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Pitcher · 2025

Marcus Stroman

Age
34
B/T
R/R
Height
5' 7"
Weight
180 lb
Born
May 1, 1991 in Medford, NY, USA
MLB debut
May 4, 2014
Drafted
2012, round 1
College
Duke
High school
Patchogue-Medford
Salary, 2025
$18.5M
dbWAR
.5
2 season(s)
IP
39.0
ERA
6.23
FIP
5.19
K/9
6.0
FIP−
125
100 = avg

Marcus Stroman is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. In 2025 he struck out 26 batters over 39.0 innings across 9 appearances, 9 of them starts, going 3-2. His ERA of 6.23 was 49.8% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the second worst on his team, and 486th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.19 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 19.2% of swings (9.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.9%. His -0.1 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, 2025.

FIP5.19
K/96.0
WHIP1.54
WAR-.1

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB10596295816.302.362.542.38815.2%
vs RHB7060151810.250.343.350.31514.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Marcus Stroman throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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SinkerSlurveCutterSplitterSliderCurveballFour-seam

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.

Sinker37.8%26689.72,27943.2%16.3%
Slurve19.7%13982.12,71443.9%21.6%
Cutter16.8%11888.82,51846.6%9.5%
Splitter10.7%7582.31,96141.3%39.0%
Slider6.1%4384.52,71834.9%5.9%
Curveball4.8%3477.82,66247.1%29.4%
Four-Seam Fastball4.1%2989.52,41637.9%33.3%
Marcus Stroman's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters.

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.

Trend
20259939.0320442726166.235.191.546.03.7150125-0.1
20243029154.2109116774113604.314.621.476.63.51061130.6

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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

How these are computed

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.