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Logan Darnell

Age: 25
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 220 lb
Number: #38

Born: February 2, 1989 in Nashville, TN, United States
MLB debut: May 6, 2014

dbWAR: -.2
IP: 24.0
ERA: 7.13
FIP: 5.13
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 137

Logan Darnell was a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2014 he struck out 22 batters over 24.0 innings across 7 appearances, 4 of them starts, going 0-2. His ERA of 7.13 was 90.5% higher than the league average of 3.74 — 15th of 17 on his team, and 467th of 477 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.13 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (10.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. His -0.2 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, 2014 regular season.

FIP5.13

K/98.3

WHIP1.63

WAR-.2

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2014	MIN	7	4	24.0	0	2	0	31	19	22	8	7.13	5.13	1.63	8.3	3.0	190	137	-0.2	—

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2014. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	25	23	8	0	2	4	.348	.400	.435	.375	16.0%
vs RHB	87	78	23	5	6	18	.295	.345	.577	.400	20.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Logan Darnell 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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.


Sinker	43.7%	172	89.7	2,175	36.0%	13.4%	45	.289	.849
Slider	20.3%	80	82.9	649	53.8%	38.5%	27	.296	.683
Changeup	18.5%	73	80.9	1,641	45.2%	14.3%	22	.364	1.091
Four-Seam Fastball	10.9%	43	89.8	2,193	39.5%	30.0%	5	—	—
Curveball	6.6%	26	69.3	828	61.5%	57.1%	2	—	—

Logan Darnell'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. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2014 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Dan StrailyCHC

ERA: 6.75
FIP: 5.32
SO: 47
WAR: -0.6

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ERA: 7.45
FIP: 4.58
SO: 36
WAR: -0.1

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ERA: 5.38
FIP: 5.45
SO: 63
WAR: -0.9

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ERA: 6.82
FIP: 5.73
SO: 51
WAR: -1.0

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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.