Players · T · Pitcher · 2026
Blade Tidwell
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 244 lb
- Number
- #46
- Born
- June 8, 2001 in Columbia, TN, United States
- MLB debut
- May 4, 2025
- Drafted
- 2022, round 2
- College
- Tennessee
- High school
- Loretto
- dbWAR
- -.3 2 season(s)
- IP
- 56.2
- ERA
- 4.45
- FIP
- 4.74
- K/9
- 7.3
- FIP−
- 114 100 = avg
Blade Tidwell is a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. In 2026 he struck out 46 batters over 56.2 innings across 17 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 1-2. His ERA of 4.45 is 6.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 17th of 25 on his team, and 334th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.74 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 23.1% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.6%. His 0.1 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.
WAR by season
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 131 | 110 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 17 | .273 | .389 | .491 | .390 | 13.0% |
| vs RHB | 104 | 96 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 29 | .167 | .212 | .229 | .201 | 27.9% |
Pitch sequencing
What Blade Tidwell 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.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 319 | 95.1 | 2,210 | 46.1% | 18.2% | 60 | .267 | .889 | |
| Sweeper | 303 | 82.5 | 2,869 | 51.8% | 34.0% | 61 | .246 | .583 | |
| Sinker | 167 | 93.1 | 2,088 | 41.3% | 9.7% | 42 | .143 | .503 | |
| Slider | 89 | 87.9 | 2,420 | 38.2% | 25.6% | 23 | .261 | .936 | |
| Changeup | 42 | 83.4 | 1,587 | 26.2% | 15.4% | 6 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 36 | 83.4 | 2,438 | 33.3% | 23.8% | 14 | — | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.