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Cubs 2025 Projected Pitching Performance


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2025 Cubs Projected Pitching

Through games of Sunday, 28 September 2025.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 1.019)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Javier Assad, actual: 8 153 136 33 4 3 3 52 12 15 111 0 1 4 1 0 4 646
Javier Assad, projected: 8 156 138 34 7 1 5 56 15 15 111 1 1 2 1 0 3 729
Jon Berti, actual: 4 19 15 4 2 0 0 6 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1088
Jon Berti, projected: 4 19 15 4 2 0 0 6 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1094
Matthew Boyd, actual: 31 718 656 154 25 3 19 242 42 69 539 5 6 9 3 0 5 529
Matthew Boyd, projected: 31 732 662 167 32 3 28 290 53 93 539 3 6 8 5 1 7 721
Ryan Brasier, actual: 28 105 98 27 7 0 2 40 5 13 78 0 2 0 0 0 4 619
Ryan Brasier, projected: 28 107 97 23 5 0 3 37 7 13 78 0 2 1 1 0 2 636
Ben Brown, actual: 25 472 433 121 19 4 18 202 32 73 319 1 2 4 4 0 8 921
Ben Brown, projected: 25 481 437 112 19 3 16 185 35 66 319 1 4 3 3 0 9 810
Génesis Cabrera, actual: 9 39 36 10 1 0 4 23 3 9 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 1068
Génesis Cabrera, projected: 9 40 34 8 2 0 1 14 4 5 28 0 0 1 0 0 1 666
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Aaron Civale, actual: 5 50 47 7 1 0 3 17 0 3 39 0 0 3 1 0 1 534
Aaron Civale, projected: 5 51 47 11 3 0 2 20 3 6 39 0 0 1 0 0 0 616
Tom Cosgrove, actual: 2 16 15 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 336
Tom Cosgrove, projected: 2 16 14 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Chris Flexen, actual: 21 178 164 38 2 0 7 61 12 18 131 0 2 0 0 0 0 598
Chris Flexen, projected: 21 181 163 46 9 1 6 75 15 24 131 1 1 1 1 0 2 810
Michael Fulmer, actual: 2 10 10 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
Michael Fulmer, projected: 2 10 9 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 324
Porter Hodge, actual: 36 147 127 34 4 2 9 69 18 24 99 0 2 0 0 1 1 1043
Porter Hodge, projected: 36 150 131 26 4 1 5 48 18 16 99 0 1 0 0 0 2 639
Gavin Hollowell, actual: 7 43 36 9 1 0 1 13 7 5 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 862
Gavin Hollowell, projected: 7 44 37 9 1 0 2 16 5 7 28 0 0 1 0 0 1 972
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Cade Horton, actual: 23 476 433 95 17 1 10 144 33 40 354 0 3 6 4 0 8 513
Cade Horton, projected: 23 485 441 97 17 1 10 147 34 41 354 0 3 6 4 0 8 521
Shota Imanaga, actual: 25 567 537 117 20 1 31 232 26 62 434 1 2 1 1 0 2 591
Shota Imanaga, projected: 25 578 550 122 20 1 27 223 25 59 434 0 1 2 5 0 2 590
Brad Keller, actual: 68 276 247 45 4 0 4 61 22 18 209 1 0 6 1 0 0 350
Brad Keller, projected: 68 281 248 64 9 1 6 94 28 32 209 0 2 3 2 0 2 665
Andrew Kittredge, actual: 23 82 77 15 3 0 3 27 3 9 65 1 1 0 1 0 4 460
Andrew Kittredge, projected: 23 84 77 19 3 0 3 31 5 9 65 0 1 0 0 1 2 606
Brooks Kriske, actual: 4 24 19 2 1 0 0 3 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 207
Brooks Kriske, projected: 4 24 20 6 2 0 1 12 4 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1094
