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Alex Hoppe

Age: 28
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #26

Born: December 17, 1998 in Davenport, IA, United States
MLB debut: April 27, 2026
Drafted: 2022, round 6
College: UNC Greensboro

dbWAR: .6
IP: 42.2
ERA: 4.43
FIP: 3.43
K/9: 9.9
FIP−: 82

Alex Hoppe is a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2026 he struck out 47 batters over 42.2 innings across 42 appearances, going 1-1. His ERA of 4.43 is 6.0% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 16 on his team, and 331st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.43 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 25.9% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 24.5%. His 0.6 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.

FIP3.43

K/99.9

WHIP1.43

WAR.6

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	SEA/BAL	42	0	42.2	1	1	1	41	21	47	20	4.43	3.43	1.43	9.9	4.2	106	82	0.6	—

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.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	106	88	21	1	16	25	.239	.362	.330	.316	23.6%
vs RHB	86	78	20	2	4	22	.256	.302	.410	.310	25.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Alex Hoppe 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	37.9%	278	98.4	2,288	46.4%	17.8%	62	.226	.706
Slider	36.7%	269	88.7	2,351	41.3%	41.0%	61	.262	.729
Sinker	24.3%	178	98.4	2,142	47.2%	18.6%	42	.238	.598

Alex Hoppe'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.

Dylan SmithSF

ERA: 3.96
FIP: 3.62
SO: 44
WAR: 0.5

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Wilber DotelPIT

ERA: 4.46
FIP: 3.22
SO: 41
WAR: 0.8

Very close

Blake TreinenLAD

ERA: 3.64
FIP: 3.74
SO: 31
WAR: 0.3

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Riley O'BrienSTL

ERA: 4.08
FIP: 3.95
SO: 64
WAR: 0.5

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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.