Pitcher · 2024
Drew Smyly
- Age
- 35
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 188 lb
- Born
- June 13, 1989 in Little Rock, AR, USA
- MLB debut
- April 12, 2012
- Drafted
- 2010, round 2
- College
- Arkansas
- High school
- Little Rock Central
- Salary, 2024
- $8.5M
- dbWAR
- -.3 1 season(s)
- IP
- 58.2
- ERA
- 3.84
- FIP
- 4.91
- K/9
- 8.6
- FIP−
- 120 100 = avg
Drew Smyly is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2024 he struck out 56 batters over 58.2 innings across 50 appearances, going 4-8. His ERA of 3.84 was 6.0% lower than the league average of 4.08 — 11th of 17 on his team, and 259th of 541 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.91 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.1% of swings (12.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.8%. His -0.3 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, 2024.
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 | 114 | 102 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 22 | .255 | .333 | .353 | .311 | 19.3% |
| vs RHB | 143 | 124 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 34 | .250 | .333 | .468 | .340 | 23.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Drew Smyly 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 2024.
| Knuckle Curve | 494 | 80.0 | 2,283 | 44.3% | 33.3% | |
| Sinker | 485 | 92.6 | 2,159 | 50.1% | 16.1% | |
| Cutter | 34 | 88.6 | 2,148 | 32.4% | 40.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 25 | 56 | 25 | 3.84 | 4.91 | 1.40 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 94 | 120 | -0.3 | — |
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Similar players
Nearest 2024 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.