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Alex Speas

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #65

Born: March 4, 1998 in Powder Springs, GA, United States
MLB debut: July 19, 2023
Drafted: 2016, round 2
High school: McEachern
Salary, 2024: $740,000

dbWAR: -.1
IP: 2.0
ERA: 4.50
FIP: 9.17
K/9: 9.0
FIP−: 225

Alex Speas was 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.

FIP9.17

K/99.0

WHIP1.50

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2024	HOU	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
2023	TEX	3	0	2.0	0	2	0	2	3	4	5	13.50	6.76	3.50	18.0	22.5	312	156	-0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2024. 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	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, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Slider	56.4%	22	91.1	2,755	59.1%	54.5%	3	—	—

Alex Speas'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.