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Carlos Estévez

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 277lb (198cm, 125kg)

Team: Kansas City Royals (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: December 28, 1992 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic do

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 2 yrs/$22M (25-26) & 27 team option

Service Time (01/2026): 9.022 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Carlos Samuel Estévez

Nicknames: Este

Pronunciation: \ess-TEH-vez\

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.5

6.4

ERA

162.00

4.08

506

124

0.1

485.2

494

WHIP

18.000

1.326

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2011	18	-0.9	Rockies	DOSL	FRk	COL	3	2	.600	3.44	3.71	8	6	1	1	0	0	34.0	33	14	13	2	14	0	27	0	1	6	143	1.382	8.7	0.5	3.7	7.1	1.93
2012	19	0.2	Rockies	DOSL	FRk	COL	3	3	.500	4.14	5.13	12	9	1	1	0	0	54.1	53	31	25	3	13	0	38	3	0	14	225	1.215	8.8	0.5	2.2	6.3	2.92
2013	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A-	COL	6	1	.857	3.66	4.35	24	0	4	0	0	0	39.1	34	19	16	4	15	0	36	1	0	5	163	1.246	7.8	0.9	3.4	8.2	2.40
2013	20	-1.4	Tri-City	NORW	A-	COL	1	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	15	1.091	7.4	2.5	2.5	12.3	5.00
2013	20	-1.0	Grand Junction	PION	Rk	COL	5	1	.833	3.79	4.54	22	0	4	0	0	0	35.2	31	18	15	3	14	0	31	1	0	5	148	1.262	7.8	0.8	3.5	7.8	2.21
2014	21	-0.7	Asheville	SALL	A	COL	1	3	.250	4.73	5.74	33	0	5	0	0	0	53.1	62	34	28	4	11	0	50	1	0	7	226	1.369	10.5	0.7	1.9	8.4	4.55
2015	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	COL	5	3	.625	3.40	3.56	48	0	36	0	0	18	55.2	51	22	21	2	14	0	68	1	0	2	229	1.168	8.2	0.3	2.3	11.0	4.86
2015	22	-2.6	New Britain	EL	AA	COL	0	3	.000	4.50	4.75	34	0	26	0	0	13	36.0	39	19	18	2	9	0	43	1	0	2	157	1.333	9.8	0.5	2.3	10.8	4.78
2015	22	-1.2	Modesto	CALL	A+	COL	5	0	1.000	1.37	1.37	14	0	10	0	0	5	19.2	12	3	3	0	5	0	25	0	0	0	72	0.864	5.5	0.0	2.3	11.4	5.00
2015	22	-1.1	Salt River	AZFL	Fal		1	2	.333	3.97	4.76	11	0	11	0	0	6	11.1	5	6	5	1	7	0	14	0	0	5	45	1.059	4.0	0.8	5.6	11.1	2.00
2016	23	-3.7	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	1	0	1.000	3.18	3.18	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	6	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	26	1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	6.4	1.33
2016	23	-5.1	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	7	.300	5.24	5.24	63	0	26	0	0	11	55.0	50	32	32	6	28	4	59	5	0	3	246	1.418	8.2	1.0	4.6	9.7	2.11
2017	24	-2.6	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	1	4	.200	1.34	1.60	33	0	19	0	0	4	33.2	23	6	5	2	10	0	34	1	0	1	130	0.980	6.1	0.5	2.7	9.1	3.40
2017	24	-4.4	COL	NL	Maj	COL	5	0	1.000	5.57	5.85	35	0	9	0	0	0	32.1	39	21	20	3	14	2	31	1	1	1	149	1.639	10.9	0.8	3.9	8.6	2.21
2018	25	-1.6	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	COL	0	1	.000	6.35	6.67	28	0	8	0	0	1	28.1	37	21	20	6	11	0	35	1	0	2	131	1.694	11.8	1.9	3.5	11.1	3.18
2018-19	25	-3.8	Toros	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	6.14	6.14	9	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	5	5	1	2	1	7	0	0	1	33	1.500	11.0	1.2	2.5	8.6	3.50
2019	26	-2.3	COL	NL	Maj	COL	2	2	.500	3.75	4.25	71	0	13	0	0	0	72.0	70	34	30	12	23	1	81	1	1	1	308	1.292	8.8	1.5	2.9	10.1	3.52
2020	27	-1.4	COL	NL	Maj	COL	1	3	.250	7.50	7.88	26	0	6	0	0	1	24.0	33	21	20	6	9	0	27	3	0	2	116	1.750	12.4	2.3	3.4	10.1	3.00
2021	28	0.6	Albuquerque	AAAW	AAA	COL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
2021	28	-0.9	COL	NL	Maj	COL	3	5	.375	4.38	4.67	64	0	22	0	0	11	61.2	71	32	30	8	21	0	60	2	0	5	270	1.492	10.4	1.2	3.1	8.8	2.86
2022	29	-0.2	COL	NL	Maj	COL	4	4	.500	3.47	4.26	62	0	20	0	0	2	57.0	44	27	22	7	23	1	54	1	0	6	235	1.175	6.9	1.1	3.6	8.5	2.35
2023	30	1.3	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	5	5	.500	3.90	4.91	63	0	49	0	0	31	62.1	62	34	27	7	31	5	78	5	0	1	281	1.492	9.0	1.0	4.5	11.3	2.52
2024	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAA	4	5	.444	2.45	2.95	54	0	47	0	0	26	55.0	38	18	15	5	12	4	50	1	0	3	212	0.909	6.2	0.8	2.0	8.2	4.17
2024	31	2.0	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	1	3	.250	2.38	2.65	34	0	29	0	0	20	34.0	20	10	9	3	5	2	32	0	0	1	124	0.735	5.3	0.8	1.3	8.5	6.40
2024	31	1.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	3	2	.600	2.57	3.43	20	0	18	0	0	6	21.0	18	8	6	2	7	2	18	1	0	2	88	1.190	7.7	0.9	3.0	7.7	2.57
2025	32	2.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	5	.444	2.45	3.00	67	0	57	0	0	42	66.0	48	22	18	5	22	6	54	4	1	2	269	1.061	6.5	0.7	3.0	7.4	2.45
2026	33	5.7	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.500	0.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
2026	33	4.3	Dominican Republic	WBC	WBC		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
2026	33	3.8	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	0	1	.000	162.00	162.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	4	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	18.000	108.0	27.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		31	37	.456	4.08	4.58	506	0	250	0	0	124	485.2	459	247	220	60	185	23	494	23	3	24	2093	1.326	8.5	1.1	3.4	9.2	2.67
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		20	17	.541	3.82	4.38	193	15	76	2	0	23	306.0	301	149	130	23	92	0	295	8	1	37	1281	1.284	8.9	0.7	2.7	8.7	3.21
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	1	.000	6.14	6.14	9	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	9	5	5	1	2	1	7	0	0	1	33	1.500	11.0	1.2	2.5	8.6	3.50
Other (2 seasons)					Other		1	2	.333	3.65	4.38	12	0	11	0	0	6	12.1	6	6	5	1	8	0	15	0	0	5	50	1.135	4.4	0.7	5.8	10.9	1.88
All Levels (16 Seasons)							52	57	.477	3.99	4.51	720	15	337	2	0	153	811.1	775	407	360	85	287	24	811	31	4	67	3457	1.309	8.6	0.9	3.2	9.0	2.83

