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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
- -.7 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 47.2
- ERA
- 4.34
- FIP
- 5.96
- K/9
- 7.0
- FIP−
- 142 100 = avg
Jesse Scholtens is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 37 batters over 47.2 innings across 12 appearances, going 5-3. His ERA of 4.34 was 3.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 11th of 16 on his team, and 322nd of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.96 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.1% of swings (10.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.7%. His -0.6 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.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
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 | 106 | 96 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 16 | .292 | .340 | .625 | .400 | 15.1% |
| vs RHB | 103 | 92 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 21 | .228 | .301 | .402 | .311 | 20.4% |
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.
| Slider | 236 | 88.3 | 2,370 | 43.2% | 16.2% | 56 | .286 | .942 | |
| Sinker | 179 | 92.1 | 2,171 | 49.2% | 19.4% | 49 | .204 | .599 | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 164 | 93.1 | 2,222 | 53.7% | 25.0% | 26 | .231 | 1.009 | |
| Splitter | 115 | 84.0 | 1,016 | 33.9% | 16.4% | 35 | .314 | .828 | |
| Sweeper | 79 | 80.4 | 2,521 | 39.2% | 29.7% | 23 | .261 | .857 |
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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.