Luke Little, actual: 2 15 8 1 0 0 0 1 6 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 761
Luke Little, projected: 2 15 12 2 1 0 0 3 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Reese McGuire, actual: 1 6 5 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2983
Reese McGuire, projected: 1 6 5 2 0 0 1 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3078
Julian Merryweather, actual: 21 88 76 23 5 1 2 36 11 13 56 0 1 0 0 2 3 1088
Julian Merryweather, projected: 21 90 78 20 4 0 2 31 9 11 56 0 1 1 0 0 2 810
Eli Morgan, actual: 7 35 32 12 5 0 3 26 3 10 22 0 0 0 0 1 2 1639
Eli Morgan, projected: 7 36 33 8 2 0 1 14 2 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 717
Daniel Palencia, actual: 54 215 196 44 6 3 5 71 16 19 158 0 1 2 2 1 4 577
Daniel Palencia, projected: 54 219 193 44 8 2 4 69 23 25 158 1 1 3 1 1 3 600
Nate Pearson, actual: 11 75 61 22 4 0 2 32 10 15 44 0 3 1 0 1 1 1532
Nate Pearson, projected: 11 76 66 17 3 0 3 29 8 11 44 0 1 1 0 0 2 1046
Drew Pomeranz, actual: 57 203 181 38 2 0 5 55 15 14 149 1 1 5 1 1 5 513
Drew Pomeranz, projected: 57 207 182 44 8 1 6 71 21 22 149 1 1 1 2 1 3 679
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Ryan Pressly, actual: 44 182 160 46 8 0 6 72 17 24 124 2 0 2 1 0 2 837
Ryan Pressly, projected: 44 186 168 40 7 1 4 61 13 19 124 1 1 1 1 1 2 622
Colin Rea, actual: 32 662 601 155 29 2 20 248 44 73 478 4 7 6 4 0 7 672
Colin Rea, projected: 32 675 610 154 29 4 24 263 48 83 478 3 6 8 6 1 15 754
Ethan Roberts, actual: 10 39 35 10 3 0 3 22 2 6 27 0 1 1 0 0 0 1079
Ethan Roberts, projected: 10 40 35 10 2 0 2 18 4 5 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 956
Taylor Rogers, actual: 17 75 69 18 6 0 4 36 4 10 53 0 1 1 1 0 0 870
Taylor Rogers, projected: 17 76 69 16 3 0 2 26 6 8 53 0 1 1 1 1 1 667
Michael Soroka, actual: 6 36 30 4 0 0 1 7 5 5 25 0 0 1 0 0 1 513
Michael Soroka, projected: 6 37 33 8 1 0 1 12 3 4 25 0 0 1 0 0 1 648
Justin Steele, actual: 4 92 85 21 4 0 5 40 5 12 68 0 1 1 0 0 0 704
Justin Steele, projected: 4 94 85 20 4 0 2 31 7 10 68 0 0 1 1 0 1 567
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Jameson Taillon, actual: 23 519 489 110 23 2 24 209 27 54 389 2 1 0 2 0 10 617
Jameson Taillon, projected: 23 529 490 122 25 2 18 204 30 59 389 2 3 3 4 1 10 662
Caleb Thielbar, actual: 67 220 204 38 9 1 5 64 13 17 174 0 3 0 0 1 2 374
Caleb Thielbar, projected: 67 224 203 45 9 1 6 73 17 22 174 1 2 1 1 1 3 537
Jordan Wicks, actual: 8 67 65 24 5 0 2 35 1 12 43 1 0 0 0 0 0 1122
Jordan Wicks, projected: 8 68 62 18 4 0 3 30 5 10 43 1 0 0 0 0 1 1013
Cubs, Actual: 162 5904 5383 1284 221 23 202 2157 405 649 4305 20 41 53 27 9 80 637
Cubs, Projected: 162 6017 5444 1323 245 23 194 2202 457 693 4305 16 39 52 39 9 86 681


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.239 0.243
Slugging Average: 0.401 0.404
Walks (per PA): 0.069 0.076
SOs (per PA): 0.214 0.224
On-Base Average: 0.296 0.306
Power Factor: 1.680 1.664
OPS: 0.697 0.710
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 637
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 681
Actual Runs Scored: 649

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