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Danny Young

Age: 32
B/T: L/L
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #63

Born: May 27, 1994 in Boynton Beach, FL, United States
MLB debut: May 9, 2022
Drafted: 2015, round 8
College: Florida
Salary, 2026: $925,000

dbWAR: .6
IP: 12.1
ERA: 8.03
FIP: 7.72
K/9: 10.9
FIP−: 185

Danny Young is a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2026 he struck out 15 batters over 12.1 innings across 16 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 8.03 is 92.1% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 7.72 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.7% of swings (8.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 20.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.1%. 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.

FIP7.72

K/910.9

WHIP2.27

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	ATL	16	1	12.1	0	1	15	11	15	13	8.03	7.72	2.27	10.9	9.5	192	185	-0.4
2025	NYM	10	0	8.1	0	0	9	4	13	3	4.32	1.46	1.44	14.0	3.2	104	35	0.3
2024	NYM	42	0	37.2	4	1	29	19	48	18	4.54	3.64	1.25	11.5	4.3	111	89	0.4
2023	ATL	8	0	8.1	0	0	7	1	11	2	1.08	2.42	1.08	11.9	2.2	25	56	0.2
2022	SEA/ATL	3	0	6.1	0	0	11	3	6	2	4.26	4.22	2.05	8.5	2.8	107	106	0.0

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	31	24	8	2	6	7	.333	.467	.667	.483	22.6%
vs RHB	34	24	7	1	7	8	.292	.500	.458	.426	23.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Danny Young 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


Sweeper	49.4%	131	82.8	2,720	42.7%	43.6%	18	.167	.708
Sinker	48.7%	129	93.7	2,334	41.9%	10.0%	30	.400	1.226

Danny Young'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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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.