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Pitcher · 2026

Jared Jones

Age
25
B/T
L/R
Height
6' 0"
Weight
211 lb
Number
#17
Born
August 6, 2001 in Whittier, CA, USA
MLB debut
March 30, 2024
Drafted
2020, round 2
High school
La Mirada
dbWAR
2.0
2 season(s)
IP
59.0
ERA
5.03
FIP
4.15
K/9
9.9
FIP−
99
100 = avg

Jared Jones is a starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 65 batters over 59.0 innings across 13 appearances, 13 of them starts, going 2-4. His ERA of 5.03 was 20.5% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 10th of 14 on his team, and 350th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.15 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 30.2% of swings (14.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.1%. 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.

FIP4.15
K/99.9
WHIP1.20
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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB1501353151343.230.302.430.32228.7%
vs RHB9991215622.231.283.429.30822.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Jared Jones 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 Fastball45.3%43698.32,54244.7%22.2%
Slider35.9%34689.62,68452.0%38.5%
Changeup11.8%11493.11,64636.0%35.3%
Curveball7.0%6785.62,92746.3%32.3%
Jared Jones'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.

Trend
2026131359.0240523365195.034.151.209.92.9121990.6
20242222121.268010656132394.144.001.199.82.9102981.3

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

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.