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Jesse Scholtens

Age: 32
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 240 lb
Number: #65

Born: April 6, 1994 in Fairfield, CA, United States
MLB debut: April 7, 2023
Drafted: 2016, round 9
College: Wright State
High school: Rodriguez

dbWAR: -.5
IP: 44.2
ERA: 4.03
FIP: 5.63
K/9: 6.9
FIP−: 135

Jesse Scholtens is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 34 batters over 44.2 innings across 11 appearances, going 5-3. His ERA of 4.03 is 3.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 16 on his team, and 272nd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.63 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.6% of swings (10.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.3%. 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.

FIP5.63

K/96.9

WHIP1.34

WAR-.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	TB	11	2	44.2	5	3	0	46	20	34	14	4.03	5.63	1.34	6.9	2.8	96	135	-0.4
2025	TB	2	0	8.1	0	1	0	9	5	12	3	5.40	2.90	1.44	13.0	3.2	130	70	0.2
2023	CWS	26	11	85.0	1	9	1	100	50	58	30	5.29	5.31	1.53	6.1	3.2	122	123	-0.2

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	99	91	26	7	7	15	.286	.333	.593	.388	15.2%
vs RHB	97	86	20	3	7	19	.233	.309	.384	.310	19.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Jesse Scholtens 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	30.7%	222	88.3	2,374	43.2%	16.4%	54	.278	.927
Sinker	23.4%	169	92.1	2,171	48.5%	21.1%	47	.213	.623
Four-Seam Fastball	21.6%	156	93.1	2,226	54.5%	26.8%	24	.208	.887
Splitter	13.8%	100	84.1	1,025	32.0%	14.8%	32	.344	.884
Sweeper	10.5%	76	80.4	2,523	38.2%	28.6%	21	.238	.701

Jesse Scholtens'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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Similar players

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

Jalen BeeksTEX

ERA: 3.81
FIP: 5.41
SO: 21
WAR: -0.2

Very close

Erick FeddeCWS

ERA: 3.83
FIP: 5.01
SO: 99
WAR: -0.2

Yunior MarteSF

ERA: 4.44
FIP: 5.77
SO: 15
WAR: -0.2

Steven MatzTB

ERA: 5.56
FIP: 5.07
SO: 60
WAR: -0.2

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.