Pitcher · 2025
Michael Kopech
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #45
- Born
- April 30, 1996 in Longview, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- August 21, 2018
- Drafted
- 2014, round 1
- High school
- Mount Pleasant
- Salary, 2025
- $5.2M
- dbWAR
- .4 2 season(s)
- IP
- 11.0
- ERA
- 2.45
- FIP
- 4.50
- K/9
- 9.8
- FIP−
- 108 100 = avg
Michael Kopech is a relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2025 he struck out 12 batters over 11.0 innings across 14 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 2.45 was 41.0% lower than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 4.50 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 28.7% of swings (11.7% of every pitch he threw), walked 24.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.6%. 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, 2025.
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 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .000 | .273 | .000 | .197 | 22.7% |
| vs RHB | 31 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .250 | .419 | .250 | .334 | 22.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Michael Kopech 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 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 191 | 97.5 | 2,624 | 47.1% | 24.4% | |
| Cutter | 38 | 91.1 | 2,589 | 34.2% | 53.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2.45 | 4.50 | 1.73 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 59 | 108 | 0.0 | |
| 2024 | 67 | 0 | 67.2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 26 | 88 | 34 | 3.46 | 4.02 | 1.15 | 11.7 | 4.5 | 85 | 99 | 0.4 |
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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.