Andrew Heaney
32-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
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ERA
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WHIP
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K
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SV
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Heaney once ranked among the top pitching prospects in the sport, but he's typically been more of an off-and-on fantasy streaming consideration rather than a reliable rotation option. The 32-year-old left-hander can at least point to the big World Series ring on his finger as he enters his 11th major-league season, along with the $13 million he's owed after exercising his 2024 player option with the reigning-champion Rangers. He would appear to be locked into an Opening Day rotation spot with Max Scherzer (back), Jacob deGrom (elbow) and Tyler Mahle (elbow) all on the mend through the season's first couple of months, but Heaney took a step back with his walk rate last year and remains a volatile pitcher both in role and effectiveness. He'll have attractiveness in spurts when he's occupying a starting gig with favorable matchups. Read Past Outlooks
Introduces curveball
Heaney allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over five scoreless innings in Tuesday's spring start against the Guardians.
ANALYSIS
Heaney busted out a curveball, throwing it four times (three for strikes), per Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Tuesday marked the first time he's thrown the curve in game conditions since 2021, when he scrapped it in favor of a slider. The left-hander plans to use both breaking pitches this season. Whatever he utilizes, Heaney will need to land it in the zone with more regularity than he did in 2023. Heaney's BB% jumped from 6.1 in 2022 to 9.4 in 2023, while his K% dropped from 35.5 to 23.6.
Heaney busted out a curveball, throwing it four times (three for strikes), per Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. Tuesday marked the first time he's thrown the curve in game conditions since 2021, when he scrapped it in favor of a slider. The left-hander plans to use both breaking pitches this season. Whatever he utilizes, Heaney will need to land it in the zone with more regularity than he did in 2023. Heaney's BB% jumped from 6.1 in 2022 to 9.4 in 2023, while his K% dropped from 35.5 to 23.6.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-10%
BAA vs RHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .259 | 47 | 28 | 43 | 2 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .234 | 214 | 51 | 160 | 35 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .276 | 26 | 22 | 29 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .246 | 125 | 38 | 114 | 22 | |||
2022vs Left | .230 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 1 | |||
2022vs Right | .210 | 89 | 13 | 46 | 13 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
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ERA on Road
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Since 2022Home | 3.95 | 1.33 | 123.0 | 10.6 | 3.7 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 3.62 | 1.23 | 97.0 | 10.8 | 2.6 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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2023Home | 4.06 | 1.43 | 84.1 | 9.6 | 4.2 | ||||
2023Away | 4.29 | 1.30 | 63.0 | 8.7 | 3.0 | ||||
2022Home | 3.72 | 1.09 | 38.2 | 12.8 | 2.8 | ||||
2022Away | 2.38 | 1.09 | 34.0 | 14.6 | 1.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Andrew Heaney 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.
* 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
2.52K/9
9.2BB/9
3.7HR/9
1.4Fastball
92.6 mphERA
4.15WHIP
1.38BABIP
.312GB/FB
1.16Left On Base
75.5%Exit Velocity
81.1 mphBarrels/BBE
5.6%Spin Rate
2380 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.9%Swinging Strike
11.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Could stick in rotation
Heaney could remain in Texas' rotation down the stretch after Max Scherzer was ruled out for the season with a shoulder injury Wednesday, reports Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News.
ANALYSIS
Heaney worked out of the bullpen for the first time this season in his previous outing Sunday versus the A's, but he could quickly be reinserted into the Rangers' rotation. The left-hander produced a 3.10 ERA over 72.2 innings for the Dodgers last season, but he struggled during the first half of 2023 with a 4.71 ERA in 17 starts. Heaney has been better since the All-Star break with a 3.06 ERA across 11 outings, which could be enough for him to start with Scherzer out for the year.
Heaney worked out of the bullpen for the first time this season in his previous outing Sunday versus the A's, but he could quickly be reinserted into the Rangers' rotation. The left-hander produced a 3.10 ERA over 72.2 innings for the Dodgers last season, but he struggled during the first half of 2023 with a 4.71 ERA in 17 starts. Heaney has been better since the All-Star break with a 3.06 ERA across 11 outings, which could be enough for him to start with Scherzer out for the year.
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For a pitcher with a 5.83 ERA in 2021, Heaney had a ton of buzz last spring. Some fantasy players looked at his underlying skills and landing spot with the Dodgers, an organization esteemed for its player development, and envisioned a Robbie Ray-like turnaround. The logic was sound, but Heaney's body failed him once again. He hit the injured list a couple weeks into the season with shoulder trouble and only made it one start into his return before he was back on the shelf with inflammation in the shoulder. Heaney returned again in late July and pitched to a 3.77 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and a whopping 87 strikeouts in his final 57.1 innings spanning 13 appearances. Those strikeouts are sure to tantalize once again, but Heaney is on the wrong side of 30 and has reached 130 innings just once in close to a decade in the big leagues. While certainly not the worst endgame pick in the world, Heaney is not a good bet for volume. He landed with Texas on a two-year, $25 million deal this winter.
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Mechanically off
Heaney allowed four runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over three innings in Wednesday's spring start against the Rockies.
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Logs three innings Friday
Heaney allowed one hit and struck out five over three innings in an intrasquad game Friday, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.
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Fans five in spring debut
Heaney allowed one hit and one walk while striking out five over two scoreless innings in Sunday's spring start against the Giants.
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Exercises player option
Heaney exercised his $13 million player option for 2024 on Saturday.
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Gets nod for Game 4 of World Series
Heaney will start Game 4 of the World Series against the Diamondbacks on Tuesday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
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