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Will Vest

Age: 31
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #19

Born: June 6, 1995 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 1, 2021
Drafted: 2017, round 12
College: Stephen F. Austin State
Salary, 2026: $3.95M

dbWAR: 5.7
IP: 26.2
ERA: 6.07
FIP: 3.40
K/9: 9.1
FIP−: 81

Will Vest is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 27 batters over 26.2 innings across 27 appearances, going 3-5. His ERA of 6.07 is 45.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 489th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.40 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.2% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.3%. 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.

FIP3.40

K/99.1

WHIP1.43

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	DET	27	0	26.2	3	5	2	28	18	27	10	6.07	3.40	1.43	9.1	3.4	145	81	0.4
2025	DET	64	0	68.2	6	5	23	61	23	75	22	3.01	2.71	1.21	9.8	2.9	72	65	1.6
2024	DET	69	0	70.1	3	4	2	61	22	63	18	2.82	2.83	1.12	8.1	2.3	69	69	1.5
2023	DET	48	4	48.1	2	1	2	40	16	56	13	2.98	2.55	1.10	10.4	2.4	69	59	1.3
2022	DET	59	2	63.0	3	3	1	62	28	63	22	4.00	3.54	1.33	9.0	3.1	101	89	0.7
2021	SEA	32	0	35.0	1	0	0	38	24	27	18	6.17	4.17	1.60	6.9	4.6	145	98	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	59	49	12	0	8	17	.245	.345	.265	.291	28.8%
vs RHB	57	53	16	2	2	10	.302	.351	.491	.368	17.5%

Pitch sequencing

What Will Vest 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


Four-Seam Fastball	44.2%	214	95.8	2,250	55.1%	19.2%	47	.362	.986
Slider	28.9%	140	87.8	2,663	42.9%	41.4%	32	.250	.555
Sinker	15.5%	75	95.3	2,147	50.7%	5.6%	17	.176	.535
Changeup	11.4%	55	89.4	1,617	36.4%	54.5%	6	—	—

Will Vest'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.

Cade GibsonMIA

ERA: 5.44
FIP: 4.05
SO: 43
WAR: 0.4

José SuarezATH

ERA: 5.87
FIP: 3.85
SO: 61
WAR: 0.8

José AlvaradoPHI

ERA: 5.43
FIP: 3.67
SO: 70
WAR: 0.8

Isaac MattsonPIT

ERA: 5.35
FIP: 3.72
SO: 36
WAR: 0.5

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.