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Pitcher · 2026

Jalen Beeks

Age
33
B/T
L/L
Height
5' 11"
Weight
215 lb
Number
#68
Born
July 10, 1993 in Fayetteville, AR, USA
MLB debut
June 7, 2018
Drafted
2014, round 12
College
Arkansas
High school
Prairie Grove
Salary, 2026
$1.6M
dbWAR
.6
3 season(s)
IP
26.0
ERA
3.81
FIP
5.39
K/9
7.3
FIP−
129
100 = avg

Jalen Beeks is a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2026 he struck out 21 batters over 26.0 innings across 29 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 3.81 was 8.8% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 14 on his team, and 224th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.39 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.4% of swings (11.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.6%. 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, 2026.

FIP5.39
K/97.3
WHIP1.38
WAR-.2

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB5147164411.340.392.660.44621.6%
vs RHB6256122410.214.267.357.26916.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Jalen Beeks 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.

Four-Seam Fastball50.9%20793.42,15649.3%14.0%
Changeup40.0%16387.92,04338.7%36.0%
Cutter9.1%3781.32,38443.2%30.0%
Jalen Beeks'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202629026.021028112183.815.391.387.32.891129-0.2
202561257.1531422447203.774.011.087.43.191960.4
202471070.07410773555274.504.001.497.13.5110980.4

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

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.