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Walbert Ureña

Age: 22
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 210 lb
Number: #57

Born: January 25, 2004 in Mao, Dominican Republic
MLB debut: March 26, 2026

dbWAR: 2.5
IP: 148.1
ERA: 2.97
FIP: 3.62
K/9: 8.6
FIP−: 87

Walbert Ureña is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2026 he struck out 142 batters over 148.1 innings across 29 appearances, 27 of them starts, going 9-11. His ERA of 2.97 is 28.8% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the second best on his team, and 89th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.62 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 27.7% of swings (13.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 10.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His 2.5 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.

FIP3.62

K/98.6

WHIP1.23

WAR2.5

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	LAA	29	27	148.1	9	11	0	114	49	142	68	2.97	3.62	1.23	8.6	4.1	71	87	2.5	—

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	353	303	68	5	46	71	.224	.330	.327	.302	20.1%
vs RHB	272	241	46	5	22	71	.191	.276	.282	.259	26.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Walbert Ureña 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.


Changeup	34.3%	850	91.0	1,763	48.5%	37.6%	206	.170	.496
Sinker	33.2%	823	98.1	2,182	45.2%	17.7%	188	.266	.758
Four-Seam Fastball	18.5%	459	97.9	2,259	47.5%	21.1%	90	.211	.711
Sweeper	14.0%	348	87.2	2,465	41.1%	34.8%	61	.164	.385

Walbert Ureña'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.

Andrew AlvarezWSH

ERA: 3.43
FIP: 3.32
SO: 114
WAR: 2.4

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Clay HolmesNYM

ERA: 3.29
FIP: 3.64
SO: 78
WAR: 1.9

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Landen RouppSF

ERA: 4.01
FIP: 3.73
SO: 143
WAR: 2.6

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Nolan McLeanNYM

ERA: 3.16
FIP: 3.59
SO: 194
WAR: 3.4

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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.