Brandon Waddell

Bats L Throws L6'3" 180 lbBorn 1994 Houston, USADebut 2020Team NYMDraft 2015 R5 #157 Pittsburgh Pirates, Virginia

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	184	17.8	8.0	3.01	20.7	6.54	99.0
2027							102.1
2028							101.5

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 73 PITCH+ the next season; 4 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	Les Walrond	2008	89.3	did not play
2	Ryota Igarashi	2010	90.7	84.6	190
3	Kaleb Ort	2023	83.9	113.1	93
4	Thyago Vieira	2024	85.5	did not play
5	Matt Carasiti	2023	82.3	51.7	43
6	Tommy Phelps	2005	90.7	did not play
7	Jon Edwards	2019	87.7	did not play
8	Brian Sikorski	2006	93.6	did not play
9	Kevin Gryboski	2005	85.3	41.6	35
10	Zac Rosscup	2019	87.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYM	11	0	0
2021	STL	9	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.3
2020	PIT	2	0	0
Career		22	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									184				102.1
2026*									0
2025	NYM	0	0	3.45	11	1	0	31.3	134	4	11	22	97.8	98.2	96.0
2021	STL	0	1	6.75	9	0	0	9.3	51	2	9	7	56.7	98.4	55.1
2020	PIT	0	0	2.70	2	0	0	3.3	14	0	2	2	115.8	99.9	115.7
Career		0	1	4.09	22	1	0	44.0	199	6	22	31	88.5		86.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1							0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYM	P	11	31	2	2	1.000	-0.3
2021	STL	P	9	9	0	0		-0.1
2020	PIT	P	2	3	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	OPS
2016	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.294	0.662
2026	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	51	11.1 IP, 20% K	7.30
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	331	75.1 IP, 19% K	5.03
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	128	30.0 IP, 26% K	3.30
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	46	11.0 IP, 22% K	2.45
2021	AAA	nan	Pit	54	13.1 IP, 22% K	2.06
2019	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	302	61.0 IP, 23% K	8.70
2019	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	147	36.1 IP, 29% K	2.24
2018	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	362	81.2 IP, 17% K	4.21
2018	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	214	53.2 IP, 20% K	2.71
2017	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	283	66.0 IP, 20% K	3.55
2016	AA	Altoona Curve	Pit	523	118.0 IP, 18% K	4.12
2016	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Pit	101	29.0 IP, 26% K	0.93

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000

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