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Grayson Rodriguez

Age: 27
B/T: L/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #21

Born: November 16, 1999 in Houston, TX, United States
MLB debut: April 5, 2023
Drafted: 2018, round 1
High school: Central Heights

dbWAR: 4.0
IP: 98.2
ERA: 6.02
FIP: 5.01
K/9: 7.8
FIP−: 120

Grayson Rodriguez is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2026 he struck out 85 batters over 98.2 innings across 20 appearances, 20 of them starts, going 5-8. His ERA of 6.02 is 44.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 18th of 21 on his team, and 487th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.01 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.9% of swings (11.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.1%. His 0.1 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.

FIP5.01

K/97.8

WHIP1.56

WAR.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	LAA	20	20	98.2	5	8	111	66	85	43	6.02	5.01	1.56	7.8	3.9	144	120	0.1
2024	BAL	20	20	116.2	13	4	109	50	130	36	3.86	3.66	1.24	10.0	2.8	95	90	1.9
2023	BAL	23	23	122.0	7	4	121	59	129	42	4.35	3.93	1.34	9.5	3.1	100	91	1.9

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	266	228	73	10	32	48	.320	.402	.531	.403	18.0%
vs RHB	178	159	38	6	11	37	.239	.303	.415	.315	20.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Grayson Rodriguez 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	51.1%	905	96.1	2,259	49.8%	16.3%	209	.301	.910
Changeup	26.4%	467	83.2	1,741	43.7%	33.9%	101	.238	.652
Curveball	11.7%	207	80.8	2,668	46.4%	28.0%	30	.300	.871
Slider	10.8%	192	84.9	2,387	43.8%	33.3%	48	.313	.926

Grayson Rodriguez'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.

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ERA: 6.01
FIP: 4.77
SO: 101
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ERA: 5.64
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SO: 89
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ERA: 5.47
FIP: 5.22
SO: 112
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Edward CabreraCHC

ERA: 5.96
FIP: 5.35
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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.