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Pitcher · 2018

Danny Barnes

Age
29
B/T
L/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
215 lb
Born
October 21, 1989 in Manhasset, NY, USA
MLB debut
August 2, 2016
dbWAR
.4
3 season(s)
IP
41.0
ERA
5.71
FIP
4.89
K/9
8.3
FIP−
118
100 = avg

Danny Barnes is a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2018 he struck out 38 batters over 41.0 innings across 47 appearances, going 3-3. His ERA of 5.71 was 37.5% higher than the league average of 4.15 — 16th of 19 on his team, and 452nd of 530 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.89 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.4% of swings (10.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.9%. His -0.1 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, 2018.

FIP4.89
K/98.3
WHIP1.68
WAR-.1

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
201847041.0330472638225.714.891.688.34.8138118-0.1
201760066.0360482662243.554.581.098.53.3811050.2
201612013.20001461453.952.201.399.23.394520.4

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2018. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB91752041421.267.385.560.40523.1%
vs RHB10090272817.300.354.456.34917.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Danny Barnes 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 2018.

Four-Seam Fastball65.0%51491.72,24350.2%24.4%
Changeup23.6%18779.61,36831.0%15.9%
Slider10.7%8582.12,40336.5%31.4%
Danny Barnes's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

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Similar players

Nearest 2018 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

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.