Kirby Yates

Bats L Throws R5'10" 205 lbBorn 1987 Lihue, USADebut 2014Team LAD2x All-StarDraft 2005 R26 #798 Boston Red Sox, Kauai HS, HIContract 1 y/$5M (26) 2026: $1,470,588

Awards: All-MLB Second Team, TSN All-Star

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	176	26.6	9.9	2.81	19.0	6.44	107.2
2027							105.2
2028							104.3

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 38

His ten closest age-38 comparables averaged 94 PITCH+ the next season; 7 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	Chris Martin	2024	109.6	102.4	174
2	Peter Moylan	2017	109.1	80.8	129
3	Randy Choate	2014	111.6	98.6	117
4	Troy Percival	2008	112.8	73.6	52
5	Joel Peralta	2014	106.6	97.4	121
6	Scott Atchison	2014	109.2	85.0	87
7	Javier Lopez	2016	106.2	did not play
8	Pat Neshek	2019	115.2	did not play
9	Arthur Rhodes	2008	113.7	122.7	215
10	Alberto Reyes	2008	113.2	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	LAD	50	0
2024	TEX	61	0
2023	ATL	61	0
2022	ATL	9	0
2020	SD	6	0
2019	SD	60	0
2018	SD	65	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.7
2017	SD	62	0
2016	NYY	41	0
2015	TB	20	0
2014	TB	37	0
Career		472	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									176				105.2
2026*									148				113.3	96.3	109.6
2025	LAD	4	3	5.23	50	0	3	41.3	178	9	17	52	90.2	104.2	94.3
2024	TEX	7	2	1.17	61	0	33	61.7	237	3	28	85	135.2	101.6	136.7
2023	ATL	7	2	3.28	61	0	5	60.3	254	9	37	80	110.7	98.7	109.4
2022	ATL	0	0	5.14	9	0	0	7.0	33	2	5	6	80.3	99.1	79.5
2020	SD	0	1	12.46	6	0	2	4.3	25	1	4	8	75.0	83.0	58.0
2019	SD	0	5	1.19	60	0	41	60.7	243	2	13	101	127.4	99.3	126.7
2018	SD	5	3	2.14	65	0	12	63.0	250	6	17	90	125.5	100.1	125.6
2017	SD	4	5	3.97	62	0	1	56.7	231	12	19	88	105.7	98.1	103.7
2016	NYY	2	1	5.23	41	0	0	41.3	184	5	19	50	98.2	97.0	95.2
2015	TB	1	0	7.97	20	0	0	20.3	92	10	7	21	67.0	101.4	68.4
2014	TB	0	2	3.75	37	0	1	36.0	156	4	15	42	97.5
Career		30	24	3.36	472	0	98	452.7	1883	63	181	623	109.9		109.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2018	2	81.1	-8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.173	0.183	0.161

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	P	50	41	4	4	1	0	0.889	+0.9
2024	TEX	P	61	62	4	6	1	0	0.909	+0.5
2023	ATL	P	61	60	3	4	1	0	0.875	-0.4
2022	ATL	P	9	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2020	SD	P	6	4	1	1	1	0	0.667	-0.5
2019	SD	P	60	61	6	5	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2018	SD	P	65	63	0	4	1	0	0.800	+0.0
2017	SD	P	62	57	0	2	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2016	NYY	P	41	41	2	4	1	0	0.857	-0.7
2015	TB	P	20	20	0	2	1	0	0.667	+0.2
2014	TB	P	37	36	1	4	0	0	1.000

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2022	AAA	Gwinnett Stripers	Pit	21	5.1 IP, 19% K	1.76
2017	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	33	7.0 IP, 42% K	2.57
2016	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	69	16.2 IP, 28% K	1.67
2015	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	117	25.1 IP, 29% K	5.38
2014	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	97	25.0 IP, 36% K	0.36
2013	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	249	61.2 IP, 37% K	1.91
2012	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Pit	285	68.0 IP, 33% K	2.65
2011	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Pit	137	33.1 IP, 33% K	1.63
2011	Rk	GCL Rays	Pit	29	6.2 IP, 10% K	2.90
2010	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Pit	21	5.1 IP, 14% K	5.29
2010	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Pit	379	90.0 IP, 26% K	3.30
2009	Rk	Princeton Rays	Pit	111	26.1 IP, 44% K	2.41

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2018	0.000	0.000		0.000

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	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2.00
Career	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	2	2.00

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	NYY	$511,900
2015	TB	$512,800

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.