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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

dbWAR: -.6
IP: 37.1
ERA: 6.27
FIP: 6.75
K/9: 6.5
FIP−: 161

Chris Roycroft is a relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. In 2026 he struck out 27 batters over 37.1 innings across 26 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 6.27 is 50.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the worst on his team, and 501st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.75 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 17.2% of swings (8.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 15.1%. His -0.9 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.

FIP6.75

K/96.5

WHIP1.77

WAR-.9

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	TB/ATH/STL	26	37.1	2	0	1	49	26	27	17	6.27	6.75	1.77	6.5	4.1	150	161	-0.9
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	90	78	15	4	10	13	.192	.289	.346	.283	14.4%
vs RHB	89	79	34	6	7	14	.430	.489	.709	.514	15.7%

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	52.6%	340	96.3	2,161	42.1%	14.4%	93	.344	.984
Four-Seam Fastball	21.8%	141	95.0	2,204	45.4%	25.8%	26	.115	.512
Cutter	19.5%	126	89.2	2,154	38.9%	15.6%	34	.353	.861
Sweeper	5.9%	38	86.0	2,290	47.4%	16.7%	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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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

Matt GageSF

ERA: 5.60
FIP: 6.32
SO: 22
WAR: -0.5

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Xzavion CurryNYM

ERA: 5.48
FIP: 7.37
SO: 15
WAR: -0.6

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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.