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Players · M · Pitcher · 2026

Luis Morales

Age
24
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 3"
Weight
200 lb
Number
#19
Born
September 24, 2002 in Antilla, Cuba
MLB debut
August 1, 2025
dbWAR
-.6
2 season(s)
IP
16.0
ERA
13.50
FIP
9.98
K/9
7.3
FIP−
239
100 = avg

Luis Morales is a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2026 he struck out 13 batters over 16.0 innings across 5 appearances, going 0-2. His ERA of 13.50 is 223.1% higher than the league average of 4.18. Stripping out defence, his 9.98 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.4% of swings (8.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 15.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.4%. His -0.9 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.

FIP9.98
K/97.3
WHIP2.56
WAR-.9

WAR by season

0.3-0.3-0.92526

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
2026ATH5216.00202724131413.509.982.567.37.9323239-0.9
2025ATH10948.2430381743183.144.681.158.03.3761120.3

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.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB372682116.308.514.577.48016.2%
vs RHB534819537.396.434.813.51613.2%

Pitch sequencing

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

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Four-seamSliderSinkerChangeupSweeper

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Pitch arsenal

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

Four-Seam Fastball45.4%15897.22,42246.2%9.7%36.3061.111
Slider27.0%9485.72,82344.7%33.3%20.5001.650
Sinker11.2%3996.32,39838.5%17.6%10——
Changeup9.5%3388.71,96518.2%11.1%3——
Sweeper6.9%2481.42,90937.5%22.2%5——
Luis Morales'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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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.