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Pitcher · 2026

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, USA
MLB debut
April 8, 2022
Drafted
2017, round 34
College
Virginia
High school
Benjamin School
Salary, 2026
$910,000
dbWAR
1.1
2 season(s)
IP
10.2
ERA
3.38
FIP
4.40
K/9
8.4
FIP−
105
100 = avg

Bennett Sousa is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2026 he struck out 10 batters over 10.2 innings across 14 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 3.38 was 19.2% lower than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 4.40 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 31.4% of swings (15.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.7%. His 0.0 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.

FIP4.40
K/98.4
WHIP1.41
WAR.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 LHB20145061.357.550.429.4585.0%
vs RHB26253119.120.154.240.17434.6%

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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SliderFour-seamSinker

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.

Slider72.6%13085.62,32753.1%38.1%
Four-Seam Fastball22.9%4194.12,15034.1%11.1%
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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202614010.2010841073.384.401.418.45.9811050.0
202544050.2514371659152.842.721.0310.52.768651.1

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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.