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Pitcher · 2026

Jeff Hoffman

Age
33
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 5"
Weight
235 lb
Number
#24
Born
January 8, 1993 in Latham, NY, USA
MLB debut
August 20, 2016
Drafted
2014, round 1
College
East Carolina
High school
Shaker
Salary, 2026
$12.7M
dbWAR
2.5
3 season(s)
IP
51.0
ERA
3.88
FIP
2.50
K/9
14.1
FIP−
60
100 = avg

Jeff Hoffman is a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2026 he struck out 80 batters over 51.0 innings across 54 appearances, going 6-8. His ERA of 3.88 was 7.0% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 14 on his team, and 234th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.50 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 37.3% of swings (18.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 34.9%. His 1.2 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.

FIP2.50
K/914.1
WHIP1.37
WAR1.2

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 LHB1271092211546.202.307.284.26436.2%
vs RHB10291283534.308.363.484.36833.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Jeff Hoffman 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.

Slider42.5%40186.62,78655.9%49.2%
Four-Seam Fastball30.4%28796.52,53256.1%26.4%
Splitter21.9%20789.41,72544.9%33.9%
Sinker5.2%4996.12,45051.0%26.9%
Jeff Hoffman'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
202654051.0685502280203.882.501.3714.13.593601.2
202571068.09733543384274.374.901.1911.13.6105118-0.2
202468066.13310481689162.172.520.9612.12.253621.5

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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.