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Chris Roycroft

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 8"
Weight: 230 lb
Number: #56

Born: June 21, 1997 in Dundee, IL, United States
MLB debut: May 7, 2024
College: Aurora U

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dbWAR: -.7
IP: 38.1
ERA: 6.57
FIP: 6.86
K/9: 6.8
FIP−: 164

Chris Roycroft is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 29 batters over 38.1 innings across 27 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 6.57 was 57.2% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 514th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.86 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 17.3% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 11.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.3%. His -1.0 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.

FIP6.86

K/96.8

WHIP1.90

WAR-1.0

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2026	TB/ATH/STL	27	38.1	2	0	1	52	28	29	21	6.57	6.86	1.90	6.8	4.9	157	164	-1.0
2025	STL	20	20.2	1	3	0	26	18	15	12	7.84	4.83	1.84	6.5	5.2	188	116	-0.0
2024	STL	27	34.1	1	2	0	31	16	33	17	4.19	3.84	1.40	8.7	4.5	103	94	0.3

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	94	80	16	4	12	14	.200	.309	.350	.296	14.9%
vs RHB	95	83	36	6	9	15	.434	.500	.699	.515	15.8%

Pitch sequencing

What Chris Roycroft 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


Sinker	50.8%	353	96.3	2,162	42.2%	14.6%	93	.344	.994
Four-Seam Fastball	23.3%	162	95.1	2,204	45.1%	25.7%	31	.161	.591
Cutter	19.3%	134	89.2	2,162	38.1%	15.2%	35	.371	.893
Sweeper	6.3%	44	86.0	2,290	47.7%	15.4%	4	—	—

Chris Roycroft'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.

Drew PomeranzLAA

ERA: 5.59
FIP: 6.93
SO: 17
WAR: -0.8

Seth HalvorsenCOL

ERA: 5.90
FIP: 6.17
SO: 23
WAR: -0.5

Justin TopaMIN

ERA: 6.95
FIP: 6.01
SO: 15
WAR: -0.3

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Tony SantillanCIN

ERA: 6.42
FIP: 7.06
SO: 36
WAR: -1.1

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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.