Pitcher · 2026
Michael Lorenzen
- Age
- 34
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Number
- #24
- Born
- January 4, 1992 in Anaheim, CA, USA
- MLB debut
- April 29, 2015
- Drafted
- 2013, round CB-A
- College
- Cal State Fullerton
- High school
- Fullerton Union
- Salary, 2026
- $8M
- dbWAR
- .7 3 season(s)
- IP
- 112.0
- ERA
- 6.83
- FIP
- 5.10
- K/9
- 6.5
- FIP−
- 122 100 = avg
Michael Lorenzen is a starting pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. In 2026 he struck out 81 batters over 112.0 innings across 25 appearances, 24 of them starts, going 3-10. His ERA of 6.83 was 63.6% higher than the league average of 4.18 — the second worst on his team, and 448th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.10 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 18.2% of swings (8.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.9%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 299 | 260 | 92 | 13 | 32 | 44 | .354 | .421 | .612 | .441 | 14.7% |
| vs RHB | 244 | 223 | 72 | 5 | 14 | 37 | .323 | .366 | .448 | .358 | 15.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Michael Lorenzen throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2026.
| Changeup | 436 | 84.6 | 2,074 | 35.6% | 29.2% | |
| Sinker | 422 | 93.3 | 2,245 | 43.4% | 9.4% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 398 | 94.0 | 2,398 | 45.0% | 8.8% | |
| Cutter | 299 | 90.1 | 2,500 | 46.8% | 15.0% | |
| Curveball | 236 | 82.7 | 2,530 | 43.2% | 23.8% | |
| Slider | 167 | 86.2 | 2,534 | 42.5% | 22.9% | |
| Sweeper | 147 | 82.4 | 2,534 | 38.1% | 31.6% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 24 | 112.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 85 | 81 | 46 | 6.83 | 5.10 | 1.88 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 164 | 122 | -0.0 | |
| 2025 | 27 | 26 | 141.2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 149 | 73 | 127 | 39 | 4.64 | 4.59 | 1.33 | 8.1 | 2.5 | 112 | 110 | 0.7 | |
| 2024 | 26 | 24 | 130.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 101 | 48 | 97 | 60 | 3.31 | 4.89 | 1.24 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 81 | 120 | 0.1 |
Head to head
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.