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Pitcher · 2026

Will Dion

Age
26
B/T
L/L
Height
5' 10"
Weight
180 lb
Number
#76
Born
April 17, 2000 in Sulphur, LA, USA
MLB debut
May 26, 2026
Drafted
2021, round 9
College
McNeese State
dbWAR
.2
1 season(s)
IP
23.1
ERA
3.86
FIP
3.73
K/9
10.0
FIP−
89
100 = avg

Will Dion is a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2026 he struck out 26 batters over 23.1 innings across 14 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 3.86 was 7.6% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 9th of 14 on his team, and 230th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.73 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 25.8% of swings (13.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 4.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 26.8%. His 0.2 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.

FIP3.73
K/910.0
WHIP1.24
WAR.2

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB3633101311.303.361.424.34930.6%
vs RHB6159153115.254.279.458.31724.6%

Pitch sequencing

What Will Dion 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, and how often it misses in 2026.

Four-Seam Fastball43.9%15591.52,34758.1%33.7%
Curveball21.5%7681.02,47748.7%6.3%
Changeup19.5%6978.51,49844.9%32.5%
Cutter9.1%3287.92,39137.5%12.5%
Sinker5.9%2190.02,36438.1%10.0%
Will Dion'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.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
202614023.110025102643.863.731.2410.01.592890.2

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.