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Eric Orze

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 205 lb
Number: #19

Born: August 21, 1997 in Elk Grove, IL, United States
MLB debut: July 8, 2024
Drafted: 2020, round 5
College: New Orleans

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dbWAR: .7
IP: 41.1
ERA: 5.66
FIP: 3.35
K/9: 7.8
FIP−: 80

Eric Orze is a relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 36 batters over 41.1 innings across 36 appearances, going 2-2. His ERA of 5.66 was 35.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 17th of 19 on his team, and 462nd of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.35 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.8% of swings (9.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.0%. 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 regular season.

FIP3.35

K/97.8

WHIP1.52

WAR.6

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.


2026	MIN	36	41.1	2	2	1	42	26	36	21	5.66	3.35	1.52	7.8	4.6	135	80	0.6
2025	TB	33	41.2	1	1	3	38	14	40	19	3.02	4.05	1.37	8.6	4.1	73	97	0.3
2024	NYM	2	1.2	0	1	0	3	4	1	2	21.60	15.17	3.00	5.4	10.8	530	372	-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	105	90	26	1	9	17	.289	.340	.456	.338	16.2%
vs RHB	84	69	16	0	12	19	.232	.357	.275	.299	22.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Eric Orze 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


Splitter	50.2%	340	83.5	1,684	44.1%	27.3%	87	.253	.664
Four-Seam Fastball	26.1%	177	92.8	2,271	45.2%	8.2%	43	.279	.860
Slider	14.3%	97	87.4	2,551	44.3%	21.2%	20	.200	.554
Curveball	9.3%	63	82.0	2,887	46.0%	26.1%	9	—	—

Eric Orze'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.

Geoff HartliebATH

ERA: 4.82
FIP: 3.60
SO: 22
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Isaac MattsonPIT

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

Victor VodnikCOL

ERA: 4.91
FIP: 4.11
SO: 44
WAR: 0.5

Jaden HillCOL

ERA: 5.22
FIP: 4.04
SO: 40
WAR: 0.4

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.