Josh Walker

Bats L Throws L6'6" 225 lbBorn 1994 Otisville, USADebut 2023Team TORDraft 2017 R37 #1117 New York Mets, New Haven (CT)Contract 1 y (26) 2026: $357,014

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	118	22.0	8.8	2.77	21.0	6.28	102.4
2027							103.8
2028							102.8

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 96 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	Jake Reed	2023	84.3	did not play
2	James Naile	2023	83.0	did not play
3	Dale Thayer	2011	87.8	113.0	235
4	Michael Brady	2017	87.9	did not play
5	Jon Edwards	2018	87.6	88.5	36
6	Winston Abreu	2007	82.1	did not play
7	Kaleb Ort	2022	81.6	86.8	107
8	Jairo Asencio	2013	84.9	did not play
9	Paolo Espino	2017	89.2	did not play
10	Aaron Wilkerson	2019	82.1	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									118				103.8
2026*									70				102.0	97.6	99.6
2025	TOR	0	0	7.20	3	0	0	5.0	25	0	2	8	67.5	91.0	58.5
2024	NYM	0	0	5.11	10	0	0	12.3	55	1	6	11	93.0	93.0	86.0
2023	NYM	0	1	8.10	14	0	0	10.0	48	2	6	12	85.8	96.0	81.7
Career		0	1	6.59	27	0	0	27.3	128	3	14	31	85.3		79.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	P	3	5	0	0		-0.3
2024	NYM	P	10	12	2	0	1.000	-0.5
2023	NYM	P	14	10	0	1	0.000	-0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	122	31.1 IP, 28% K	3.76
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	187	42.2 IP, 24% K	4.69
2025	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	51	10.0 IP, 31% K	6.30
2025	AAA	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	Pit	111	26.0 IP, 20% K	4.50
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	25	6.2 IP, 28% K	2.90
2024	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	126	28.2 IP, 31% K	2.87
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	38	9.0 IP, 29% K	8.00
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	164	37.2 IP, 30% K	4.11
2023	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	120	29.1 IP, 33% K	1.86
2022	A	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	25	6.2 IP, 48% K	1.45
2022	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	67	14.1 IP, 34% K	7.02
2021	AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Pit	170	44.1 IP, 25% K	2.65
2021	A+	Brooklyn Cyclones	Pit	79	21.0 IP, 29% K	2.57
2021	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	206	50.1 IP, 16% K	5.21
2018	Rk	Kingsport Mets	Pit	35	9.0 IP, 34% K	0.00
2017	Rk	GCL Mets	Pit	71	14.1 IP, 18% K	9.57

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.342	0.295	0.332	0.295
2025	0.486	0.386	0.180	0.472
2024	0.350	0.334	0.409	0.229
2023	0.382	0.387	0.343	0.419

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