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Luis Gastelum

St. Louis Cardinals National League Central

Age: 25
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 175 lb
Number: #72

Born: September 27, 2001 in Los Mochis, SI, Mexico
MLB debut: July 8, 2026

dbWAR: .3
IP: 36.2
ERA: 4.42
FIP: 3.97
K/9: 10.8
FIP−: 95

Luis Gastelum is a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2026 he struck out 44 batters over 36.2 innings across 34 appearances, going 5-4. His ERA of 4.42 is 5.7% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 16 on his team, and 327th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.97 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 34.7% of swings (16.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 28.9%. His 0.3 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.

FIP3.97

K/910.8

WHIP1.25

WAR.3

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	STL	34	0	36.2	5	4	0	34	18	44	12	4.42	3.97	1.25	10.8	2.9	106	95	0.3	—

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	81	74	17	5	6	26	.230	.296	.473	.334	32.1%
vs RHB	71	63	17	1	6	18	.270	.338	.413	.332	25.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Luis Gastelum 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	36.9%	221	81.7	1,543	52.0%	49.6%	65	.169	.557
Four-Seam Fastball	31.2%	187	94.1	2,550	51.3%	18.2%	36	.306	.931
Sweeper	23.5%	141	84.5	2,380	42.6%	34.6%	25	.400	1.123
Sinker	8.3%	50	93.3	2,371	48.0%	5.9%	11	—	—

Luis Gastelum'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.

Will DionWSH

ERA: 3.78
FIP: 4.13
SO: 53
WAR: 0.4

Very close

Jacob WebbCHC

ERA: 3.41
FIP: 4.07
SO: 72
WAR: 0.5

Peyton GrayTEX

ERA: 3.86
FIP: 4.12
SO: 60
WAR: 0.3

Tommy NanceTOR

ERA: 3.92
FIP: 3.82
SO: 68
WAR: 0.6

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.