Ryan Yarbrough
32-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
3-1
ERA
2.56
WHIP
0.73
K
14
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Despite playing for a team other than the Rays for the first time in his big-league career last season, Yarbrough once again served as the pitching equivalent of a super-utility player, bouncing between working as a starter, a bulk reliever and a conventional reliever. The left-hander even picked up first two MLB saves, though one was in a three-inning outing and the other covered four frames. Yarbrough's versatility makes him a useful part of a big-league pitching staff, but it hasn't usually translated to fantasy viability. The veteran hurler simply doesn't put up the type of stats that are attractive in most formats; namely, his strikeout rate (17.8 percent last year) typically hovers near the bottom fifth of the league, and he's posted a cumulative 4.80 ERA over the past three campaigns. His role as a soft-throwing swingman figures to remain the same in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Effective in long relief
Yarbrough (2-0) picked up the win Tuesday night against the Nationals, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out three over five innings.
ANALYSIS
Yarbrough was deployed as a bulk reliever and entered to begin the third after Kyle Hurt tossed two scoreless frames. Things started off a little rocky after he surrendered a two-run homer to Jesse Winker in his first inning, but the southpaw was able to settle in moving forward, retiring 14 straight batters to complete his outing. Five of Yarbrough's six appearances this season have lasted more than three outs, and he's been effective in a long relief role, posting a 3.20 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 9:4 K:BB in 19.2 innings.
Yarbrough was deployed as a bulk reliever and entered to begin the third after Kyle Hurt tossed two scoreless frames. Things started off a little rocky after he surrendered a two-run homer to Jesse Winker in his first inning, but the southpaw was able to settle in moving forward, retiring 14 straight batters to complete his outing. Five of Yarbrough's six appearances this season have lasted more than three outs, and he's been effective in a long relief role, posting a 3.20 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 9:4 K:BB in 19.2 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
37
Last 10 Games
36
Last 5 Games
27
How many pitches does Ryan Yarbrough generally throw?
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What part of the game does Ryan Yarbrough generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-23%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-24%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .211 | 47 | 12 | 45 | 8 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .275 | 95 | 29 | 157 | 20 | |||
2024vs Left | .136 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||
2024vs Right | .179 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 1 | |||
2023vs Left | .280 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 4 | |||
2023vs Right | .268 | 47 | 8 | 68 | 9 | |||
2022vs Left | .159 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .308 | 41 | 17 | 77 | 10 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-6%
ERA at Home
2024
-80%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 4.05 | 1.15 | 93.1 | 6.1 | 2.3 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.33 | 1.26 | 108.0 | 6.6 | 1.4 | ||||
2024Home | 3.72 | 0.88 | 19.1 | 3.7 | 2.3 | ||||
2024Away | 0.73 | 0.49 | 12.1 | 4.4 | 0.0 | ||||
2023Home | 3.98 | 1.09 | 43.0 | 7.1 | 1.5 | ||||
2023Away | 5.01 | 1.35 | 46.2 | 6.4 | 1.4 | ||||
2022Home | 4.35 | 1.39 | 31.0 | 6.1 | 3.5 | ||||
2022Away | 4.59 | 1.37 | 49.0 | 7.3 | 1.8 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Ryan Yarbrough compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 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 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.80K/9
4.0BB/9
1.4HR/9
0.9Fastball
86.0 mphERA
2.56WHIP
0.73BABIP
.166GB/FB
0.95Left On Base
69.1%Exit Velocity
79.9 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
1961 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.2%Swinging Strike
7.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Defensive Stats
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Included in trade talks
Yarbrough has come up in trade discussions Tuesday, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
The left-hander joined Kansas City on a one-year, $3 million deal over the winter and has been solid as a swingman with a 4.24 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 29:9 K:BB across 51 innings. Yarbrough missed two months after being struck in the head by a comebacker, but he's pitched especially well out of the rotation since he returned from the injured list July 9 with just six runs allowed in four starts.
The left-hander joined Kansas City on a one-year, $3 million deal over the winter and has been solid as a swingman with a 4.24 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 29:9 K:BB across 51 innings. Yarbrough missed two months after being struck in the head by a comebacker, but he's pitched especially well out of the rotation since he returned from the injured list July 9 with just six runs allowed in four starts.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Yarbrough was designated for assignment by the Rays in the offseason ending his run as the original bulk outing guy who found success working behind an opener while finding the exact opposite most outings as a traditional starter. Yarbrough owns a 4.75 ERA with a .257 opponents' batting average in his career as a traditional starter and a 3.82 ERA with a .248 opponents' batting average as a non-starter. He lacks any type of velocity or spin so he walks an extremely fine line of working the periphery of the strike zone while mixing and matching his pitches and arm angles to keep hitters off balance. The approach can work for sprints, but he also has a career 5.00 ERA once he has flipped a lineup over once. He could be a sneaky AL-Only play after signing with Kansas City, as he induces some of the softest average contact in the league along with a lot of infield fly balls. It's one of the few places where he could have signed on to be a starter out of spring training.
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Could work in bulk relief Tuesday
Yarbrough could be deployed as a bulk reliever in Tuesday's game against the Nationals or work as a multi-inning option as part of a bullpen day, Bill Plunkett of The Orange County Register reports.
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Grabs win in long relief
Yarbrough (1-0) picked up the win Tuesday against the Giants, surrendering four runs on seven hits and a walk across 4.1 innings. He struck out one.
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In line for multi-inning role Tuesday
Yarbrough is expected to serve as the bulk reliever Tuesday against the Giants, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.
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Notches three-inning save
Yarbrough picked up the save in Thursday's 7-1 win over the Cardinals, allowing just one hit while logging one strikeout over three scoreless innings.
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Gets $3.9 million from Dodgers
The Dodgers and Yarbrough avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $3.9 million contract Thursday, Kiley McDaniel of ESPN.com reports.
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