Batting

Pitching

Shane Baz

Tampa Bay Rays

Age: 25

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'3" / 200

DOB: 6/17/1999

(25 years, 10 months, 13 days)

Season	2025	2025	Total
Team	TBR	FGDC	- - -
Level	MLB	ROS	MLB
G	5	31	28
GS	5	21	28
IP	29.1	126.0	149.0
K%	31.6%	23.3%	25.5%
BB%	7.9%	8.6%	8.0%
GB%	47.8%		41.7%
ERA	2.45	4.13	3.20
FIP	3.06	4.05	3.94
WAR	0.7	1.4	2.1

2025 Pitch
Selection

FA:44%

CU:34%

CH:14%

SL:8%

RosterResource

Current Role:	Starting Rotation (RR)
How Acquired:	Trade (PIT) Aug'18
Draft:	2017, Rd: 1, Pick: 12, Ovr: 12
Draft Team:	Pittsburgh Pirates
Signing Bonus:	$4,100,000
School:	Concordia Lutheran (TX) HS

Contract	1 yr, $1.45M (2025) (RR)
Arbitration	AAV: $1.45M

2.158

2029

2026

News

Rotowire: Baz (3-0) earned the win Friday against the Padres after allowing four hits and one walk in seven scoreless innings. He struck out six. (4/26/2025)

4/25/25

Starting Pitcher Chart – April 25th, 2025

Paul Sporer

4/17/25

How Many Characters Can You Cram on a Major League Uniform?

Michael Baumann

4/14/25

Starting Pitcher Chart – April 14th, 2025

Paul Sporer

4/8/25

Starting Pitcher Chart – April 8th, 2025

Paul Sporer

4/4/25

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1397 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 2

Paul Sporer

4/4/25

Beat the Shift Podcast – Hot & Cold Episode w/ Sky Dombroske

Ariel Cohen

4/1/25

Starting Pitcher Chart – April 1st, 2025

Paul Sporer

3/20/25

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1391 – SP Preview Pt. 4

Paul Sporer

2/11/25

Starting Pitcher ADP Market Report: 2/3/2025

Justin Mason

1/5/25

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1361 – Sophomore Pitchers

Justin Mason

9/13/24

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1343 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 25

Paul Sporer

8/18/24

2-Start Chart for the Week of August 19th

Paul Sporer

8/16/24

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1332 – 2-Start Pitchers for Week 21

Paul Sporer

7/7/24

FAAB & Waiver Wire Report (Week 15)

Jordan Rosenblum

7/4/24

Tampa Bay Rays Top 49 Prospects

Eric Longenhagen and Travis Ice

5/30/24

Mining the News (5/30/24)

Jeff Zimmerman

5/19/24

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1298 – FAAB, Mailbag & More!

Justin Mason

3/19/24

Beat the Shift Podcast – Pre-Season Injury Episode

Ariel Cohen

2/23/24

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1261 – Starting Pitcher Preview Pt. 2 | Steady Vets & Team Duos

Paul Sporer

1/12/24

Starting Pitcher ADP Market Report: 12/26/2023

Justin Mason

11/7/23

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1228 – Live from the AFL 2023

Paul Sporer

9/26/22

Rays, Dodgers, Braves Top List of Playoff Teams with Bad Injury News

Dan Szymborski

9/22/22

Utilizing the 60-day IL to Add Ottoneu Value

Chad Young

6/29/22

Throwing Heat Week 10

Michael Simione

6/28/22

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1070 – Reviewing Justin’s SP Rankings

Paul Sporer

Season	Shifts	IP IP - Innings Pitched	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	2B L - Losses	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	wOBA
2021	Shift - Traditional	5.0	- - -	17	2	1	.118	.118	.176	.125
2022	Shift - Traditional	10.2	- - -	42	8	2	.190	.190	.238	.186
2024	Shift - Traditional	37.0	- - -	149	34	4	.230	.228	.257	.211
2025	Shift - Traditional	10.1	- - -	42	11	0	.262	.262	.262	.234
Total	Shift - Traditional	63.0	- - -	250	55	7	.221	.220	.249	.205

Season	Shifts	IP IP - Innings Pitched	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	2B L - Losses	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	wOBA
2021	Shift - Traditional	5.0	- - -	17	2	1	.118	.118	.176	.125
2022	Shift - Traditional	10.2	- - -	42	8	2	.190	.190	.238	.186
2024	Shift - Traditional	37.0	- - -	149	34	4	.230	.228	.257	.211
2025	Shift - Traditional	10.1	- - -	42	11	0	.262	.262	.262	.234
Total	Shift - Traditional	63.0	- - -	250	55	7	.221	.220	.249	.205

