Pitcher · 2026
Patrick Sandoval
- Age
- 30
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 190 lb
- Number
- #43
- Born
- October 18, 1996 in Mission Viejo, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- August 5, 2019
- Drafted
- 2015, round 11
- High school
- Mission Viejo
- Salary, 2026
- $12.8M
- dbWAR
- 1.3 2 season(s)
- IP
- 24.0
- ERA
- 3.38
- FIP
- 4.00
- K/9
- 9.4
- FIP−
- 96 100 = avg
Patrick Sandoval is a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. In 2026 he struck out 25 batters over 24.0 innings across 5 appearances, 5 of them starts, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.38 was 19.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 17 on his team, and 144th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.00 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 26.5% of swings (12.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.9%. His 0.3 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.
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 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .500 | .556 | .833 | .588 | 25.9% |
| vs RHB | 82 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 18 | .247 | .317 | .342 | .298 | 22.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Patrick Sandoval 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, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Slider | 120 | 87.0 | 2,593 | 42.5% | 30.8% | |
| Changeup | 95 | 84.0 | 1,756 | 46.3% | 41.3% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 94 | 93.9 | 2,099 | 45.7% | 14.8% | |
| Sinker | 75 | 94.5 | 2,097 | 49.3% | 21.1% | |
| Curveball | 13 | 75.7 | 2,746 | 46.2% | 50.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 25 | 10 | 3.38 | 4.00 | 1.67 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 81 | 96 | 0.3 | |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 79.2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 45 | 81 | 35 | 5.08 | 3.87 | 1.51 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 125 | 95 | 1.0 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.