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Hayden Wesneski

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #39

Born: December 5, 1997 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: September 6, 2022
Drafted: 2019, round 6
College: Sam Houston
High school: Cy-Fair
Salary, 2026: $975,000

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dbWAR: 1.6
IP: 61.0
ERA: 3.25
FIP: 3.53
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 84

Hayden Wesneski is a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros. In 2026 he struck out 46 batters over 61.0 innings across 11 appearances, 11 of them starts, going 6-2. His ERA of 3.25 was 22.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 20 on his team, and 127th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.53 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.6% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.7%. 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 regular season.

FIP3.53

K/96.8

WHIP1.13

WAR1.2

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	HOU	11	11	61.0	6	2	49	22	46	20	3.25	3.53	1.13	6.8	3.0	78	84	1.2
2025	HOU	6	6	32.0	1	3	29	16	29	6	4.50	4.82	1.09	8.2	1.7	108	116	0.1
2024	CHC	28	7	67.2	3	6	56	29	67	21	3.86	4.51	1.14	8.9	2.8	95	111	0.0
2023	CHC	34	11	89.1	3	5	82	46	83	32	4.63	5.48	1.28	8.4	3.2	107	127	-0.4
2022	CHC	6	4	33.0	3	2	24	8	33	7	2.18	3.20	0.94	9.0	1.9	55	81	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	140	127	26	3	9	25	.205	.266	.323	.265	17.9%
vs RHB	106	95	23	1	11	21	.242	.321	.358	.307	19.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Hayden Wesneski 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


Sweeper	29.5%	265	81.5	2,774	47.5%	37.6%	55	.145	.426
Four-Seam Fastball	24.2%	217	93.5	2,209	43.8%	13.6%	59	.254	.662
Sinker	18.9%	170	92.6	1,971	42.4%	11.7%	45	.289	.769
Cutter	15.1%	136	89.5	2,429	47.8%	24.3%	36	.250	.940
Changeup	12.0%	108	86.3	1,632	44.4%	36.5%	27	.148	.296

Hayden Wesneski'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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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Shane McClanahanTB

ERA: 3.36
FIP: 3.50
SO: 106
WAR: 2.4

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Clay HolmesNYM

ERA: 3.29
FIP: 3.64
SO: 78
WAR: 1.9

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Eduardo RodriguezAZ

ERA: 2.89
FIP: 3.89
SO: 143
WAR: 2.9

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Ranger SuarezBOS

ERA: 3.22
FIP: 3.16
SO: 140
WAR: 3.6

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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.