Jake Woodford

Bats R Throws R6'4" 215 lbBorn 1996 St. Petersburg, USADebut 2020Team ARIDraft 2015 RCB-A #39 St. Louis Cardinals, H.B. Plant (FL) HS

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	213	17.0	7.1	3.03	21.6	6.49	97.2
2027							99.1
2028							99.7

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 96 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	Josh Fleming	2024	93.1	did not play
2	Alex Young	2022	92.6	99.3	236
3	Anthony Banda	2022	83.9	82.0	35
4	Jesse Chavez	2012	86.7	111.9	248
5	Matt Koch	2019	90.6	did not play
6	Andy Sonnanstine	2011	93.3	did not play
7	Thomas Hatch	2023	89.5	did not play
8	Jeff Manship	2013	85.7	86.6	105
9	Denny Bautista	2009	92.5	102.4	157
10	Gary Majewski	2008	93.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	H	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	ARI	22	0	0	0
2024	PIT	9	0	0	0
2023	STL	15	0	0	0
2022	STL	27	0	0	0
2021	STL	26	20	2	9	0.111	0.111	0.111	0.222	-44.0
2020	STL	12	0	0	0
Career		111	20	2	9	0.111	0.111	0.111	0.222	-44.0

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									213				99.1
2026*									126				83.2	103.0	86.3
2025	ARI	0	4	6.44	22	0	3	36.3	170	3	13	23	91.0	97.9	88.9
2024	PIT	0	6	7.97	9	7	0	35.0	167	6	9	26	79.5	101.3	80.8
2023	STL	2	3	6.23	15	8	0	47.7	222	11	22	29	72.8	97.9	70.7
2022	STL	4	0	2.23	27	1	0	48.3	188	1	11	24	112.4	96.0	108.5
2021	STL	3	4	3.99	26	8	0	67.7	293	7	25	50	96.7	99.7	96.4
2020	STL	1	0	5.57	12	1	0	21.0	85	7	5	16	93.7	98.1	91.7
Career		10	17	5.10	111	25	3	256.0	1125	35	85	168	91.0		89.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	20	87.9	-17.8	0.0	36.4	38.7	31.8	0.154	0.173	0.146	22.9

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	ARI	P	22	36	3	3	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2024	PIT	P	9	35	0	4	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2023	STL	P	15	48	6	5	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2022	STL	P	27	48	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.9
2021	STL	P	26	68	3	9	1	1	0.923	-0.1
2020	STL	P	12	21	2	1	0	0	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
2019	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Bat	35	0 HR, 0 SB	0.067	0.219
2026	AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pit	36	6.1 IP, 22% K	10.33
2026	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	28	6.1 IP, 14% K	5.90
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	76	16.0 IP, 18% K	6.19
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	271	61.1 IP, 22% K	4.57
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	181	39.2 IP, 22% K	4.59
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pit	90	21.2 IP, 22% K	4.67
2024	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Pit	214	49.2 IP, 20% K	5.30
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Pit	184	44.1 IP, 27% K	2.45
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	398	94.0 IP, 23% K	3.93
2023	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Pit	30	8.0 IP, 37% K	3.38
2023	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	90	20.2 IP, 26% K	2.67
2022	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	183	43.0 IP, 21% K	3.14
2021	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	152	34.0 IP, 16% K	4.50
2019	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	643	151.2 IP, 20% K	4.17
2018	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	283	64.0 IP, 16% K	4.50
2018	AA	Springfield Cardinals	Pit	374	81.0 IP, 15% K	5.22
2017	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	Pit	513	119.0 IP, 14% K	3.10

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.106	0.000	0.120

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