Players · B · Pitcher · 2022
Jake Brentz
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Born
- September 14, 1994 in Ballwin, MO, United States
- MLB debut
- April 3, 2021
- dbWAR
- .3 3 season(s)
- IP
- 5.1
- ERA
- 23.63
- FIP
- 8.36
- K/9
- 15.2
- FIP−
- 211 100 = avg
Jake Brentz was a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2022 he struck out 9 batters over 5.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 0-3. His ERA of 23.63 was 495.3% higher than the league average of 3.97. Stripping out defence, his 8.36 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 31.4% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 26.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.7%. 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, 2022.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | 100.0% | 0.0% | .725 | +0.3 | 365 | 0.1 | — |
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 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .300 | .417 | .400 | .371 | 33.3% |
| vs RHB | 26 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .500 | .680 | .750 | .602 | 19.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Jake Brentz 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 | 90 | 95.8 | 2,237 | 46.7% | 25.8% | 15 | .267 | 1.033 | |
| Slider | 53 | 84.8 | 2,233 | 35.8% | 37.5% | 9 | — | — |
Head to head
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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.