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Rays 2026 Projected Pitching Performance


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2026 Rays Projected Pitching

Through games of Tuesday, 22 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 1.017)

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
Bryan Baker, actual: 64 241 215 35 9 1 4 58 22 12 184 1 1 2 2 1 2 368
Bryan Baker, projected: 64 245 220 47 9 1 6 77 22 24 184 1 2 1 1 1 4 519
Hunter Bigge, actual: 18 85 70 14 6 0 1 23 14 17 58 0 1 0 0 1 4 664
Hunter Bigge, projected: 18 86 76 17 3 0 3 29 10 10 58 0 0 0 0 0 2 702
Cam Booser, actual: 40 146 138 24 4 0 5 43 6 10 118 0 2 0 0 0 1 370
Cam Booser, projected: 40 148 133 29 5 0 6 52 13 15 118 0 2 1 1 1 1 599
Joe Boyle, actual: 4 81 70 13 6 0 1 22 9 13 57 0 1 0 1 0 3 592
Joe Boyle, projected: 4 82 69 15 4 0 2 24 11 12 57 0 1 1 1 0 4 770
Aaron Brooks, actual: 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10113
Aaron Brooks, projected: 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1944
Garrett Cleavinger, actual: 51 181 152 37 6 1 6 63 22 23 124 0 5 2 0 2 2 823
Garrett Cleavinger, projected: 51 184 158 34 4 1 6 59 19 20 124 0 2 4 1 1 4 715
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Alex Cook, actual: 4 24 22 4 1 0 1 8 2 3 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 679
Alex Cook, projected: 4 24 22 4 1 0 1 8 2 3 17 0 0 0 1 0 0 689
Mason Englert, actual: 14 157 145 43 10 0 9 80 8 19 107 1 2 1 1 3 3 1007
Mason Englert, projected: 14 160 147 41 9 1 7 71 10 22 107 1 1 1 1 1 3 926
Yoendrys Gómez, actual: 9 82 69 19 2 0 5 36 10 13 52 1 1 1 0 2 5 1197
Yoendrys Gómez, projected: 9 83 72 17 3 0 3 30 10 11 52 0 1 1 1 0 2 954
Michael Grove, actual: 3 28 27 7 1 0 3 17 0 5 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 937
Michael Grove, projected: 3 28 26 7 1 0 1 12 2 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 702
Jonathan Heasley, actual: 1 19 19 8 2 0 2 16 0 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 1783
Jonathan Heasley, projected: 1 19 17 5 1 0 1 9 2 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 972
Brody Hopkins, actual: 3 12 10 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 662
Brody Hopkins, projected: 3 12 10 1 0 0 1 4 2 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 648
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Griffin Jax, actual: 33 449 402 95 15 0 15 155 35 56 328 4 6 2 7 1 11 648
Griffin Jax, projected: 33 457 413 95 17 2 14 159 33 54 328 2 4 4 5 2 10 643
Ty Johnson, actual: 7 28 23 5 1 0 1 9 3 3 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 660
Ty Johnson, projected: 7 28 23 5 1 0 1 9 3 3 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 671
Kevin Kelly, actual: 70 276 260 55 9 1 6 84 11 23 218 1 1 3 4 3 7 398
Kevin Kelly, projected: 70 281 261 59 12 1 7 96 12 29 218 1 1 5 3 2 7 505
Craig Kimbrel, actual: 19 80 68 13 6 0 1 22 10 8 56 0 0 2 1 0 6 640
Craig Kimbrel, projected: 19 81 71 12 2 0 2 20 9 7 56 0 0 1 1 0 2 503
Casey Legumina, actual: 45 243 217 56 9 1 7 88 16 24 173 1 4 5 0 3 1 682
Casey Legumina, projected: 45 247 217 59 13 1 8 96 22 35 173 1 3 4 2 2 1 832
