Pitcher · 2026
Joey Cantillo
- Age
- 27
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #54
- Born
- December 18, 1999 in Honolulu, HI, USA
- MLB debut
- July 28, 2024
- Drafted
- 2017, round 16
- High school
- Kailua
- dbWAR
- 3.2 3 season(s)
- IP
- 119.2
- ERA
- 3.91
- FIP
- 3.96
- K/9
- 9.9
- FIP−
- 95 100 = avg
Joey Cantillo is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2026 he struck out 132 batters over 119.2 innings across 25 appearances, 25 of them starts, going 8-7. His ERA of 3.91 was 6.3% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 14 on his team, and 238th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.96 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 30.5% of swings (13.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 25.3%. His 1.5 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.
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 | 125 | 112 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 21 | .241 | .320 | .402 | .322 | 16.8% |
| vs RHB | 397 | 348 | 94 | 12 | 44 | 111 | .270 | .352 | .431 | .348 | 28.0% |
Pitch sequencing
What Joey Cantillo 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 2026.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 723 | 92.1 | 1,871 | 45.0% | 16.0% | |
| Curveball | 602 | 80.0 | 2,669 | 48.3% | 38.0% | |
| Changeup | 533 | 80.8 | 1,444 | 47.3% | 40.8% | |
| Cutter | 120 | 87.2 | 2,020 | 45.8% | 23.0% | |
| Slider | 111 | 82.8 | 2,325 | 49.5% | 26.8% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 119.2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 121 | 52 | 132 | 56 | 3.91 | 3.96 | 1.48 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 94 | 95 | 1.5 | |
| 2025 | 34 | 13 | 95.1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 34 | 108 | 42 | 3.21 | 3.55 | 1.26 | 10.2 | 4.0 | 77 | 85 | 1.3 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 38.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 44 | 15 | 4.89 | 4.07 | 1.29 | 10.2 | 3.5 | 120 | 100 | 0.4 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 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.