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Daniel Lynch IV
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #41
- Born
- November 17, 1996 in Richmond, VA, United States
- MLB debut
- May 3, 2021
- Drafted
- 2018, round 1C
- College
- Virginia
- High school
- Freeman
- Salary, 2026
- $1.02M
- dbWAR
- 1.8 Regular season, 6 season(s)
- IP
- 86.0
- ERA
- 4.08
- FIP
- 4.51
- K/9
- 5.9
- FIP−
- 108 100 = avg
Daniel Lynch IV is a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 56 batters over 86.0 innings across 56 appearances, going 6-6. His ERA of 4.08 was 2.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 19 on his team, and 279th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.51 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.1% of swings (10.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.7%. His 0.4 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.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2026 | KC | 56 | 10 | 86.0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 73 | 39 | 56 | 26 | 4.08 | 4.51 | 1.15 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 98 | 108 | 0.4 | |
| 2025 | KC | 57 | 2 | 67.2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 23 | 45 | 26 | 3.06 | 4.76 | 1.36 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 74 | 114 | -0.1 | |
| 2024 | KC | 16 | 3 | 43.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 39 | 14 | 3.32 | 4.41 | 0.99 | 8.1 | 2.9 | 81 | 108 | 0.2 | |
| 2023 | KC | 9 | 9 | 52.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 27 | 34 | 16 | 4.64 | 5.17 | 1.26 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 107 | 119 | 0.2 | |
| 2022 | KC | 27 | 27 | 131.2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 155 | 75 | 122 | 52 | 5.13 | 4.63 | 1.57 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 129 | 117 | 0.6 | |
| 2021 | KC | 15 | 15 | 68.0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 43 | 55 | 31 | 5.69 | 4.82 | 1.63 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 133 | 113 | 0.5 |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 131 | 121 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 23 | .165 | .223 | .248 | .217 | 17.6% |
| vs RHB | 225 | 203 | 53 | 9 | 21 | 33 | .261 | .329 | .473 | .349 | 14.7% |
Pitch sequencing
What Daniel Lynch IV 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.
| Sinker | 424 | 93.9 | 2,145 | 46.0% | 14.1% | 101 | .208 | .583 | |
| Changeup | 316 | 85.5 | 1,526 | 44.9% | 23.7% | 87 | .287 | .843 | |
| Slider | 253 | 87.3 | 2,308 | 40.7% | 35.3% | 77 | .143 | .396 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 190 | 94.5 | 2,282 | 35.8% | 14.7% | 38 | .237 | .909 | |
| Knuckle Curve | 117 | 81.8 | 2,244 | 42.7% | 21.4% | 22 | .318 | 1.000 |
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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.