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Pitcher · 2025

Triston McKenzie

Age
28
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 5"
Weight
165 lb
Number
#25
Born
August 2, 1997 in Brooklyn, NY, USA
MLB debut
August 22, 2020
Drafted
2015, round CB-A
High school
Royal Palm Beach
Salary, 2025
$1.95M
dbWAR
-1.5
2 season(s)
IP
5.2
ERA
11.12
FIP
7.72
K/9
6.4
FIP−
186
100 = avg

Triston McKenzie is a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians. In 2025 he struck out 4 batters over 5.2 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 11.12 was 167.3% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 7.72 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 21.2% of swings (8.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 23.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 13.3%. His -0.2 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.

FIP7.72
K/96.4
WHIP2.47
WAR-.2

Platoon splits

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

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB14114130.364.500.727.5140.0%
vs RHB16113044.273.438.364.37025.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Triston McKenzie 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 Fastball80.5%9993.72,34641.4%19.6%
Curveball13.0%1679.52,30318.8%66.7%
Triston McKenzie'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
2025405.2000774711.127.722.476.411.1267186-0.2
2024161675.2350694374495.116.461.568.85.8125158-1.3

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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.