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Zebby Matthews

Age: 26
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 225 lb
Number: #52

Born: May 22, 2000 in Cullowhee, NC, United States
MLB debut: August 13, 2024
Drafted: 2022, round 8
College: Western Carolina

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dbWAR: 1.9
IP: 130.1
ERA: 4.90
FIP: 4.71
K/9: 8.0
FIP−: 113

Zebby Matthews is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2026 he struck out 116 batters over 130.1 innings across 23 appearances, 23 of them starts, going 9-11. His ERA of 4.90 was 17.3% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 16th of 19 on his team, and 388th of 539 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.71 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 22.6% of swings (10.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.3%. His 0.8 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 regular season.

FIP4.71

K/98.0

WHIP1.26

WAR.8

WAR by season

Pitching Regular season

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


2026	MIN	23	23	130.1	9	11	125	71	116	39	4.90	4.71	1.26	8.0	2.7	117	113	0.8
2025	MIN	16	16	79.1	5	6	94	49	88	24	5.56	3.79	1.49	10.0	2.7	134	91	1.4
2024	MIN	9	9	37.2	1	4	51	28	43	11	6.69	5.72	1.65	10.3	2.6	164	140	-0.2

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	316	284	75	14	26	70	.264	.329	.461	.345	22.2%
vs RHB	229	214	50	10	13	46	.234	.279	.425	.306	20.1%

Pitch sequencing

What Zebby Matthews 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	35.8%	757	95.2	2,291	50.2%	14.6%	159	.289	.873
Slider	22.7%	481	87.3	2,388	45.5%	34.3%	145	.166	.494
Changeup	13.2%	280	86.7	1,516	29.6%	19.8%	68	.309	.844
Cutter	12.5%	265	90.9	2,490	45.7%	15.3%	62	.339	1.011
Curveball	11.1%	235	79.8	2,355	45.1%	34.0%	46	.152	.540
Sinker	4.7%	99	95.2	2,318	48.5%	20.9%	19	.316	.961

Zebby Matthews'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.

Dean KremerMIN

ERA: 4.68
FIP: 4.79
SO: 86
WAR: 0.4

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ERA: 4.36
FIP: 4.52
SO: 148
WAR: 1.6

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Aaron NolaPHI

ERA: 4.67
FIP: 4.87
SO: 177
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Bryce ElderATL

ERA: 4.11
FIP: 4.62
SO: 121
WAR: 1.1

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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.