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Players · R · Pitcher · 2026

Drew Rasmussen

Age
31
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 1"
Weight
240 lb
Number
#57
Born
July 27, 1995 in Puyallup, WA, United States
MLB debut
August 19, 2020
Drafted
2017, round CB-A
College
Oregon State
High school
Mount Spokane
Salary, 2026
$5.75M
dbWAR
14.4
8 season(s)
IP
172.0
ERA
2.67
FIP
2.82
K/9
9.1
FIP−
67
100 = avg

Drew Rasmussen is a starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 174 batters over 172.0 innings across 30 appearances, 30 of them starts, going 16-5. His ERA of 2.67 is 36.1% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 16 on his team, and 61st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.82 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 25.1% of swings (12.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.0%. His 4.8 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.

FIP2.82
K/99.1
WHIP0.91
WAR4.8

WAR by season

4.82.40.020212223242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026TB3030172.0165012551174322.672.820.919.11.764674.8
2025TB3131150.0105011646127372.763.841.027.62.266922.4
2024TB16428.20212593562.831.351.0811.01.969331.1
2023TB8844.2420361347112.622.541.059.52.260591.4
2022TB2828146.0117012146125312.843.261.047.71.971822.9
2021TB/MIL351076.0411572473252.843.091.088.63.067721.5
2020MIL12015.110017102195.874.761.7012.35.31321070.0

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021TB/MIL34100001.250.250.250.000.3330.0%25.0%.219-0.3340.0—

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 LHB392365751021111.205.253.315.25428.3%
vs RHB2772625041163.191.235.275.23022.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Drew Rasmussen throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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CutterFour-seamSinkerChangeupCurveballSweeper

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Cutter28.9%76989.92,63244.5%25.3%190.205.574
Four-Seam Fastball28.0%74595.82,50458.5%26.4%159.195.593
Sinker23.8%63395.32,40651.8%17.2%157.197.540
Changeup13.3%35489.61,21441.2%35.3%90.167.333
Curveball3.4%9180.22,59447.3%25.0%11——
Sweeper2.5%6784.52,46935.8%16.7%21.381.810
Drew Rasmussen'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. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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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.