Forrest Whitley

Bats R Throws R6'7" 208 lbBorn 1997 San Antonio, USADebut 2024Team TBDraft 2016 R1 #17 Houston Astros, Alamo Heights (TX) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	129	22.5	9.4	2.92	20.0	6.47	101.5
2027							103.0
2028							100.9

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 101 PITCH+ 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	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Brooks Pounders	2018	61.1	89.5	34
2	Brian Slocum	2008	57.1	did not play
3	Jose Marte	2023	67.0	108.1	80
4	Trevor Megill	2021	66.3	92.8	196
5	Steve Edlefsen	2012	70.7	did not play
6	Cody Carroll	2020	55.9	did not play
7	Kyle Zimmer	2019	68.6	123.3	91
8	Casey Legumina	2024	70.8	92.2	219
9	Drew Carpenter	2012	66.3	did not play
10	William Cuevas	2018	71.2	did not play

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									129				103.0
2026*									0
2025	TB	0	0	13.50	10	0	0	12.0	66	3	8	12	56.9	99.1	56.0
2024	HOU	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	3.3	20	0	3	5	82.2	95.7	77.9
Career		0	0	10.57	13	0	0	15.3	86	3	11	17	62.8		61.1

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	P	10	12	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2024	HOU	P	3	3	0	0	1	0	0.000	-0.1

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	25	5.2 IP, 36% K	5.19
2025	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	217	55.1 IP, 30% K	2.61
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	242	61.0 IP, 31% K	2.80
2024	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	141	33.1 IP, 32% K	1.90
2023	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	135	30.0 IP, 24% K	5.70
2022	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	158	33.0 IP, 23% K	7.09
2019	A+	Fayetteville Woodpeckers	Pit	31	8.1 IP, 35% K	2.22
2019	Rk	GCL Astros	Pit	25	4.1 IP, 40% K	8.78
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	119	24.1 IP, 24% K	12.32
2019	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	103	22.2 IP, 35% K	5.68
2018	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	108	26.1 IP, 31% K	3.79
2017	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	195	46.1 IP, 34% K	2.93
2017	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	56	14.2 IP, 46% K	1.90
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	129	31.1 IP, 39% K	3.18
2016	Rk	GCL Astros	Pit	33	7.1 IP, 39% K	7.61

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.380	0.600	0.433	0.613
2024	0.257	0.519	0.530	0.393

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