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Pitcher · 2026

Ryne Stanek

Age
35
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
226 lb
Number
#55
Born
July 26, 1991 in St. Louis, MO, USA
MLB debut
May 14, 2017
Drafted
2013, round 1
College
Arkansas
High school
Blue Valley
Salary, 2026
$3.5M
dbWAR
.1
3 season(s)
IP
45.1
ERA
4.57
FIP
5.07
K/9
9.7
FIP−
121
100 = avg

Ryne Stanek is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 49 batters over 45.1 innings across 51 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 4.57 was 9.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 11th of 13 on his team, and 312th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.07 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.0% of swings (14.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.4%. 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, 2026.

FIP5.07
K/99.7
WHIP1.50
WAR-.2

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB89751741321.227.348.427.34323.6%
vs RHB112972441428.247.342.412.33825.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Ryne Stanek 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 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball51.3%42798.02,32750.4%25.2%
Slider23.2%19388.62,45438.3%40.2%
Splitter14.9%12489.91,17837.1%35.0%
Sinker10.3%8697.02,16453.5%16.3%
Ryne Stanek'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202651045.1221412349274.575.071.509.75.4109121-0.2
202565056.0463563358325.304.401.579.35.11281060.1
202463055.1737483067254.884.141.3210.94.11201020.2

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Nearest 2026 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.