Pitcher · 2024
Jake Diekman
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #35
- Born
- January 21, 1987 in Wymore, NE, USA
- MLB debut
- May 15, 2012
- Drafted
- 2007, round 30
- College
- Cloud County CC
- High school
- Wymore Southern
- Salary, 2024
- $4M
- dbWAR
- -.6 1 season(s)
- IP
- 32.0
- ERA
- 5.63
- FIP
- 6.14
- K/9
- 11.3
- FIP−
- 150 100 = avg
Jake Diekman is a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2024 he struck out 40 batters over 32.0 innings across 43 appearances, going 2-3. His ERA of 5.63 was 37.9% higher than the league average of 4.08 — the second worst on his team, and 467th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.14 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.7% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 16.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 27.6%. His -0.6 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2024.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 67 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .157 | .333 | .235 | .283 | 22.4% |
| vs RHB | 78 | 63 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 25 | .238 | .372 | .619 | .414 | 32.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Jake Diekman throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2024.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 299 | 94.7 | 2,298 | 50.2% | 26.1% | |
| Sweeper | 181 | 82.8 | 2,858 | 48.1% | 33.8% | |
| Sinker | 86 | 94.1 | 2,186 | 47.7% | 24.2% | |
| Changeup | 61 | 87.1 | 1,687 | 37.7% | 33.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 40 | 24 | 5.63 | 6.14 | 1.47 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 138 | 150 | -0.6 | — |
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Nearest 2024 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.