LOUISVILLE BATS 2026 ROSTER
as of September 20, 2026 (26 Players + 2 Development List + 4 Injured List)
Manager: Pat Kelly #33 Hitting Coach: Daryle Ward #55 Pitching Coach: Reid Cornelius #46 Asst Pitching Coach: Carson Phillips #28 Coach: Vince Harrison #25 Coach: Peterson Plaz #6 Athletic Trainer: Wade Hebrink Athletic Trainer: Lauren Powers Strength/Conditioning: Kyle Laughlin Performance Coach: Evan Yedinak Video Specialist: Nick Mundy
# PITCHERS (13 + 2 DV + 2 IL) 37 Abel, Kevin 51 Cotter, Cam 48 Franco, Jose 31 Leibrandt, Brandon 32 Lyons, Jared 57 Maxwell, Zach 36 Misiewicz, Anthony (mih-SEV-itch) 49 Parks, Hunter 14 Petty, Chase 34 Phillips, Connor 12 Solesky, Chase (so-LEH-ski) 41 Vines, Darius 45 Wereski, Ben
ML ST† 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.126 0.000 0.038 3.082 0.000 0.014 0.081 0.000 0.051 0.000
B/T R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L
HGT 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-1 6-6 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-2
WGT 205 220 238 215 206 302 205 230 190 209 210 190 210
BORN 02/19/99 12/17/98 11/25/00 12/13/92 09/27/00 01/26/01 11/01/94 04/28/01 04/04/03 05/04/01 09/26/97 04/30/98 06/22/98
AGE 27 27 25 33 25 25 31 25 23 25 28 28 28
BIRTHPLACE San Diego, CA Greensboro, NC Maracay, VZ Alpharetta, GA Bethesda, MD Nashville, TN Detroit, MI Gastonia, NC Camden, NJ Houston, TX Fort Pierce, FL Oxnard, CA Orchard Park, NY
ACQUIRED 2021 Draft (7th Rd.) 7/7/26 (MiLB FA) 10/16/18 (INT FA) 12/26/25 (MiLB FA) 2022 Draft (14th Rd.) 2022 Draft (6th Rd.) 7/21/26 (MiLB FA) 2021 Draft (8th Rd.) 3/13/22 (MIN, Trade) 3/14/22 (SEA, Trade) 8/6/26 (TB, Waivers) 8/19/26 (MiLB FA) 7/6/26 (MiLB FA)
2025 Club(s) LOU (AAA), CHA (AA) RIC (AA), High Point (IND) LOU (AAA), CHA (AA)
# CATCHERS (3) 10 Higgins, P.J. 20 Leonard, Dayne 26 Trautwein, Michael (TROUT-wine)
ML ST† 1.103 0.000 0.000
B/T R/R R/R L/R
HGT 5-10 6-0 6-1
WGT 195 195 205
BORN 05/10/93 05/01/00 09/13/99
AGE 33 26 27
BIRTHPLACE Bridgeport, CT Sauk City, WI Johns Creek, GA
ACQUIRED 12/17/25 (MiLB FA) 6/7/25 (MiLB FA) 2021 Draft (13th Rd.)
2025 Club(s) LOU (AAA)
# INFIELDERS (7 + 1 IL) 43 Arcia, Orlando (AHR-see-uh) 19 Arroyo, Edwin 3 Balcazar, Leo (BAL-cuh-zar) 4 Chavis, Michael (CHAY-viss) 5 Hampson, Garrett 17 Pitelli, Dominic (Pih-TELL-ee) 13 Urbaez, Francisco
ML ST† 8.114 0.000 0.000 4.089 7.003 0.000 0.000
B/T R/R S/R R/R R/R R/R L/R R/R
HGT 5-11 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-11 5-10 5-9
WGT 208 175 211 190 188 182 190
BORN 08/04/94 08/25/03 06/17/04 08/11/95 10/10/94 01/18/02 10/13/97
AGE 32 23 22 31 31 24 28
BIRTHPLACE Anaco, VZ Arecibo, PR Maracay, VZ Atlanta, GA Reno, NV Miami, FL Santo Domingo, D.R.
