Ryan Yarbrough
32-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.86
K
2
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
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.
ANALYSIS
After Tyler Glasnow held St. Louis to one run in the first six innings, Yarbrough held the Redbirds to a lone single over three efficient innings as he earned an unexpected Opening Day save. The 32-year-old left-hander isn't likely to see many save chances going forward in Los Angeles, as he's slated for a long-relief role. Yarbrough went 8-7 with a 4.52 ERA and 67:14 K:BB across 89.2 innings last season between the Dodgers and Rays.
After Tyler Glasnow held St. Louis to one run in the first six innings, Yarbrough held the Redbirds to a lone single over three efficient innings as he earned an unexpected Opening Day save. The 32-year-old left-hander isn't likely to see many save chances going forward in Los Angeles, as he's slated for a long-relief role. Yarbrough went 8-7 with a 4.52 ERA and 67:14 K:BB across 89.2 innings last season between the Dodgers and Rays.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
41
Last 10 Games
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Last 5 Games
41
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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
-19%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-46%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .229 | 42 | 11 | 40 | 6 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .283 | 88 | 27 | 146 | 19 | |||
2024vs Left | .167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | .091 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
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
-19%
ERA at Home
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 3.89 | 1.19 | 78.2 | 6.5 | 2.4 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 4.80 | 1.36 | 95.2 | 6.9 | 1.6 | ||||
2024Home | 0.00 | 0.86 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
4.79K/9
6.7BB/9
1.4HR/9
1.3Fastball
87.1 mphERA
4.52WHIP
1.23BABIP
.309GB/FB
1.06Left On Base
70.8%Exit Velocity
78.5 mphBarrels/BBE
3.9%Spin Rate
1982 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.0%Swinging Strike
10.9%Advanced Pitching 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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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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Not on NLDS roster
Yarbrough isn't listed on the Dodgers' roster for the NLDS, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.
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Pummeled in Colorado
Yarbrough (8-7) allowed nine runs on 11 hits and one walk while striking out two over four innings to take the loss versus the Rockies on Thursday.
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Gets starting nod Thursday
Yarbrough is listed as the Dodgers' probable starting pitcher for Thursday's game against the Rockies.
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Mops up in loss to Giants
Yarbrough struck out five and was charged with two earned runs on five hits and one walk over 3.2 innings in Friday's 5-1 loss to the Giants.
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