Shay Whitcomb

Bats R Throws R6'1" 202 lbBorn 1998 Thousand Oaks, USADebut 2024Team HOUDraft 2020 R5 #160 Houston Astros, UC San DiegoContract 1 y (26) 2026: $30,606

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 69.8FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.08 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	117	106	24	4	0	4	9	33	3	0.226	0.291	0.394	0.685	0.169	0.299	28.4	7.4	87.3	0.18
2027	125	114	25	5	0	4	9	36	3	0.224	0.286	0.376	0.662	0.153	0.290	29.2	7.1	83.7	0.14

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 56 HIT+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Brandon Dixon	2018	44.0	85.3	420
2	Harry Swacina	1908	45.3	did not play
3	Doug Howard	1974	47.1	31.3	29
4	Eddie Shokes	1946	26.1	did not play
5	Lou Guisto	1921	49.4	66.2	90
6	John McHale	1948	42.4	did not play
7	Ronn Reynolds	1985	33.0	46.1	132
8	Mike O'Berry	1980	29.9	49.9	128
9	Pedro Castellano	1996	28.8	did not play
10	Jesus Vega	1982	59.8	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			125		25	5	4		3	9	36	0.224	0.286	0.376	0.662	83.7
2026*	HOU	17	24	2	3	0	2		0	1	11	0.130	0.167	0.391	0.558	41.6
2025	HOU	20	32	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	10	0.125	0.125	0.219	0.344	-19.6
2024	HOU	20	46	1	9	3	0	5	0	5	8	0.220	0.304	0.293	0.597	74.8
Career		40	78	5	13	3	1	6	0	5	18	0.178	0.231	0.260	0.491	36.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	24	90.5	31.1	16.7	41.7	42.2	38.9	0.162	0.415	0.258
2025	32	84.5	11.4	4.5	18.2	33.3	29.9	0.178	0.288	0.198	28.0
2024	46	88.8	18.1	6.1	42.4	17.9	23.7	0.276	0.416	0.341	27.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	2B	9	35	8	7	1	1	0.938	-0.3
2025	HOU	3B	8	25	3	4	0	1	1.000	+0.9
2025	HOU	OF	1	2	0	0	0	0
2024	HOU	3B	14	88	12	13	5	1	0.833	+0.9
2024	HOU	2B	4	16	2	3	0	2	1.000	-0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	320	9 HR, 23 SB	0.274	0.758
2026	AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Bat	26	0 HR, 0 SB	0.273	0.619
2026	AAA	nan	Bat	346	9 HR, 23 SB	0.274	0.748
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	469	25 HR, 16 SB	0.267	0.869
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	481	25 HR, 26 SB	0.293	0.908
2023	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Bat	392	23 HR, 12 SB	0.224	0.715
2023	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	197	12 HR, 8 SB	0.273	0.885
2022	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	506	19 HR, 20 SB	0.219	0.682
2021	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	257	16 HR, 16 SB	0.300	0.959
2021	A	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Bat	187	7 HR, 14 SB	0.282	0.798

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.250	0.225	0.182	0.277
2025	0.200	0.164	0.075	0.235
2024	0.164	0.323	0.283	0.262

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