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Pitcher · 2026

Cole Wilcox

Age
27
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 5"
Weight
232 lb
Number
#43
Born
July 14, 1999 in Chattanooga, TN, USA
MLB debut
September 19, 2025
Drafted
2018, round 37
College
Georgia
High school
Heritage
dbWAR
.1
2 season(s)
IP
27.0
ERA
4.00
FIP
4.09
K/9
9.3
FIP−
98
100 = avg

Cole Wilcox is a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. In 2026 he struck out 28 batters over 27.0 innings across 23 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 4.00 was 4.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 12th of 15 on his team, and 246th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.09 FIP suggests the ERA was no fluke. He missed bats on 31.3% of swings (14.5% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.8% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.8%. 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, 2026.

FIP4.09
K/99.3
WHIP1.63
WAR.2

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 LHB6860142718.233.309.350.29026.5%
vs RHB55431301010.302.455.326.37618.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Cole Wilcox 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.

Four-Seam Fastball27.7%13496.62,10151.5%29.1%
Sweeper27.3%13286.52,17246.2%33.9%
Slider17.4%8487.62,17954.8%41.7%
Sinker16.1%7896.51,99542.3%16.1%
Changeup11.6%5687.81,52042.9%29.4%
Cole Wilcox'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
202623027.0000271228174.004.091.639.35.796980.2
2025101.0000431327.0010.147.009.027.0649244-0.1

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

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.