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Paul Sewald
- Age
- 36
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 219 lb
- Number
- #43
- Born
- May 26, 1990 in Las Vegas, NV, United States
- MLB debut
- April 8, 2017
- Drafted
- 2012, round 10
- College
- San Diego
- High school
- Bishop Gorman
- Salary, 2026
- $1.5M
- dbWAR
- 3.5 13 season(s)
- IP
- 52.1
- ERA
- 4.82
- FIP
- 5.28
- K/9
- 9.1
- FIP−
- 126 100 = avg
Paul Sewald is a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2026 he struck out 53 batters over 52.1 innings across 61 appearances, going 2-5. His ERA of 4.82 is 15.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 16 on his team, and 385th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.28 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.5% of swings (13.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.7%. His -0.3 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | AZ/TOR | 61 | 0 | 52.1 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 39 | 28 | 53 | 13 | 4.82 | 5.28 | 0.99 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 115 | 126 | -0.3 | |
| 2025 | CLE/DET | 22 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 4.58 | 4.66 | 1.22 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 110 | 112 | 0.0 | |
| 2024 | AZ | 42 | 0 | 39.2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 43 | 10 | 4.31 | 3.95 | 1.13 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 106 | 97 | 0.3 | |
| 2023 | SEA/AZ | 65 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 46 | 21 | 80 | 24 | 3.12 | 3.57 | 1.15 | 11.9 | 3.6 | 72 | 82 | 0.9 | |
| 2022 | SEA | 65 | 0 | 64.0 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 19 | 72 | 17 | 2.67 | 3.88 | 0.77 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 67 | 98 | 0.4 | |
| 2021 | SEA | 62 | 0 | 64.2 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 22 | 104 | 24 | 3.06 | 3.08 | 1.02 | 14.5 | 3.3 | 72 | 72 | 1.2 | |
| 2020 | NYM | 5 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13.50 | 7.19 | 2.67 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 303 | 161 | -0.1 | |
| 2019 | NYM | 17 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 4.58 | 3.57 | 1.07 | 10.1 | 1.4 | 102 | 79 | 0.3 | |
| 2018 | NYM | 46 | 0 | 56.1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 62 | 38 | 58 | 23 | 6.07 | 4.23 | 1.51 | 9.3 | 3.7 | 146 | 102 | 0.2 | |
| 2017 | NYM | 57 | 0 | 65.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 33 | 69 | 21 | 4.55 | 3.74 | 1.21 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 104 | 86 | 0.8 |
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 119 | 107 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 28 | .252 | .314 | .542 | .362 | 23.5% |
| vs RHB | 96 | 87 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 25 | .138 | .198 | .333 | .232 | 26.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Paul Sewald 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 463 | 91.4 | 2,572 | 50.3% | 22.2% | 114 | .219 | .766 | |
| Sweeper | 354 | 82.9 | 2,480 | 51.4% | 33.7% | 78 | .179 | .636 | |
| Cutter | 17 | 88.8 | 2,473 | 29.4% | 0.0% | 2 | — | — |
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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.