Joel Payamps

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 214lb (190cm, 97kg)

Team: Atlanta Braves (minors)

Born: April 7, 1994 in Santiago, Dominican Republic do

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2021 season

2026 Contract Status: Signed thru 2026, 1 yr/$2.25M (26), 1 yr/$2.25M (26)

Service Time (01/2026): 4.117 • Arb Eligible: 2027 • Free Agent: 2028

Full Name: Joel Elias Payamps

Pronunciation: \yo-EHL PIE-omps\

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SUMMARY

2026

Career

WAR

-0.4

3.6

ERA

8.22

3.55

261

7.2

276.2

253

WHIP

1.696

1.193

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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	17	-1.9	Rockies	DOSL	FRk	COL	1	3	.250	3.29	3.99	10	10	0	0	0	0	38.1	35	17	14	1	18	0	38	5	1	6	169	1.383	8.2	0.2	4.2	8.9	2.11
2012	18	-0.8	Rockies	DOSL	FRk	COL	1	2	.333	3.02	3.92	12	12	0	0	0	0	59.2	43	26	20	1	16	0	38	12	3	6	250	0.989	6.5	0.2	2.4	5.7	2.38
2013	19	-2.0	Grand Junction	PION	Rk	COL	4	7	.364	6.06	7.77	15	15	0	0	0	0	68.1	87	59	46	6	31	0	63	9	0	13	325	1.727	11.5	0.8	4.1	8.3	2.03
2014	20	-1.4	Tri-City	NORW	A-	COL	0	2	.000	6.10	6.53	7	6	0	0	0	0	20.2	20	15	14	1	22	0	22	3	1	8	99	2.032	8.7	0.4	9.6	9.6	1.00

