Pitcher · 2026

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, USA
MLB debut: August 2, 2023
Drafted: 2018, round 38
College: Miami
High school: Trinity Prep

dbWAR: 1.0
IP: 110.0
ERA: 5.07
FIP: 4.59
K/9: 7.2
FIP−: 110

Slade Cecconi is a starting pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2026 he struck out 88 batters over 110.0 innings across 23 appearances, 21 of them starts, going 4-7. His ERA of 5.07 was 21.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 355th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.59 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.3% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.0%. 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.

FIP4.59

K/97.2

WHIP1.50

WAR.6

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

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	280	250	71	9	24	52	.284	.346	.444	.345	18.6%
vs RHB	208	191	57	8	13	36	.298	.343	.492	.361	17.3%

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, and how often it misses in 2026.


Four-Seam Fastball	26.7%	495	93.4	2,371	47.9%	17.8%
Cutter	25.2%	467	88.4	2,239	47.5%	21.4%
Sinker	20.8%	386	93.4	2,271	44.0%	10.9%
Curveball	14.8%	275	75.9	2,415	38.9%	28.7%
Slider	5.3%	99	83.6	2,540	37.4%	32.7%
Sweeper	4.8%	89	82.3	2,463	39.3%	32.6%
Changeup	2.2%	41	83.1	1,425	29.3%	27.8%

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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	23	21	110.0	4	7	128	62	88	37	5.07	4.59	1.50	7.2	3.0	121	110	0.6
2025	23	23	132.0	7	7	125	63	109	32	4.30	4.64	1.19	7.4	2.2	103	112	0.6
2024	20	13	77.0	2	7	92	57	64	17	6.66	5.02	1.42	7.5	2.0	163	123	-0.2

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Similar players

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

Patrick CorbinTOR

ERA: 5.51
FIP: 4.62
SO: 63
WAR: 0.3

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Luis CastilloSEA

ERA: 5.30
FIP: 4.56
SO: 91
WAR: 0.5

Very close

Mitch KellerPIT

ERA: 5.29
FIP: 4.53
SO: 89
WAR: 0.7

Very close

Brady SingerCIN

ERA: 4.66
FIP: 5.01
SO: 100
WAR: 0.1

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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.