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Jose Cuas

Kansas City Royals American League Central

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 195 lb
Number: #74

Born: June 28, 1994 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: May 31, 2022
Drafted: 2012, round 40
College: Maryland
High school: Grand Street

dbWAR: .3
IP: 22.1
ERA: 2.42
FIP: 2.88
K/9: 10.1
FIP−: 69

Jose Cuas is a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 25 batters over 22.1 innings across 23 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 2.42 is 42.1% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 41st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.88 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.6% of swings (12.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 14.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.3%. His 0.5 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.

FIP2.88

K/910.1

WHIP1.75

WAR.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	KC	23	0	22.1	0	1	0	24	6	25	15	2.42	2.88	1.75	10.1	6.0	58	69	0.5
2024	CHC/TOR	13	0	16.1	0	0	0	19	14	17	10	7.71	7.02	1.78	9.4	5.5	189	172	-0.5
2023	KC/CHC	72	2	65.1	3	2	1	63	29	71	35	3.99	4.60	1.50	9.8	4.8	92	106	0.3
2022	KC	47	0	37.2	4	2	1	39	15	34	24	3.58	4.39	1.67	8.1	5.7	90	111	0.0

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	50	40	10	0	10	11	.250	.400	.300	.330	22.0%
vs RHB	53	47	14	0	5	14	.298	.358	.362	.325	26.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Jose Cuas 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


Sinker	36.8%	168	92.1	2,438	50.6%	16.9%	33	.364	.905
Four-Seam Fastball	31.8%	145	91.9	2,373	44.1%	31.4%	27	.148	.451
Sweeper	25.7%	117	82.9	2,746	43.6%	38.0%	23	.261	.596
Cutter	5.3%	24	88.0	2,523	45.8%	36.4%	2	—	—

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

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FIP: 3.35
SO: 39
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ERA: 3.67
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SO: 49
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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.