Pitcher · 2024
Alex Speas
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Number
- #65
- Born
- March 4, 1998 in Powder Springs, GA, USA
- MLB debut
- July 19, 2023
- Drafted
- 2016, round 2
- High school
- McEachern
- Salary, 2024
- $740,000
- dbWAR
- -.1 1 season(s)
- IP
- 2.0
- ERA
- 4.50
- FIP
- 9.17
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 225 100 = avg
Alex Speas is a relief pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2024 he struck out 2 batters over 2.0 innings across 1 appearance, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.50 was 10.3% higher than the league average of 4.08. Stripping out defence, his 9.17 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 35.3% of swings (15.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.0%. His -0.1 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, 2024.
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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | 1.333 | .686 | 0.0% |
| vs RHB | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .222 | 50.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Alex Speas 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 2024.
| Slider | 22 | 91.1 | 2,755 | 59.1% | 54.5% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 9.17 | 1.50 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 110 | 225 | -0.1 | — |
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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.