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Tigers 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Tigers Projected Pitching

Through games of Sunday, 27 September 2026.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Explanation of the Table

The Table below shows two lines for each pitcher and for the team as a whole: Actual and Projected. The Actual lines are just what it says: the actual stats for this season to date; the Projected lines want a little explanation.

The projecting has two steps. The first is simple: for each man, we calculate the ratio of his current-season-to-date BFPs (Batters Faced Pitcher, the equivalent of Plate Appearances for batters) to his career BFPs, then multiply all his career stats by that ratio to get what one might call his “raw” career-performance data pro-rated to his current-year number of BFPs. So, as a hypothetical example, a man with 5,000 career BFPs and 250 BFPs this season would have a ratio of 250/5000, or .050; so, if he had yielded, say, 1215 career Hits, his raw projected Hits number for this season would be 1215 x .05, or 61 (if the calculated number is fractional, as with 60.75, we round it off to the nearest whole number).

That much is simple and, we hope, clear. The second adjustment takes a little explaining. It derives from the fact that—for a team or for an individual man—the number of BFPs that will be had for a given number of Outs made (which is to say “innings played”) depends exactly on the on-base percentage: the higher the on-base percentage, the more BFPs the man or team will see in any given number of innings.

To clarify: imagine a staff with a great .250 on-base percentage; that number means that, on average, one man in four that they see at the plate will get on safely. The converse of that is that three men in four will make out. (For simplicity’s sake in this elementary example, we ignore outs made on the bases.) So, in an average inning, the batters, to make the three outs that constitute an inning, will send 4 men to the plate. If we next imagine a staff with an equally absurd .500 on-base percentage, only half the batters it faces make an out: thus, to make the three outs that define an inning, the batters would have—again, on average—to send 6 men to the plate. So (as should be intuitively obvious anyway), for a given number of innings, a higher OBP means more PAs.

The consequence of that is that each man’s “raw”stat projections, which were based on his BFPs for this season, are slightly inaccurate, because his—and the team’s—BFPs would be different (perhaps higher, perhaps lower) from what they are if all the men were performing at their career rates. To correct for that, we calculate each man’s career "outs rate" (all Outs made per plate appearance, which does include outs made behind him on the bases) and multiply it by his percentage of the staff’s total BFPs; we then sum up those outs rates to get a projected team Outs rate, and from that—holding Outs made (which, again, is just innings played) constant—we can reckon the projected team BFP total. We can then adjust each projected stat line by the ratio of expected team BFPs to actual BFPs (which normally yields a number fairly close to, but not equalling,1.0), giving us the true projected stats for each man and for the team.

(For this season for this team’s pitching, the adjustment factor, rounded to three decimal places—the actual calculations use many more decimals— is 1.003)

Incidentally, that last adjustment is the reason that even rookies, whose whole “career” is just the current season, can have “adjusted” lines that differ slightly from their actual data lines, and why the TPP numbers here may differ slightly from those on other pages here.

You can see the overall “win-capability” of the team (its wins projected from these team numbers and the corresponding team batting numbers) at our “Projected Team-Performances” page.

