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Orlando Ribalta

Washington Nationals National League East

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #64

Born: March 5, 1998 in Santa Clara, Cuba
MLB debut: August 13, 2024
Drafted: 2019, round 12
College: Miami Dade CC

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dbWAR: -.1
IP: 43.0
ERA: 3.77
FIP: 3.92
K/9: 8.8
FIP−: 94

Orlando Ribalta is a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2026 he struck out 42 batters over 43.0 innings across 45 appearances, going 1-2. His ERA of 3.77 was 9.9% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 8th of 18 on his team, and 219th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.92 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 26.7% of swings (13.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.6%. 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.

FIP3.92

K/98.8

WHIP1.21

WAR.4

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2026	WSH	45	43.0	1	2	2	34	18	42	18	3.77	3.92	1.21	8.8	3.8	90	94	0.4
2025	WSH	22	24.1	0	0	0	28	19	25	17	7.03	6.50	1.85	9.2	6.3	169	156	-0.5
2024	WSH	4	3.1	0	0	0	10	5	3	2	13.50	4.07	3.60	8.1	5.4	331	100	0.0

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	83	68	9	2	13	22	.132	.268	.250	.249	26.5%
vs RHB	95	89	25	3	5	20	.281	.316	.416	.320	21.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Orlando Ribalta 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	38.9%	292	86.7	2,089	53.1%	28.4%	52	.212	.682
Four-Seam Fastball	28.0%	210	96.9	2,597	55.7%	27.5%	45	.156	.569
Sinker	16.7%	125	96.9	2,448	43.2%	10.0%	35	.400	.920
Changeup	16.4%	123	86.5	2,029	36.6%	43.8%	25	.080	.287

Orlando Ribalta'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.

AJ BlubaughHOU

ERA: 3.66
FIP: 4.31
SO: 94
WAR: 0.4

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Daniel PalenciaCHC

ERA: 3.64
FIP: 4.05
SO: 30
WAR: 0.2

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Mason FluhartyTOR

ERA: 3.30
FIP: 3.66
SO: 65
WAR: 0.8

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Brooks RaleyNYM

ERA: 3.25
FIP: 3.96
SO: 51
WAR: 0.4

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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.