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Tomoyuki Sugano

Age: 37
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 227 lb
Number: #11

Born: October 11, 1989 in Kanagawa, Japan
MLB debut: March 30, 2025
College: Tokai University
Salary, 2026: $5.1M

dbWAR: -.3
IP: 154.1
ERA: 5.37
FIP: 5.40
K/9: 5.6
FIP−: 129

Tomoyuki Sugano is a starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. In 2026 he struck out 96 batters over 154.1 innings across 29 appearances, 29 of them starts, going 12-12. His ERA of 5.37 is 28.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 21 on his team, and 438th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.40 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 19.6% of swings (9.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.6%. 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, 2026.

FIP5.40

K/95.6

WHIP1.32

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	COL	29	29	154.1	12	12	0	167	92	96	36	5.37	5.40	1.32	5.6	2.1	128	129	-0.1
2025	BAL	30	30	157.0	10	10	0	173	81	106	36	4.64	5.36	1.33	6.1	2.1	112	129	-0.2

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	372	344	91	23	25	58	.265	.314	.549	.368	15.6%
vs RHB	284	262	76	10	11	38	.290	.317	.489	.343	13.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Tomoyuki Sugano 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.

Season


Splitter	21.1%	532	86.9	1,657	36.3%	32.3%	135	.193	.597
Four-Seam Fastball	20.5%	518	92.6	2,416	45.0%	16.9%	135	.319	.982
Sinker	19.0%	478	92.5	2,301	44.4%	7.1%	123	.325	.904
Cutter	10.9%	274	89.0	2,491	39.4%	19.3%	71	.324	1.041
Sweeper	10.5%	264	83.7	2,586	46.6%	20.0%	40	.275	.811
Slider	10.0%	251	85.4	2,600	34.3%	20.0%	60	.250	.821
Curveball	8.1%	205	79.9	2,702	41.0%	20.7%	42	.214	.656

Tomoyuki Sugano'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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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Ryne NelsonAZ

ERA: 4.80
FIP: 5.34
SO: 64
WAR: -0.2

Very close

Eric LauerLAD

ERA: 5.23
FIP: 6.00
SO: 72
WAR: -1.1

JP SearsSD

ERA: 4.68
FIP: 5.15
SO: 25
WAR: -0.1

Zac GallenAZ

ERA: 6.07
FIP: 5.34
SO: 64
WAR: -0.2

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.