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Eli Morgan

Age
30
B/T
R/R
Height
5' 10"
Weight
190 lb
Number
#34
Born
May 13, 1996 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States
MLB debut
May 28, 2021
Drafted
2017, round 8
College
Gonzaga
High school
Palos Verdes
dbWAR
1.3
7 season(s)
IP
19.1
ERA
5.12
FIP
6.52
K/9
7.4
FIP−
156
100 = avg

Eli Morgan is a relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 16 batters over 19.1 innings across 16 appearances, going 0-1. His ERA of 5.12 is 22.6% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 6.52 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 24.1% of swings (11.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.6%. 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.

FIP6.52
K/97.4
WHIP1.71
WAR-.4

WAR by season

0.70.2-0.4212223242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026KC16019.101124111695.126.521.717.44.2123156-0.4
2025CHC707.101012104312.278.592.054.93.7295207-0.3
2024CLE32042.030030934111.933.640.987.32.447890.5
2023CLE61067.1521733075244.013.881.4410.03.293900.7
2022CLE50166.2530462572133.373.580.889.71.885900.7
2021CLE181889.1570905381225.345.141.258.22.21251200.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2021CLE12000002.000.000.000.000—0.0%100.0%.000-0.5-122-0.0—

Platoon splits

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

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB474114458.341.426.659.46317.0%
vs RHB443910148.256.341.385.32818.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Eli Morgan 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.

Four-Seam Fastball37.2%12691.22,27137.3%18.5%29.3791.091
Changeup33.0%11277.02,20648.2%17.5%29.207.695
Slider29.8%10185.42,43950.5%38.3%22.318.945
Eli Morgan'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.