Pitcher · 2026
Griffin Jax
- Age
- 32
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #22
- Born
- November 22, 1994 in Phoenix, AZ, USA
- MLB debut
- June 8, 2021
- Drafted
- 2013, round 12
- College
- Air Force
- High school
- Cherry Creek
- Salary, 2026
- $3.56M
- dbWAR
- 4.6 3 season(s)
- IP
- 91.2
- ERA
- 3.63
- FIP
- 3.94
- K/9
- 9.8
- FIP−
- 94 100 = avg
Griffin Jax is a starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 100 batters over 91.2 innings across 29 appearances, 18 of them starts, going 6-9. His ERA of 3.63 was 13.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 15 on his team, and 192nd of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.94 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 31.2% of swings (15.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.4%. His 1.0 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.
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 | 230 | 207 | 52 | 9 | 17 | 66 | .251 | .304 | .420 | .314 | 28.7% |
| vs RHB | 149 | 130 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 34 | .223 | .297 | .369 | .296 | 22.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Griffin Jax 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.
| Sweeper | 354 | 87.7 | 3,017 | 48.9% | 37.0% | |
| Changeup | 328 | 91.0 | 1,866 | 47.3% | 41.3% | |
| Sinker | 291 | 95.5 | 2,513 | 48.5% | 13.1% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 250 | 96.0 | 2,526 | 46.0% | 27.6% | |
| Curveball | 129 | 85.0 | 3,015 | 46.5% | 46.7% | |
| Cutter | 50 | 92.8 | 2,680 | 34.0% | 12.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 18 | 91.2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 37 | 100 | 30 | 3.63 | 3.94 | 1.21 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 87 | 94 | 1.0 | |
| 2025 | 73 | 2 | 66.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 31 | 99 | 21 | 4.23 | 2.51 | 1.29 | 13.5 | 2.9 | 102 | 60 | 1.6 | |
| 2024 | 72 | 0 | 71.0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 47 | 16 | 95 | 15 | 2.03 | 1.94 | 0.87 | 12.0 | 1.9 | 50 | 48 | 2.1 |
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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.