Garrett Whitlock

Bats R Throws R6'5" 225 lbBorn 1996 Snellville, USADebut 2021Team BOSDraft 2017 R18 #542 New York Yankees, Alabama-BirminghamContract 4 y/$18.75M (23-26) 2026: $7,500,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	320	28.2	6.8	2.57	21.2	6.18	109.9
2027							108.0
2028							106.9

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 98 PITCH+ the next season; 10 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	Alfredo Aceves	2012	109.9	74.1	169
2	Aaron Heilman	2008	110.5	102.1	313
3	Aaron Bummer	2023	110.1	101.2	244
4	Chad Green	2020	112.9	116.5	315
5	Andrew Chafin	2019	109.9	86.7	45
6	Seranthony Dominguez	2024	109.1	109.9	261
7	Lou Trivino	2021	107.0	85.5	250
8	David Bednar	2024	109.4	118.7	251
9	Ramon Ramirez	2011	111.2	101.0	277
10	Alexi Ogando	2013	111.5	84.4	122

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BOS	62	0	0	0
2024	BOS	4	0	0	0
2023	BOS	22	0	0	0
2022	BOS	31	0	0	0
2021	BOS	46	2	1	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	172.4
Career		165	2	1	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000	172.4

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									320				108.0
2026*									168				136.4	97.6	134.0
2025	BOS	7	3	2.25	62	0	1	72.0	293	2	24	91	120.3	97.7	118.0
2024	BOS	1	0	1.96	4	4	0	18.3	75	1	7	17	110.6	101.0	111.7
2023	BOS	5	5	5.15	22	10	1	71.7	304	13	13	72	93.3	97.9	91.2
2022	BOS	4	2	3.45	31	9	6	78.3	311	10	15	82	112.8	99.0	111.8
2021	BOS	8	4	1.96	46	0	2	73.3	298	6	17	81	114.6	96.7	111.4
Career		25	14	3.13	165	23	10	313.7	1281	32	76	343	110.2		108.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2	80.2	15.7	0.0	0.0	66.7		0.451	0.495	0.414

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	P	62	72	4	1	1	0	0.833	-0.8
2024	BOS	P	4	18	4	3	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2023	BOS	P	22	72	7	5	0	1	1.000	-0.8
2022	BOS	P	31	78	6	6	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2021	BOS	P	46	73	3	5	0	0	1.000	-1.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	62	15.0 IP, 27% K	1.20
2023	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Pit	20	6.0 IP, 40% K	1.50
2019	AA	Trenton Thunder	Pit	297	70.1 IP, 19% K	3.08
2018	AA	Trenton Thunder	Pit	47	10.2 IP, 9% K	0.88
2018	A+	Tampa Tarpons	Pit	295	70.0 IP, 25% K	2.44
2018	A	Charleston RiverDogs	Pit	148	40.0 IP, 30% K	1.12
2017	Rk	GCL Yankees West	Pit	31	8.2 IP, 45% K	1.10
2017	Rk	Pulaski Yankees	Pit	28	5.2 IP, 29% K	8.65
2017	Rk	nan	Pit	59	14.1 IP, 37% K	3.83

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.450		0.450

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	1	7.50	1	1.2	3	0	2	3	4.17
2021	1	0	2.16	5	8.3	4	2	2	5	0.72
Career	1	1	2.83	6	9.5	7	2	4	8	1.15