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Pitcher · 2026

Kyle Finnegan

Age
35
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 2"
Weight
198 lb
Number
#67
Born
September 4, 1991 in Detroit, MI, USA
MLB debut
July 25, 2020
Drafted
2013, round 6
College
Texas State
High school
Kingwood
Salary, 2026
$9.5M
dbWAR
.9
3 season(s)
IP
48.0
ERA
3.38
FIP
5.19
K/9
6.9
FIP−
124
100 = avg

Kyle Finnegan is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 37 batters over 48.0 innings across 49 appearances, going 2-0. His ERA of 3.38 was 19.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 7th of 17 on his team, and 145th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.19 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 25.3% of swings (11.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 18.0%. 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, 2026.

FIP5.19
K/96.9
WHIP1.56
WAR-.3

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB92802341015.287.374.500.38316.3%
vs RHB114972531722.258.368.412.35219.3%

Pitch sequencing

What Kyle Finnegan 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.

Four-Seam Fastball52.6%41096.32,23247.1%16.7%
Splitter32.1%25087.41,05337.2%33.6%
Slider15.4%12085.82,17445.0%34.5%
Kyle Finnegan'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
202649048.0202481837273.385.191.566.95.181124-0.3
202556057.04424452255183.473.121.118.72.884751.0
202465063.23838612660243.684.251.348.53.4901040.2

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Nearest 2026 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.