Pitcher · 2026
Clay Holmes
- Age
- 33
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 245 lb
- Number
- #25
- Born
- March 27, 1993 in Dothan, AL, USA
- MLB debut
- April 6, 2018
- Drafted
- 2011, round 9
- High school
- Slocomb
- Salary, 2026
- $13M
- dbWAR
- 3.8 3 season(s)
- IP
- 56.2
- ERA
- 2.86
- FIP
- 3.49
- K/9
- 7.3
- FIP−
- 84 100 = avg
Clay Holmes is a starting pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2026 he struck out 46 batters over 56.2 innings across 10 appearances, 10 of them starts, going 4-5. His ERA of 2.86 was 31.5% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 6th of 16 on his team, and 93rd of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.49 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 21.0% of swings (10.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.7%. His 1.0 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 | 140 | 128 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 25 | .242 | .300 | .383 | .302 | 17.9% |
| vs RHB | 93 | 81 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 21 | .185 | .275 | .222 | .239 | 22.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Clay Holmes 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.
| Sinker | 447 | 93.6 | 2,131 | 46.5% | 12.3% | |
| Sweeper | 176 | 81.9 | 2,864 | 57.4% | 32.4% | |
| Changeup | 134 | 88.8 | 818 | 35.8% | 29.3% | |
| Curveball | 74 | 81.6 | 2,955 | 44.6% | 26.5% | |
| Cutter | 64 | 88.4 | 2,582 | 45.3% | 29.4% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 56.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 46 | 20 | 2.86 | 3.49 | 1.16 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 68 | 84 | 1.0 | |
| 2025 | 33 | 31 | 165.2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 150 | 65 | 129 | 66 | 3.53 | 4.11 | 1.30 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 85 | 99 | 1.7 | |
| 2024 | 67 | 0 | 63.0 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 60 | 22 | 68 | 22 | 3.14 | 3.02 | 1.30 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 77 | 74 | 1.1 |
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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.