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Bennett Sousa

Age
31
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 3"
Weight
220 lb
Number
#62
Born
April 6, 1995 in North Palm Beach, FL, United States
MLB debut
April 8, 2022
Drafted
2017, round 34
College
Virginia
High school
Benjamin School
Salary, 2026
$910,000
dbWAR
1.0
4 season(s)
IP
30.0
ERA
6.00
FIP
4.94
K/9
9.6
FIP−
118
100 = avg

Bennett Sousa is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2026 he struck out 32 batters over 30.0 innings across 35 appearances, going 1-3. His ERA of 6.00 is 43.6% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 17th of 20 on his team, and 485th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.94 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 31.0% of swings (15.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His -0.1 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.

FIP4.94
K/99.6
WHIP1.80
WAR-.1

WAR by season

1.10.5-0.222232526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026HOU35130.0130362032186.004.941.809.65.4144118-0.1
2025HOU44050.2514371659152.842.721.0310.52.768651.1
2023HOU/MIL709.0000641024.003.140.8910.02.092730.2
2022CWS25020.1301251912108.415.471.725.34.4212138-0.2

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 LHB68562121210.375.485.554.45814.7%
vs RHB7365153622.231.292.369.29430.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Bennett Sousa 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.

Slider67.5%36085.52,30953.3%35.9%85.259.723
Four-Seam Fastball24.4%13094.02,17142.3%16.9%31.3871.164
Sinker8.1%4393.02,18941.9%27.8%5——
Bennett Sousa'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.