Pitcher · 2025
Matt Sauer
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Born
- January 21, 1999 in Santa Maria, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- March 31, 2024
- Drafted
- 2017, round 2
- High school
- Righetti
- dbWAR
- -.6 2 season(s)
- IP
- 29.2
- ERA
- 6.37
- FIP
- 5.16
- K/9
- 7.3
- FIP−
- 124 100 = avg
Matt Sauer is a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2025 he struck out 24 batters over 29.2 innings across 10 appearances, going 2-1. His ERA of 6.37 was 53.2% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the worst on his team, and 493rd of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.16 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.2% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 6.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.6%. His -0.2 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, 2025.
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 | 58 | 51 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 9 | .373 | .431 | .667 | .459 | 15.5% |
| vs RHB | 71 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .242 | .282 | .409 | .298 | 21.1% |
Pitch sequencing
What Matt Sauer 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 2025.
| Cutter | 163 | 90.0 | 2,533 | 46.6% | 18.2% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 112 | 94.1 | 2,183 | 51.8% | 19.3% | |
| Slider | 96 | 83.8 | 2,468 | 42.7% | 16.4% | |
| Sinker | 90 | 94.3 | 2,101 | 47.8% | 10.3% | |
| Splitter | 46 | 87.3 | 1,557 | 34.8% | 47.4% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 29.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 6.37 | 5.16 | 1.45 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 153 | 124 | -0.2 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7.71 | 6.66 | 2.08 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 189 | 163 | -0.4 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.