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	3.50	3.76	68	0	29	0	0	5	69.1	68	29	27	8	25	0	76	2	0	3	295	1.341	8.8	1.0	3.2	9.9	3.04
AA (1 season)					Minors		0	3	.000	4.50	4.75	34	0	26	0	0	13	36.0	39	19	18	2	9	0	43	1	0	2	157	1.333	9.8	0.5	2.3	10.8	4.78
A+ (1 season)					Minors		5	0	1.000	1.37	1.37	14	0	10	0	0	5	19.2	12	3	3	0	5	0	25	0	0	0	72	0.864	5.5	0.0	2.3	11.4	5.00
A (1 season)					Minors		1	3	.250	4.73	5.74	33	0	5	0	0	0	53.1	62	34	28	4	11	0	50	1	0	7	226	1.369	10.5	0.7	1.9	8.4	4.55
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	15	1.091	7.4	2.5	2.5	12.3	5.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		5	1	.833	3.79	4.54	22	0	4	0	0	0	35.2	31	18	15	3	14	0	31	1	0	5	148	1.262	7.8	0.8	3.5	7.8	2.21
Fal (1 season)					Other		1	2	.333	3.97	4.76	11	0	11	0	0	6	11.1	5	6	5	1	7	0	14	0	0	5	45	1.059	4.0	0.8	5.6	11.1	2.00
FRk (2 seasons)					Minors		6	5	.545	3.87	4.58	20	15	2	2	0	0	88.1	86	45	38	5	27	0	65	3	1	20	368	1.279	8.8	0.5	2.8	6.6	2.41
WBC (1 season)					Other		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00