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Slade Cecconi

Cleveland Guardians American League Central

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 219 lb
Number: #44

Born: June 24, 1999 in Oviedo, FL, United States
MLB debut: August 2, 2023
Drafted: 2018, round 38
College: Miami
High school: Trinity Prep

dbWAR: 1.9
IP: 120.0
ERA: 4.95
FIP: 4.56
K/9: 7.4
FIP−: 109

Slade Cecconi is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2026 he struck out 99 batters over 120.0 innings across 27 appearances, 21 of them starts, going 5-7. His ERA of 4.95 is 18.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 402nd of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.56 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.9% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.9%. His 0.8 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.

FIP4.56

K/97.4

WHIP1.44

WAR.8

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	CLE	27	21	120.0	5	7	134	66	99	39	4.95	4.56	1.44	7.4	2.9	118	109	0.8
2025	CLE	23	23	132.0	7	7	125	63	109	32	4.30	4.64	1.19	7.4	2.2	103	112	0.9
2024	AZ	20	13	77.0	2	7	92	57	64	17	6.66	5.02	1.42	7.5	2.0	163	123	-0.0
2023	AZ	7	4	27.0	0	1	27	13	20	4	4.33	4.37	1.15	6.7	1.3	100	101	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	296	265	73	9	25	58	.275	.338	.426	.336	19.6%
vs RHB	229	211	61	10	14	41	.289	.333	.493	.357	17.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Slade Cecconi 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	26.9%	538	93.6	2,374	48.0%	18.3%	124	.282	.794
Cutter	25.8%	515	88.5	2,256	48.3%	23.0%	118	.229	.721
Sinker	20.0%	399	93.5	2,273	44.4%	11.8%	125	.352	.924
Curveball	14.8%	295	76.1	2,430	39.0%	28.0%	55	.255	.730
Slider	5.4%	107	83.7	2,549	40.2%	32.1%	24	.083	.203
Sweeper	5.0%	100	82.6	2,480	39.0%	29.2%	20	.350	1.114
Changeup	2.1%	41	83.1	1,425	29.3%	27.8%	11	—	—

Slade Cecconi'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.

Patrick CorbinTOR

ERA: 5.51
FIP: 4.64
SO: 63
WAR: 0.5

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Andrew PainterPHI

ERA: 5.40
FIP: 4.67
SO: 115
WAR: 0.9

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Anthony KayCWS

ERA: 4.53
FIP: 4.80
SO: 125
WAR: 0.7

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Seth LugoKC

ERA: 5.17
FIP: 4.38
SO: 134
WAR: 1.9

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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.