Season	Shifts	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced
2021	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.118	0.40	.118	100.0%	3.17	5.64
2022	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.190	0.75	.190	100.0%	3.11	5.06
2024	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.230	0.92	.228	100.0%	3.17	5.66
2025	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.262	1.06	.262	100.0%	3.06	5.63
Total	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.221	0.87	.220	100.0%	3.14	5.55

Season	Shifts	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced
2021	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.118	0.40	.118	100.0%	3.17	5.64
2022	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.190	0.75	.190	100.0%	3.11	5.06
2024	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.230	0.92	.228	100.0%	3.17	5.66
2025	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.262	1.06	.262	100.0%	3.06	5.63
Total	Shift - Traditional	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	.221	0.87	.220	100.0%	3.14	5.55

Season	Shifts	GB/FB GB/FB - Ground Ball to Fly Ball Ratio	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	IFH% IFH% - Infield Hit Percentage (IFH/GB)	BUH% BUH% - Bunt Hit Percentage (BUH/BU)	Pull% Pull% - Percentage of balls in play that were pulled by the batter	Cent% Cent% - Percentage of balls in play that were hit to center field by the batter	Oppo% Oppo% - Percentage of balls in play that were hit to opposite field by the batter	Soft% Soft% - Percentage of balls in play that were classified as hit with soft speed. (Baseball Info Solutions)	Med% Med% - Percentage of balls in play that were classified as hit with medium speed. (Baseball Info Solutions)	Hard% Hard% - Percentage of balls in play that were classified as hit with hard speed. (Baseball Info Solutions)	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown
2021	Shift - Traditional	1.29	5.9%	52.9%	41.2%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	29.4%	52.9%	17.6%	23.5%	52.9%	23.5%	57	17	40
2022	Shift - Traditional	1.36	21.4%	45.2%	33.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	45.2%	31.0%	23.8%	14.3%	47.6%	38.1%	147	52	95
2024	Shift - Traditional	1.00	18.1%	40.9%	40.9%	18.0%	0.0%	4.9%	0.0%	36.2%	38.3%	25.5%	13.4%	55.7%	30.9%	486	148	338
2025	Shift - Traditional	1.05	7.1%	47.6%	45.2%	10.5%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	31.0%	33.3%	35.7%	19.0%	57.1%	23.8%	142	46	96
Total	Shift - Traditional	1.08	16.0%	43.6%	40.4%	15.8%	0.0%	4.6%	0.0%	36.4%	37.2%	26.4%	15.2%	54.4%	30.4%	832	263	569

Season	Shifts	GB/FB GB/FB - Ground Ball to Fly Ball Ratio	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	IFH% IFH% - Infield Hit Percentage (IFH/GB)	BUH% BUH% - Bunt Hit Percentage (BUH/BU)	Pull% Pull% - Percentage of balls in play that were pulled by the batter	Cent% Cent% - Percentage of balls in play that were hit to center field by the batter	Oppo% Oppo% - Percentage of balls in play that were hit to opposite field by the batter	Soft% Soft% - Percentage of balls in play that were classified as hit with soft speed. (Baseball Info Solutions)	Med% Med% - Percentage of balls in play that were classified as hit with medium speed. (Baseball Info Solutions)	Hard% Hard% - Percentage of balls in play that were classified as hit with hard speed. (Baseball Info Solutions)	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown
2021	Shift - Traditional	1.29	5.9%	52.9%	41.2%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	29.4%	52.9%	17.6%	23.5%	52.9%	23.5%	57	17	40
2022	Shift - Traditional	1.36	21.4%	45.2%	33.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	45.2%	31.0%	23.8%	14.3%	47.6%	38.1%	147	52	95
2024	Shift - Traditional	1.00	18.1%	40.9%	40.9%	18.0%	0.0%	4.9%	0.0%	36.2%	38.3%	25.5%	13.4%	55.7%	30.9%	486	148	338
2025	Shift - Traditional	1.05	7.1%	47.6%	45.2%	10.5%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	31.0%	33.3%	35.7%	19.0%	57.1%	23.8%	142	46	96
Total	Shift - Traditional	1.08	16.0%	43.6%	40.4%	15.8%	0.0%	4.6%	0.0%	36.4%	37.2%	26.4%	15.2%	54.4%	30.4%	832	263	569

Shane Baz

Shane Baz

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Batted Ball

BAL	CHW	ATH
BOS	CLE	HOU
NYY	DET	LAA
TBR	KCR	SEA
TOR	MIN	TEX

ATL	CHC	ARI
MIA	CIN	COL
NYM	MIL	LAD
PHI	PIT	SDP
WSN	STL	SFG