ACQUIRED 9/1/26 (MiLB FA) 7/29/22 (SEA, Trade) 1/15/21 (INT FA) 12/25/25 (MiLB FA) 12/29/25 (MiLB FA) 2023 Draft (7th Rd.) 6/25/20 (UDFA)
2025 Club(s) COL (NL), ATL (NL) CHA (AA) CHA (AA), DAY (A+) OKC (AAA), Chunichi (Japan) ARI (NL), CIN (NL), STL (NL) CHA (AA) LOU (AAA)
# OUTFIELDERS (3 + 1 IL) 30 Benson, Will 18 Fletcher, Dominic 16 Marté, Noelvi (no-ELL-vee MAR-tay)
ML ST† 3.003 1.064 1.139
B/T L/L L/L R/R
HGT 6-5 5-8 6-2
WGT 240 183 219
BORN 06/16/98 09/02/97 10/16/01
AGE 28 29 24
BIRTHPLACE Atlanta, GA Laguna Hills, CA Cotuí, D.R.
ACQUIRED 2/8/23 (CLE, Trade) 9/3/26 (MiLB FA) 7/29/22 (SEA, Trade)
2025 Club(s) CIN (NL), LOU (AAA) CWS (AL), CLT (AAA)
SWB (AAA), CTBC Brothers (China)
LOU (AAA), CHA (AA) CIN (NL), LOU (AAA) MIN (AL), STP (AAA) LOU (AAA), CHA (AA) CIN (NL), LOU (AAA) CIN (NL), LOU (AAA), DAY (A+) ROC (AAA), FBG (A) Injured - Did Not Play High Point (IND)
Great Falls (IND), DBT (A), ACL (Rk)
CHA (AA)
NUMERICAL ROSTER 3 Leo Balcazar, INF 4 Michael Chavis, INF 5 Garrett Hampson, INF 6 Peterson Plaz, Coach 10 P.J. Higgins, C 12 Chase Solesky, RHP 13 Francisco Urbaez, INF 14 Chase Petty, RHP 15 IL Ivan Johnson, INF 16 Noelvi Marté, OF 17 Dominic Pitelli, INF 18 Dominic Fletcher, OF 20 Dayne Leonard, C 21 DV Jose Acuña, RHP 25 Vince Harrison, Coach 26 Michael Trautwein, C 28 Carson Phillips, APC 30 Will Benson, OF 31 Brandon Leibrandt, LHP 32 Jared Lyons, RHP 33 Pat Kelly, Manager 34 Connor Phillips, RHP 36 Anthony Misiewicz, LHP 37 Kevin Abel, RHP 39 Julian Aguiar, RHP 40 DV Kent Emanuel, LHP 41 Darius Vines, RHP 43 Orlando Arcia, INF 45 Ben Wereski, LHP 46 Reid Cornelius, PC 48 Jose Franco, RHP 49 Hunter Parks, RHP 51 Cam Cotter, RHP 55 Daryle Ward, HC 57 Zach Maxwell, RHP
CIN (NL), LOU (AAA), CHA (AA), ACL (Rk) MLB Service Time is through 2025
Recent Transactions 9/15: C Michael Trautwein promoted to Louisville from Double-A Chattanooga 9/15: C Dayne Leonard placed on the Development List 9/17: LHP Brandon Leibrandt activated off the 7-Day Injured List 9/17: LHP Kent Emanuel placed on the Development List 9/18: RHP Julian Aguiar recalled by the Cincinnati Reds 9/19: OF TJ Friedl optioned to Louisville 9/19: RHP Julian Aguiar optioned to Louisville (Has Not Reported Yet) 9/19: RHP Zach McCambley recalled by the Cincinnati Reds 9/20: RHP Carson Spiers contract selected by the Cincinnati Reds 9/20: C Dayne Leonard activated off the Development List
Injured List (4) RHP Trevor Kuncl RHP Sam Benschoter INF #15 Ivan Johnson OF Jay Allen II
7-Day 8/7 7-Day 8/23 7-Day 9/10 7-Day 9/12
Development List (2) RHP #21 Jose Acuña LHP #40 Kent Emanuel
9/9 9/17
40-man Roster ML= MLB Rehab Assignment DV = Development List IL = Injured List TI = Temporarily Inactive CONTACTS Aaron Cheris Public Relations Manager acheris@batsbaseball.com Nick Curran Director of Broadcasting ncurran@batsbaseball.com