Pitcher · 2025
Joey Wentz
- Age
- 28
- B/T
- L/L
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Weight
- 220 lb
- Number
- #33
- Born
- October 6, 1997 in Lawrence, KS, USA
- MLB debut
- May 11, 2022
- Drafted
- 2016, round CB-A
- High school
- Shawnee Mission East
- dbWAR
- 1.0 2 season(s)
- IP
- 98.0
- ERA
- 5.60
- FIP
- 4.06
- K/9
- 8.4
- FIP−
- 98 100 = avg
Joey Wentz is a relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2025 he struck out 92 batters over 98.0 innings across 39 appearances, going 5-7. His ERA of 5.60 was 34.7% higher than the league average of 4.16 — the second worst on his team, and 455th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.06 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.5% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 20.8%. His 0.8 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 | 129 | 112 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 25 | .295 | .380 | .446 | .364 | 19.4% |
| vs RHB | 313 | 281 | 77 | 8 | 27 | 67 | .274 | .335 | .413 | .324 | 21.4% |
Pitch sequencing
What Joey Wentz 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 | 800 | 93.4 | 2,316 | 47.8% | 17.9% | |
| Slider | 462 | 84.9 | 2,521 | 49.6% | 29.6% | |
| Curveball | 323 | 79.2 | 2,536 | 40.9% | 27.2% | |
| Cutter | 167 | 86.8 | 2,452 | 46.7% | 25.0% | |
| Changeup | 63 | 86.0 | 1,925 | 39.7% | 22.6% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | 13 | 98.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 61 | 92 | 43 | 5.60 | 4.06 | 1.56 | 8.4 | 3.9 | 135 | 98 | 0.8 | |
| 2024 | 46 | 0 | 67.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 66 | 35 | 73 | 33 | 4.68 | 4.19 | 1.47 | 9.8 | 4.4 | 115 | 103 | 0.3 |
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Similar players
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.