Luke Weaver

Bats R Throws R6'2" 183 lbBorn 1993 DeLand, USADebut 2016Team NYYDraft 2011 R19 #589 Toronto Blue Jays, Deland (FL) HSContract 2 y/$22M (26-27) 2026: $2,352,941

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	212	24.9	7.4	3.20	20.2	6.59	105.8
2027							102.9
2028							100.6

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 93 PITCH+ the next season; 8 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	Luke Hochevar	2015	96.3	106.6	151
2	Matt Andriese	2021	97.3	did not play
3	Tim Stauffer	2013	99.1	94.3	273
4	Jakob Junis	2024	96.8	102.8	274
5	Trevor Richards	2024	100.2	68.6	29
6	Brian Duensing	2014	97.4	97.2	209
7	Carlos Villanueva	2015	100.8	84.2	321
8	Chad Durbin	2009	101.7	98.3	291
9	Jorge Sosa	2009	96.9	94.7	165
10	Adam Conley	2021	94.5	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYY	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	NYY	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	NYY	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	KC	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	ARI	13	22	1	2	0	1	1	12	0.105	0.150	0.105	0.255	-33.7
2020	ARI	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	ARI	13	21	2	2	1	4	0	11	0.105	0.100	0.263	0.363	-23.2
2018	STL	34	46	4	6	0	2	1	14	0.158	0.179	0.158	0.337	-14.6
2017	STL	15	23	2	3	0	1	1	9	0.158	0.200	0.158	0.358	-7.7
2016	STL	9	13	1	5	0	0	0	4	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.769	108.0
Career		278	125	10	18	1	8	3	50	0.167	0.188	0.194	0.382	-5.4

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									212				102.9
2026*									187				140.0	101.1	141.1
2025	NYY	4	4	3.62	64	0	8	64.7	262	10	20	72	113.4	100.5	113.8
2024	NYY	7	3	2.89	62	0	4	84.0	331	10	26	103	117.7	100.4	118.1
2023	NYY	3	6	6.40	29	25	0	123.7	563	29	40	109	79.7	99.1	78.8
2022	KC	1	1	6.56	26	1	0	35.7	174	1	13	38	81.6	98.0	79.6
2021	ARI	3	6	4.25	13	13	0	65.7	275	11	20	62	99.9	98.2	98.1
2020	ARI	1	9	6.58	12	12	0	52.0	236	10	18	55	86.2	97.3	83.4
2019	ARI	4	3	2.94	12	12	0	64.3	260	6	14	69	113.8	101.3	115.1
2018	STL	7	11	4.95	30	25	0	136.3	609	19	54	121	91.8	98.3	90.1
2017	STL	7	2	3.88	13	10	0	60.3	252	7	17	72	105.4	100.4	105.8
2016	STL	1	4	5.70	9	8	0	36.3	167	7	12	45	85.0	100.6	85.6
Career		38	49	4.74	270	106	12	723.0	3129	110	234	746	96.5		95.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	22	85.8	-2.1	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.096	0.112	0.123
2019	21	91.2	25.4	40.0	50.0	43.3	0.118	0.228	0.142
2018	46	80.9	-0.2	3.2	33.3	34.3	0.179	0.207	0.186	27.2
2017	23	75.0	-10.7	7.7	50.0	25.0	0.097	0.102	0.122	26.6
2016	13	84.5	-11.5	33.3	28.0	28.6	0.241	0.271	0.228	27.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	P	64	65	5	6	1	0	0.917	+0.1
2024	NYY	P	62	84	2	5	2	0	0.778	+0.2
2023	NYY	P	29	124	4	9	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2022	KC	P	26	36	2	3	1	1	0.833	-0.4
2021	ARI	P	13	66	3	3	1	0	0.857	-0.6
2020	ARI	P	12	52	2	4	0	0	1.000	-0.8
2019	ARI	P	12	64	5	7	0	0	1.000	+0.4
2018	STL	P	30	136	9	17	2	1	0.929	-1.3
2017	STL	P	13	60	11	11	1	1	0.957	+0.1
2016	STL	P	9	36	3	7	1	1	0.909	+0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2017	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	21	0 HR, 0 SB	0.150	0.390
2023	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	33	9.0 IP, 27% K	3.00
2022	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	25	6.0 IP, 20% K	3.00
2021	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	32	7.0 IP, 38% K	3.86
2017	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	305	77.2 IP, 25% K	2.56
2016	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	22	6.0 IP, 18% K	0.00
2016	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Pit	308	77.0 IP, 29% K	1.40
2015	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Pit	426	105.1 IP, 21% K	1.63
2014	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Pit	24	3.1 IP, 12% K	23.23
2014	Rk	GCL Cardinals	Pit	22	6.0 IP, 41% K	0.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.179	0.192	0.129
2019	0.000	0.193	0.000	0.223
2018	0.150	0.165	0.325	0.041
2017	0.150	0.208	0.178	0.200
2016	0.300	0.360	0.225	0.400

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

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	1	450.00	3	0	0.1	4	0	2	0	60.00
2024	1	0	1.79	12	4	15.1	8	2	2	16	0.66
Career	1	1	4.74	15	4	15.2	12	2	4	16	1.05