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JR Ritchie

Age: 23
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #60

Born: June 26, 2003 in Seattle, WA, United States
MLB debut: April 23, 2026
Drafted: 2022, round CB-A
High school: Bainbridge

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dbWAR: -.4
IP: 73.1
ERA: 4.91
FIP: 5.56
K/9: 8.3
FIP−: 133

JR Ritchie is a starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2026 he struck out 68 batters over 73.1 innings across 17 appearances, 11 of them starts, going 1-5. His ERA of 4.91 was 17.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 15 on his team, and 390th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.56 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 22.4% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.9%. His -0.4 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 regular season.

FIP5.56

K/98.3

WHIP1.47

WAR-.4

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

																				Trend
2026	ATL	17	11	73.1	1	5	1	65	40	68	43	4.91	5.56	1.47	8.3	5.3	117	133	-0.4	—

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	185	151	37	8	29	44	.245	.378	.457	.371	23.8%
vs RHB	141	123	28	5	14	24	.228	.314	.398	.318	17.0%

Pitch sequencing

What JR Ritchie throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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CurveballSinkerFour-seamChangeupCutterSlider

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.


Curveball	26.3%	336	82.9	2,623	46.4%	31.5%	79	.203	.669
Sinker	22.7%	290	94.0	2,299	41.7%	13.1%	57	.211	.647
Four-Seam Fastball	18.9%	241	94.6	2,355	38.2%	22.0%	49	.245	.944
Changeup	17.7%	226	87.9	1,651	42.5%	23.2%	60	.267	.802
Cutter	8.5%	109	89.0	2,472	39.4%	18.2%	16	.438	1.278
Slider	5.9%	76	85.1	2,552	47.4%	17.1%	14	—	—

JR Ritchie'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.

Spencer ArrighettiHOU

ERA: 4.96
FIP: 5.44
SO: 106
WAR: -0.5

Very close

Brandon SproatMIL

ERA: 5.57
FIP: 5.22
SO: 101
WAR: -0.0

Brandon WilliamsonCIN

ERA: 5.30
FIP: 5.89
SO: 36
WAR: -0.5

Jacob LopezATH

ERA: 5.47
FIP: 5.22
SO: 112
WAR: 0.3

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.