The Table

Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Drew Anderson, actual: 49 456 403 94 17 1 16 161 43 48 324 2 2 6 3 1 9 693
Drew Anderson, projected: 49 458 406 102 20 1 14 165 42 56 324 1 2 6 3 2 12 747
Beau Brieske, actual: 18 102 94 23 3 0 5 41 7 14 76 1 0 0 0 0 1 634
Beau Brieske, projected: 18 102 92 22 4 0 3 37 9 12 76 0 1 0 0 0 1 621
Enmanuel De Jesus, actual: 30 178 159 38 4 3 3 57 15 21 127 2 0 2 0 0 1 585
Enmanuel De Jesus, projected: 30 179 157 40 6 3 3 58 16 24 127 2 0 4 0 0 2 675
Yilber Díaz, actual: 4 24 20 5 2 0 1 10 4 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 915
Yilber Díaz, projected: 4 24 21 6 1 0 1 11 3 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 932
Kyle Finnegan, actual: 63 270 232 67 10 1 10 109 34 31 182 2 1 1 1 0 13 955
Kyle Finnegan, projected: 63 271 240 59 9 1 8 96 27 31 182 1 1 1 2 3 9 733
Jack Flaherty, actual: 20 396 341 81 20 3 11 140 42 52 265 2 4 7 2 1 3 820
Jack Flaherty, projected: 20 397 354 81 15 1 13 137 35 43 265 1 2 5 2 1 3 689
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Brenan Hanifee, actual: 23 93 84 24 4 0 5 43 7 12 64 1 0 1 0 1 2 904
Brenan Hanifee, projected: 23 93 87 23 4 1 2 35 5 10 64 0 0 1 1 1 2 733
Tyler Holton, actual: 67 301 274 71 10 1 8 107 19 27 216 2 0 6 1 0 0 626
Tyler Holton, projected: 67 302 279 58 8 1 9 95 17 25 216 2 1 3 1 1 2 491
Brant Hurter, actual: 29 143 124 24 5 0 1 32 15 13 106 1 2 1 3 1 3 439
Brant Hurter, projected: 29 143 127 28 5 0 2 39 12 13 106 1 1 3 2 1 3 525
Kenley Jansen, actual: 50 180 154 24 2 0 7 47 23 18 135 0 2 1 0 1 12 539
Kenley Jansen, projected: 50 181 163 30 5 1 4 49 14 14 135 0 1 2 1 1 7 460
Jackson Jobe, actual: 9 193 171 38 9 1 7 70 16 21 138 0 2 4 2 0 3 705
Jackson Jobe, projected: 9 194 168 39 8 1 6 68 20 20 138 1 2 3 1 0 4 720
Tyler Kinley, actual: 15 53 45 5 0 0 1 8 6 3 44 1 0 1 0 0 2 218
Tyler Kinley, projected: 15 53 46 10 2 0 2 18 6 7 44 0 0 1 0 0 1 594
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Ty Madden, actual: 20 189 173 33 6 1 5 56 14 17 141 0 0 2 2 0 3 492
Ty Madden, projected: 20 190 173 38 7 1 5 60 14 19 141 0 1 2 2 0 5 591
Zach McKinstry, actual: 2 15 9 3 0 0 1 6 5 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 3191
Zach McKinstry, projected: 2 15 9 3 0 0 1 6 5 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 3159
Troy Melton, actual: 20 470 423 92 23 2 13 158 37 41 343 1 2 7 2 0 5 579
Troy Melton, projected: 20 472 424 89 20 1 15 155 38 41 343 1 2 6 4 0 7 575
Casey Mize, actual: 16 341 315 67 22 1 5 106 19 27 260 2 4 1 3 0 9 453
Casey Mize, projected: 16 342 313 81 16 3 12 136 23 41 260 1 3 3 3 0 7 729
Keider Montero, actual: 32 625 574 124 27 2 17 206 37 64 465 4 4 6 4 2 2 519
Keider Montero, projected: 32 627 575 140 24 2 23 237 44 72 465 2 2 5 2 1 4 638
Tanner Rainey, actual: 6 31 22 3 1 0 0 4 8 3 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 456
Tanner Rainey, projected: 6 31 26 6 1 0 1 10 5 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 729
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Jake Rogers, actual: 3 12 10 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1107
Jake Rogers, projected: 3 12 10 3 1 0 0 5 1 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1134
River Ryan, actual: 2 21 18 5 1 0 1 9 3 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1147
River Ryan, projected: 2 21 19 4 1 0 0 6 2 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 567
Connor Seabold, actual: 11 69 60 17 3 0 2 26 5 6 47 0 3 1 0 0 1 912
Connor Seabold, projected: 11 69 61 20 4 1 3 34 6 12 47 0 1 1 0 0 0 1178
Andrew Sears, actual: 6 92 80 24 9 0 3 42 8 21 57 0 0 4 2 0 0 1217
Andrew Sears, projected: 6 92 80 24 9 0 3 42 8 21 57 0 0 4 2 0 0 1215
Tarik Skubal, actual: 16 374 353 74 17 1 10 123 14 33 290 2 1 4 4 0 4 442
Tarik Skubal, projected: 16 375 349 76 15 1 11 125 20 35 290 1 2 3 2 0 3 496
Burch Smith, actual: 13 73 65 18 6 0 2 30 7 8 51 1 0 0 0 0 1 748
Burch Smith, projected: 13 73 65 18 4 0 3 30 7 11 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 860
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Drew Sommers, actual: 43 169 150 35 2 0 4 49 14 20 119 2 0 3 3 2 1 597
Drew Sommers, projected: 43 170 149 38 3 1 5 56 15 23 119 2 0 4 3 2 1 738
Framber Valdez, actual: 31 758 671 170 26 2 16 248 67 87 522 2 4 14 6 0 13 721
Framber Valdez, projected: 31 761 677 157 26 2 15 233 66 77 522 2 5 10 6 0 13 617
Ricky Vanasco, actual: 5 40 34 14 4 0 2 24 6 12 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 2902
Ricky Vanasco, projected: 5 40 36 12 4 0 1 20 4 11 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 1912
Justin Verlander, actual: 2 39 36 11 1 1 3 23 3 7 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1099
Justin Verlander, projected: 2 39 36 8 2 0 1 13 3 4 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 567
Will Vest, actual: 27 116 102 28 5 0 2 39 10 22 80 1 1 2 1 0 1 724
Will Vest, projected: 27 116 104 26 5 0 2 36 9 13 80 1 2 1 1 0 1 660
Jacob Waguespack, actual: 35 183 159 25 1 1 6 46 18 14 141 3 1 2 2 0 5 437
Jacob Waguespack, projected: 35 184 161 39 7 1 6 65 18 23 141 1 1 3 3 0 4 704
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Tigers, Actual: 162 6006 5355 1240 241 21 167 2024 507 652 4302 32 33 79 43 9 94 637
Tigers, Projected: 162 6026 5407 1280 236 23 174 2077 494 672 4302 20 30 73 42 13 93 656


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.232 0.237
Slugging Average: 0.378 0.384
Walks (per PA): 0.084 0.082
SOs (per PA): 0.218 0.223
On-Base Average: 0.306 0.308
Power Factor: 1.632 1.623
OPS: 0.684 0.692
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 637
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 656
Actual Runs Scored: 652

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