2	49
4	Rob Scahill	2014	88.3	92.9	142
5	Calvin Faucher	2023	85.7	103.8	235
6	C. C. Lee	2014	89.4	56.8	10
7	A. J. Achter	2016	85.3	did not play
8	Reggie McClain	2020	88.4	did not play
9	Mike Burns	2006	85.3	did not play
10	Michael Mariot	2016	88.8	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									141				101.2
2026*									0
2025	STL	0	0	4.68	26	1	0	25.0	117	4	11	25	85.9	101.4	87.3
2024	MIA	1	0	3.38	12	0	0	13.3	58	1	3	14	90.4	98.0	88.4
2023	KC	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.3	12	0	2	1	90.1	99.5	89.6
Career		1	0	3.98	40	1	0	40.7	187	5	16	40	87.6		87.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	STL	P	26	25	2	3	1	1	0.833	+0.2
2024	MIA	P	12	13	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2023	KC	P	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	63	15.1 IP, 25% K	1.79
2025	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Pit	55	12.1 IP, 22% K	5.95
2025	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	60	12.1 IP, 10% K	4.46
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	115	24.2 IP, 16% K	5.21
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	393	90.0 IP, 19% K	4.80
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	383	89.2 IP, 21% K	4.24
2023	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	169	42.1 IP, 28% K	2.14
2022	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	566	122.2 IP, 23% K	5.74
2021	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	393	93.2 IP, 32% K	3.77

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.361	0.396	0.383	0.373
2024	0.308	0.439	0.367	0.412
2023	0.300	0.472		0.429

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