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Pitcher · 2026

Tyler Holton

Age
30
B/T
L/L
Height
6' 2"
Weight
200 lb
Number
#87
Born
June 13, 1996 in Tallahassee, FL, USA
MLB debut
April 28, 2022
Drafted
2018, round 9
College
Florida State
High school
Lincoln
Salary, 2026
$1.57M
dbWAR
2.1
3 season(s)
IP
55.0
ERA
2.78
FIP
3.78
K/9
7.2
FIP−
90
100 = avg

Tyler Holton is a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2026 he struck out 44 batters over 55.0 innings across 50 appearances, going 1-4. His ERA of 2.78 was 33.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 4th of 17 on his team, and 81st of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.78 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 23.3% of swings (11.0% of every pitch he threw), walked 5.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.3%. His 0.5 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.

FIP3.78
K/97.2
WHIP1.22
WAR.5

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 LHB9692231422.250.281.337.27522.9%
vs RHB132119325822.269.336.445.34516.7%

Pitch sequencing

What Tyler Holton 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.

Cutter31.5%27187.52,39949.8%22.1%
Sinker18.7%16190.92,08250.9%10.7%
Changeup16.6%14383.51,43936.4%30.7%
Sweeper16.3%14079.82,79942.1%38.6%
Four-Seam Fastball12.5%10891.52,18646.3%14.0%
Curveball4.4%3879.12,78323.7%33.3%
Tyler Holton'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
202650355.0142551744122.783.781.227.22.067900.5
202570678.2650653264173.664.641.047.31.9881110.0
202466994.1728572377172.193.170.787.31.654781.5

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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.