Brett Sullivan

31-Year-Old CatcherC

Pittsburgh Pirates

2025 Stats

AVG

.250

RBI

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Sullivan showed some surprising power in Triple-A last season, belting 17 home runs over 450 plate appearances (his previous high mark was 13 long balls in 501 PAs in Single-A in 2016). He also got a couple short stints with the Padres but didn't produce much, going 3-for-16 with a homer across seven contests. Sullivan will be 31 years old at the start of the 2025 campaign and has just 40 big-league games under his belt, so there's not much of a fantasy angle here. The departure of Kyle Higashioka boosts Sullivan's chance of claiming San Diego's No. 2 backstop role, but the team signed veteran Martin Maldonado to a minor-league deal in mid-January, and the Padres may value his experience and clubhouse leadership over any offensive advantage Sullivan might offer. Read Past Outlooks

League Majors

Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'1"

Weight 195

DOB 2/22/1994

Born Stockton, CA

College Pacific

Drafted 17th Rd 2015 TB

Promoted to majors

CPittsburgh Pirates

June 7, 2025

The Pirates selected Sullivan's contract from Triple-A Indianapolis on Saturday.

ANALYSIS
With Endy Rodriguez (elbow) placed on the 10-day injured list and Joey Bart still in the concussion protocol, Sullivan will be brought up to serve as the Pirates' backup catcher behind Henry Davis. Sullivan was acquired by the Pirates in April from the Padres, and he has a .211/.350/.324 with two steals, one home run and 10 RBI across 76 plate appearances with Indianapolis.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

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Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2023

+128%

OPS vs LHP

2025

-100%

OPS vs RHP

2024

+638%

OPS vs LHP

2023

+78%

OPS vs LHP

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023vs Left	1.013	21	4	2	4	0	.316	.381	.632
Since 2023vs Right	.444	89	5	0	6	0	.183	.225	.220
2025vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025vs Right	.679	7	1	0	2	0	.250	.429	.250
2024vs Left	1.750	4	1	1	2	0	.500	.500	1.250
2024vs Right	.237	13	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083
2023vs Left	.820	17	3	1	2	0	.267	.353	.467
2023vs Right	.460	69	4	0	4	0	.197	.217	.242
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2023

+79%

OPS at Home

2025

+200%

OPS at Home

2024

+55%

OPS on Road

2023

+113%

OPS at Home

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023Home	.769	40	5	1	7	0	.278	.325	.444
Since 2023Away	.430	70	4	1	3	0	.169	.214	.215
2025Home	1.000	4	1	0	2	0	.500	.500	.500
2025Away	.333	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000
2024Home	.452	7	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167
2024Away	.700	10	1	1	2	0	.200	.200	.500
2023Home	.810	29	4	1	5	0	.286	.310	.500
2023Away	.380	57	3	0	1	0	.170	.211	.170
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Stat Review

How does Brett Sullivan compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.50

BB Rate

14.3%

K Rate

28.6%

BABIP

.333

ISO

.000

AVG

.250

OBP

.429

SLG

.250

OPS

.679

wOBA

.329

Exit Velocity

97.6 mph

Hard Hit Rate

33.3%

Barrels/PA

0.0%

Expected BA

.102

Expected SLG

.152

Sprint Speed

23.8 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

33.3%

Line Drive %

33.3%

Fly Ball %

33.3%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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2021

2017

Sullivan debuted in 2023 but failed to take advantage of San Diego's unsettled catching situation with a .528 OPS in 33 games, though he did hit .328 at Triple-A. Luis Campusano and Kyle Higashioka should enter spring training as the clear No. 1 and 2 options behind the plate, but Sullivan is a decent bet to receive another look at some point in 2024.

Sullivan was part of the Rays' 60-man player pool last season, but despite the team's struggles finding some consistency behind the plate, the 26-year-old never got the call. A shortstop when he was drafted out of college in 2015, Sullivan has kept his athleticism and has gone 42-for-54 on stolen base attempts over 237 games at Double-A as part of a well-rounded offensive game. The fact that he's been stuck at Double-A all that time without getting a promotion doesn't suggest the organization views him too highly, but he could get a shot as a utility role in the majors at some point. He's not going to become the next J.T. Realmuto, but Sullivan could someday offer a bit of steals potential while still qualifying at catcher.

Sullivan is the exceedingly rare breed of backstop that provides plenty of pop at the plate and can create some havoc on the basepaths. He demonstrated improvement across the board last season at Low-A Bowling Green, slashing .283/.314/.438 with 13 homers, 81 RBI and 17 stolen bases. The 24-year-old could certainly be in line for a promotion to High-A Charlotte in 2017, where he could well take the next step in his development. The addition of Wilson Ramos gives the Rays a solution behind the plate through the 2018 campaign, but Sullivan is undoubtedly a player with plenty of dynasty potential at a position where his offensive skill set is often at a premium.

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Added to taxi squad

CPittsburgh Pirates

April 17, 2025

Sullivan joined the Pirates' taxi squad Thursday, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.