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Players · E · Pitcher · 2026

Joey Estes

Age
25
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
190 lb
Number
#68
Born
October 8, 2001 in Palmdale, CA, United States
MLB debut
September 20, 2023
Drafted
2019, round 16
High school
Paraclete
dbWAR
-1.0
4 season(s)
IP
7.1
ERA
11.05
FIP
9.65
K/9
6.1
FIP−
231
100 = avg

Joey Estes is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 5 batters over 7.1 innings across 2 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 11.05 is 164.4% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 9.65 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.6% of swings (12.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.7%. 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.

FIP9.65
K/96.1
WHIP1.91
WAR-.4

WAR by season

0.2-0.1-0.523242526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026ATH217.10001295211.059.651.916.12.5264231-0.4
2025ATH3211.00201612669.828.682.004.94.9236209-0.5
2024OAK2524127.27901307192275.014.941.236.51.91231210.2
2023OAK2210.0010128727.208.561.406.31.8166197-0.4

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 LHB22209312.450.4551.000.5869.1%
vs RHB12113113.273.333.818.47025.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Joey Estes throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Four-seamCutterSweeperSliderChangeupSinker

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Four-Seam Fastball34.4%4393.32,41155.8%34.8%7——
Cutter20.0%2587.72,45760.0%27.3%4——
Sweeper17.6%2278.62,52636.4%11.1%6——
Slider13.6%1782.92,42335.3%20.0%5——
Sinker8.0%1090.22,29840.0%28.6%5——
Joey Estes'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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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.