Pitcher · 2025
Brandon Waddell
- Age
- 31
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Number
- #82
- Born
- June 3, 1994 in Houston, TX, USA
- MLB debut
- August 14, 2020
- Drafted
- 2015, round 5
- College
- Virginia
- High school
- Clear Lake
- dbWAR
- .0 1 season(s)
- IP
- 31.1
- ERA
- 3.45
- FIP
- 4.54
- K/9
- 6.3
- FIP−
- 109 100 = avg
Brandon Waddell is a relief pitcher for the New York Mets. In 2025 he struck out 22 batters over 31.1 innings across 11 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 3.45 was 17.1% lower than the league average of 4.16 — 5th of 19 on his team, and 196th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.54 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.6% of swings (9.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.2% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.4%. 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 | 46 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .262 | .326 | .500 | .353 | 19.6% |
| vs RHB | 88 | 79 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 13 | .228 | .295 | .405 | .306 | 14.8% |
Pitch sequencing
What Brandon Waddell 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.
| Sweeper | 121 | 78.8 | 2,554 | 51.2% | 32.4% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 116 | 90.7 | 2,232 | 35.3% | 22.4% | |
| Sinker | 111 | 91.0 | 2,108 | 44.1% | 15.8% | |
| Slider | 89 | 86.4 | 2,312 | 46.1% | 22.4% | |
| Changeup | 75 | 83.5 | 1,271 | 29.3% | 10.8% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 31.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 3.45 | 4.54 | 1.28 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 83 | 109 | 0.0 | — |
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Nearest 2025 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.