Nick Martinez, actual: 30 706 673 164 30 2 22 264 25 58 532 2 3 3 1 0 12 550
Nick Martinez, projected: 30 718 656 168 35 3 23 279 48 81 532 3 4 7 5 1 11 680
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Trevor Martin, actual: 6 54 48 14 2 0 4 28 4 8 34 0 0 2 0 0 2 1314
Trevor Martin, projected: 6 55 48 15 2 0 3 27 5 9 34 0 0 2 0 0 2 1215
Steven Matz, actual: 33 328 298 71 15 2 14 132 24 48 231 1 3 2 3 0 7 787
Steven Matz, projected: 33 334 304 79 14 1 12 131 23 40 231 2 1 3 3 1 7 771
Shane McClanahan, actual: 24 487 441 93 18 1 10 143 39 52 354 2 0 4 5 0 15 540
Shane McClanahan, projected: 24 495 455 99 18 1 14 160 36 46 354 1 0 2 4 0 8 554
Freddy Peralta, actual: 9 196 178 37 4 1 6 61 12 20 150 2 1 3 0 0 3 471
Freddy Peralta, projected: 9 199 177 37 8 0 6 65 18 21 150 1 1 2 1 0 3 576
Drew Rasmussen, actual: 30 669 627 125 18 1 14 187 32 53 516 0 3 7 5 0 23 419
Drew Rasmussen, projected: 30 680 631 135 21 2 15 204 41 57 516 1 2 4 4 1 17 464
Manuel Rodríguez, actual: 4 24 18 5 2 0 1 10 4 2 14 1 0 1 0 1 2 1348
Manuel Rodríguez, projected: 4 24 21 5 1 0 1 7 2 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 891
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Chris Roycroft, actual: 11 86 79 24 3 0 6 45 4 14 58 0 1 2 0 1 0 1073
Chris Roycroft, projected: 11 87 75 21 3 1 3 34 9 13 58 1 1 2 1 0 2 1046
Jesse Scholtens, actual: 11 196 177 46 9 1 10 87 14 22 134 0 2 3 3 1 0 927
Jesse Scholtens, projected: 11 199 181 51 7 0 8 84 15 27 134 0 2 2 3 1 3 928
Ian Seymour, actual: 45 534 486 113 21 5 25 219 36 67 382 3 4 5 5 4 8 751
Ian Seymour, projected: 45 543 492 113 20 3 21 203 38 70 382 3 4 6 6 3 8 713
Chase Solesky, actual: 1 17 16 6 2 0 1 11 1 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2322
Chase Solesky, projected: 1 17 16 6 2 0 1 11 1 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 2268
Cole Sulser, actual: 48 222 204 50 15 0 7 86 15 30 160 2 1 0 1 4 5 646
Cole Sulser, projected: 48 226 201 47 10 1 6 75 22 25 160 2 1 0 1 2 4 621
Andrew Wantz, actual: 1 11 7 2 0 0 1 5 2 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 2873
Andrew Wantz, projected: 1 11 10 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 486
Pitcher (alphabetical by last name) G PA AB H 2B 3B HR TB BB R OUTS SH SF HBP ROE IBB SB TPP
Tyler Wells, actual: 14 66 58 8 1 0 2 15 5 4 54 1 2 0 1 0 1 340
Tyler Wells, projected: 14 67 62 13 2 0 3 24 4 7 54 0 0 0 0 0 1 509
Ben Williamson, actual: 5 21 20 5 1 0 1 9 1 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 723
Ben Williamson, projected: 5 21 20 5 1 0 1 9 1 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 713
Rays, Actual: 157 5753 5239 1193 228 17 193 2034 390 627 4203 24 46 52 42 27 125 604
Rays, Projected: 157 5845 5288 1244 229 19 186 2074 446 659 4203 21 34 53 47 19 107 636


Assorted Team Stats:
Stat Actual Projected
Batting Average: 0.228 0.235
Slugging Average: 0.388 0.392
Walks (per PA): 0.068 0.076
SOs (per PA): 0.223 0.236
On-Base Average: 0.285 0.299
Power Factor: 1.705 1.667
OPS: 0.674 0.692
Runs Calculated from Actual Stats: 604
Runs Calculated from Projected Stats: 636
Actual Runs Scored: 627

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