Pitcher · 2026
Luinder Avila
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Number
- #58
- Born
- August 21, 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela
- MLB debut
- August 13, 2025
- dbWAR
- .7 2 season(s)
- IP
- 70.0
- ERA
- 5.53
- FIP
- 4.53
- K/9
- 7.8
- FIP−
- 108 100 = avg
Luinder Avila is a starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. In 2026 he struck out 61 batters over 70.0 innings across 21 appearances, 12 of them starts, going 5-4. His ERA of 5.53 was 32.4% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 16 on his team, and 397th of 467 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.53 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 23.9% of swings (10.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 13.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 19.7%. His 0.3 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.
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 | 188 | 167 | 43 | 3 | 18 | 39 | .257 | .326 | .371 | .313 | 20.7% |
| vs RHB | 121 | 94 | 28 | 4 | 24 | 22 | .298 | .450 | .521 | .430 | 18.2% |
Pitch sequencing
What Luinder Avila 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.
| Sinker | 354 | 96.4 | 2,409 | 44.4% | 18.5% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 336 | 96.1 | 2,490 | 43.2% | 16.2% | |
| Slider | 280 | 88.1 | 2,702 | 43.9% | 34.8% | |
| Curveball | 190 | 83.0 | 2,716 | 48.9% | 24.0% | |
| Changeup | 133 | 89.4 | 2,064 | 34.6% | 37.0% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 12 | 70.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 43 | 61 | 42 | 5.53 | 4.53 | 1.61 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 132 | 108 | 0.3 | |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1.29 | 2.14 | 0.93 | 10.3 | 3.9 | 31 | 51 | 0.4 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 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.