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Wilber Dotel

Pittsburgh Pirates National League Central

Age: 24
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 245 lb
Number: #66

Born: September 25, 2002 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: April 19, 2026

dbWAR: .8
IP: 42.1
ERA: 4.46
FIP: 3.22
K/9: 8.7
FIP−: 77

Wilber Dotel is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2026 he struck out 41 batters over 42.1 innings across 22 appearances, going 1-5. His ERA of 4.46 is 6.9% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 15 on his team, and 336th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.22 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.8% of swings (12.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.5%. His 0.8 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.

FIP3.22

K/98.7

WHIP1.37

WAR.8

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	PIT	22	2	42.1	1	5	0	42	21	41	16	4.46	3.22	1.37	8.7	3.4	107	77	0.8	—

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	98	86	17	0	9	29	.198	.268	.233	.230	29.6%
vs RHB	84	77	25	3	7	12	.325	.381	.494	.384	14.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Wilber Dotel 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	45.6%	322	98.3	2,296	47.2%	18.6%	73	.247	.665
Cutter	24.5%	173	92.4	2,249	50.3%	31.5%	40	.300	.783
Slider	21.4%	151	88.0	2,221	46.4%	28.4%	43	.256	.628
Changeup	6.8%	48	88.4	1,367	35.4%	26.3%	7	—	—
Sinker	1.7%	12	97.0	2,201	41.7%	50.0%	0	—	—

Wilber Dotel'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.

Andrew MorrisMIN

ERA: 4.21
FIP: 3.14
SO: 68
WAR: 1.3

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Enmanuel De JesusDET

ERA: 3.83
FIP: 3.39
SO: 39
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Alex HoppeSEA

ERA: 4.43
FIP: 3.43
SO: 47
WAR: 0.6

Very close

Antonio SenzatelaCOL

ERA: 4.07
FIP: 3.70
SO: 59
WAR: 0.9

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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.