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Ryan Fernandez

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #64

Born: June 11, 1998 in Tampa, FL, United States
MLB debut: April 3, 2024
Drafted: 2018, round 23
College: HIllsborough CC

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dbWAR: 1.2
IP: 23.0
ERA: 3.52
FIP: 3.23
K/9: 11.0
FIP−: 77

Ryan Fernandez is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 28 batters over 23.0 innings across 17 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 3.52 was 15.8% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the third best on his team, and 165th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.23 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 33.5% of swings (16.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.0%. 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 regular season.

FIP3.23

K/911.0

WHIP1.30

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2026	STL	17	23.0	1	2	0	19	9	28	11	3.52	3.23	1.30	11.0	4.3	84	77	0.4
2025	STL	32	30.1	0	4	1	36	26	34	16	7.71	5.15	1.71	10.1	4.7	186	124	-0.2
2024	STL	62	66.2	1	6	2	58	26	71	32	3.51	3.35	1.35	9.6	4.3	86	82	1.0

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	50	11	2	8	16	.220	.322	.400	.321	27.1%
vs RHB	41	38	8	0	3	12	.211	.268	.316	.262	29.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Ryan Fernandez 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


Slider	43.2%	167	87.6	2,538	45.5%	41.2%	41	.171	.556
Four-Seam Fastball	40.6%	157	94.7	2,150	47.8%	20.3%	40	.250	.668
Changeup	11.9%	46	87.3	1,464	45.7%	50.0%	6	—	—
Cutter	4.4%	17	92.1	2,286	47.1%	28.6%	1	—	—

Ryan Fernandez'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.

Aaron AshbyMIL

ERA: 3.12
FIP: 3.11
SO: 116
WAR: 1.7

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Gregory SotoPIT

ERA: 3.63
FIP: 3.33
SO: 79
WAR: 1.1

Very close

Kirby YatesLAA

ERA: 3.19
FIP: 3.20
SO: 49
WAR: 0.7

Very close

Anthony NunezBAL

ERA: 4.07
FIP: 3.49
SO: 66
WAR: 0.8

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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.