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Will Warren

Age: 27
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #29

Born: June 16, 1999 in Brandon, MS, United States
MLB debut: July 30, 2024
Drafted: 2021, round 8
College: Southeastern Louisiana

dbWAR: 4.5
IP: 156.0
ERA: 3.92
FIP: 3.94
K/9: 9.1
FIP−: 94

Will Warren is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2026 he struck out 158 batters over 156.0 innings across 32 appearances, 29 of them starts, going 11-6. His ERA of 3.92 is 6.1% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 17 on his team, and 251st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.94 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 22.7% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.0% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.3%. His 2.4 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.

FIP3.94

K/99.1

WHIP1.37

WAR2.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	NYY	32	29	156.0	11	6	159	68	158	54	3.92	3.94	1.37	9.1	3.1	94	94	2.4
2025	NYY	33	33	162.1	9	8	158	80	171	65	4.44	4.07	1.37	9.5	3.6	107	98	2.1
2024	NYY	6	5	22.2	0	3	33	26	29	10	10.32	4.93	1.90	11.5	4.0	253	121	0.0

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	383	341	94	11	34	77	.276	.344	.443	.346	20.1%
vs RHB	294	269	65	10	20	81	.242	.294	.424	.312	27.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Will Warren 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


Four-Seam Fastball	35.4%	934	93.7	2,543	51.4%	21.8%	204	.225	.754
Sinker	24.7%	653	93.3	2,403	41.5%	17.2%	176	.318	.846
Sweeper	20.2%	535	83.9	2,992	48.8%	23.7%	108	.296	.849
Changeup	13.8%	364	87.3	1,661	37.1%	29.7%	87	.172	.462
Curveball	5.6%	149	81.3	2,801	34.9%	29.8%	33	.303	.788

Will Warren'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.

Tyler MahleSF

ERA: 3.99
FIP: 3.99
SO: 137
WAR: 2.1

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Freddy PeraltaNYM

ERA: 4.42
FIP: 4.29
SO: 156
WAR: 1.8

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Peter LambertHOU

ERA: 3.87
FIP: 3.94
SO: 153
WAR: 2.2

Very close

Kyle LeahySTL

ERA: 3.66
FIP: 3.60
SO: 132
WAR: 2.5

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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.