2016	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A	ARI	10	8	.556	3.86	4.26	28	19	2	0	0	0	133.0	117	63	57	8	36	0	128	10	0	7	546	1.150	7.9	0.5	2.4	8.7	3.56
2016	22	-1.1	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	7	5	.583	4.75	5.18	15	15	0	0	0	0	83.1	77	48	44	7	25	0	81	6	0	5	350	1.224	8.3	0.8	2.7	8.7	3.24
2016	22	0.3	Kane County	MIDW	A	ARI	3	3	.500	2.36	2.72	13	4	2	0	0	0	49.2	40	15	13	1	11	0	47	4	0	2	196	1.027	7.2	0.2	2.0	8.5	4.27
2016-17	22	-6.5	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	0		15.43	15.43	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2.571	23.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	ARI	11	7	.611	4.30	4.84	27	27	0	1	1	0	150.2	158	81	72	15	37	1	96	5	0	4	639	1.294	9.4	0.9	2.2	5.7	2.59
2017	23	-3.6	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	2	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	13	4	4	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	50	1.333	9.8	0.0	2.3	7.5	3.33
2017	23	-1.2	Jackson	SOUL	AA	ARI	6	6	.500	4.78	5.46	17	17	0	1	1	0	92.1	104	56	49	13	21	1	56	4	0	4	400	1.354	10.1	1.3	2.0	5.5	2.67
2017	23	-0.1	Visalia	CALL	A+	ARI	3	1	.750	3.69	4.08	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.1	41	21	19	2	13	0	30	1	0	0	189	1.165	8.0	0.4	2.5	5.8	2.31
2017-18	23	-5.8	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	2.88	2.88	13	2	0	0	0	0	25.0	28	8	8	0	6	0	16	2	0	0	108	1.360	10.1	0.0	2.2	5.8	2.67
2018	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ARI	9	8	.529	3.87	4.33	31	15	0	0	0	0	116.1	105	56	50	10	27	1	122	6	1	8	477	1.135	8.1	0.8	2.1	9.4	4.52
2018	24	-2.6	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	4	.000	7.18	8.54	6	5	0	0	0	0	26.1	35	25	21	5	10	0	26	1	1	2	125	1.709	12.0	1.7	3.4	8.9	2.60
2018	24	-0.3	Jackson	SOUL	AA	ARI	9	4	.692	2.90	3.10	25	10	0	0	0	0	90.0	70	31	29	5	17	1	96	5	0	6	352	0.967	7.0	0.5	1.7	9.6	5.65
2019	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ARI	5	6	.455	3.89	4.46	15	15	0	1	1	0	78.2	81	39	34	8	18	0	69	1	0	4	327	1.258	9.3	0.9	2.1	7.9	3.83
2019	25	-1.7	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	2	2	.500	4.97	5.21	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	41	22	21	6	16	0	30	1	0	2	167	1.500	9.7	1.4	3.8	7.1	1.88
2019	25	0.7	Jackson	SOUL	AA	ARI	3	4	.429	2.88	3.76	7	7	0	1	1	0	40.2	40	17	13	2	2	0	39	0	0	2	160	1.033	8.9	0.4	0.4	8.6	19.50
2019	25	-3.3	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	17	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
2019-20	25	-3.6	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		0	1	.000	3.54	3.54	12	1	0	0	0	0	20.1	20	8	8	0	4	0	15	2	0	1	85	1.180	8.9	0.0	1.8	6.6	3.75
2020	26	-2.4	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	0	0		3.00	6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	13	1.667	6.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
2020-21	26	-2.9	Estrellas	DOWL	FgW		2	1	.667	1.38	1.38	8	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12	2	2	0	2	0	14	1	0	1	53	1.077	8.3	0.0	1.4	9.7	7.00
2021	27		2 Teams	AAAE	AAA	KCR-TOR	2	1	.667	5.25	6.00	12	0	6	0	0	2	12.0	17	8	7	2	4	0	15	1	0	0	57	1.750	12.8	1.5	3.0	11.3	3.75
2021	27		2 Teams	AL	Maj	KCR-TOR	1	3	.250	3.40	3.93	37	1	9	0	0	0	50.1	44	22	19	6	14	2	38	1	0	1	205	1.152	7.9	1.1	2.5	6.8	2.71
2021	27	0.0	Buffalo	AAAE	AAA	TOR	1	1	.500	6.75	6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	18	1.750	15.8	4.5	0.0	2.3
2021	27	0.0	Omaha	AAAE	AAA	KCR	1	0	1.000	4.50	5.63	8	0	5	0	0	2	8.0	10	5	4	0	4	0	14	0	0	0	39	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	15.8	3.50
2021	27	-1.5	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	2	.000	2.70	3.00	22	0	8	0	0	0	30.0	21	10	9	3	11	2	22	1	0	0	119	1.067	6.3	0.9	3.3	6.6	2.00
2021	27	-1.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	1	.500	4.43	5.31	15	1	1	0	0	0	20.1	23	12	10	3	3	0	16	0	0	1	86	1.279	10.2	1.3	1.3	7.1	5.33
2022	28		2 Teams	AL	Maj	KCR-OAK	3	6	.333	3.23	3.88	41	0	16	0	0	0	55.2	60	24	20	7	16	2	41	2	0	3	241	1.365	9.7	1.1	2.6	6.6	2.56
2022	28	1.0	Omaha	IL	AAA	KCR	0	0		6.23	6.23	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	20	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	12.5	6.00
2022	28	-0.4	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	3	.400	3.16	4.01	29	0	14	0	0	0	42.2	46	19	15	5	16	2	33	2	0	2	188	1.453	9.7	1.1	3.4	7.0	2.06
2022	28	-0.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	1	3	.250	3.46	3.46	12	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	14	5	5	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	53	1.077	9.7	1.4	0.0	5.5
2023	29	-0.2	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	7	5	.583	2.55	3.06	69	0	10	0	0	3	70.2	57	24	20	8	17	1	77	5	2	2	287	1.047	7.3	1.0	2.2	9.8	4.53
2024	30	0.9	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	3	7	.300	3.05	3.51	68	0	18	0	0	6	59.0	39	23	20	7	18	4	59	2	0	0	235	0.966	5.9	1.1	2.7	9.0	3.28
2025	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-MIL	0	1	.000	6.84	6.84	30	0	11	0	0	1	26.1	31	20	20	4	9	1	24	2	0	0	117	1.519	10.6	1.4	3.1	8.2	2.67
2025	31	3.7	Nashville	IL	AAA	MIL	1	1	.500	4.73	5.74	27	0	18	0	0	6	26.2	24	17	14	2	6	0	30	0	0	0	110	1.125	8.1	0.7	2.0	10.1	5.00
2025	31	1.9	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	1	.000	7.23	7.23	28	0	11	0	0	1	23.2	29	19	19	3	9	1	22	2	0	0	108	1.606	11.0	1.1	3.4	8.4	2.44
2025	31	1.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	0		3.38	3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0.750	6.8	3.4	0.0	6.8
2026	32	4.7	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	4	0	1.000	3.48	4.35	17	0	10	0	0	1	20.2	18	10	8	2	8	1	20	0	2	2	84	1.258	7.8	0.9	3.5	8.7	2.50
2026	32	2.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	2	.000	8.22	10.57	12	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	9	9	7	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	36	1.696	10.6	2.3	4.7	10.6	2.25
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 (8 seasons)					Majors		14	24	.368	3.55	4.10	261	1	69	0	0	10	276.2	246	126	109	34	84	10	253	12	2	6	1151	1.193	8.0	1.1	2.7	8.2	3.01
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		48	45	.516	4.18	4.86	204	119	36	2	2	9	729.1	710	394	339	56	224	3	647	52	8	58	3103	1.281	8.8	0.7	2.8	8.0	2.89
Foreign (4 seasons)					Foreign		3	2	.600	3.26	3.26	35	3	0	0	0	0	60.2	66	22	22	0	12	0	45	5	0	2	258	1.286	9.8	0.0	1.8	6.7	3.75
All Levels (15 Seasons)							65	71	.478	3.97	4.57	500	123	105	2	2	19	1066.2	1022	542	470	90	320	13	945	69	10	66	4512	1.258	8.6	0.8	2.7	8.0	2.95

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		11	8	.579	5.01	5.72	75	15	34	0	0	9	140.0	153	89	78	17	48	1	137	3	3	6	613	1.436	9.8	1.1	3.1	8.8	2.85
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		18	14	.563	3.67	4.20	49	34	0	2	2	0	223.0	214	104	91	20	40	2	191	9	0	12	912	1.139	8.6	0.8	1.6	7.7	4.78
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		10	6	.625	4.37	4.79	23	23	0	0	0	0	129.2	118	69	63	9	38	0	111	7	0	5	539	1.203	8.2	0.6	2.6	7.7	2.92
A (1 season)					Minors		3	3	.500	2.36	2.72	13	4	2	0	0	0	49.2	40	15	13	1	11	0	47	4	0	2	196	1.027	7.2	0.2	2.0	8.5	4.27
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	2	.000	6.10	6.53	7	6	0	0	0	0	20.2	20	15	14	1	22	0	22	3	1	8	99	2.032	8.7	0.4	9.6	9.6	1.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	7	.364	6.06	7.77	15	15	0	0	0	0	68.1	87	59	46	6	31	0	63	9	0	13	325	1.727	11.5	0.8	4.1	8.3	2.03
FRk (2 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	3.12	3.95	22	22	0	0	0	0	98.0	78	43	34	2	34	0	76	17	4	12	419	1.143	7.2	0.2	3.1	7.0	2.24