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Matt Gage

San Francisco Giants National League West

Age: 33
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 261 lb
Number: #93

Born: February 11, 1993 in Johnstown, NY, United States
MLB debut: June 6, 2022
Drafted: 2014, round 10
College: Siena
High school: Broadalbin-Perth

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dbWAR: .3
IP: 27.1
ERA: 5.60
FIP: 6.32
K/9: 7.2
FIP−: 151

Matt Gage is a relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2026 he struck out 22 batters over 27.1 innings across 34 appearances, going 4-1. His ERA of 5.60 was 33.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 23rd of 25 on his team, and 459th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.32 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His -0.5 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 regular season.

FIP6.32

K/97.2

WHIP1.65

WAR-.5

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	SF	34	0	27.1	4	1	1	28	17	22	17	5.60	6.32	1.65	7.2	5.6	134	151	-0.5
2025	SF/DET	33	2	31.0	0	1	0	35	11	27	12	3.19	2.75	1.52	7.8	3.5	77	66	0.7
2023	HOU	5	0	6.2	0	0	0	6	2	8	3	2.70	4.16	1.35	10.8	4.0	62	96	0.1
2022	TOR	11	0	13.0	0	1	0	6	2	12	6	1.38	3.88	0.92	8.3	4.2	35	98	0.1

Platoon splits

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

Season

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	54	42	8	2	11	14	.190	.358	.333	.328	25.9%
vs RHB	72	63	20	4	6	8	.317	.375	.619	.417	11.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Matt Gage 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.

Season


Slider	44.9%	236	84.3	2,292	43.6%	24.8%	48	.313	1.070
Four-Seam Fastball	33.1%	174	92.2	2,138	50.6%	25.8%	28	.214	.782
Changeup	14.3%	75	85.1	1,128	26.7%	20.0%	18	.167	.380
Sinker	7.8%	41	92.9	2,205	43.9%	22.7%	12	—	—

Matt Gage'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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Similar players

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

Seth HalvorsenCOL

ERA: 5.90
FIP: 6.17
SO: 23
WAR: -0.5

Very close

Drew PomeranzLAA

ERA: 5.59
FIP: 6.93
SO: 17
WAR: -0.8

Mason BlackKC

ERA: 4.31
FIP: 6.49
SO: 19
WAR: -0.6

Alex LangeKC

ERA: 6.75
FIP: 5.87
SO: 60
WAR: -0.7

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.