Samy Natera Jr.LAA · RP

2026 review

Samy Natera Jr. missed bats as well as almost anyone in the league, his 36.6 K% over 131 BF the 8th highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF and his 15.0 SwStr% over 580 pitches the 28th highest of the same group. He ran a 3.13 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 31.2 IP over 28 games for LAA, striking out 48 against 13 BB over 131 BF, with 3 SV and 5 HLD. His contract was selected Jun 5, and the season had 2 IL trips: 15 days for low back muscle spasms from Aug 17, a rehab assignment Aug 28, activation Sep 1, then a fresh 15-day IL stint from Sep 13 for left forearm inflammation with no activation on record through Sep 27. Undrafted in NFBC drafts, he finished 385th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank and 157th of 811 pitchers, 98th of 575 relievers. His 3.13 ERA ran 0.62 above his 2.51 xERA over 131 BF. The TDK LABS card's read on him climbed as the year went: in early Jun it dismissed him as bullpen filler with no leverage in sight, by early Aug it was flagging strong stuff waiting on more volume, and by mid-Sep it had him as a lower-tier bullpen arm.