Jake Irvin

Jake Irvin

27-Year-Old PitcherSP
Washington Nationals
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Irvin is the classic example of the difference between real baseball and fantasy baseball. Real baseball general managers have to find someway to get roughly 1450 innings of pitching to survive a season. In the old days, it would be 1000 from the rotation and 450 from the bullpen, but that now looks closer to 850-900 from the rotation and more from the pen. Pitchers like Irvin fill a need on real baseball teams because they can take the ball and eat up innings as Irvin did in 2023. Fantasy baseball managers can be more selective in the pitchers they use to get to a league minimum for innings pitched, and the successful ones avoid using the type of innings Irvin provides as they are harmful to ratios without providing many chances for wins on a bad club. Irvin's repertoire is better served in the bullpen until he comes up with a better offspeed pitch. The best case scenario here is a NL-Only end game pick for depth purposes only. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#389
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Nationals in March of 2024.
Has Atlanta's number
PWashington Nationals
June 7, 2024
Irvin (4-5) earned the win Friday over Atlanta, allowing four hits and two walks over six scoreless innings. He struck out four.
ANALYSIS
Irvin has now thrown 14 scoreless innings in two starts against Atlanta this year, allowing just six hits while logging 14 strikeouts. The 27-year-old right-hander has now delivered four straight quality starts, pitching to a 1.47 ERA in that span. Irvin's lowered his ERA to 3.12 on the season with a 1.03 WHIP and 64:14 K:BB across 75 innings. He'll look to keep rolling in his next outing, currently scheduled for next week in Detroit.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
91
Last 10 Games
92
Last 5 Games
96
How many pitches does Jake Irvin generally throw?
 
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What part of the game does Jake Irvin generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-17%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-20%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-15%
BAA vs RHP
2022
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BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2022vs Left .264 450 82 42 106 22 2 18
Since 2022vs Right .219 379 81 26 75 15 2 8
2024vs Left .247 164 34 12 37 10 1 4
2024vs Right .197 135 30 2 26 10 1 2
2023vs Left .274 286 48 30 69 12 1 14
2023vs Right .233 244 51 24 49 5 1 6
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
 
 
-17%
ERA on Road
2024
 
 
-31%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-8%
ERA at Home
2022
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ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2022Home 4.34 1.37 114.0 3 9 0 7.2 3.3 1.2
Since 2022Away 3.62 1.13 82.0 4 3 0 7.9 2.9 1.2
2024Home 3.86 1.29 28.0 1 4 0 7.1 1.6 1.0
2024Away 2.68 0.87 47.0 3 1 0 8.0 1.7 0.6
2023Home 4.50 1.40 86.0 2 5 0 7.2 3.9 1.3
2023Away 4.89 1.49 35.0 1 2 0 7.7 4.4 2.1
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jake Irvin compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
4.57
 
K/9
7.7
 
BB/9
1.7
 
HR/9
0.7
 
Fastball
94.2 mph
 
ERA
3.12
 
WHIP
1.03
 
BABIP
.279
 
GB/FB
1.40
 
Left On Base
68.5%
 
Exit Velocity
83.6 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
5.7%
 
Spin Rate
2423 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
25.8%
 
Swinging Strike
10.3%
 
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Encouraging underlying metrics
PWashington Nationals
August 11, 2023
Irvin is holding opponents to a .224 batting average against his fastball and .182 batting average against his curveball through 17 starts this season.
ANALYSIS
Irvin's fastball and curveball combine to account for 68.8 percent of his total pitches thrown, so his bread and butter being effective is noteworthy. His sinker, on the other hand, is getting blasted at a .364/.400/.535 opponent slash. Finding success with a third pitch is a critical next step for the 26-year-old, but his foundation is encouraging. Irvin owns a 4.93 ERA across 84.0 total innings in his rookie campaign.
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Finally victorious again
PWashington Nationals
June 2, 2024
Irvin (3-5) picked up the win Sunday against Cleveland, allowing two earned runs on five hits and one walk over six innings. He struck out six.
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Fans career-high 10 in no-decision
PWashington Nationals
May 29, 2024
Irvin came away with a no-decision in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to Atlanta, allowing two hits and two walks over six scoreless innings. He struck out 10.
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Takes fifth loss
PWashington Nationals
May 22, 2024
Irvin (2-5) took the loss Wednesday against the Twins, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six over 6.1 innings.
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Falls to Phillies
PWashington Nationals
May 17, 2024
Irvin (2-4) took the loss Friday against the Phillies, allowing four runs on five hits and a walk over five innings. He struck out two.
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Pitches well in no-decision
PWashington Nationals
May 11, 2024
Irvin did not factor into the decision Saturday in Boston, allowing two runs on four hits and no walks over seven innings. He struck out six.
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