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Didier Fuentes

Age: 21
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 170 lb
Number: #72

Born: June 17, 2005 in Tolu, Colombia
MLB debut: June 20, 2025

dbWAR: 1.2
IP: 73.1
ERA: 2.45
FIP: 2.60
K/9: 11.3
FIP−: 62

Didier Fuentes is a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. In 2026 he struck out 92 batters over 73.1 innings across 58 appearances, going 7-2. His ERA of 2.45 is 41.3% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 15 on his team, and 44th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.60 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 30.4% of swings (16.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 31.0%. His 1.8 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.

FIP2.60

K/911.3

WHIP1.10

WAR1.8

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

																				Trend
2026	ATL	58	1	73.1	7	2	3	60	20	92	21	2.45	2.60	1.10	11.3	2.6	59	62	1.8
2025	ATL	4	4	13.0	0	3	0	23	20	12	6	13.85	9.14	2.23	8.3	4.2	333	220	-0.6

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	165	149	34	6	12	56	.228	.287	.396	.297	33.9%
vs RHB	132	120	26	0	9	36	.217	.275	.242	.237	27.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Didier Fuentes 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	68.8%	845	97.3	2,104	56.0%	29.0%	177	.237	.670
Slider	23.7%	291	85.5	2,464	49.1%	38.5%	70	.186	.448
Splitter	6.8%	83	89.0	1,929	26.5%	19.4%	21	.143	.325
Curveball	0.8%	10	80.2	2,467	10.0%	0.0%	2	—	—

Didier Fuentes'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.

Grant TaylorCWS

ERA: 2.25
FIP: 2.77
SO: 106
WAR: 1.9

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Brent HeadrickNYY

ERA: 2.18
FIP: 2.46
SO: 98
WAR: 2.1

Very close

Adrian MorejonSD

ERA: 2.86
FIP: 2.37
SO: 105
WAR: 2.2

Very close

Tayler SaucedoLAA

ERA: 2.53
FIP: 2.68
SO: 26
WAR: 0.5

Very close

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.