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Pitcher · 2026

Luke Weaver

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
180 lb
Number
#18
Born
August 21, 1993 in DeLand, FL, USA
MLB debut
August 13, 2016
Drafted
2011, round 19
College
Florida State
High school
DeLand
Salary, 2026
$9.5M
dbWAR
2.5
3 season(s)
IP
45.0
ERA
1.80
FIP
2.89
K/9
9.0
FIP−
69
100 = avg

Luke Weaver is a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2026 he struck out 45 batters over 45.0 innings across 43 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 1.80 was 56.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 13th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.89 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 29.9% of swings (15.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.9%. His 0.9 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.

FIP2.89
K/99.0
WHIP0.84
WAR.9

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 LHB9485192723.224.290.329.27624.5%
vs RHB807371522.096.163.151.15127.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Luke Weaver 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 Fastball50.5%32895.32,44154.6%21.9%
Changeup34.6%22588.01,89448.4%38.3%
Cutter14.8%9690.52,41036.5%32.5%
Luke Weaver'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
202643045.021126945121.802.890.849.02.443690.9
202564064.2448462672203.623.891.0210.02.887940.5
202462084.07345227103262.893.330.9311.02.871821.1

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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.