Pitcher · 2025
Caden Dana
- Age
- 22
- B/T
- L/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #36
- Born
- December 17, 2003 in Warwick, NY, USA
- MLB debut
- September 1, 2024
- Drafted
- 2022, round 11
- High school
- Don Bosco
- dbWAR
- -1.2 2 season(s)
- IP
- 32.1
- ERA
- 6.40
- FIP
- 6.48
- K/9
- 9.2
- FIP−
- 156 100 = avg
Caden Dana is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. In 2025 he struck out 33 batters over 32.1 innings across 7 appearances, 5 of them starts, going 0-4. His ERA of 6.40 was 54.0% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 15th of 18 on his team, and 496th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 6.48 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 28.2% of swings (11.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 12.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.4%. His -0.6 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, 2025.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 66 | 52 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 20 | .231 | .338 | .500 | .355 | 30.3% |
| vs RHB | 75 | 65 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 13 | .277 | .360 | .523 | .379 | 17.3% |
Pitch sequencing
What Caden Dana 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 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 253 | 94.9 | 2,196 | 45.5% | 15.5% | |
| Slider | 155 | 85.6 | 2,176 | 41.3% | 23.1% | |
| Changeup | 109 | 87.0 | 1,540 | 41.3% | 53.1% | |
| Curveball | 45 | 79.0 | 2,516 | 44.4% | 57.1% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | 32.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 6.40 | 6.48 | 1.48 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 154 | 156 | -0.6 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 10.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9.58 | 10.23 | 2.03 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 235 | 251 | -0.6 |
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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.