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Luis Medina

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 175 lb
Number: #46

Born: May 3, 1999 in Nagua, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: April 26, 2023
Salary, 2026: $835,000

dbWAR: 2.0
IP: 73.0
ERA: 3.08
FIP: 3.57
K/9: 11.5
FIP−: 85

Luis Medina is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 93 batters over 73.0 innings across 60 appearances, going 6-3. His ERA of 3.08 is 26.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 103rd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.57 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 32.4% of swings (14.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 29.3%. His 1.2 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.

FIP3.57

K/911.5

WHIP1.40

WAR1.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	ATH	60	1	73.0	6	3	63	25	93	39	3.08	3.57	1.40	11.5	4.8	74	85	1.2
2024	OAK	8	8	40.0	2	4	43	23	32	20	5.17	4.44	1.57	7.2	4.5	127	109	0.3
2023	OAK	23	17	109.2	3	10	109	66	106	57	5.42	4.76	1.51	8.7	4.7	125	110	0.6

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	145	120	28	3	20	47	.233	.345	.383	.320	32.4%
vs RHB	172	147	35	4	19	46	.238	.329	.347	.309	26.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Luis Medina 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


Four-Seam Fastball	29.0%	368	97.7	2,410	49.5%	23.5%	85	.329	.970
Sinker	26.2%	333	97.3	2,424	45.3%	8.5%	67	.284	.785
Slider	16.9%	214	86.6	2,552	46.3%	46.7%	39	.077	.236
Changeup	14.9%	189	90.3	1,652	43.4%	59.8%	49	.143	.447
Curveball	13.1%	166	81.2	2,598	47.6%	51.7%	28	.214	.626

Luis Medina'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.

Chase SilsethLAA

ERA: 3.32
FIP: 3.71
SO: 73
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Aaron AshbyMIL

ERA: 3.19
FIP: 3.16
SO: 114
WAR: 1.6

Very close

Hogan HarrisATH

ERA: 3.33
FIP: 4.08
SO: 88
WAR: 0.7

Very close

Ryan FernandezSTL

ERA: 3.52
FIP: 3.23
SO: 28
WAR: 0.4

Very close

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.